Empire Mod Questions & Recommendations

[ReignTerror]

wrong game... should try M2tw... i think there is a mod that unlocks the world and some fantastic middle east and easter mods out there... ETW is locked in it's campaign map

[Toho]

what mods are poplar right now then? how do they make the game interesting and what do they add?

[Okmin]

I'd recommend DarthMod Ultimate Commander. If I tried to give you a list of everything it adds (mostly uniforms, flags, and stuff)... I'd be here for a long time But the biggest parts are better campaign and battle AI, new units (they tweaked existing ones too, like longer range and bigger unit size), and more starting money. There's also TAR if you want to play the Americans, a Civil War mod, and APE:TI which has stuff like manpower and supply.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1071 for all of those and more.

[CoconutFred]

American Civil War Mod(The Blue and the Grey)
-Adds new civil-war era units to the custom battle mode
-Version 2.0 currently; (custom battles/multiplayer only), limited campaign to come in Version 2.1
-America Campaign Map not improved, nor dates changed
-New unit sounds, sfx, units now have 2 flags per regiment!
-Unit stats (range, accuracy, etc.) changed to fit period

The American Revolution
-Adds many revolution-era units, including historically accurate regiments, etc.
-America Campaign Map not improved, nor are dates changed

Additional units Mod (AUM)
-Now in version 3.1, comes in 4 languages
-Adds over 150 new units, including ships and artillery
-INCLUDES 4 Field Marshals, to be used in campaign as Generals
-Compatible with DARTHMOD, A Proper Empire: TI, and Imperial Splendour
-Playable in both Singleplayer and Multiplayer (opponent has to have matching version)
-Includes 63 units from the "Ornamentum" Skin pack
Graphics Pack 1.7
-Spin-off of AUM, includes over 120 retextures of vanilla (vanilla means unmodded) ETW units

European Wars 2 (not 2.0, EW1 is for Rome:Total War)
-COMPLETELY reskinned units
-Strong Emphasis on Historical accuracy
-Compatible with many minor mods/modpacks
-Campaign Map not improved, nor are any dates changed
-Features slightly improved battle AI

Darthmod Empire Series/Darthmod Ultimate Commander(DMUC)
-Polishes ETW to the point where it can be playable
-Better Battle AI (Darth Vader improved the AI before CA released its BAI patches)
-Better Campaign AI (as per the polls on the official TWCenter Mods section)
-DMUC 6.3 Limited Time offer OPEN BETA
-Reworked Menu and UI. What could be better?
-Snazzy Avatars, Pics, and Signatures (Redcoats with lightsabers)
-Ingame User Manual
-More Realistic units, artillery, etc.
-It started development when Empire came out... Darth even came back from retirement to make this
-Includes some 100 Submods

A Proper Empire: Terra Incognita (APE:TI)
-Too lazy to add more details... it's more or less the same as European Wars but with extra features

[Toho]

that sounds very interesting. is it something like Napoleon total war? where i have to maintain a supply line? or else my soldiers die of starvation or bad weather ?

[YD23]

Merged with the mod recommendation thread.

[p.jakub88]

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Hello everyone,

I 'm looking for more historic accurate unit skins - than those from Vanilla ETW.

I' m playing only the Short Campaign ( 1700 - 1750 ).


I. In general i 'm searching the retextures of units for those European states:

---> Great Britain

---> France

---> Spain

---> Poland and Russia

---> United Provinces and Sweden

---> German States and Italian States

Important: I don't want to add new units, only to change the look of the existing vanilla ones ( the same unit stats ).

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II. Type of units i' m interested in ( could be others also ):

---> light infantry

---> cavalry regiments

Thanks in advance!

Note: The index of skins is outdated, so i 'm asking you for a retexture mod recommendation.

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[TheGeat]

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Hello everyone,

I 'm looking for more historic accurate unit skins - than those from Vanilla ETW.

I' m playing only the Short Campaign ( 1700 - 1750 ).


I. In general i 'm searching the retextures of units for those European states:

---> Great Britain

---> France

---> Spain

---> Austria and Prussia

---> Poland and Russia

---> United Provinces and Sweden

---> German States and Italian States

---> Ottoman Empire

Important: I don't want to add new units, only to change the look of the existing vanilla ones ( the same unit stats ).

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II. Type of units i' m interested in ( could be others also ):

---> line infantry

---> militia

---> light infantry

---> cavalry regiments

---> cannons ( crew )

---> officers and drummers

Thanks in advance!

Note: The index of skins is outdated, so i 'm asking you for a retexture mod recommendation.

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Well you could g fro the big mods like darthmod or Tar II. Personaly im using Spongemod wich focuses on 7 years war and all units are from the same era , some times different mods focuses on units from different persiods wich i don't like. Allthough the mod isn't complete, i think it's the best one ATM, with this mod and italian states mod your good to go. As the french and spanish aren't completed yet i suggest you take a look at the "released skins thread". You migt have to delete a few skins in those packs with PFM for cmpatible issues.

A few good reskins i can come up with would be:
France: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=244483
Ottoman empire: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=248283
German states: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=287564
Brittain: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=311597
Italy: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=354710
And for the rest: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=351369
You could also pick a few skins from this thread: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=279286
Use mod manager to launch all these mods, i think it's better thn adding lines to the script-file. You can get it here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=240335

Also, don't replace anny startpos-file, might cous the game to crash.

Hope this helps

[p.jakub88]

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Thanks for the quick reply and links TheGeat!

I think, that i will maybe download the "Sponge mod" ( most complex and all in one ).

I will look closer to the Sponge mod thread and decide --> but this looks very, very promising.

I will need to delete my other, earlier line infantry reskins ( USA, UK, etc )...

So, the Sponge Mod is a mod pack type file? ( a bit large 475,1 MB in *.zip archive... )

If you are using this mod TheGeat, i will download it for sure ( i read good opinion about it )!

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[p.jakub88]

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Eh, i downloaded the Sponge mod and i launched it through Mod Manager 1.5 --> but i have a CTD....

Maybe this mod isn't compatible with the Empire: Total War 1.5 version?

Could you tell me, which mods are not compatible with the Sponge mod 4.0?

I will need to download some other retextures, what's a pity...

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[GoldenElite0]

I'm happy enough with the mechanics of the main game so I don't want changes here, but can anyone recommend a good diplomacy mod that fixes only the diplomacy? Although I can look past other faults, I can't accept very friendly alliances attacking me for no reason!

[bucky699]

Thanks p.jakub88 i have got the mod you recommended it is great

[Nirmajek]

is it possible by modding/creating the campaign land, in such that some undiscoverable lands/seas become a real land/sea where it can be a new owned territory/trade point? It's just that I was disapointed to see in the Empire Total War game that we couldn't at least : trade with more asian coasts (china, japan,...), or maybe control some lands in southern part of Africa, or a lot more land to conquer in South America!!!... because it was the case in those times

[DRunkCoWBoy699]

I <3 this game to death, but i am to dam good at it. Ive always played darthmod on the hardest settings and i never ever loose. I constantly give other nations all my technology. I stopped using trade ships. Last campaign i actually didnt trade at all and just got all my income from taxes. I set up payments over time to pretty much all major nations. I never defend, i always attack. I try to look for battles where im severly outnumbered. I dont quick save or reload a save wen i made a mistake. I cant remember the last time i lost a battle. And im undefeated online, though ive only played like 10 times. Now for the first 20 turns or so its an awesome struggle for survival, but after that its pretty much done. I constantly look for new ways to cripple myself but thats getting old. I want a mod that is ridiculously difficult, where the other nations are retarded overpowered. Or maybe something thats really really different, so i dont know wat to do. A recommendation would be really nice =D

[viri-712]

Try playing with the following rules:

You can only move the units that have a general or admiral
Install some mods that hide the power bar in the great campaign, the wind indicator in naval battles, the red edge in battle mode, etc. ..
Play battles with unlocked camera focused on the general without being able to view the bird. And that can only be moved one unit in the general field of vision.
The units can only be restored in a city with a barracks to allow the construction of similar units which are restored.
Never use shot shrapnel artillery units.

[DRunkCoWBoy699]

mmmm i like this, thx! So i guess im not the only one with this problem lol.

[LordBiggums]

Damn! Give me some tips if your that good! lol

[p.jakub88]

Damn! Give me some tips if your that good! lol

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If you are looking for mods mentioned in previous post, look here:


http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=400148,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=405201,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399604,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=401687,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=402468,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=401850,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=400811,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=401685,

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=400583.

As you see, i 'm that good!

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[viri-712]

Thx for your mods p.jakub88.

I've always believed it was something unreal in battle mode the mouse pointer becomes a dialog box with all the information of the enemy unit. Even that becomes an icon in the shape of a target red if the enemy unit is out of range.

Would it be possible to play the battles turning off this option?

[p.jakub88]

Thx for your mods p.jakub88.

I've always believed it was something unreal in battle mode the mouse pointer becomes a dialog box with all the information of the enemy unit. Even that becomes an icon in the shape of a target red if the enemy unit is out of range.

Would it be possible to play the battles turning off this option?

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It would be hard, because you couldn't disable it in User Interface options directly.

I was involved in making gameplay mods, but this box is ok for me.

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By the way: this is a section for Released Mods only.


Mod Recommendations:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=246170


Index of Released Mods:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=243912


List of Released unit skins:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=240710


Mod Workshop:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=651


Empire: Total War mod Download section:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...p?do=cat&id=33

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