Building the ultimate mod for everyone
The responses I got in the thread "Compatibility chart for RTR PE mods?" made an idea come to me, which I present here, since it's worth a separate thread.
I believe I'm not the only one who feels it a pity, after having become acquainted with so many great mods, that it's so difficult to integrate the "best" parts of these different mods. I can find myself wishing, for example, the units in one mod, the animations in an other, the strategy map in a third and the gameplay in a fourth - but I must choose which one of these things I prefer most, because I only get to use one of them at a given time. Unless I'm willing to spend months (it seems) to become one h**k of modder myself.
I may have to draw the line for this game there. I don't think I have the luxury to invest more time on it (thanks to the mods, it's already too much - no other game can compare!). I believe many other players are in the same situation. Here this idea came to me.
This is to ask all these talented modders if they're willing to release their improvements not only in big and finished packages, but also in their elementaries, i.e. in their smallest possible functional wholes. If one package contains ten new units, two new animations for a certain kind of unit, and the introduction of navigable rivers and new forts to the strategy map, for instance, then it would be very nice if all parts were released on their own, too, like every unit (complete with unit card etc) being downloadable individually as a complete installation (requiring no further modding), every animation being downloadable individually as a complete intallation etc. For deeper modifications to the original, like the re-introduction of the Roman Senate and multiple factions-scenario to RTR, the smallest possible functional whole becomes rather large, but there may still be room for variation in these cases. In the example with multiple Roman factions, a specific set of units must be added to the game (the units for the Roman factions, to be precise), but one could leave it open as to which set of (Roman) units this is to be: the original set for this modification or some variant released later. There are of course limitations as to how far a given mod package can be broken down in this way and, regretfully, it would require further work from the modders, who have it up to their ears already, I can imagine. But as far as they like this idea and are willing to go along with it, everyone would have a bigger chance to pick out what they like best from everything produced and build their own, ultimate mod. The result would be even more joy coming out from this superb game.
This is all in the hands of the community. No big deal if it's turned down completely. We already have a blast!
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Originally Posted by silver guard
