Ascendancy of Medieval

[ST. Toma]

Ascendancy Of Medieval Mod v2.0 by ST. Toma

This modification makes the game historically more correct, and more interesting.

Link:
http://files.filefront.com/Ascendanc.../fileinfo.html

!!!Install at your own risk. I will not be liable for any damages of any kind!!!

It only works with Ascendancy of Medieval v2.1 Patch, so download it!

Link:
http://files.filefront.com/Ascendanc.../fileinfo.html

Installation of v2.0:
- Install Medieval II Total War
- Install Patch 1.1 and unpack all files
- Install Patch 1.2
(- You can also install Kingdoms expansion or Patch 1.3, it works well!)
- Extract 'Ascendancy of Medieval v2.0.rar' to root directory of Medieval II Total War

Notes:
- This will install a new folder called 'ascendancy_mod'
- This will overwrite some files in your data folder, especially textures
- You can start the game with 'Ascendancy_Of_Medieval.bat'
- Norman Prologue won't work (well)!
- There is an icon file, called ascendancy.ico in the root folder. Use it!
- Enjoy!

Features of v2.0:
- New map with maximum number of provinces which is historically more correct than the original (vanilla) map
- Real region and city names, eg Arabic names to Eastern cities or Greek names to Byzantine cities
- 9 new factions, some from Regions and Provinces Mod v2.4 (special thanks to sb2ean)
- New and real names to new factions, and to Hungary and the Papacy
- Royal titles with original names (Latin titles for Catholics, Greek and Russian for Orthodox', Arabic for Muslims and Turkic for Nomads)
- Stronger rebels especially on the Eastern European Steppe, in Lithuania, and in the German Duchies
- More realistic names to the members of ruling dynasties and rebel rulers
- Advanced Paganism with Pagan factions: Lithuanians, Cumans, Mongols and Aztecs
- Improved diplomacy
- New rebel factions (65 factions plus pirates and brigands)
- New date when gunpowder is invented: 1320
- New passing places on the seas like Sardinia-Corsica, Normandy-England, Steppes-Crimea etc. and on rivers
- Stronger factions: Turks, Hungary, Denmark, Sicily etc.
- New hidden resources
- New units but some of original and unreal units disappeared
- Correct names and abilities to units (especially Hungary)
- Crossbowmen appear later in Hungary and Russia
- Cuman raiders (rebels) in Transylvania
- Western Hungary (Őrvidék) is a rebel kingdom under the Hungarian ex-king Salamon
- New buildings: Highway (special thanks to selenius4tsd), Pagan temples and religious places
- Lots of new textures (see: 'Thanks to:')
- Three new historical battles: Bouvines and Kulikovo (special thanks to Eric) and Formigny (special thanks to Roma Victor)
- Darth Formations M2TW Version 3.5 War Pack (special thanks to Darth Vader)
- Ultimate AI v1.1 beta (special thanks to GrandViz)
- Beutiful minimod for MTWII by Riczu74 (special thanks to Riczu74)
- Lots of map corrections like woodlands in Eastern Europe, two lakes in Hungary (Lake Balaton and Lake Fertő), more resources etc.

Factions:

Playable factions:

Catholic:
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of France
The Holy Roman Empire (German faction)
Kingdom of Castille (Spanish faction)
Republic of Venice
Kingdom of Sicily
Duchy of Milan
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Hungary
Crown of Aragon (Catalan faction)
Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Munster (Irish faction)

Orthodox:
The Byzantine Empire (Greek/Byzantine faction)
Grand Duchy of Novgorod (Russian faction)
Kingdom of Georgia
Kingdom of Armenia
Grand Zhupanate of Serbia

Muslim:
The Moors
The Turks
Caliphate of Egypt (Arab/Egyptian faction)
The Mali Empire (African faction)

Pagan:
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Cumans

Non-playable factions:

The Papacy (Catholic)
Golden Horde (Pagan) (Mongol faction)
The Timurid Empire (Muslim) (Persian-Mongol faction)
The Aztec Empire (Pagan)
Independent Peoples (Heretic) (Rebel faction)

Features of Ascendancy Of Medieval Mod v2.1 Patch by ST. Toma:

- the mod called 'Ascendancy of Medieval' works only with this patch
- some bugs disappeared
- the Grand Campaign works
- Beutiful minimod for MTWII by Riczu74 works completely (special thanks to Riczu74)
- some text and unit corrections
- See the read me file of Ascendancy of Medieval v2.0!

Installation of v2.1 Patch:

- Install Medieval II Total War
- Install Patch 1.1 and unpack all files
- Install Patch 1.2
(- You can also install Kingdoms expansion or Patch 1.3, it works well!)
- Extract 'Ascendancy of Medieval v2.0.rar' to root directory of Medieval II Total War
- Extract 'Ascendancy of Medieval v2.1.rar' to root directory of Medieval II Total War

Note: There are some bugs which I want to correct as fast as possible. The 1st one and biggest is the height of hills and mountains. The 2nd one is the bank of the Hungarian lakes which are glinting. And there are some other problems, like pirates on lakes etc. If someone can correct these bugs, contact me with e-mail to st.toma.st@gmail.com!

Thanks to:
- Spurius for BigMap
- sb2ean for units, factions and buildings from Regions and Provinces Mod v2.4
- Dragases for the ideas of some provinces
- Re Berengario I for ancillaries from Anno Domini 0.93 Beta and the idea of royal titles
- Team B.A.L.T.S. for units and ideas from Lithuania Mod v1.0
- ziher for HRE shields retexture, Scotland shields retexture, Danish shields retexture, Spain shields retexture and Darker nights Updated
- Modestus for New French textures and for New English Shields
- plasticfigurine for Early General textures
- the Eternal Cocoon for Eternal Turk Reskin
- Hunor1 for Hunor's Reskins Final Update
- WhiteWolf for some textures from Byzantium Armor Progression
- Rammstein, the_mango55 for some textures from RTJ textures: Unique Pattern Mod like Gothic, Highlander, Russian and Danish textures
- Riczu74 for beutiful minimod for MTWII by Riczu74
- burrek for burrek's Polish Heraldry
- Serious Samurai for Dismounted Boyar Sons Javelin equip v1.0
- GrandViz for Ultimate AI v1.1 beta
- Darth Vader for Darth Formations M2TW Version 3.5 War Pack
- selenius4tsd for Completed Highways Mod
- Eric for Battle of Bouvines 1214 and The battle of Kulikovo, 1380
- Roma Victor for Battle of Formigny
- everyone and everybody who helped me on forums and with tutorials!

[Matz]

Wowww, this sounds great Toma!!

I hope we'll get a more detailed description, but so far this sounds to me like a great mod... Bigger map + Better names + UAI! Is Blood Broads & Bastards in there?

Downloading... 0_o

+rep btw

Matz

[firekiller]

any sreeny's of the new factions?

[billydilly]

Downloading. But is this not for Kingdoms? Boiling oil and all that?

[Icefrisco]

This sounds great! Do you plan on adding a AOR/ZOR system?

[general_varro]

Guys, I have to say this mod seems tremendous. But unfortunately it has also gone down the road of being scripted so much that the time between campaign turns is too excessive (for me at least). Is there any way u can release a "lite" version (less scripts). I'd really love to play this. Also, as cumans I cannot recruit military units (except ballista).

Once again, great job and thanks.

[ST. Toma]

Hi!

I am really happy, coz of your replies

general_varro: yes, it's a bit slow, coz of the lots of regions, factions, and scripts, and i don't have enough time to create a lite version. What is about the Cumans? What do u mean under "cannot recruit miltary units"?

Icefrisco: yes, i want to do aor system, but unfortunately i don't have enough time, coz of leaving exams, and leaving celebartions (there are very much to do for a school.leaver in Hungary )

billydilly: no, it isn't but works with Kingdoms

firekiller: next week

Matz: pls read the readme file. I think it's compeletely detailed.

[Methoz]

huh...any screens ??

[loet66]

Hi,


I add your rep because of your work (especially for historic contents) but I'm not sure to download it because this mod seems to be a region mod bis, with not really news factions.

Anyway, It's a good effort and I encourage you to continue in this way.

I'm waiting for some screens too ...

loet66

[ST. Toma]

Hi!

Unfortunately, i have no time to do anything with the mod, yet.

Later i'll send some images, but i have a problem with battles. When I start a battle, it downloads but at the end of downloading, you can see on the screen your troops and the sky, but the gorund is white and immediately it send CTD.

I used to have the same problem with Rome: TW, bu ti dunno how i did solved it :hmmm:

Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nikkola88]

none of the links works. any good links for this? thanx.