RUINS OF GLORY: REBORN EMPIRE (Belisarius campaign mod starting in 533 AD) FIRST IMAGES PREVIEW

[Boz]

After some delays, here I show you more progress with the mod;


And I have now decided the definitive list of factions; finally, the new factions will be Eastern Roman Empire, Avars, Bulgars (after reading a good book about Justinian I found out the raided Macedonia and Illyricum in the 540´s, and they were a distraction for the ERE), and the Balts. The Burgundians were annexed by the Franks in 532, one year before the starting of the mod, so they will make up space for the Balts.

The Balts based their economy in the amber, and they fought numerous wars against the Slavs, even if these wars are forgotten and shrouded in the darkness of history. But the fact is that the Aestii received embassies from Theodoric, their trade existed in that time, and they held their ground against the Slavs, surviving at least till the Vikings came.

I have now nearly finished the new extension of the map, and I will be able to concentrate on the factions symbols.

Screens;

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[Boz]

ter some delays, here I show you more progress with the mod;


And I have now decided the definitive list of factions; finally, the new factions will be Eastern Roman Empire, Avars, Bulgars (after reading a good book about Justinian I found out the raided Macedonia and Illyricum in the 540´s, and they were a distraction for the ERE), and the Balts. The Burgundians were annexed by the Franks in 532, one year before the starting of the mod, so they will make up space for the Balts.

The Balts based their economy in the amber, and they fought numerous wars against the Slavs, even if these wars are forgotten and shrouded in the darkness of history. But the fact is that the Aestii received embassies from Theodoric, their trade existed in that time, and they held their ground against the Slavs, surviving at least till the Vikings came.

I have now nearly finished the new extension of the map, and I will be able to concentrate on the factions symbols.

Screens;

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[Boz]

Ostrogoth, thanks, I hope I finish soon.

After some delays, here I show you more progress with the mod;


And I have now decided the definitive list of factions; finally, the new factions will be Eastern Roman Empire, Avars, Bulgars (after reading a good book about Justinian I found out the raided Macedonia and Illyricum in the 540´s, and they were a distraction for the ERE), and the Balts. The Burgundians were annexed by the Franks in 532, one year before the starting of the mod, so they will make up space for the Balts.

The Balts based their economy in the amber, and they fought numerous wars against the Slavs, even if these wars are forgotten and shrouded in the darkness of history. But the fact is that the Aestii received embassies from Theodoric, their trade existed in that time, and they held their ground against the Slavs, surviving at least till the Vikings came.

I have now nearly finished the new extension of the map, and I will be able to concentrate on the factions symbols.

Screens;

[Cyprian2]

Very nice! I enjoyed 1.1 a lot, and I'm looking forward to trying this! Good luck. A

Also, it's about time we had a mod for Belisarius!

[Ganonman]

Hey, thanks for showing me this mod, Boz! I was wondering; is this campaign going to end the year of Justinian's death? If not, there's always the ability to put an event or two later on in it. I know the faction limit is decided, but I have an idea. I'm not entirely sure when the Arabs invaded western North Africa, but I know they conquered it. So why not have some time in the mid 600's A.D. where this massive horde of new units comes out of Africa (though I know the Arab invasion wasn't humongous at first).

I was thinking that you could stick these "Arabs" into the Berber faction as an event, where the Berber unit recruitment gets blocked off and the event triggers new units for them to train, as well as significant monetary bonuses and an aggressive AI. Heck, if possible, it would be cool to automatically change their name to the Moors. I'm not sure if it is possible, but I know triggers can be worked in. I also don't know if it would work were the Berbers to be destroyed before the trigger date.

I just figured, since it's a part of early Byzantine history and the Arabs did present a huge threat that I would suggest a way to work them in without killing off the factions. When I think about it, it kind of sounds like the Marian reform trigger, where the Romans changed from Republican levies to formal armies.

[Lioneljoe]

Any new updates on this effort?

[knightofhonnor]

I wish you luck Boz, if you are still working on it, of course.

[Octavius Vatco]

Hey Boz.. Hows it going?

[romano britones]

Will we be seeing a release soon or not?

[Lioneljoe]

There was a dream that once was Rome... you could only whisper it or it would vanish

[GeorgiBG]

If the map will include the Balkans and of course at least a little part from Asia Minor then we will have interesting campaigns to do.

Good luck!

[romano britones]

Here are the first images of the progress made:

From left to right: Byzantine Empire logo, Avars logo, and Byzantinian Equites and Infantry.



I have done a bit of mapping and the map will be extended to show the territory of the Gepids further east till more or less Athens. Most probably the last fourth faction will be the Aesti (Balts), but this will remain open to change till the last minute.

Any suggestion about new units, interesting ideas or some faction you would want to see would be very appreciated.

Are the Roman infantry wearing this type of helmet?

[Boz]

Thanks for the interest. Ganonman, that would be interesting to do, but I don't know enough scripting to do those triggers.

romanobritones, I don't know, I just used the helmet of the Auxilia Illiricani.

Currently this expansion is completely stopped, I don't know if I will retake it. What I am sure is that currently I don't have enough time nor motivation, if I had some collaborators, maybe I could work something out, but only on my one I don't have enough time and mental strength .

[Flavius Julius Nepos Augustus]

I would love to see it one day...still enjoing rog (almost put the western roman empire together)

[here4thehax]

There was a dream that once was Rome... you could only whisper it or it would vanish

Well said,
we all feel the same way boss, you could rename it "Justinian Campaign Expansion" or just "Justinian's Campaign" for eye candy as more people would be attracted to that than Belisarius although that's fine too :p

[Flavius Julius Nepos Augustus]

Well said,
we all feel the same way boss, you could rename it "Justinian Campaign Expansion" or just "Justinian's Campaign" for eye candy as more people would be attracted to that than Belisarius although that's fine too :p

I wonder if this mod is going to see the daylight one day. A shame because ROG is for me one of the best games I ever played. So deep!

[Majorien]

I wonder if this mod is going to see the daylight one day. A shame because ROG is for me one of the best games I ever played. So deep!

Absolutely ! ROG is a masterpiece. Too bad Boz did on his own... With a little help, what a mod he could do with Belisarius !

[Boz]

Many thanks for the kind comments . Anything is possible, but I see a bit hard now to retake it knowing there is the new Total War out there, although I don't have right now a computer powerful enough to play it.