- Introduction :
Before to speak about this submod, let me introduce us. This submod has been made by a team of 2 members. Alberich, the submod leader, and myself. We are both french and very interested in this part of our History. We both live in a part of France where the Hundred Years War took place ( Aquitaine and Nord ). We looked for a mod based on this period of our History and we found The Hundred Years War mod. Unfortunately, the version 0.99 was very unstable, and the 0.9 suffered of a lack of content. We thought that this mod was an excellent basis to make a submod to enhance the experience. We hope that you will enjoy this submod, it is our first modding experience with TW games so we are very excited to read your reviews !
- 1. Presentation :
Two Thrones is a submod for The Hundred Years War - La Guerre de Cent Ans which enhances the experience, is more stable, adds a better AI and comes with several mini-mods.
This submod takes place during the Hundred Years War which lasted 116 years. During this war, two dynasties, the Plantagenêt and the Valois will fight against each other for the throne of France.
The submod starts in 1337 and ends in 1453. This is a 2 turn per year campaign which means a total of 232 turns.
The main base of this submod is the HYW 0.9 version. The campaign map has been enhanced with many new cities added in France and for other factions. We have tried to introduce an historical demography based on documents of this period. We have managed to balance the finances of France and England to make the fight pretty much even. There is also a realistic management of fleets, fleets are more expensive to recruit and to maintain. At this period, the main purpose of fleets was to ship armies, not to fight. So you'll have to prepare a fleet if you want to land your army somewhere, then once it's done, you'll have to disband it to avoid wasting money. Graphically, the mod will look more nice, we have added mini-mods to have better skies and grass. This is the submod you need to enhance your experience of the HYW !
- 2. Content :
IMPORTANT : This submod is based on HYW 0.9, here is the new content we have added to the 0.9.
News !
- Reworked map with 20 new cities and castles added ( Mont Saint Michel, Strasbourg, Gand, Mont de Marsan, etc...)
- Re-balanced factions (France and England) : finance, population, etc..
- Better graphics : new skies, new grass, permanent arrows.
- New menu, new loading screens.
- Historical demography (scale circa 1/200) for France and England based on historical documentation like census of this period.
- Realistic fleets management (very high training and upkeep cost)
- Powerful cavalry charges
- Arrows make more damages
- Many bugs fixed which means this version is very stable, no crash should happen
Next version :
- Scripted events (ie : Jeanne d'Arc etc ...)
- New historical events: wars in Scotland, etc ...
- And hopefully much more if the team grows !
- 3. Screenshots :
- 4. Downloads :
Two Thrones 1.1
Link N°1 : http://www.partage-facile.com/IP11SQZPJP/twothrones_1.1.zip.html
How to download here : Paste the link in your browser, then click on "Téléchargement gratuit (vitesse normale)" then "télécharger ce fichier", it will start the download.
Link N°2 : http://www.gamefront.com/files/22985...hrones_1.1.zip
- 5. How to install:
IMPORTANT : This is a standalone submod, you don't need HYW 0.9 to install this submod !
- Unzip
- Put the "TwoThrones_1.1" folder in your medieval II folder
- Inside the "TwoThrones_1.1" folder, copy "TwoThrones_1.0.bat" and "TwoThrones_1.1.cfg" then paste it the medieval II folder (where the Exe are)
- Open "TwoThrones_1.1.cfg" then change the line "mod = mods/TwoThrones_1.1" to "mod = TwoThrones_1.1" and save.
IMPORTANT : Even though it is a mod for Vanilla Medieval II, it is better to own Kingdoms also since it uses parts of it.
Team :
Alberich koenig : Submod leader
Leviath40 : Co-worker...and well, I speak english.
Credits :
=NF= Vasileios_the2nd : The creator of the outstanding HYW mod.
Amàndil : For his knowledge of mapping.
Mini-mods included :
Water 2.0 by davide cool
Skymod 2.0 by Horsearcher