RTW Roman World Structure for DMUC ETW

**Wolfson** · February 11, 2011, 09:25 PM

Hi,

Does anyone know if anyone is working on a mod to make the ETW World map bigger with more provinces and so on? I was thinking that the successful attempt at changing RTW's world map in mods such as Roma Surrectum II could be translated into ETW.

Also the idea that I can conquer say the whole of France by taking just one city Paris doesnt sit with my long-haul style of these games. It would be great if the map could be altered to say have many provinces in Europe, or indeed like in RTW multiple cities (I mean more than there are already.)

Is a World map mod like this possible in the ETW engine?

I currently use DMUC 6.8...

Cheers.

Nic

**hippacrocafish** · February 11, 2011, 10:19 PM

You can't add regions in E:TW or divide them, or anything really, because the tools don't exist.

**Wolfson** · February 11, 2011, 11:00 PM

Thats a damn shame

It would be great to have to spend some time on taking say France piece by piece...

**♔The Lizard King♔** · February 12, 2011, 03:08 PM

Don't be disheartened though!

A lot of great modders here at TWC have been working for the better part of two years slowly cracking the files, and learning how to mod the map. That coupled with the fact that CA has said they'd released ETW mod tools in the future (which, as we've seen may, or may no happen) leads me to believe that by this summer, new provinces, if not new maps will be created.

**OSDEA7** · February 20, 2011, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Wolfson

Hi,

Does anyone know if anyone is working on a mod to make the ETW World map bigger with more provinces and so on? I was thinking that the successful attempt at changing RTW's world map in mods such as Roma Surrectum II could be translated into ETW.

Also the idea that I can conquer say the whole of France by taking just one city Paris doesnt sit with my long-haul style of these games. It would be great if the map could be altered to say have many provinces in Europe, or indeed like in RTW multiple cities (I mean more than there are already.)

Is a World map mod like this possible in the ETW engine?

I currently use DMUC 6.8...

Cheers.

Nic

Yes it does suck that France or other nations can be finished by the lost of one city.

**rob-a-dogg** · February 23, 2011, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by OSDEA7

Yes it does suck that France or other nations can be finished by the lost of one city.

France and Spain, I love sniping them by nabbing their main territory, esp when a campaign matures and they start to get a few enemies and then BAM foolishly they declare war on me. Game over kiddies.

**GM207** · October 21, 2011, 06:12 PM

Hey Guys, I know it's the wrong place to ask but I've been looking for a sub-mod for DMUC that I can fight with 30 or 40 unit stacks, instead of the usual 20 unit stacks.
I am now playing a Napoleon mod called Napoleon total combat with 40 unit stacks and that battles are amazing and huge, and I was wondering if there was a sub-mod for DMUC that support 40 unit stacksz?
Thanks in advance

**alhoon** · October 23, 2011, 10:41 AM

It can.
I usually play with 25 units in an army, because my computer sucks.

You just have to use the ESF editor to change the limits. I've made some threads about it in the general ETW forum and other places.

Oh, and to be clear: The limit has been tested up to 80 units and the AI works OK.

**timtimtim182** · November 01, 2011, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by ♔The Lizard King♔

Don't be disheartened though!

A lot of great modders here at TWC have been working for the better part of two years slowly cracking the files, and learning how to mod the map. That coupled with the fact that CA has said they'd released ETW mod tools in the future (which, as we've seen may, or may no happen) leads me to believe that by this summer, new provinces, if not new maps will be created.

I really hope this is the case. I've decided to splash out on a PC upgrade to play this game (and mod) but from the little I've played so far (with a FPS of 1) the strategic map is very disappointing. I don't understand the rationale behind having so few provinces. I'd happily wait an additional minute for each turn to process if it meant there'd be more provinces. Perhaps CA were attempting to avoid excessive numbers of siege battles because the AI performs so poorly during them. They don't even necessarily need to have a major fortification in each region, just a town and the diplomatic option of demanding it and the surrounding land during negotiations. Anyway, I really hope you can crack the code.

**Senshi** · November 05, 2011, 04:29 AM

You can easily read up on the current developments. It's a nice big thread over in the mod workshop:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=355187

It's a real pity the files are encrypted and compiled in such a difficult manner and still without support from CA. I assume it's tied to the fact they use the very same engine even today (Shogun2 has the same technical base as ETW, after all) and thus the risk is far too high that people would use the ETW mapping tools to start cracking Shogun 2, allowing for mods that would be more awesome than CA addons and DLCs, causing income loss. Not to forget all the legal hazzle combined with it.