Roma Surrectum III preview: The new battle map enviroment

**20ninescene** · September 12, 2015, 03:08 PM

Post 1

What do you mean by variation in cliffs? Different cliff colours/types for different climates?

Sounds like you're putting tonnes of new textures, I assumed it was only a re-polish of existing textures. Astonishing how nice an old game can look.

Each climate has it's own hi-resolution cliff textures that simulate depth. It looks hi-poly but actually it's not.

Post 2
I just made some screenshot of the nile delta just after sunset:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

And here's a little sneak peek of the new rivers:
https://youtu.be/5rhT6ZLInqc

**kald_ibn_alwaled** · September 19, 2015, 06:46 PM

weeeeee waaaitiiing

**Zipzopdippidybopbop** · September 30, 2015, 09:10 PM

Will these textures be free to use in other Rome mods (I already use tone's enhancements for my mod see).

Also eagerly awaiting this release =P

**Roma_Victrix** · October 26, 2015, 01:51 PM

I honestly can't believe this mod is so alive and well! Given how a lot of attention has been shifted towards the Medieval II mods focusing on Roman history: Europa Barbarorum II and Invasio Barbarorum II. Bravo, RS II team! Or should I say...RS III team?

**gluda3** · October 26, 2015, 05:16 PM

HI
PLS CAN YOUR TEAM RE MODELING SOME OLD UNITS AND PLS CAN YOU RE-ANIMATE THE UNITS BECOUSE ALL ANIMATIONS ARE OLD IT IS FROM THE ORIGINAL RTW

,AND ITS MAKES THIS GREAT MOD NOT SO GOOD AND REALISTIC.

e.G. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7pNJlySBrQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kfwNM2WY7s

**gluda3** · October 26, 2015, 05:18 PM

oh sry the two link is a example what animaiotn are good or makes it realestic

**romanius24** · November 18, 2015, 01:36 PM

Those are pre rendered scenes. You are not gonna get those in RTW's engine.

I think the current animations are fine.

**DNK** · November 22, 2015, 04:16 PM

[REQUEST]

One thing that's always bothered me about RTW (and what I've seen of R2) is the fact that everywhere is wilderness or a giant city. There's literally nothing in-between. The world is effectively empty of humans outside of city walls. I don't mean there should be random civilians walking around battle maps, but there should be houses, small towns, farm fields, etc, throughout the world, particularly the more settled Med area.

I know there are *some* such additions to RTW battle maps - little villas or farms near major Roman cities - so it should be possible to add these in to all maps, even if just "out of bounds" scenery (since AI probably would have issues with it).

That's one of my few remaining wishes for this amazing mod/game. It will never feel "realistic" or complete to me as an endless wilderness.

**romanius24** · November 22, 2015, 05:04 PM

Thats an interesting idea. I wonder if its actually possible to mod.
I know DVK is adding bigger ports to port cities but if you need to actually design maunally every battlefield it wont be practical.

**DNK** · November 24, 2015, 07:34 PM

I figured whatever mechanic causes this stuff to exist already could be expanded on. Maybe it's just too deep in the code, unalterable, to change now, but since the modders have changed everything else about map objects, I figured why not?

**here4thehax** · November 27, 2015, 09:33 PM

Anyone have any idea when RS III is going to come out? I'm honestly dying to have a grab at it

**tiepilot98** · November 28, 2015, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by here4thehax

Anyone have any idea when RS III is going to come out? I'm honestly dying to have a grab at it

December 2015.

**Vilica** · November 28, 2015, 11:05 AM

more pic pls, here 10% pic, 90 coments for nothing -.- and look headline

**romanius24** · November 30, 2015, 12:45 PM

Yeah, i wouldnt mind a couple more pics

to torture us.

**gaunty14** · December 20, 2015, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by tiepilot98

December 2015.

GASP!! That's today!!

**DoogansQuest** · January 21, 2016, 11:07 PM

Any more progress on this wonderfully ambitious project?

**Vilica** · January 22, 2016, 05:44 PM

Slowly but glorious

**dvk901** · January 23, 2016, 09:57 AM

I am now restoring many of the small enhancements I had made to the patch before it got broken, so progress is being made. Adjusting climates and making a few changes to trees right now, as well as a few visual enhancements to the strat map.