IB2 Beta Patch

[Riothamus]

Ib2 Team wanted to create a better playing experience with balancing and texture enhancements.

IB2 Team
-Mod now more balanced to play out more historically
-Midnites huge units
-Midnites Re Done Germanic and Roman Textures
-legio_xx's Roman unit cost increases
-Rio's Barbarian unit costs adjustments and strat adjustment
-Lepsis Magna name corrected
-IB2 CIG File: city names with Faction Banner applied

http://www.filesavr.com/ib2betapatch
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XR3K90DO


-Extract the IB2 Beta Patch to your desktop
-Copy or paste your IB2 folder over your Medieval II Total War\mods folder, copying over all existing files.

Balancing Goals
-Germanic Factions to be more of a threat
-Tried to get the Visigoths to be more aggressive in their expansion into Iberia:at war with the Suebi, Vandals, and Slaves(if not already)
-Strengthened Aetius amy in Gaul
-Aetius army is to be instrumental in the blocking a quick northward expansion.
-The continued Vandal expansion eastward through Africa tweak a few economic upgrades in the nearby cities they target.
-The AI Suebi to hold there own
-The Berbers/Moors to expand slightly
-The Romans to still produce and be able to upgrade their economy but to be under constant pressure from Barbarian expansion.

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

excellent - thanks for that!

[Antiochos VII Sidetes]

Mmm, I can't play until Barbarian rosters are fleshed out. I hope this happens soon.

[speedyvm]

Good news, glad to see that you guys are improving this mod.
We are waiting for more fixes and updates, even for graphic ones like Mr. Cursed said (but not in the first turn in my opinion, balacing and small tweaks are more important).

PS: make playing Western Roman Empire very hard, allmost imposible if you can, with some rebelions, economic troubles, etc.

[Riothamus]

Good news, glad to see that you guys are improving this mod.
We are waiting for more fixes and updates, even for graphic ones like Mr. Cursed said (but not in the first turn in my opinion, balacing and small tweaks are more important).

PS: make playing Western Roman Empire very hard, allmost imposible if you can, with some rebelions, economic troubles, etc.

Hi speedyvm,
I'm not absolutely sure but fattening up the faction units may not come to until an official non beta release. We wanted to have a balanced, enjoyable running beta for the time being. midnite although in the beta made some very nice improvements on faction textures accentuating more uniformity between the factions. Agree, its a becoming a desperate time for the WRE with the Germanic tribes dictating foederati status on Roman soil om their own terms. The patch does address that somewhat

[Giovi]

ty so much downloading

[hull19]

very nice work! downloading this mod!

[speedyvm]

Hi speedyvm,
I'm not absolutely sure but fattening up the faction units may not come to until an official non beta release. We wanted to have a balanced, enjoyable running beta for the time being. midnite although in the beta made some very nice improvements on faction textures accentuating more uniformity between the factions. Agree, its a becoming a desperate time for the WRE with the Germanic tribes dictating foederati status on Roman soil om their own terms. The patch does address that somewhat

Glad to hear that about WRE and that there will be texture updates in feature releases.
Hope I don't bother with this, do you know how long it will take until an official non beta of IBII will be realease?
I belive that you can't be precisely with a date or something and I understand that, you may answer with a some aproximation terms (like a few weeks, a few months, etc.)

[Riothamus]

Glad to hear that about WRE and that there will be texture updates in a feature releases.
Hope I don't bother with this, do you know how long it will take until an official non beta of IBII will be realease?
I belive that you can't be precisely with a date or something and I understand that, you may answer with a some aproximation terms (like a few weeks, a few months, etc.)

Hi speedyvm,
We are currently in the process of deciding what is better to do..a further patch on the beta or an official non beta release..Thats about all the info I can give in regards to anything new and when...This will be most likely decided by Ramon Gonzales y Garcia, our IB2 team leader...We as a team are filling in for Ramon as he is at the moment very busy in the real world.

[KoRnflakes]

Good News

[swhunter]

Is this save game compat?

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

I believe it is, yes.

[Razor]

Nice beta! Hwoever after I've applied the patch I can't seem to start a new campaign anymore. I can continue with the campaign I saved earlier though, but no new one for all factions.
Right after I click on start it is loading and then it's throwing me back to the single player menu.
I didn't have this with the unpatched beta. Anyone knows how to fix it?

[Riothamus]

Nice beta! Hwoever after I've applied the patch I can't seem to start a new campaign anymore. I can continue with the campaign I saved earlier though, but no new one for all factions.
Right after I click on start it is loading and then it's throwing me back to the single player menu.
I didn't have this with the unpatched beta. Anyone knows how to fix it?

Yes, I had this also! I just re-loaded the original game and then the download patch again and it's all fine.

.. not sure why would have to reload the game all over again

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

Yes, I had this also! I just re-loaded the original game and then the download patch again and it's all fine.

[Razor]

Yes, I had this also! I just re-loaded the original game and then the download patch again and it's all fine.

I still can't get a new campaign to work...

[Riothamus]

I still can't get a new campaign to work...

After reinstalling the game see if it works without the patch Razor

[Razor]

After reinstalling the game see if it works without the patch Razor

Without the patch everything works just fine. Checked it twice. It has got to be the patch...

[Riothamus]

Without the patch everything works just fine. Checked it twice. It has got to be the patch...

Do you have vista windows Razor? Curious cause with my vista windows I run into issues with downloading or recopying files sometimes.
I'm rechecking everything by re installing everything.

[Riothamus]

Without the patch everything works just fine. Checked it twice. It has got to be the patch...

Cleaned out my IB2 files redownloaded the IB2 installer then downloaded the Beta Patch and installed it within the Medieval II Total War\mods folder, copying over all existing files as directed and all works fine.(w/vista I had to quite often agree to many individual files getting copied over) I'm not why your getting an error but it may be in the installation of the patch files. Possibly incorrectly placed?