Golden Ages : Total War.1st Preview is released!!!

[Giorgios]

It need a few days (until Mick comes online )

In the open-forum we have to talk german
but in the internal forum(with passwords) we can talk english

OK then, seems good. Looks like you will be our "spokesman" to the German modding community then! Kallum, Icedie and I will have to lurk around quietly in the background until we get an English forum...

Oh by the way, have you made contact with the Reconquista team yet?

[KoRnflakes]

I ask some experienced Modders (Until now, no replies)

[Giorgios]

cool mate i am sure your first faction will be Fortrui and the Vikings

Oh for me it'll be Northumbria all the way! One question, will the town of Ormskirk appear on your map? It's only a few miles from where I live, and was a fairly important settlement in Saxon times, between the Mersey and Ribble...

And thanks for the map Vespasian68!

[riadach]

Oh that´s interesting , where did you get that info? but i was refering to VLL and that start at 620ac.

It's on wiki. I was saying though, for this mod, that that country could not be called Foirtriú, but alba instead.

Another think was dublin in the vikings hand? i think so, and aso how do we solve the issue that england was conquered by the danes in 1013 by Sven Forkbeard?
do we make and event ? so some emergen units can popup in engaland in certain years.

Dubh Linn was certainly in the possession of Vikings by 900. I'm not sure one could represent it as being under any unified authority with the other viking groups however. Dubh Linn though was very much associated with York, with man, and with the Western Isles (Innse Gall). If there was a separate faction of Vikings for that, it would make sense.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

Oh for me it'll be Northumbria all the way! One question, will the town of Ormskirk appear on your map? It's only a few miles from where I live, and was a fairly important settlement in Saxon times, between the Mersey and Ribble...

And thanks for the map Vespasian68!

It was just a joke, just to support the cause, they are my units!!

No, but you can see the factions settlements

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{Aberdeen}Obar Dheathain
{Aberdeen_Region}Obar Dheathain Region
{Argyle_and_Bute}Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd
{Arran}Breadaig
{Arundel}Bristelmestune
{Athenry}Atha an Righ
{Caernarvon}Caernarfon
{Caithness_and_Sutherland_Regions}Inbhir Uige Region
{Canterbury}Cantwarebyrig
{Cardiff}Caerdydd
{Carlisle}Caerelluel
{Castle_Town}Doolish
{Cheshire_Region}Caerlleon Region
{Chester}Caerlleon
{Connaught_Region}Connacht Region
{Cork}Corcaigh
{Cornwall_Region}Lannstefan Region
{Cumberland_Region}Caerelluel Region
{Deheubarth_Principality}Deheubarth Principality
{Derry}Doire
{Dorsetshire_Region}Dornwaracaestir Region
{Down_Region}Dun Padraig Region
{Downpatrick}Dun Padraig
{Dublin}Atha Cliath
{Dumfries}Dun Phris
{Dumfries_Region}Dun Phris Region
{Dunstaffnage}Dun Monaidh
{East_Anglia}Norvic Region
{Edinburgh}Dun Edin
{Glasgow}Dun Breatainn
{Gloucester}Caerloyw
{Gwynedd_Principality}Gwynedd Principality
{Hampshire_Region}Wintoncaestir Region
{Highlands_Region}Inbhir Nis Region
{Inverlochly}Druim Fada
{Inverness}Inbhir Nis
{Isle_of_Arran}Breadaig
{Isle_of_Islay}Port na h-Abhainne
{Isle_of_Islay_Region}Port na h-Abhainne Region
{Isle_of_Man}Inis Manaw
{Isle_of_Mull}Tobar Mhoire
{Isle_of_Skye_Region}Sgitheanach Region
{Kent_Region}Cantwarebyrig Region
{Kirkwall}Kirkjuvagr
{Lanark_Region}Dun Breatainn Region
{Lancashire}Loncaster Region
{Lancaster}Loncaster
{Launceston}Lanstefann
{Leinster_Region}Leinster Region
{Lewis}Steòrnabhagh
{Lifford}Leifear
{Lincoln}Lindu
{Lincolnshire}Lindu Region
{London}Lundenwic
{London_Region}Lundenwic Region
{Lothian_Region}Dun Edin Region
{Meath_Region}Mide
{Montgomery}Trefaldwyn
{Morgannwg_Principality}Morgannwg Principality
{Mull}Tobar Mhoire
{Munster_Region}Munster Region
{Newcastle_Upon_Tyne}Bebbanburgh
{Northumberland}Bernicia
{Norwich}Norvic
{Nottingham}Tamworth
{Nottinghamshire}Tamworth Region
{Orkney_Region}Àrcaibh
{Outer_Hebrides}Na h-Eileanan Siar
{Oxford}Oxenaforda
{Oxford_Region}Oxenaforda Region
{Pembroke}Penfro
{Perth}Fiobh
{Perth_Region}Fiobh
{Powys_Principality}Powys Principality
{Shaftsbury}Dornwaracaestir
{Shrewsbury}Scrobbesburh
{Shropshire_Region}Scrobbesburh Region
{Skye}An t' Eileann Sgitheanach
{Stirling}Dunbhlathainn
{Stirling_Region}Dunbhlathainn Region
{Surry_and_Sussex_Regions}Bristelmestune Region
{Thomond_Region}Tiobraid Arann Region
{Tipperary}Tiobraid Arann
{Trim}Atha Throim
{Tyrconnel_Region}Tyrconnel Region
{Ulster_Province}Ulster Province
{West_Country}Caerloyw Region
{West_Highlands}Druim Fada Region
{Wick}Inbhir Uige
{Winchester}Wintoncaestir
{York}Eoferwic
{Yorkshire}Deira

riadach

So you are suggesting to add another viking faction state or sort of?

[riadach]

Perhaps. Or one could leave all these areas with Strong Viking rebels and turn them into viking aors.

[Vespasian68]

What timeframe will this mod cover? I could make a little overview with the most important events that took place in this time and maybe one could add some scripted events to the mod if that's possible.

[KoRnflakes]

Good idea
I'll help you

I make 900- 1000
you 1000- 1079
OK?

You can ask Adorno, how to script a event
(in reconquista there are over 150 new scripted events)

[Giorgios]

It was just a joke, just to support the cause, they are my units!!

Oh ok, sorry. These units will also appear in Golden Ages, right?!

[Vespasian68]

Good idea
I'll help you

I make 900- 1000
you 1000- 1079
OK?

You can ask Adorno, how to script a event
(in reconquista there are over 150 new scripted events)

Ok, that's good. I'll start creating a list of events from 1000 to 1079 now and later i'll ask adorno how to incorporate them into the game.

[Giorgios]

I did a faction description for the Romans just then, what does everyone think? Honest opinions please!

The Roman Empire

It has now been nearly six hundred years since Constantine the Great moved the seat of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, and in those centuries, the world has changed beyond recognition. Yet Constantinople, the last bastion of the ancient Roman world of great cities remained inviolate. When the Huns terrorized the west, when the Saracens snatched away half the Mediterranean, when the Carolingians rose and fell, the Romans of Constantinople watched and learned. The fires of the last great civilisation of the ancient world continue to burn brightly on the Second Rome.

That is not to say the Empire has not had troubles. Until the seventh century, the Mediterranean remained a Roman lake, despite the loss of Gaul, Iberia and Britain, the Imperial garrisons retained much of Italy, north Africa, and, more importantly; the East. In 627, the Romans finally defeated their great rival; Persia, and seemed ready to enjoy a new golden age of Christian Empire. Sadly, it was not to be.

Five years later, the armies of Islam burst out of the desert. Province after province was lost; Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Africa and Hispania all fell swiftly to the invaders. Even when the Romans defeated the invaders before the walls of Constantinople herself the Saracens were not stopped, Crete, Sardinia and Sicily have all been lost in the past century.

Yet, finally, the Romans are beginning to show signs of recovery. A new dynasty sits on the Imperial throne; the Macedonians, and with them, the empire is on the road to recovery. The Abbasid Caliphate was crushed at the Battle of Poson, and the Lombards have been defeated in Italy. True, the Basileus Leo VI still faces many challenges; his immediate neighbour Bulgaria is at her peak under the great Tsar Symeon, and it would be foolish to expect the great Muslim empires to the east to lie down and submit to a Roman reconquest. But, with strength and determination, there is no reason why the Romans should not restore much of their former glory. The tide is turning; and the Roman Empire is about to strike back.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

Oh ok, sorry. These units will also appear in Golden Ages, right?!

At least my creations yes!! not sure about the other units, but perhaps this could happen just after the vll release!! which is unknown to me when!!
Btw awesome preview!!

[Kallum]

I did a faction description for the Romans just then, what does everyone think? Honest opinions please!

The Roman Empire

It has now been nearly six hundred years since Constantine the Great moved the seat of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, and in those centuries, the world has changed beyond recognition. Yet Constantinople, the last bastion of the ancient Roman world of great cities remained inviolate. When the Huns terrorized the west, when the Saracens snatched away half the Mediterranean, when the Carolingians rose and fell, the Romans of Constantinople watched and learned. The fires of the last great civilisation of the ancient world continue to burn brightly on the Second Rome.

That is not to say the Empire has not had troubles. Until the seventh century, the Mediterranean remained a Roman lake, despite the loss of Gaul, Iberia and Britain, the Imperial garrisons retained much of Italy, north Africa, and, more importantly; the East. In 627, the Romans finally defeated their great rival; Persia, and seemed ready to enjoy a new golden age of Christian Empire. Sadly, it was not to be.

Five years later, the armies of Islam burst out of the desert. Province after province was lost; Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Africa and Hispania all fell swiftly to the invaders. Even when the Romans defeated the invaders before the walls of Constantinople herself the Saracens were not stopped, Crete, Sardinia and Sicily have all been lost in the past century.

Yet, finally, the Romans are beginning to show signs of recovery. A new dynasty sits on the Imperial throne; the Macedonians, and with them, the empire is on the road to recovery. The Abbasid Caliphate was crushed at the Battle of Poson, and the Lombards have been defeated in Italy. True, the Basileus Leo VI still faces many challenges; his immediate neighbour Bulgaria is at her peak under the great Tsar Symeon, and it would be foolish to expect the great Muslim empires to the east to lie down and submit to a Roman reconquest. But, with strength and determination, there is no reason why the Romans should not restore much of their former glory. The tide is turning; and the Roman Empire is about to strike back.

me like

[KoRnflakes]

I did a faction description for the Romans just then, what does everyone think? Honest opinions please!

The Roman Empire

It has now been nearly six hundred years since Constantine the Great moved the seat of the Roman Empire to Constantinople, and in those centuries, the world has changed beyond recognition. Yet Constantinople, the last bastion of the ancient Roman world of great cities remained inviolate. When the Huns terrorized the west, when the Saracens snatched away half the Mediterranean, when the Carolingians rose and fell, the Romans of Constantinople watched and learned. The fires of the last great civilisation of the ancient world continue to burn brightly on the Second Rome.


That is not to say the Empire has not had troubles. Until the seventh century, the Mediterranean remained a Roman lake, despite the loss of Gaul, Iberia and Britain, the Imperial garrisons retained much of Italy, north Africa, and, more importantly; the East. In 627, the Romans finally defeated their great rival; Persia, and seemed ready to enjoy a new golden age of Christian Empire. Sadly, it was not to be.

Five years later, the armies of Islam burst out of the desert. Province after province was lost; Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Cyprus, Africa and Hispania all fell swiftly to the invaders. Even when the Romans defeated the invaders before the walls of Constantinople herself the Saracens were not stopped, Crete, Sardinia and Sicily have all been lost in the past century.

Yet, finally, the Romans are beginning to show signs of recovery. A new dynasty sits on the Imperial throne; the Macedonians, and with them, the empire is on the road to recovery. The Abbasid Caliphate was crushed at the Battle of Poson, and the Lombards have been defeated in Italy. True, the Basileus Leo VI still faces many challenges; his immediate neighbour Bulgaria is at her peak under the great Tsar Symeon, and it would be foolish to expect the great Muslim empires to the east to lie down and submit to a Roman reconquest. But, with strength and determination, there is no reason why the Romans should not restore much of their former glory. The tide is turning; and the Roman Empire is about to strike back.

Sounds great

[Vespasian68]

1000: Coronation of Stephan I. (the saint) as the first king of hungary.
moors win a great victory against a combined force of the united
kingdoms of northern
Spain
Venice begins its conquest of Dalmatia to eliminate the piracy plague
Vikings in Labrador, Nort America
1002: Danes are massacred in England -> Danes invade England
1008: Civil war in the Caliphate of Cordoba.
1013: Danish King Sven Gabelbart conquers large parts of England, London
in 1014
1016: Wladimir I. dies, civil wars in Russia
Genua and Pisa crush an arabian fleet -> rise of Genua and Pisa
Danish conquest of England completed
1018: Basileos II., Emperor of the Byzantines conquer western Bulgaria
1030: Normans conquer Aversa near Naples, begin to form an norman state
1031: Cordoba is splittet in 23 states that are fighting each other ->
moorish power in al-Andalus is broken
1033: Kingdom of Burgundy is annexed by the Holy Roman Empire.
1036: Jaroslaw reunites the empire of the kievan rus
1039: order of the almoravids is founded
1040: Macbeth becomes king of scotland
1042: Almoravids begin to expand
1043: Normans conquer Apulia
1045: Byzantium annexes Armenia
1054: Schisma between Rome and Byzantium
1055: Seljucs conquer Bagdad
1061: Normans begin their conquest of sicily
1062: Almoravids conquer Marocco
1066: William I. defeats the anglo-saxons, is coronated as king of England
1071: Battle of Mantzikert, devastating victory of the seljucs against the
byzantines
Seljucs conquer Jerusalem, armenian kingdom of cilicia is founded
1076: Heinrich IV. , emperor of the HRE, declares pope Gregor VII as
deposed; Gregor VII
banns Heinrich IV.
1077: march to Canossa
Seljucs conquer Jerusalem again, Sultanate of Rum is founded bei
Sultan Suleiman I.


A first overview about the most important events. It's still very short and there might be some mistakes, but it's a basis one can work on.

[KoRnflakes]

You see my list in Total War -Zone

[Giorgios]

Take a look at this everyone... http://www.modrealms.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4

Amroth has offered us a sub-forum on this new site!

[Giorgios]

And here it is!

http://www.modrealms.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=20

sign up now all members!

[KoRnflakes]

Do we need the Subforum in TW -Zone now ?

[Giorgios]

Do we need the Subforum in TW -Zone now ?

I think we should still have one, yes, as about half the team is now German. I think we should have the modrealms forum as the main forum for the mod, and have a German forum as well, to attract new recruits to the team, plus to show our progress to the German community! Even so, could all team members, whether German or not, please join modrealms.