anoucing a new mod:Antiquity:total war

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

here is my new project. it is called:

Antiquity:Total War

i would like to do it as a slow project
here is my idea:

Antiquity: total war
timeline: 1500BC to 1300 BC
idea is a mod based between egypt and the hittite
factions are:
egyptian empire
hittite empire
ugarit
minoan and micenean
cannanites
nubians
mittani empire
amorites(bedouins)
kingdom of assyria
phonicia(if it is in this time frame)
lybians


a new building system designeed around the transition between the bronze and iron age for example :you can only recruit certian units if you have a bronzesmith and like wise for the iron

new units(historicaly accurate at all possbile)
new campaign map(this is were i would need help the most
new tech tree
new names for the peoples
new buildings
new mercs

i will have somthing to show you by saterday if posseble

what i need at the moment is a good historian for this time frame and a campaign map editor and anybody who knows there way around the text files

oh and it will hopfully be for BI and rtw if i can make it that way

antiochus epiphanes
you can visit here for more info or if you want to help just visit and post ok?
http://s10.invisionfree.com/Imperium...p?showforum=63

[eltrevo]

you forgot Babylon.

[Uranos]

Very interesting idea antiochus

Other interesting names for this mod coud be Ancient Empires TW, or Age of Empires TW.

[Blau&Gruen]

"phonicia(if it is in this time frame)"

It isn't. If you can split the levantine city states into various minor factions.

[Stalins Ghost]

I like the idea, but I'm not so sure about the title. The main reason for this, since generally "Antiquity" refers to basically the whole of the pre-middle age period, particuarly the classical (i.e. Greek and Roman) periods, so I wonder if it's not totally apt in describing the mod. That said...it is only a title.

Over all though, it's a nice (and barely touched upon) period to set a mod/game, good luck with it

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

how about The Ancients: total war?
i like that better

[Faeghi]

This sounds like a very interesting mod!, maybe for a name, to make it more unique becasue there are so many mods with the ending of Total War, why not leave it out and just call it The Ancients Mod or something else like EB's name or AoH,
Faeghi

[Claudius the God]

Well, if you're using BI, the religious system (there was a thread earlier on this sub-forum, where someone had worked out how to mod religion, and religious buildings etc.), and the emergent factions could be really great for this mod.

[bestantreas]

This look interesting. Your idea is very good. I hope you continue with this mod.

You can ask permission from Troy Total war creators to use their Minoan and Micenean models and skins.

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

thanks for the advice checking them out now
as for bi the only thing wrong with it is in this time frame they wer mainly monotheistc(worshiped many gods)
so all the extra temples will be better for the mod

[Solar]

Interesting time period, I was just thinking the other day that it deserved a RTW mod. I was thinking more in the lines of "Biblic Total War", with Babylon and Egypt being the main powers, some jewish hordes running around, etc.

Wish you all the best luck in your modding venture.

[Zenith Darksea]

Well, you may stumble across a problem that we had in Troy Total War - almost nothing is known in detail about these Bronze Age armies. We only had the problem on a small scale, so we were able to surmount it, but I think that this mod really will suffer from lack of evidence.

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

well i will do with what i can and the rest i will make an educated guess on(that dosent mean i will fly off the hook with crazy @#@@ units though...)

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

here is some of the egyptian units
keep in mind that these are wips
also that is the best i can do historicaly accurate
thanks to image shack for free web hosting

please comment ^_^
here is ther faction icon




the garrison troops, called the ‘w’yt, sometimes served as the pharaoh’s household troops both in Egypt and in foreign landssome men chose the army as their profession. The Ramesside Period saw many upper class Egyptian men become military officials, and these men received promotions and wealth quickly. Officers were always chosen from among the career army men. But there were other inducements to choosing the army as a profession – booty collected during a military campaign was distributed among these professionals, and the king also gave land to these men with the added incentive that their sons could inherit the land if they also served in the army



these are the pharohs axe men
their well made axes can cut through anything but the pharohs own armor
they are also staitioned on the borders due to the armies reroums by the Edict of Horemheb at the end of the 18th Dynasty, during peacetime the army was split into an Upper Egyptian corps and a Lower Egyptian corps, and each was led by a lieutenant commander. In this capacity, the two armies covered several arenas: the were stationed at frontier forts, escorted royal processions, intervened in riots, and possibly even served as unskilled building labor.




The army that was raised in times of need, i.e., during civil unrest, consisted of conscripts, who were generally peasants and artisans, led by noblemen

armed with a simple shield and a spear, these men knew more on how to survive, not to fight.




Mercenaries were still important in the professional army of the New Kingdom. The number of foreigners including Medjay, Sheriden, and Libyans in the Egyptian army was so high that captains were specially designated to be in charge of them. By the latter part of the New Kingdom, these foreign mercenaries formed the majority of the army. It is interesting that by the 19th Dynasty, foreign mercenaries came from so many different places that at times, they fought in battles against members of their own former tribes. In fact, descendants of Libyan mercenaries actually became rulers of Egypt’s 22nd and 23rd Dynasties

these are sheridan mercinary bowmen. they are armed with a very well made bow, leather armor, and a stabbing sword


so what do you think of these please keep in mind that these are very wips ok?

[Atheist Peace]

I can't comment on the accuracy, but they look quite good to me. The one thing I dislike is the pattern and colors on the skirt thingy the archers have. Good work though

[Uranos]

Nice, but you realy need a modeller.

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

yea i know, but i cant do it and i doubt that there is anybody here that would do it

[DR. Hobo. PHD.]

new unit preview

here are a couple more egyptians
the pharaoh himself


braves of the pharaoh


chariot crew


sheridan spearmen
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alternet version


and here is a unit you have to guess whos faction it belongs to. if you get it right with the factions icon, i wiil create a custom skin for your choosing B)

here is the factions icon


and the unit itself


thanks to image shack

so what do you think?


for more info, visit here and join me please
http://s10.invisionfree.com/Imperium...p?showforum=63

[killmore]

I love it and I look forward to playing it!

When do you expect to finish?

[Mirconus the Great]

As I'm a lover of Antiquity, I'd like to ask if this mod is dead... I haven't seen any posts on its Imperium forum and I don't know what's happening. Guys, I hope it's NOT dead!!!