Hi everyone,
I must say, nice work with modding the game thus far. However, may I make a suggestion for a future mod that would be awesome to see.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imjin_War
Daimyo Toyotomi's Japanese invasions of Joseon-dynasty Korea from the years 1592 to 1598, commonly referred to as Imjin (壬辰), is one of those landmark conflicts in East Asian history that is sadly absent in such games. In the same century as the Battle of Lepanto with Catholic powers pitted against the Ottomans, and the defeat of the Spanish armada by the English, the Imjin War still involved some of the largest naval operations of the time period. The sheer scale of Japanese mobilization against Joseon Korea (aided by the Ming Dynasty of China) in this particular war is akin to the Japanese invasions centuries later in the events preceding WWII. The Korean response with able naval commanders like Yi Sun-sin is worthy of a game mod in and of itself!
So why not create such a mod? Aside from creating new skins and textures for Korean and Chinese units, there would have to be an incredible amount of work done on remodeling battle-map settlements to reflect Korean-style fortresses and cities as opposed to Japanese ones. But with time and effort it could be done! I'm actually somewhat surprised no one's brought this subject to the fore, considering how it could easily be the most popular mod for this game.
I'm busy playing Stainless Steel for MDWII Kingdoms at the moment, but I noticed a mod called "Falcom" over there that includes full world map with Song-era China, Korea and Japan included. If the modders over there can do it from scratch with a game centered on Europe and the Middle East, why can't you with Shogun?
Just a hopeful suggestion.
Roma_Victrix