The Medieval World restart

[lolIsuck]

Due to knin's absence TMW hasn't been worked on for months and the mod threatened to go to the place where many good mods and ideas have gone to die. Thankfully some of its members where prepared to form up a new team so that the mod will, hopefully, see a major release. The version of the mod we're working on already has way more features than the last publically released but is still pretty far from release, there are lots of things to do and this will take time.

Because knin is no longer active on this forum () and therefore can't edit the first post of the thread I decided to make a new thread.
Mod information from the original thread:

knin's post in the original thread

Last Updated: 12/27/2011

Latest Version: TMW 0.4 (10/22/11) - Download here!
Latest Patch: TMW 0.48 (11/22/2011) - Download here! - requires Version 0.4 to play!


Attention! The Medieval World: A Kingdoms Mod needs your help! If you're a modeller, skinner, researcher, scripter, coder, or have pretty much any modding talents and are willing to help see this mod release a new version by the end of this year, please don't hesitate to either post in the thread or shoot me a PM.



A quick map comparison:

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Vanilla M2TW

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TMW Map

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The Goal:
Now that I have the new map up and running, it is time to turn our attention to units, unit recruitment, local flavor, and scripting. Each faction will receive an overhauled unit roster, through a combination of borrowing from other excellent mods like Rusichi and BC, as well as original units created by members of the team. The unit recruitment system will be streamlined and rely on characters and other building trees in order to occur. Scripting will be the last, and most time consuming, aspect of the mod, but it will add a great deal of realism, challenge, and immersion to our finished product.

Faction List:

Kingdōm ofe Englaland - Kingdom of England
Royaume de France- Kingdom of France
Imperium Romanum Sacrum - The "Holy Roman Empire"
Repùblica Vèneta - Republic of Venice
Spain Reinu de Llión y Castiella - Kingdom of Leon-Castille
Regnum Siliciae - Kingdom of Sicily
Milan Compagna Communis Ianuensis - Republic of Genoa
Rìoghachd na h-Alba - Kingdom of Scotland
Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn - Byzantine Empire
Russia Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod - Republic of Novgorod
Moors Imṛabḍen - Almoravids Berber dynasty
The Turks Büyük Selçuklu Devleti - Seljuks
Egypt al-Fātimiyyūn - Fatimids
Danmaurk Riki - Kingdom of Denmark
Królestwo Polskie - Kingdom of Poland
Magyar Királyság - Kingdom of Hungary
Patrimonium Sancti Petri - Papal States
Minor Factions (Rebels)

New Factions:

Rus' - Kievan Rus'
Norðvegr Riki - Kingdom of Norway
Royaume de Bourgogne Replaced by Aquitaine
Kneževina Srbija - Prinicpality of Serbia
Cuman-Kipchaks - Cuman Khanate
České království - Kingdom of Bohemia
Reino d'Aragón - Kingdom of Aragon
Sak’art’velos Samep’o - Kingdom of Georgia
Rum Selçuklu Devleti - Sultanate of Rum
Ta'ifa Ishbiliyya - Taifa of Seville
Zīryūn - Zirid Berber dynasty
Repubblica di Pisa - Republic of Pisa
Kilikio Haykakan Tagavorutyun - Armenia Kingdom of Cilicia

New as of 11/28/2011: UIs by Zames!

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European

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Middle Eastern

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New as of 11/27/2011: Strat Map Captains and Generals by Zames!

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Northern European

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Southern European

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North African

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New as of 11/10/2011: Final Map Pictures!

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England & Wales

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Scotland

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Ireland

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Denmark

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Norway

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Svealand

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Rhine Valley

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Northern France

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The Alps

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Northern Italy

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Southern Italy

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Northern Spain

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Southern Spain

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Tunisia

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Nile Delta

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Cilician Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Western Turkey

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Southern Balkans

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Pannonian Plain

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Estonia

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The Team(old):

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Knin - leader, coder, mapper
Zames - 2D artist
Ixor_Drakar - creative design, text editor
Xoxoman - modeller
blur1811 - 2D artist
Johan Maurits von Nassau - research
The Norseman - modeller, skinner
Takverely - 2D art

Acknowledgements, Credits, and Helpers:

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Strelac and Alpha Delta - unit permissions for Broken Crescent
Rusichi: Total War - units, models permissions
Csátadi, dome, and Magyar Mod - unit permissions
CBUR - unit permissions
CSUR - unit permissions (Mr. Crow)
Charge - MapMod: Trees, Textures, Sea V 1.7
dannyxx30 - SM:STT Tex V1 update to Charge's textures
Gigantus - for all his helpful hints, tutorials, and desire to help new modders
Giorgios - creative design, historical research
NikeBG - historical research, Balkan geography
Dan the Man and Grymloq - (mini and full) AARs to promote the mod features
Rus-Bey - historical hints and symbols input
Heathen Storm - historical research and Scandinavian geography
ALFAJI - Arabic translation help
banzaiec - Russian translation help
VI.Mithridates - Turkish translation help
Takverely - Georgian translation help
ahowl11 - research
maximius serbus - Serbian names via Character Names Project Forum
Fair Prince - Stainless Steel Names Overhaul Project (SSNOP)
Contributors to SSNOP:

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Arabic names (Almoravids, Fatimids): HbHadast and MehemtAli_Pasha
Danish (Denmark): Meneth and Christian Goth
English (England): Graeme and Rozanov
French (France): princeps.omnis and loet66
Georgian (Georgia): Tadzreuli
German (HRE): Bernem and Fred Putz
Greek (Byzantines): Manuel I Komnenos and koultouras
Hungarian (Hungary): Fair Prince
Italian (Genoa, Venice): Spartan 666, Principe Alessandro and Grymloq
Italian / Sicilian (Sicily): Freelancer Tex and davsim
Latin (Papal States): Fair Prince
Norwegian (Norway): Meneth
Polish (Poland): szelbisz
Russian (Kievan Rus, Novgorod): CarbEast
Scottish Gaelic (Scotland): Fair Prince and Copperknickers II
Spanish / Aragonese (Aragon): brennas
Spanish / Castilian (León & Castile): Bucefalo
Turkish (Seljuks): Ozzmozis and nuel92
Turkish / Kipchak (Cumans): Ozzmozis and princeps.omnis

EVERYONE WHO HAS DOWNLOADED - THANK YOU!

The new team consists of:
Ixor_Drakar: Historical researcher, text editor
blur!: 2d-artist, skinner
The Norseman: modeller, skinner
Zames: 2d-artist, modeller, skinner
lolIsuck: mapper, text editor, coordinator

Of course a huge thanks goes out to knin, the original mod leader who started this mod and has done most of the work for it.

We are still looking for more people to help with this mod!! If you are interested in joining the team just pm me or post in this thread. (in that case I will pm you)

[blur!]

Expect big things to happen in the following weeks

[Vipman]

Expect big things to happen in the following weeks

Great I hope it will be so, I wouldn't like to have wasted the little help I gave and will still give if I can.
Edit: This is just... wrong... Sorry, didn't think what I was writing... too tired
Now, I hope it will be so, it's a great mod with lots of work done already, it would be a shame to not get to first version. That's more acceptable I think. Now going to sleep at last...

PS esti roman nu? stau mai prost cu memoria de felu meu

[atheniandp]

Thanks for salvaging this project. It would have been a shame to see it go.

[blur!]

thanks to the lolIsuck and the rest of us the mod didn't die.

[blur!]

Stuff;
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[blur!]

Modders and researchers, WE NEED YOU!
Even if you are a experienced, medium or begginer modder, we can help you improve your skills by joining and both working with us!
-Scripters
-Modellers
-Skinners
-2D Artists
-researchers

Just PM on lolIsuck's page if you want to join!Peace!

[_Tartaros_]

looking forward!
will download 0.48 - best borders for me i´ve seen so far. alot of details

regards

[blur!]

Just to know, i don't know if there is a bug, but a member from our team has said that the Bohemian faction si bugged out and will ultimately CTD when you are both playing or is their turn.

[lolIsuck]

Bohemia is not in version 0.48 so that won't be a problem.

[blur!]

but..but, never mind.

[Mr Kriegtooth]

Yay! Sounds like a great mod And can you post English translations for the factions? As best I can tell its...

Rus'=Kiev?
Norðvegr Riki=Norway
Royaume de Bourgogne=Burgundy
Kneževina Srbij=Serbia
České království=..Croatia?
Reino d'Aragón=Aragon!
Sak’art’velos Samep’o=?
Rum Selçuklu Devleti=Seljuks?
Ta'ifa Ishbiliyya=I DONT KNOOOOW
Zīryūn=Dunno
Repubblica di Pisa=Pisa!
Kilikio Haykakan Tagavorutyun=Armenia?

[lolIsuck]

Yay! Sounds like a great mod And can you post English translations for the factions? As best I can tell its...


Rus'=Kiev? yup
Norðvegr Riki=Norway yup
Royaume de Bourgogne=Burgundy I'm guessing somewhere in the process Burgundy was replaced by Aquitaine, no idea why but this one isn't in
Kneževina Srbij=Serbia yup
České království=..Croatia? Bohemia
Reino d'Aragón=Aragon!
Sak’art’velos Samep’o=? Georgia
Rum Selçuklu Devleti=Seljuks? Sultanate of Rum
Ta'ifa Ishbiliyya=I DONT KNOOOOW Taifa of Sevilla, the muslims in Iberia
Zīryūn=Dunno Some faction in Tunisia
Repubblica di Pisa=Pisa! Good job guessing this one
Kilikio Haykakan Tagavorutyun=Armenia? Yes, or the other weird name is Armenia and this is Georgia, I'm having a hard time with the names too

Smilie overkill maybe?

I will add the more understandable names to the OP tomorrow.

[Mr Kriegtooth]

Im pretty sure its Armenia, in Europa Barbarium the Armenians have a name similar to that

And to say, just translate for the page here XD On one hand, I like the real names of factions in game(not enough for a make or break), on the other hand, half the time I dont know what the heck they are XD

[Landil]

Kilikio means 'Cilicia', Hayk means 'Armenia', and Tagavorutyun means 'Kingdom', so it's the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.

If you guys need any help with research (especially map research), just send me a PM telling me what you'd like me to do, and I'll see if and when I can do it.

In any case, good luck with the mod!

[Ixor_Drakar]

Burgundy was replaced by Aquitaine because it was a title held by the Kaiser at the start date and split into many duchies. Aquitaine was a regional power in southern France and gives the player the opportunity to lead an Occitan state instead of a Frankish one. It also fills that gap in the map.

[Diglytron]

Dude, why you never told me about this I got hours of doing nothing in the summer, could easily spend some into this. I'm willing to do some simple resource btw...

[Legio]

Good luck on the mod!

[blur!]

Thanks, but unfortunately we are abit busy in RL and can't work properly on the mod.

[Mr Kriegtooth]

Awww Well I hope ya'll get unbusy XD