With the release of the ETW Map Pack and editing tools, The Lordz are happy to announce that work has already begun on our latest mod for Empire: Napoleonic Total War III. This release focuses on the cartography side of the Lordz work, featuring 15 new maps for Empire, tools to make your own maps, and an in-depth tutorial to guide you in their use.
DOWLOAD LINK TO THE NEW MAP PACK:
Contains original maps plus 9 new maps released in mid June of 09. See here for screenies.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UXOZBSD0
http://www.badger1815.be/ETW/LMCmapmod.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/24602475...apmod.rar.html
Install Instructions:
-Unzip (unrar) the file using WinRAR. http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
-Drop the pack into your ETW folder path: ...\program files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data
The map pack is meant for vanilla installations of ETW only. If you would like to attempt to rectify this, then please read the text provided in the spoiler below. You mod at your own risk and the Lordz do not take responsibility for any mishaps caused while tinkering.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
The LMC's map pack includes the following:
BEACH
A shallow beach invites invasion. Invaders start hemmed in the beach, facing 1 defender. other forces need to march up from inland.
DESERT RIDGE
A featureless battlefield with a large ridge in the centre of the map, with lower ground both sides, there are rocky peaks on top of the ridge.
DRY RIVER
A wide, dried up river bed, runs across the middle of the map from side to side.
LOWHILLS
This is a “countryside” type map with many small hills, villages and woods, with a network of roads running between them.
LOWLANDS
The ground slowly rise’s from low to high with several woods and small villages dotted around the landscape.
RIDGE
A ridge of high ground sits in the middle of the map with rocky peaks at the highest points.
DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://files.filefront.com/mapmodrar.../fileinfo.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/226395189/Lordzmapmod.rar
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZCM1FUFP
Maps and Tutorial created by Lord Badger and Lord Gunner24.
There are currently more maps in the works. If you’d like to try your hand at making your own maps please see the following:
Lordz Map Tutorials: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=254175
Lordz Editing Map Tools: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5051616
***A note on the 1.3 patch and the LMC Map Pack.***
If you happen to have the Map Pack installed then you can only play with others that also installed it. You will not be able to join any game hosted by someone without the pack.