IB2 VANDALORVM II DISCUSSION/FEEDBACK

[lenin96]

The main problem I have with battles is that units seem to stand far back from the fighting and slowly move towards the enemy. It doesn't seem to happen in BC so it seems fixable.

[AnthoniusII]

Ι am ammased about the strat_map models of the cities,the ships and some unique building cards!
What i would like to see is some new unit cards M2TW style!
The varity of Roman unit is also ammasing!
Congratulations to all of the IBII team!

[Claudio II Gothic]

MMM I see the Auxilia Illyricani,in this game is a poor infantry unit,and his main weapons is missile.Now,I know that the Roman Empire bring his best soldiers from Balkans,the Illyricum,and I ask:maybe this troops should be stronger and like Auxilia palatinae or Auxilia Cohors?

[Phunkracy]

I dunno why, but the campaign map runs terribly slow (1-5fps), and loading battles takes good few minutes. I've got pretty decent computer, I had no such problems with other mods (SS runs very smoothly, with XVII century mod I even managed to run a battle with 12000 troops with average of 25fps). Also, I've noticed a bug: when you upgrade manubalistae's armour, they loose their crossows and get shields and javelins instead... Also, their purpose is to damage enemy walls (if I understood well), yet they cannot attack walls.

[Imperial Fist]

First of all, congratulations guys! Thats how a late anitquity mod has to look like. The units are looking amazing(rome: clone war is over), and like i know you, you will improve them with time even more. Details like mud on the shields and palatine units' faces looking more germanic or auxilia infantry wearing simple cloths or at some point a lorica hamata, make the mod a great experience.
The romans( i only played them yet ) are now not that killing machines they used to be in ib(which makes the battles more of a challenge). Some auxillia cohors can not just kick goth veterans' asses, at least not that easy.
Actually i didn't think you could improve the cav. I now know i was wrong.
Hell yeah, they don't spread around the map like freakin maniacs like in other mods.
I can't even imagine how the mod will look like when u release it with a big europe map and the other factions, but what is already there on the strat map makes me smile.
My question is, do u plan to include a voice mod or sth like it? I'm only asking because i play the german version of medieval 2 and the voice there are disgusting. Whats also on my mind is, whether u will restrict the recruitment of heavy units like comis and palatine ones, or heavy cav for some cities and whether you plan to give roman units from different regions of the empire different appearance?

[legio_XX]

The main problem I have with battles is that units seem to stand far back from the fighting and slowly move towards the enemy. It doesn't seem to happen in BC so it seems fixable.

that seems to be a common thing in mtw2 though I herd some moders have fixed it the common thought is it is hard coded.

I hate it in all campaigns of mtw2 becuse my troops seem to slowly back away from the fighting.

[stevietheconquer]

i have fight a couple off battles and it was something else then the medieval battles almost all infantry are in skirmish mode when i start the battle i just put mine infantry on one line and put skirmish off and put fire at will on then the enemy comes too me but they can not attack me because they are in skirmish mod and always run away from me and then come back this all the battle the same till they are exhausted and mostly they run away fleeeing and the battle is over .

[Daeger]

Just downloaded the mod.

Im so excited to play this! The First mod with the romans for m2tw. Simply awesome.

Are you guys going to release patches for the Beta 'till it's full version or will you release the newer versions as a whole?

[Irishmafia2020]

The Western Empire seems a bit overpowered. With a bit of micromanaging I had the Roman economy rolling - and therefore the Roman military machine. I haven't gotten to far into the campaign yet, so I'll know more soon. Also, the Barbarian factions could use more units - the impressive Roman unit selection was why I tried that faction first. I thought I was playing Rome TW because of the map and the city/unit card styles. That was a cool feeling.

Good Job guys!

[midnite]

Just downloaded the mod.

Im so excited to play this! The First mod with the romans for m2tw. Simply awesome.

Are you guys going to release patches for the Beta 'till it's full version or will you release the newer versions as a whole?

I am working on new additions to the mod and I know other members are also working on it. Ramon is the team leader and it will be his decision if there will be patches or a new beta release.

[Reverend Scott]

I want to add to what Rio is saying about the config files in your main IB2 folder. Someone PMed me about the green arrow markers you see when a unit is chosen. Right now they are disabled but it is very easy to have them display. In your main IB2folder look for the file IB2.cfg. Open this file with a text editor. Look for the line that says -- disable_arrow_markers = true

change this line to disable_arrow_markers = false

this will give you back the green arrow markers when you select a unit

Please pardon my tech ignorance, but-
How does one find/download a text editor program that allows one to even OPEN IB2.cfg ?

[midnite]

Please pardon my tech ignorance, but-
How does one find/download a text editor program that allows one to even OPEN IB2.cfg ?

notepad that comes with windows works fine. That is what I use.

[DaVinci]

Great work so far, guys

I'll dl it for sure if you have provided the settlement-conversion, i guess that's also the plan for the future build?

[Revan The Great]

My initial impressions of the beta:

The un-uniformed look should almost certainly be kept for lower tiers of units, but as they get progressively higher less and less unit variety should be allowed. For example, your average comitatenses or psuedo-comitatenses should *all* be armored, with a few maybe making do with bare heads or caps while a Palatine unit would be completely crisp as far as equipment payload goes. Sure, there can be different varieties of helmets, but I really don't want to see a guy in the Palatine Guard who looks like they just pulled him off the farm, you know?

Whenever I looked at my legionaries it just bothered me seeing one or two guys completely lacking armor - I feel like yelling at them and demoting them to auxilia. I think that's the general consensus, though so hopefully those changes will be forthcoming.

Secondly, alot of depth is lost in the game now that the BI named legion system is presumably axed. Every effort should be made to, where possible, add variety to the types of legionaries. Possibly even to the level of Roma Surrectum, if there are models and unit slots to spare.

All of that said congrats on another job well done, and I am truly looking forward to the release of this great mod. My interest in the late Roman-period was basically nil until I played this mod, and now its probably one of my favorite in history. That my friends, is a big compliment to your work.

[kingman1337]

i used to have about 120 infantry, 60 cavalry, and 150 spearmen in each unit, but because of downloading this, i now am back to vanilla numbers.

[midnite]

i used to have about 120 infantry, 60 cavalry, and 150 spearmen in each unit, but because of downloading this, i now am back to vanilla numbers.

With the patch, on average you should get approx 180 inf, 90 cav and 225 spear with huge settings.

[andrewmc]

I have just downloaded the beta version but for some reason the shortcut doesn't seem to work, what would i have to rename the path to, or is there an issue with it? Thanks

[Riothamus]

I have just downloaded the beta version but for some reason the shortcut doesn't seem to work, what would i have to rename the path to, or is there an issue with it? Thanks

Hi andrewmc,

Short cut start up:

Target:
"C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\IB2\IB2.bat"

Start In:
"C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\IB2"

[Reverend Scott]

The more I play- the more I love this mod!!

[Seleukos Megas]

Congratulations to all developers, impressive work - my favored timeframe is now on Kingdoms TW engine, impressive battles, excellent textures of late roman army and barbarians. Keep up the good work!