Rise of Etruria 0.1 Beta - for RTW 1.5

Rise of Etruria 0.1 Beta Released

This mod adds the Etruscans to the vanilla campaign game. It also merges the Romans into one faction and makes some other small changes as well.

I have been working on this mainly at Total War Heaven, but decided to branch out a bit to see if anyone at TWC would be interested. If I have ended up copying an already existing mod, then bugger. But anyway, this is the first version of my mod, and I will be releasing 0.2 sometime soon with extra units, new faction symbols, and various other tweaks and fixes.

So without further ado, the mod:

The Etruscans

The Etruscans were once the dominant faction on Italy, but since the Romans grew to power the Etruscans were absorbed into the empire, and Loyalists fled to nearby Corsica.

Now it is time for the Etruscan peoples to fight back. Etruria is already under Etruscan control and with the Romans reeling from the recent blow, the Etruscans are already looking south to Rome...

The Etruscan territories:


Etruscan Noble Cavalry:


More screenies:





With the promise that the tyrannical rule of Rome would be overthrown, the Gauls have sent many of their best cavalrymen to aid the Etruscans in their plight. With the recapture of Etruria, the Gauls have also sent some of their best hunters, in an effort to aid the Etruscan war machine...

While far away from Gaul, in the Greek province of Laconia, the world's best warriors board ship, and set sail for the island of Corsica. With an Etruscan/Greek alliance firmly in place, and the Gauls merrily supporting their cause, all looks set for the Etruscans to take back what is rightfully theirs...



Thanks to:
SubRosa, for her continued support and assistance during the making of this mod.
SrJamesTyrrel, for his gift unit and help.
EoJ, for his support and generally being a nice guy.
misplacedgeneral, or misplacedpope, for historical information on the Etruscans.
PrivateClark, for his contributions and help on various units and UI cards.
King Louise Assurbanipal, for his amazing unit skins for Greek, Roman and Gallic units.
The Modding Legions team, for letting me use their amazing Roman skins.
Arkrai, for his Unified Rome mod which formed the base of this mod.
TotalWarFanatic for his Spartan Hoplite skin.
And anyone else I've forgotten.

This mod uses mod-switch so it will not affect your original game files.

Download here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=2095
You will need winrar to open it.
http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-...-10007677.html

Please post any bugs or errors, even spelling mistakes, in this thread.

Downloading now, this seems like a great AAR in the making.

Yes this seems somethig new

So how do I install?

Just copy the etruscans folder into your Rome - Total War folder and with the shortcut provided, copy that to your desktop and right click on it and select properties. In the target box it will say:
"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm -mod:etruscans

If you have the gold edition, change Activision to The Creative Assembly and if you have installed the game in a different location, change the target accordingly. save it and start the game.

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

Just copy the etruscans folder into your Rome - Total War folder and with the shortcut provided, copy that to your desktop and right click on it and select properties. In the target box it will say:
"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm -mod:etruscans

If you have the gold edition, change Activision to The Creative Assembly and if you have installed the game in a different location, change the target accordingly. save it and start the game.

Thanks friend.

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

Just copy the etruscans folder into your Rome - Total War folder and with the shortcut provided, copy that to your desktop and right click on it and select properties. In the target box it will say:
"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm -mod:etruscans

If you have the gold edition, change Activision to The Creative Assembly and if you have installed the game in a different location, change the target accordingly. save it and start the game.

thanks for your time to make this mod. downloading it now. you deserve rep.

Cheers, I'm planning to release the next version soon, which will hopefully make it a little more complete.

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

Cheers, I'm planning to release the next version soon, which will hopefully make it a little more complete.

Good to hear. I give it a test drive today or tomorro wwhen I finish my Renaissance essay.

Suggestions and feedback is welcome, Should have the next version out soon.

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

Suggestions and feedback is welcome, Should have the next version out soon.

I played today for two hours. It is very nice, I like the mod.
One thing is that the UI Cards for peltasts, heavy peltasts, onagers, and ballistas are missing for Etruscans.
I have a question: are Gauls and Spartans recruitable or just the ones you have at the beginning?:hmmm:
I started writing an AAR using this mod, its in the RTW forums.
Excellent mod.

Thanks, I hope you like the next version more with the extra bits it brings.
The spartans and foresters you get at the beginning are non recruitable, but the celtic warriors are, later in the game.

One thing I would most like feedback on is how the Romans and etruscans fare against each other when both controlled by the AI.

marcus just put in your command line

Code: [View]

- ai

Does that put every faction under control of the AI?

yep

Brilliant, thanks Jack.

Released a quickfix which sorts out a CTD caused by Roman artillery:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=2111

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

Released a quickfix which sorts out a CTD caused by Roman artillery:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...o=file&id=2111

Cool!
Downloading now.

The next version will have a few tweaks to Rome and Etruria, namely giving Rome the heel and toe of Italy, and giving Etruria 1 half of sardinia. Carthage will also gain Messana, and Gaul will start at war with Rome to provoke the Romans a bit more.

Originally Posted by Marcus Orentius

The next version will have a few tweaks to Rome and Etruria, namely giving Rome the heel and toe of Italy, and giving Etruria 1 half of sardinia. Carthage will also gain Messana, and Gaul will start at war with Rome to provoke the Romans a bit more.

Cool. I will have to finish this campaign first, though. Half of Italy already!
I love this mod btw.