Age of Warlords 2 - Total War

[BKB]

I am currently in the latter stages of developing a mod for the original Medieval Total War called Age of Warlords, which encompasses the period from 1154-1550. For a look at the premise of the original mod please see the 'Age of Warlords' thread in the Engineers Guild.

I'm happy with what I have done with the Medieval version in terms of factions, units and other things so really everything research wise is already in place, and with Medieval 2's (hopefully) expanded capabilities I'm really looking for a big upgraded version, which builds on my concepts rather than radically overhaul them.

I am very happy with CA's work on the game so far so like with my Medieval mods I plan to leave a good deal of what they've already done in the game (units, graphics, etc) and basically add to that rather than subtract.

The map will be the same as the one I have designed for Medieval but given the ability to add more provinces it will stretch further West to the Pacific and much further South to the entire West coast of Africa and Peru and Brazil in South America. This is dependent however on the game allowing more factions that 21 (I am hoping for 30), otherwise I will stick with the original map I did for the Age of Warlords 1.

For those of you unfamiliar with the original mod it begins with the accession of the Angevin king Henry II in 1154 and when Barbarossa ruled over the Holy Roman Empire. This campaign is called 'Angevin Ascendancy' and will feature the following factions:

English
French
Holy Roman Empire
Danish
Brittany
Norwegians
Aragonese
County of Hainaut
County of Toulouse
Pisans
Genoese
Papal States
Castilian-Leonese
Scots
Gwynedd
Deheubarth
Connaught
Ui Neills of Ulster
Kingdom of the Isles
Dorset Eskimo
Algonquin Tribes

Now IF I can add more factions (lets say 30, so 9 more) and thus have the bigger map the following will be added:

Portuguese
Almohads
Aztecs
Incas
Mayans
West African faction (TBD)
Norse Atlantic Colonies
Florida-based Indian faction (TBD)
West Coast-based Indian faction (TBD)

The second period is called Trial by Fire and Battle and begins in 1337 at the advent of the Hundred Years War. The factions will include:

English
French
Holy Roman Empire
Danish
Norwegians
Navarresse
Aragonese
Castilian-Leonese
Papal States
Genoese
Milanese
Swiss
Burgundians
Flemish
Brittany
Scots
Lord of the Isles
Ui Neills of Ulster
Earls of Desmond
Inuit Eskimo
Algonquin Tribes

And the possibilities:

Portuguese
Almohads
Western African faction (TBD)
Aztecs
Mayans
Incas
Florida-based Indian faction (TBD)
West Coast-based Indian faction (TBD)
Placeholder, possibly the Tlaxacans.

There will also be a final period starting during the Wars of the Roses, maybe 1460. The faction list is yet undecided but I'll post it soon.

I took a break during Rome but Medieval is my period and rather than doing another Super Mod I think this is infinitely more interesting and more unique. Its a lot of work however so I'm hoping to create a team to work on it. What I really need are:

Campaign map maker (I know how to add provinces but unless making maps is radically different to Rome I'm gonna need someone kind enough to get the groundwork done)

Modellers/Skinners (Like goldust I know, but desperately needed. I plan to use a lot of CA's ones but I'd like to add a good few more and the Celtic, Norse, Indian and African factions will need a lot of work, nearly all new rosters)

Faction Symbols/Heraldry (There appears to be a lot more work here, what with many heraldric devices now used in battle so a skilled symbol maker is essential)

Battle Map Maker (I'm not sure if any work will need to be done on the maps yet, though its likely places like Iceland, Greenland, the Western Isles, Western Africa and the Americas may need some, but new factions like the North American Indians will definitely need some entirely new architecture for example)

Unit Cards/Info Cards maker

I think that's it for the time being. I don't want a huge team otherwise we'll all be stepping on each other's toes - I really just need about 5-6 people I think. Research wise I'm pretty sound on especially in terms of the British Isles but if anyone wants to chime in on the Northern American and African factions especially I'd appreciate it.

Thank you.

[Loud About Loathing]

I like it, especially the idea of expanding the area covered by the map. My one concern is that it may not be possible to make a map covering that much area; there was a limit on the map size in RTW, I think.

[BKB]

That is a good point, but I'm hoping that given the expansion to include America CA might have loosened their hardcoded limits somewhat.

[Loud About Loathing]

That is a good point, but I'm hoping that given the expansion to include America CA might have loosened their hardcoded limits somewhat.

I certainly hope so too. However, this screenshot creates doubt for me; that is smaller than many maps made by modders for RTW, I think.

[Antagonist]

Good luck with this mod BKB, glad to hear you'll try your many talents against M2TW. I'm very much looking forward to AoW1 as well, hope it's progressing.

Antagonist