improved! Britannia" Campaign~Claimants,heirs & Conquerors~ emerald visions~ (new settlement type, monasteries on the map and like a six new factions!) Lotsa screen shots and previews~

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

Basically this will be a re-working of the "Britannia" campaign, I will extend the map to include northern France (so as too add factions: Brittanny, the French crown and Flanders, on English soil I will add the Faction: "Cornwall" and I will add at least 15 regions to make up Northern France and add about 20 more throughout England, but Not too big though, I have found the Ai works much better on smaller maps!
so the factions will be:

the British Isles

Ireland
Scotland
Norway
Cornwall
Wales
Crown of England

(Leave the Barons alliance as is and emergent may be add Denmark as emergent as well)



Northern France

Brittany
Flanders
The French Crown

the mod will feature new music, all ui, battlefield skins etc. almost everything!

[Thesban The Great]

I'm keen to see that are you thinking of adding some more units?

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

I'm keen to see that are you thinking of adding some more units?

yes, there will be new units~ here is the "base" geographic Map! (as you can see all of The British Isles and a portion of Northern France and Belgium so as too include " the Marque of Brittany, the French Crown and Flanders)

[Thesban The Great]

Well i assume you're going to re-size the map yes? you could make a really in-depth Britannia height map, Achieving a realistic and aesthetically pleasing map including more regions to enhance the immersion.

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

Well i assume you're going to re-size the map yes? you could make a really in-depth Britannia height map, Achieving a realistic and aesthetically pleasing map including more regions to enhance the immersion.

like I said, I`ve learned the ai performs better on smaller maps~ I have already re-sized the map (as shown) added 17 regions in France and will add a good 15 more throughout the British isles but I will work to really craft a wonderful map ( I may also add monasteries to the map, which will be basically a new settlement type about 4 in France and 5 throughout the isles and also remove merchants and add Monastic Monks which will be able to denounce as well as gather profit~)



edit: actually I will add one monastery in Brittany, one near Paris, one in Flanders ( North of Rhiems), one in Ireland, one in scotland, one in wales and two in England, they won`t serve any military purpose but they will be hefty economic centers~

[Thesban The Great]

Sweet as man

[stevietheconquer]

don't know if the monastries where good economic centers as they where getting money and not gave money away?even thought some monks where making honey and ale

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

don't know if the monastries where good economic centers as they where getting money and not gave money away?even thought some monks where making honey and ale

well you may be right Stevie, but I will add them anyway because they`d just be cool to have in the game! (even though there really is no purpose they serve outside of contributing to your region count)

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

this is the map regions (working)
ok I added 17 regions to France
factions are:
Marque de Briton`
The French Crown
Le Comte` De Flandern`

added like 7 regions to england
Factions:
Crown of England
and Barons Alliance (emergent)

added 5 regions to Scotland and northern britain
Factions are:
Scotland
Norway
Scottish Loyalists (to the English crown and Allied with them)

added 2 regions to wales
Factions are:
Wales

added 3 regions to Cornwall
factions are:
Cornwall

added 8 regions to ireland
Factions are:
Crown of Ireland
Irish loyalists (to the crown of England and allied with them)

so overall added six new factions
and added overall 42 new regions (more will actually be added when I lay monasteries on the map)
the resizing of the map is neutral horizontally but has been expand vertically by about half its original length

scripting will remain as is except : for adding the scripted economic help the original factions get to the new ones, adding may be some more "spawned" rebels and may be some more y/n events

[Thesban The Great]

Looking great, i'll be eagerly waiting to play/test this mod, if you need any help i'd also be happy to contribute.

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

Looking great, i'll be eagerly waiting to play/test this mod, if you need any help i'd also be happy to contribute.

thank you! very soon I will have a beta for you!

major changes are so far about a 1/3 bigger map (which includes part of Northern France) with about 17 new regions in France and another 25 randomly throughout the British Isles,
most ui, (too be previewed shortly) new factions of:
the Crown of France (playable and at war with England)
Le Comte` Flandern` (playable and neutral)
Le Marques` De` Briton` (playable and neutral)
Cornwall (playable and at war with england)
the Irish Loyalists (too england and allied to them too but unplayable and at war with the crown of Ireland)
the Scottish loyalists ( allied and loyal too England also and unplayable too, at war with Scotland)

and the factions originally in the campaign but with all new ui
all features of the original campaign intact
music is all new! but there is a whole lot left to do! for instance add those monasteries, reskin all units, add some new ones too etc.new unit cards Lots! but it is already an "evolved" mod!

[Thesban The Great]

Great work, from the looks of it, it'll be a vast improvement on the campaign overall

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

Great work, from the looks of it, it'll be a vast improvement on the campaign overall

that`s the goal

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

here is some initial (a whole lot more to be done~ and/or changed this is all preliminary anyway!) Menu, symbol and general ui work! ( alot of this was actually taken from a wonderful mod on France I did but never released) and also what monasteries will look like on the map

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

Monasteries will not be able to recruit any units but they will contribute to your economy
they will have a limited building tree of roads ( both dirt and paved and they will all be the sea so you can build ports and higher of Sea buildings
plus these five " custom" buildings I made just for them (which are previewed here I may add about three more!)
and as I`ve said there will be one in Brittany, one near Paris, one in Flanders north of Rhiems, one in Ireland, one in Scotland, one in- between Wales and England and one in-between Cornwall and England, LoL now actually research appropriate monasteries which are authentic for the regions I have chosen!

edit: for the sake of previewing these buildings these screenshots were taken from that French mod I never released where I began my work on monasteries so please ignore the flags and radar map
thank you~

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

ok all monasteries are on the map now
their are 8 in total
here are some screens of them plus various screenshots of Mapping texture/feature[s] improvements and you will notice I also already re-did all campaign(strat flags) but much,much more to do like strat characters, (and as always with me more polishing of the ui!), and unit cards etc. in about a week I think i`ll be ready to a full preview video~

[Thesban The Great]

Brilliant work

[Warcrafthero]

Great as always Druvatar. How did you managed to make monasteries settlements? They replace wooden castles?

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

ok, warcraft let me explain what I did then, since all factions are northern European (including rebels) I used the Southern European Citadel model, I edited all the required text and textures to give them the "appearance" in game I desired, and I put like 8 on the map because they are pre-existing and cannot be built are then used several different hidden resources to enable the " special" buildings I did just for them and limit "normal" building and recruiting

[Druvatar De Bodemloze]

since mostly everything is almost done~ I think I will expand the map again to include more of France, ( the areas controlled by Aquitaine and Burgundy and add those two factions also) add like two more monasteries in France and give one to the Papal States (so I can include that faction as well, so there are lotsa crusades!) opinions on this would be great!