Rio IV The Dark Ages

[Riothamus]

updated 6/29/07

Spash Screen enhanced by Ramon Gonzales y Garcia

THE MOD SWITCHER VERSION

Rio IBFD V Mod switcher and Rio IBFD V Mod switcher 5.5
http://hosted.filefront.com/Rioth
http://s1.quicksharing.com/v/7461556/RIO_V.exe.html
Rio V 5.0... Target destination: C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War
Rio V 5.5 ...Open the 5.5 folder, click on the 'rio' folder Then copy or paste it over the rtw folder(where your game is) copying over the 'rio' files. This will copy over the 5.0 mod switcher.

OR THE RAR VERSION(COPY AND PASTE)

Rio IBFD V 5.0 and Rio IBFD V 5.5 rar
http://hosted.filefront.com/Rioth
http://s16.quicksharing.com/v/350690...rkAges.7z.html
Rio V 5.0...open the folder, Rio IBFD V The Dark Ages.(there will be a bi and a data folder) then copy/paste or drag/drop, the bi folder onto your RTW folder where your game is. Then then copy/paste data folder onto your RTW folder where your game is Overwrite all existing files.
Rio V 5.5...Open the 5.5 folder, click on the bi folder Then copy it over the rtw folder copying over the files.

For both mod switcher and RAR

Final Patch Release. This copies over the V.5 versions
Rio V.5 Britannica III rebalanced for both the mod switcher and RAR
http://hosted.filefront.com/Rioth
-Britain rebalanced in both 432AD and 463AD campaigns to give the historical feeling of the Saxon advent.
-minor tweaks to most faction to give a historical flow..Copies over the mod switcher or RAR Version
-Return of the pro roman faction in Britain: The Roman Britones



Additional info about the Rio IBFD V mod
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=254

IBFD and ArthurianTW units
Ice Torques BI WarMap

[Riothamus]

RIO IV EXPANSION



RIO IBFD IV THE DARK AGES
http://hosted.filefront.com/Rioth/
http://s3.quicksharing.com/v/9454916...k_Ages.7z.html

The RIO IBFD IV EXPANSION (will require the Rio IV Mod Open the fie...click on the the expansions bi folder...copy and past or drop over the Rio IV Dark Ages folder)
http://hosted.filefront.com/Rioth/

Ihatemondays Sound Mod and the Rio sound mod patch works after installing the expansion if and only it is installed before the expansion. Unfortunetly the expansions added units will not have Ihatemondays sound mod features until upgraded.

Rio sound mod patch: copy it on to Rio mod BEFORE copying the Expansion
http://www.badongo.com/file/2225217

RIO IV Expansion: Whats new
1.vegitation: grass from IBFD 6.5 Prometheus' grass
2.new units:bosphoran warrior daylam_sagaris hionite spearman cavalry heruli
rugian cavalry heavy cavalry heruli frankish raider
3.barb_standards to draco sassinds sarmatians to draco and
4.all general horses upgraded to the IBFD 6.5
5.burgundii and the seubi have an extra province
6.The Roman Britones are now under the rebels in 463AD campaign(WRER)
7.Romano brits now have Dumonia and Brittany Celts hold a part of
North Western Britain in the 463AD Campaign
8.Saxons armies increased in Britain
9.new buildings..for economic trade
10 in game maps redone
aetius and bonificus are now in correct positions

432AD and 463AD Campaigns


HOW TO INSTALL THE MOD
1)need unzip all the files in any folder on your comp.
2)then open the folder, Rio IBFD IV The Dark Ages.(there will be a bi and a data folder) then copy/paste or drag/drop, the bi folder onto your RTW folder where your game is. Then then copy/paste or drag/drop, the data folder onto your RTW folder where your game is Overwrite all existing files. 3)Then click on the the expansions bi folder...copy and past or drop over the Rio IV Dark Ages folder, overwrite all existing files.

Angus McBride is the illustrator of the British warlord from the book, Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars
Splash info.
http://www.romanempire.net/romepage/...ery.htm...menu splash Roman ciy(top of the page)
http://www.historyofwaronline.com/images/roman05.jpg image of the roman map(bottom right)

If needed To Open the Downloaded Rio Mod files: Winrar dl
http://www.download.com/3000-2250-10007677.html

[Turkeys!]

By "Rios Ihatemondays sound mod patch will be upgraded" do you mean that if he install the expansion the music mod won't work?

Edit:Gah wrong thread.Could a mod please move this msg to the Rios IV The Dark Ages discussion part 2 thread in rios subfourm?

[Riothamus]

By "Rios Ihatemondays sound mod patch will be upgraded" do you mean that if he install the expansion the music mod won't work?

Edit:Gah wrong thread.Could a mod please move this msg to the Rios IV The Dark Ages discussion part 2 thread in rios subfourm?

It will work fine but some of the new added units in the expansion will not have some of I hatemondays additions....the warcry, ect...I will submit the new unit file (for a new rio sound mod patch)to Ihatemonday to see if he will do it at his leisure.

[GERMANICUS]

RIO
Sorry I have been absent from praising your new release of Dark Ages.
Excellent thus far I just downloaded and installed your expansion pack and found first that there was only a bi folder not a data folder included.And this may be the reason that after I patched Dark ages Aetius is still outside Carthage and Bonifacius is still starting on Northeren Gaul in the 432ad campaign.
Is it me:hmmm: or is the expack missing a file?

Cheers drink a guiness for St. paddy's sake

[Turkeys!]

I got this error message when trying to start the game with the sound mod and patch installed.

[swabian]

open the said file, deactivate column wrap, use 'goto' in order to find that line and remove the 'can_horde' attribute from the respective unit

[Turkeys!]

The strange this is that without the sound mod it worked perfectly.

oh and Swabian I tried what you said and it still came up with the error message.

[Riothamus]

RIO
Sorry I have been absent from praising your new release of Dark Ages.
Excellent thus far I just downloaded and installed your expansion pack and found first that there was only a bi folder not a data folder included.And this may be the reason that after I patched Dark ages Aetius is still outside Carthage and Bonifacius is still starting on Northeren Gaul in the 432ad campaign.
Is it me:hmmm: or is the expack missing a file?

Cheers drink a guiness for St. paddy's sake

GERMANICUS...nice to hear from ya
Poor Aetius!!! .....In descr_strat file of the 432AD campaign:
Bonifatius Flavius, named character, age 32, , x 110, y 201
should be 167, y 84

Aelianus Flavius, named character, age 31, , x 167, y 84(in game is Aetius)
should be 110 201

I put the Aetius, Bonifatius fix in a new expansion dl...just requires the expansion to be dl again

Yes only the bi and read me file, Rio IV game player user guide, and 2 campaign scripts is in the expansion.
Once you see the new splash screens, British Warlord and ect... then you'll know its the expansion

Yes looking foward to a St. paddy's Drink or two

I got this error message when trying to start the game with the sound mod and patch installed.

Turkeys, with the expansion patch that message should not come up. The only horde units that can horde in the export_descr_unit are certain hun units
That error would show up in the Rio IV before the expansion(a prob only if using that unit in a custom battle) but it now shouldn't display after dl the expansion.

Also make sure not to dl the sound mod or the sound mod patch over the expansion. It can be copied on the mod before the expansion but not after it. It contains an older export_descr_unit. The expansion mod changes the sound mods export_descr_unit.

[swabian]

Really nice work, Riothamus!

[Riothamus]

Really nice work, Riothamus!

Thanks swabian

The IBFD mod and Ice Torque I'm gladly indebted to for any credit...and to The Arthurian TW Mod for some awesome units

[GERMANICUS]

Rio
Restarted my 432ad campaign with the expansion pack installed and all is running well.Great relief in not having to get Aetius "Out of Africa" and back to gaul...to set things a right!
Again let me compliment you on your mod, I played it from your first release and have been impressed by the transition till now.Anyone reading this thread thinking that RTW-BI is an outdated game and not worth playing....well IBFD (Ramons and Rios versions, I have both mods on my PC) will give endless hours of great gameplay as well as excellent historical immersion into a time period not well understood by many.
SALUT!

[Taskeen]

I got this error:

I made a clean install of R:TW to 1.5, then BI to 1.6. Installed IBFDv6 + 6.05 hotfix.

Then I installed Rio IV Dark Ages+Expansion, then the error happens when I try to start the game

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

I got the game running -- it looks cool. I am playing as ERE and just trying to stablize what I have right now. I've played about 8 turns but aside from repelling two Sassinid attacks, I've just been getting everything under control. (The Huns just appeared to the North -- (I'm playing 463 w/expansion and w/Ihatemonday's sound mod.)

NB. to those having install trouble -- a clean install means entirely erasing the folder even after you've run uninstall -- if you're uninstalling on a mod build, the Game folder will remain with left overs from that mod after you've installed and it will cause other mods to mess up if you install them on top of it. (Of course, that might not be it at all -- but if it is, it's any easy fix!)

[Taskeen]

NB. to those having install trouble -- a clean install means entirely erasing the folder even after you've run uninstall -- if you're uninstalling on a mod build, the Game folder will remain with left overs from that mod after you've installed and it will cause other mods to mess up if you install them on top of it. (Of course, that might not be it at all -- but if it is, it's any easy fix!)

I know this. I use separate R:TW folders for individual mods.

[Riothamus]

I got this error:

I made a clean install of R:TW to 1.5, then BI to 1.6. Installed IBFDv6 + 6.05 hotfix.

Then I installed Rio IV Dark Ages+Expansion, then the error happens when I try to start the game

Taskeen hi, the IBFD 6= 6.05 will not work with the Rio IV + expansion.
They are two seperate mods.
Would recommend downloading them both but they need to be downloaded on seperate clean bi 1.6

I got the game running -- it looks cool. I am playing as ERE and just trying to stablize what I have right now. I've played about 8 turns but aside from repelling two Sassinid attacks, I've just been getting everything under control. (The Huns just appeared to the North -- (I'm playing 463 w/expansion and w/Ihatemonday's sound mod.)

I'm looking forward to another campaign story if your into it :O)......Is it the 432AD? In the 463ad campaign the Huns are very week and take awhile if they ever push down towards the ERE(unless a rebellion occurred) ..curious

[Taskeen]

Taskeen hi, the IBFD 6= 6.05 will not work with the Rio IV + expansion.
They are two seperate mods.
Would recommend downloading them both but they need to be downloaded on seperate clean bi 1.6

Ah, I figured as much. Thanks.

Edit:

I got it working now. Playing as the Celts .

[Riothamus]

Some things I'm still working on
added ramons 7.0 units(unbelievably awesome... the best )
new buildings and new images for buildings already in.
I should at least be able to copy most of this in without hurting saved games

Military Hospital
A Gyrus: to train and trade horses
new warehouse(horrea): all types of trade
new grain storage buildings:to sell as trade(must have the grain icon in the province)



Saxones


http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/...roman_fort.htm (the gyrus painting)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/featur...unt-fort.shtml (gyrus pic)
http://www.headlandarchaeology.com/P...our_recon.html (drawing of the hospital)

[DukeofSerbia]

THANK YOU
Duke of Serbia: Slav historical corrections

Nice to see my nick here.

Rio,
Did you manage to implement some of ideas I sent you long time ago?

Next week, my friend will download whole mod, so I will see and play mod finally. Hope I will help you as I helped our fellow Ramon.

[Riothamus]

Nice to see my nick here.

Rio,
Did you manage to implement some of ideas I sent you long time ago?

Next week, my friend will download whole mod, so I will see and play mod finally. Hope I will help you as I helped our fellow Ramon.

Yes I was able to implement the Slav temples, faction descriptions and some other ideas you posted. Thanks, Your help is very much appreciated