Isti Britanni: Total War

[Edorix]

Project abandoned (jun 2012), progress lost. If interested, contact me.

Original OP:

The favour of the gods be with you, fellow denizens of Total War Centre!

Isti Britanni: Total War is a mod for RTW v1.5, set at the very end of the Iron Age, on the eve of the Roman invasion. The campaign will span the period from the accession of the Emperor Claudius in the year AD 41 until the completion of Hadrian's Wall upon the death of Hadrian in AD 138.

MAP

The map spans Britain, Ireland, and a corner of northern Gaul. The basic outline (heights and coastlines) is ported from the Medieval II Total War Kingdoms: Britannia campaign, however the regions, features and ground types are all my own. The little corner of Gaul I have chosen to include I had to draw from scratch. Scotland and Ireland will each have a very low settlement density; this will more accurately represent relative population size, and will also ensure that conquering will be slow and tedious, as it was.

Work is ongoing; creating the map is currently my first priority.

FACTIONS

The following factions will feature in the mod.

- Catuvellaunī [Battle-Leaders] (SE England; "Catuvellauni")
- Belgāiī [Sons of Saturn] (S England; "Belgae, Regnenses, Atrebates")
- Druids (Isle of Anglesey)
- Durotrigīs [Land-Dwellers] (Dorset/Somerset; "Durotriges")
- Icenī [Brackish-Water Dwellers] (Norfolk/Suffolk; "Iceni")
- Cornoviī [Men of the Horn] (West Midlands; "Cornovii")
- Dūmnoniī [Men of the Deep] (Cornwall/Devon; "Dumnonii")
- Combrogiī [Fellow Countrymen] ("Silures", "Demetae" and "Ordovices")
- Brigantīs [Lofty Ones] (Northern England; "Brigantes")
- Caledoniī [Hard Ones] (Scotland; "Caledonii, Picti")
- Iverionīs [Men of Ireland] (Ireland; "Iverni, Hiberni, Gaels, Goidels")
- Toutās Riās [Free Tribes]: (Rebels, but better and more cohesive. There will be a scripted Boudiccan revolt at some point...)
- Rome (Gaul; imperial legions)

Over the next few weeks as I am going to be extremely busy with final exams. That does not mean this project has been abandoned.

Wanted: modelers and skinners!!! If anyone feels like they might be interested in making some slightly unusual barbarian units, please let me know!

Please note that all screenshots are very much WIP; units and maps will not look exactly this in the final mod. They are just to give you a general idea of some of the things to expect, and will be updated over time.

[ahowl11]

Very interesting, good luck!

[Nik100]

Wow! It's going to be a marvellous thing! If you need help with research or faction symbols, PM me or answer here!

[Lü Bu]

Good luck

[korsakoff]

Very interesting indeed, can't wait to see how this turns out Good luck

[Edorix]

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[Edorix]

FACTIONS

The following factions will feature in the main campaign.

- Catuvellaunī [Battle-Leaders] (SE England; "Catuvellauni")
- Belgāiī [Sons of Saturn] (S England; "Belgae, Regnenses, Atrebates")
- Druids (Isle of Anglesey)
- Durotrigīs [Land-Dwellers] (Dorset/Somerset; "Durotriges")
- Icenī [Brackish-Water Dwellers] (Norfolk/Suffolk; "Iceni")
- Cornoviī [Men of the Horn] (West Midlands; "Cornovii")
- Dūmnoniī [Men of the Deep] (Cornwall/Devon; "Dumnonii")
- Combrogiī [Fellow Countrymen] ("Silures", "Demetae" and "Ordovices")
- Brigantīs [Lofty Ones] (Northern England; "Brigantes")
- Caledoniī [Hard Ones] (Scotland; "Caledonii, Picti")
- Iverionīs [Men of Ireland] (Ireland; "Iverni, Hiberni, Gaels, Goidels")
- Toutās Riās [Free Tribes]: (Rebels, but better and more cohesive. There will be a scripted Boudiccan revolt at some point...)
- Rome (Gaul; imperial legions)

[Punic Hoplite]

So you are going to use the RTW game engine and not BI then?

[Edorix]

That is the plan. BI obviously has some advantages, but a fair number of people don't have it. Before I got it (fairly recently), I was always infuriated that so many mods required it to be played. So, I'm going to try and design this without it.

[Asgaroth]

Good luck with the mod.

[Edorix]

Recurrent CTDs when I start up the campaign, without any error message and for no reason I can find, mean this project is on hold until I can work out what's causing them.

[Skull]

Hmm...have you added any new buildings?Or screwed around with them in any way?
Those coud screw the camping up real bad...

[blur!]

Looks promising!+rep when I can!

[Edorix]

All I've been tinkering with is provinces, but everything should be in order. I can't for the life of me work out what's causing it, although I'm pretty sure it has its roots in the descr-strat.

[The_Judge]

Nice idea, but I think you have some slots left. Use them wisely.