Thermopylae Map 1.0 (RELEASED)

[DAVIDE]

This is a brandnew very cool huge map, created by me as Historical Battle for MedII.
Not having the ancient classical factions on my pc, as spartans or persians.. i had to put two factions of vanilla game: Byzantines and Turks..
Byzantines playin the role of Spartans and they are defending position on Thermopylae against Turks, another Byzantine army (playin the role of Phoceans) is defending the Anopaia, patrolling the passage.
Two Turkish armies are marching towards Thermopylae, the last one is makin the Anopaia to face the Phoceans (Byzantines)
The game is very balanced even if there are outnumbered armies, in fact it's hard to win even with Turks even with Byzantines.. so u have to make your moves very carefully. The map/soldiers AI are not scripted

In game u can choose to play Turks (u can choose one of their 3 armies) or Byzantines (2 armies)

WHAT'S NEW ON THIS MAP:

- landscapes created 100% brandnew
- the tiny zig-zag passage in Anopaia (present in older beta), has been totally removed..
- armies now can outflank enemies without any difficulty (thing not workin fine on the beta version)
- added the Persian Camp
- removed the spear-head mountaintop present in beta.. now they are more soft and realistic
- added the loading screen of the map and the snapshot
- map incredibly spectacular


HERE'S SOME SCREENSHOTS:

Map seen from 500 metres of altitude.. explaination of the map.. i wrote Persians and Spartans, but they are not in the map




View of the Persian Camp




Thermopylae seen by Persian Camp





Thermopylae seen by the other side of the map..





View from the Gulf of Malis





Technical explaination of the impressivenes of the map.. in this chase the cliff






README:

- Extract the folder "Thermopylae", contained into the rar
- Paste the folder "Thermopylae" into Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\battle\custom
- enter the game, go into historical battles and select Thermopylae

P.S= i dont have any mod on my pc, so the folder: Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\battle\custom is the vanilla one

INFOS:

- If some mods wants to use this map for their purposes, as replacing vanilla medII factions with classical ones or whateva they want, send me a pm with the request and i will be glad to give u the permission to use it.

FOR A BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE MAP, I HINT U TO PLAY IT WHILE U ARE LISTENING "3200 YEARS AGO" BY JAMES HORNER! IT RECREATES A PERFECT ATMOSPHERE!


HERE THE FILE:

http://files.filefront.com/Thermopyl.../fileinfo.html

temporary working link

http://rapidshare.de/files/48540874/...pylae.rar.html


THANKS ALL, HOPIN YOU WILL LIKE AND ENJOY MY MAP


IF U FIND SOME BUGS, POST HERE, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO CORRECT/FIX THEM

[Legio]

Does the M2 have to be unpacked? Downloaded and about to install

[DAVIDE]

Does the M2 have to be unpacked? Downloaded and about to install

it's not necessary the unpacking of M2...

[Hereje]

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!! + rep

[DAVIDE]

happy u like it! thanks for the +rep

[Crusading Knight]

Umm, I d'l'ed the mod and I'm positive I put it into data/world/maps/battle/custom

But it isn't appearing in the folder or on the game.. know what I did wrong ?

[DAVIDE]

Umm, I d'l'ed the mod and I'm positive I put it into data/world/maps/battle/custom

But it isn't appearing in the folder or on the game.. know what I did wrong ?

are u using particular mods on your medII data?

Thermopylae Map 1.0 has been now added, on Downloads Section of TWC.. Category: M2TW Battles/Saved Games

[Crusading Knight]

are u using particular mods on your medII data?

Yes, but only those in their own modfolders, my MedII is unpacked ..

[loet66]

Hi Davide !

Magnifico !

+ rep !

[DAVIDE]

Yes, but only those in their own modfolders, my MedII is unpacked ..

even mine is unpacked..

:hmmm: u should try to:

- Extract the folder "Thermopylae" inside Rar, from Rar to Desktop.. then copy the Thermopylae folder from the desktop and paste it to: Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\battle\custom

or

-Run the game, with the vanilla medII exe and vanilla strings
if i right click on med2 exe on desktop, then clickin on properties and then destination link, i have:

Destination: "D:\Programmi\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\medieval2.exe" --features.editor

To: "D:\Programmi\SEGA\Medieval II Total War"

obviously D:\Programmi, is my italian folder and partition

Hi Davide !

Magnifico !

+ rep !

thank u so much! happy u like it

[Crusading Knight]

Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow !

[DAVIDE]

Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow !

no problem.. i m/i'll be often here

[Noble Savage]

Nice work , very nice!

[Amroth]

Posted a small post about it here, davide

[Arkhan]

I havent downloaded or used it but the screenies are breathtaking. Awesome Job!!

[MarcusTullius]

Fantastic work!

[SigniferOne]

Good map. What's the James Horner song? also, did you add unpassable textures to the mountains?

[DAVIDE]

Good map. What's the James Horner song? also, did you add unpassable textures to the mountains?

it's the opening theme of Troy the movie. about the 2nd question, it's yes

I think it needs work. It never allows me to deploy in the Spartan area. Only in the West Gate.

it's a wanted thing and i forgot to say this in the thread. I erased the manual deployment areas, so u have to change formation in game and not in pre-game. Second, simply because Byzantines are so pumped and heavily upgraded.. insertin even deployment areas, i think turks will have no chance at all to win.. it's been all created in the name of "balance"

Posted a small post about it here, davide

thank u and thanks all..

[kaval]

can i use it with Stainless Steel mod?

[Admiral Piett]

I think it needs work. It never allows me to deploy in the Spartan area. Only in the West Gate.