The Ultimate RTW Experience

[ckerr094]

What would your dream campaign or game include. The Ultimate Rome Total War experience for me would involve the following...

Much larger campaign map but no change as regards the distance you can move your units in one turn.
Making it longer (which I've already done).
Have more splinter factions (eg. Roman Julii Rebels etc, etc).
A Senate mini-game were you question, threaten and bargain with senators in Rome (send ambassadors or diplomats to special senate conferences) and cut down on the annoying Senate missions a little.
Have recruitable Generals like BI but only in RTW and also have more portraits for characters too, have hundreds of different portraits, no millions!
Have proper sea-battles which are not automatically done (but keep the option just in case), you would control the waves!
Have hordes as is the case in BI, (however thought of this at activision deserves a medal)!
:laughing: Perhaps more options for you when you become Emperor of Rome and bring down the SQPR, for example a sub-mini-game in the Emperor's throne room were you could have entertainment, drinks etc, etc!
Have the option of declaring yourself Emperor of Rome and have the challenge of keeping the city for 20 years after acquiring 50 provinces and the city, to be declared the winner. During this time you will have to defend your kingdom from new factions that arise during gameplay and this would be intensified during those last 20 years. More of a challenge.
Have a few more diplomatic options like 'sell a son' and host 'international games' involving allies and maybe even foes. This could also lead to a betting sub-game were you put money on your gladitor?

If RTW had all of these then knowing me (a ungrateful git) I would still ask for more but it would be great to play a campaign with all these features included, no it would be more than great! :yes :yes :yes

[Favre]

I would also like to see far more challenging AI, faster developing AI, and ...to be able to ride llamas

[Zarax]

Well, most of that isn't possible due to the hardcoding limitations, however there are many mods that makes RTW much more interesting...
I would suggest you the Extended Greek Mod (XGM) for a first trial, with mundus magnus and the new units it's quite a refreshing experience without revolutionize the game (yet), otherwise you might try some of the major mods, although many are still for 1.2...

[Kaidonni]

You can mod the game to recruit generals...it was asked about recently in the Mod Workshop.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=46928

[Lusted]

You can have much larger maps, the one in Eb is huge. My mod also uses a larger map.

Recruitable generals can be done in RTw, my mod features them.

Its not hard to make it longer, you just have to make the ai more of a challenge within the limits of what can be done.

[ckerr094]

What about the other stuff like the senate sub-game and sea battles or is that hard-coded?

[Zarax]

That's hardcoded stuff, browse the modding forums to get an idea of what has been done so far, modders pretty much reached every allowed limit...

[Lusted]

Sea battles, and everything else you suggested including hording in RTw are hardcoded, no way around it.

[NobleNick]

Sea battles, and everything else you suggested including hording in RTw are hardcoded, no way around it.

Hmmm... Just wondering here... If it is possible to extend the map, is it also possible to change it? And if this is possible, would it be possible to fill in the mediterranean with dirt? Here's where I am going with this: If you could make the gaming engine view the seas as blue-colored land, but land that was impassable for most land units, then possibly you could build your own custom land units name "Bireme," "Trireme," and etc. that could navigate this "land." Don't know how much smoke I am blowing, since I have very limited mod experience, and ZERO mod experience with RTW. Just throwing out ideas....

[Holger Danske]

All hardcoded!

[ckerr094]

Darn, still I can always dream!

[Legionary Jezza]

ya dream it then u can do it (in ur dreams)

[Zarax]

Easier done by removing the ability to be transported through ships from units in the EDU files...

EDIT: unless you're thinking to represent ships as land units...

[hellheaven1987]

I think there is horde in RTW... but it is a natural disaster, not a tactic.

[.Socrates]

To recruit evil carebears. :disgust
Like the oliphaunt cheat, but cuter.

[Zarax]

Horde can be modded in RTW if you use the BI exe, I think RTR7 will do that...

[Final Frontier]

There's not too much I look for:

• First, this is what I want my campaign map to look like (It isn't accurate, it just gives the general idea):
  
  
• I would remove Thrace & Numidia in favor of the Mauryans and Yuezhi.
• The units would be more or less the same, I would just remove the fantasy units.
• Diplomacy would have a bigger impact.

[Zarax]

Europa barbarorum might be your mod then, they got the yuezhi...

[Proximus]

Just a friendly reminder, all questions regarding how to mod the game should be asked in the workshop. Feel free to discuss whatever changes you'd like to see, and the consequenses this changes will have in this thread. If you would like to now how to do the changes discussed here, ask in the workshop.
End of friendly reminder.
The reason for me saying this is not thatm I'm an arse who like picking on members, rather I know that you'll get much more help in the workshop than here.