DarthMod Napoleon

Template:Mod Information Table (no map) DarthMod Napoleon (DMN) is a standalone modification for Napoleon: Total War, which aims to bring the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Created by modders DARTH VADER & husserlTW, DMN is a modification, that features vast amounts of gameplay tweaks, graphical tweaks, new units, new playable factions & AI fixes.

History

Following the release of previous DarthMod titles, DMN was released at the end of 2011 & got its own forum at the start of 2012 in January.

Description

DMN is a modification intended to enhance the experience of playing NTW. This is done by focusing on gameplay, graphical & AI problems in the vanilla version of NTW, which are then rooted out, fixed & further enhanced. DMN features all of these & numerous other enhancements in one package to make a simple & clean install.

Some submods included with DMN are:

• Fire By Rank
• Ultimate SoundMod
• Pdguru's Mods
• Unit Pack Compatibility Project
• 40 Units per Army
• Larger Regimental Flags

Features

DMN introduces a lot of new features & a bunch of older features as well, that have been further enhanced. The features in DMN have been categorized below:

Land Battles

• Realistic movement rates, acceleration and physics effects provide natural looking visuals.
• Melee fights have been made more cinematic & charging has been tweaked to be more powerful, especially for some cavalry units.
• Realistic musket fire based on unit's accuracy and weapon characteristics.
• Cannons have been tweaked to fire more realistic trajectories and longer ranges.
• Morale effects are more dynamic. Now, morale can affect the enemy AI's decisions on the battlefield.
• Fatigue has been made more realistic. Not only do units get tired quickly after running, they also recover faster.
• Various unit statistic changes.
• In-game battle formations aren't perfectly aligned, to create a more "realistic" look.
• Unit experience rises more quickly.
• Grenades have been removed.

Various changes to the AI in land battles

• Battalion type attacks.
• Attacks in full unison & flanks lethally.
• Light Infantry more dangerous.
• AI artillery as a single battery.
• Smart AI general.
• Better coordinated cavalry attacks.
• Unit formations have been tweaked.
• AI assaults and firing are timed better.
• AI siege and river battles have been improved.

Naval Battles

• Ship statistics are now realistic.
• Naval morale is more dynamic (Surrender rather than fight to the death).
• Ships don't blow up as frequently.
• Cannons' solid shots do more damage to the crew and can deal lots of damage up close.
• Chains shots have been tweaked to have less range, but be more powerful.

Campaign Gameplay

• campaign AI has been improved significantly. (When to invade, defend & retreat etc...)
• AI focuses more on quality armies.
• AI bonuses per difficulty level have been removed.
• France is no longer as strong as in vanilla.
• Ships have more movement points.
• Traits increase more frequently.
• Diplomacy & allies are better.
• Government types are more diverse.
• Ministers have more bonuses.

New Playable Factions

• husserlTW's Napoleon Total Factions modification is included in DMN, which adds a lot more playable factions.

New Units

• DMN includes 142 new land units & 14 new naval units.

New Battle Effects

• Realistic smoke & visuals, blood & better explosions.

Full list of included features here.

The Team

• DARTH VADER (DarthMod Architect, AI and Gameplay Designer)
• husserlTW (Campaign Master, Launcher Designer and Artwork Maker)

Others:

• Marku
• husserlTW
• Radious
• LochKopf
• taw
• The Hedge Knight
• LtChampers
• Erasmus777
• The Vicar
• T.C.
• Swiss Halberdier
• Sacrebleu!
• md1453
• Pdguru
• JFC
• La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham
• riktherek
• Albtraum23
• Julle Cesar
• TheNewKing
• agnes69
• Primergy

Full credits here.

Visual Material

External Links

• DarthMod Napoleon Forum
• DarthMod Napoleon Screenshots Thread
• DarthMod Napoleon Download Thread
• DarthMod Napoleon Features Thread