PRO DEO ET REGE II: Campaign Map Preview

[Socal_infidel]

Greetings PDER-fans (if there are any of you left)!

I know many of you are wondering about the status of PDER II. Well, rest assured, progress is being made (albeit behind-the-scenes).

And today, we’d like to present you with a preview of PDER II’s all-new map. Stretching from Lisbon to Samarkand, Nidaros to Mecca, the map is the product of many months of research and work. We’d like to think it’s the closest we can get to reality within the confines of the game’s engine. From the rugged shores of the British Isles to the vast Pontic steppe to the burning sands of Arabia to the wild mountainous terrain of Greece, the map covers an enormous range of territory. So without further ado, let’s take a tour!

BRITISH ISLES

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SCANDINAVIA

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IBERIA

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ITALY

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FRANCE

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GERMANY

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POLAND

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BALTIC

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RUSSIA

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BLACK SEA & STEPPE

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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

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BALKANS

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GREECE

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ANATOLIA

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TRANSCAUCASUS

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TRANSOXIANA

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PERSIA

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IRAQ

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LEVANT

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ARABIA

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EGYPT

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LIBYA & THE MAGHREB

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We hope you have enjoyed this preview of PDER II's all-new map as much as we enjoyed creating it! Before we go, we'd like to present you with another map - this one listing all the provinces, settlements & ports featured on our map.

And finally here is the map detailing all of the factions' (including all planned new ones) starting positions:

Once you click on the above thumbnail, you should be able to see a 4104X2230 image of the map by simply clicking two more times!

Regards!
S_I

CREDITS

Special thanks goes to gigantus for his invaluable mapping assistance and guidance! The man not only wrote a tutorial for me on how to transform raw satellite data into a working map, but he also helped sort out errors and polish up the map. The coastlines you see are all a result of his work!

Thanks also to the Roma Surrectum Team for allowing me the use of some of their strat map textures!

Thanks to Agart for his city and castle models!

Thanks to the Rusichi Team for their Kypchak village models!

[Beagler]

Yes, speaking for myself there is at least one fan out here. The map looks great, and I can't wait to march my armies across it.

[Horsa]

Very nice!

[Turkeys!]

Big map and damn lot of detail, looking good!

[Nakharar]

great

[footie55]

Good job , I'm coming everyday on this forum with the hope to play this new version!!!

OK I'll try not to ask when is going to be ready !!???

[Nevada]

Wow, amazing map!

Really good work, man!

[Stephan]

the map looks great

what will be the new faction list for pder2?

[Pnutmaster]

The fort placement makes me excited!

Yahh for Syracuse

[hekk]

Very, very impressive! This map looks gorgeous =)

Though there are some inaccuracies with the Scandinavian city names.

- Oslo's proper name in this period was Áslo, not Kristiania (this is a late 17th century name for the city).
- Bergen was referred to as Bjørgvin.
- The region of Hordaland's Old Norse name is Hörðaland.
- Aarhus' Danish Medieval name was Arus.

But as said, very impressive, really can't wait for PDER2!

[perris0707]

I am a new fan and waiting eagerly for 2.0!!! Love your work!!! Thanks for the update!

[DukeCanada]

Stunning map. Great Job!

[apple]

Looks fantastic. Well done.

[Tony83]

Lol - I think you'll be surprised just how many fans you have out there Socal, PDER is still where it's at as far as I'm concerned. That is one awesome map and I really do look forward to giving it a whirl. Congratulations to all.

Not that there's the slightest chance of me leaving my current PDER 1.0a campaign.



It's 1164 and the Egyptians are mobilising to try and take back Antioch, and my spies tell me that the Sicilians are amassing stacks, which will need to be dealt with. Seems like the Empire has interesting times ahead - best get the kataphraktoi saddled up.

[Copperknickers II]

Not bad. Not as geographically accurate as some but very pretty.

[Master Zuma]

great map and great work keep it up

[loet66]

Hi Socal,

Amazing Stuff !

I like colours on the map.

[ST. Toma]

Hail!

The map is awesome, the first one, where the borders of Hungary are correct (except for the Hungarian mods).

Some ideas:
- I think the region of Várad should be renamed to Alföld
- the region of Esztergom to Dunántúl and Esztergom renamed to Esztergam (it was the Old Hungarian name)
- there should be a northern Hungarian province (Felvidék, modern day Slovakia) and its centre should be Pozsony or Kassa.
- for the Hungarian units: cooperate with Csatádi's Magyar Mod team

[firekiller]

Very good map

I just hope you change 1 thing and that is the HRE will have almost no change surviving (wenn AI) if you see the number of provinces they have and look at france for example but if toulouse still is a faction then it probebly wont mind so mush

Keep up the good work! perhaps you could post a map whit the factions start positions ?

[Brasidas1978]

Very good map! I have few objections:
1. Transylvania is a medieval land with vampires story. Don't use the hungarian name Erdely because all the people from Transylvania dislike that name.
2. Wallachia or Tara Romaneasca is a important medieval kingdom. The capital was Curtea de Arges or Targoviste not Campulung.

Good luck! I will play this mod!