Kaziel's Romans * VERSION 4.5 * (UPDATED: 17/09/2014) * Currently BUGGED *

[Kaziel]

What's New

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VERSION 4.5

• Quick fix for Emperor Edition compatibility (Steam only).

VERSION 4.0

• New Musculatas for Polybians, Generals, Praetorians and Officers.
• Improved texture quality of feathers, crests, armour etc.
• New Helmet textures (Montefortinos, Imperial and General Helmets).
• New shield textures and emblems for All Units.
• Augustan Shield further improved.
• More accurate crests for the Roman helmets used by Generals
  & Praetorians.
• New Socii units and Imperial Auxiliaries.
• Overall change of system used to have better compatibility with
  other mods (i.e. Colour Mods etc.)
• New Hexagonal Shields for Marian/Imperial Cavalry Units/Officers.
• New Braccae (Trousers) for Romans & Auxiliaries.
• New Iron Scaled Squamata.
• New Unit Cards.
• New tunics for All Units.
• And finally other things I can't remember at this moment in time.

Generals & Officers - Click Here for Details

Iron General Bronze General Brass General Socii Cavalry Officer Early Cavalry Officer Marian Cavalry Officer Imperial Cavalry Officer Praetorian Cavalry Officer Socii Infantry Officer Early Centurion Marian Centurion Imperial Centurion Praetorian Centurion

Polybian Units - Click Here for Details

Unit Cards General's Bodyguards Leves Velites Hastati Principes Triarii Equites Socii Hastati Socii Extraordinarii Socii Equites Socii Equites Extraordinarii

Marian Units - Click Here for Details

Unit Cards Legionaries Veteran Legionaries First Cohort Praetorians Praetorian Cavalry Auxiliary Infantry Auxiliary Cavalry

Imperial Units - Click Here for Details

Unit Cards Legatus Vigiles Legionary Cohort EvocatiCohort Eagle Cohort Armoured Legionaries Praetorian Guard Legionary Cavalry Imperial Auxiliary Infantry Imperial Auxiliary Cavalry

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Older Versions

Version 3.0

VERSION 3.0 New Leather & Brass Helmets for Generals. New Brass Lined/Bossed Oval Shields for Generals, Auxiliaries & Cavalrymen. Furthermore, all Oval Shield Leather textures have been improved. New Brass/Bronze Lined/Bossed Republican style Shield for Centurions and Praetorian. New Round Shield for Leves, Velites and Equites. New Augustan Shield for Marian Legionaries, Veteran Legionaries and First Cohort. New Shield Patterns for Marian & Late Units. Design Style continuing from previous Polybian Shield Patterns. More Streamlined, I call it Clean Grit. Auxiliaries now have Caucasian/Mediteranean looking Soldiers in their Units. These new guys pass for Greeks, Carthaginians, Iberians and Northern Barbarian Folk (Though beards have had a trim, Romanisation and all) Re-textured Roman Scorpion Artillery. Cloth/Tunic/Shield colours have been tweaked to add more variety and realism. Marian & Imperial Units have had their equipment tweaked to look more uniformed whilst maintaining variety. This may not be historically accurate, but I've decided to do this to show more evolution from Polybian to Imperial. Example: Principes wear Hamata and Breastplates, Legionaries wear all Hamata and finally Legionary Cohorts wear all Segmentata. Re-added Prometheus's Height fix which was updated by Mech_Donald. Hex Shields removed and replaced by Oval Shields. The Rims are in my opinion too thick in comparison to what I see on the internet. I will try to fix this at a later date if I have the time. For now, all Cavalrymen use the Oval Shield models as they did in Vanilla. Available on Steam Workshop. As usual other stuff I can't remember. Generals & Officers - Click Here for Details General Leather General Brass Marian Centurion Imperial/Late Centurion Cavalry Officer Polybian Units - Click Here for Details Leves Velites Hastati Principes Triarii Equites Marian Units - Click Here for Details Legionaries Veteran Legionaries First Cohort Auxiliary Infantry Auxiliary Cavalry Imperial/Late Units - Click Here for Details Legionary Cohort Evocati Cohort Eagle Cohort Legionary Cavalry Praetorian Units - Click Here for Details Praetorian Praetorian Guard Praetorian Cavalry Artillery - Click Here for Details Scorpion

Version 2.2

VERSION 2.2 Decided to "Streamline" Polybian Shield Patterns to look better and "Fit In" with other factions. Apparently during the Early Republic, the shields were State-Owned. Therefore, everyone uses the same shields regardless of class/wealth. Differentiation is in Armour worn as this was provided by the Soldier. Updated DB Tables for Patch 5. Removed table containing Prometheus's Height Data as I suspect that it is causing issues with Patch 5. Will re-include (with new permission) it if he ever updates it. New Shields - Click Here for Details Infantry Shields Round Shields

Version 2.1

VERSION 2.1 New Shields for Leves/Velites, Hastati, Principes and Triarii. New mixture of headgear for Velites. Updated tables for Patch 5. New Polybian Equipment - Click Here for Details Leves & Velites Leves and Velites have more interesting but still plain looking shields Decided to thrown in bronze helmets for Velites to wear to add variety. Also thought it's ridiculous that a whole unit would wear wolf-pelts (save the wolves!) Equites Nicer shields for Equites Infantry A lot of new shields for the three classes of Infantry The Bull and a Wolf didn't make the cut, can you spot the Bull?

Version 2.0

VERSION 2.0 New Shields, Breastplates and Helmets for the Roman Generals. New Shields for Standard Bearers, Auxiliary Infantry/Cavalry, Praetorian Guard/Cavalry, Legatus and Legionary Cavalry New outfit for Marian/Imperial Centurions New Lorica Hamata (3) and Squamata (1) Most Soldier's Equipment have been updated to look more diverse in their units Auxiliary Infantry/Cavalry have been updated to look more multicultural but retain their Standard Roman Equipment And as usual, other stuff I can't remember! Generals & Officers - Click Here for Details Generals Two themes; Leather and Brass (More will be included in future updates). Three Shield Patterns (I forgot to take a screenshot of the third one). The Brass Helmet (Scipio's Helmet) I left untouched as I thought CA Artists did an excellent job and already matched very well with my Brass Breastplate. The Art surrounding the Shield Boss originally comes from here: http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/...et_bacchus.gif The Pattern seen (bottom left) inspired by this image: http://legvi.tripod.com/sitebuilderc...a_peronis8.jpg Centurions Textured onto chainmail (oldschool style). Decided to use only Rings instead of Medallions as when the Rings stretch with the rest of the model it is less obvious (Thoroughly tested). No side crests currently in game suits the Roman Coolus type Helmets hence I stuck with the forward lining ones. Overall I'm happy with this one because it gives the "Centurion Factor" and will be a good placeholder until CA releases better ones in the future. Standard Bearers All new Squamata texture on the Hamata Model. Two new shield patterns (Forgot to screenshot the 2nd). Polybian Units - Click Here for Details Hastati Tunic reverted back to Vanilla Roman Tunic. Wear two types of Breastplates; Square Breastplate & Half-Cuirass. In combination with the two tunic colours they look quite diverse in their units. Principes New Hamata Textures on the Hamata model (sans Cingulum). Two types of Hamata Textures and one Half-Cuirass creates more diversity in unit equipment. Those who wear the Half-Cuirass also wear Shin-Guards to show that they are better protected and more combat efficient than the Hastati. I have made a lot of effort to ensure the new textured Belts & Crossbelts have minimal stretching when the models move. Overall I believe the new Hamata textures gives the soldiers that wear Lorica Hamata a more realistic and rugged look (whereas the vanilla one looks too plain). Triarii Mostly Musculata with a Red Tunic worn underneath. Mix between one of the Polybian Hamata and the Half-Cuirass (with Shin-Guards) for others in the units. Overall shows wealthier and more heavily armoured citizen soldiers. Equites Mix between Musculata, Hamata and Half-Cuirass (with Shin-Guards) creates good equipment diversity in the unit. Overall shows wealthier citizen cavalrymen wearing more expensive and protective armour. Marian Units - Click Here for Details Auxiliary Infantry Changed skin to show that the Auxiliaries are not Romans and at the same time showing a diverse culture in one unit. Right now the faces and skin colours pass for Eastern/North African/African/ Greek nationalities. Will try to add Northern Europeans into the mix in the future, but that will be tricky and require a lot of work. We'll see. Auxiliary Cavalry Equipment is a mix between the new Hamata styles and what I personally call Cavalry Squamata. Screenshot below shows the new Auxiliary Shield Patterns in more detail. Legionaries Like the Polybian Hamata these Legionaries sport new Hamata textures (Cross Belts etc.) but with the Cingulum (I know the word is used for the whole belt but it's better than saying; Dangling Straps of Leather with Metal Buttons). I apologise for not knowing the proper term, I tried to look for it but couldn't find any information. As with the Polybian units, these new Legionaries look more realistic and rugged. Also equipment diversity is always good (without losing the standardized equipment look the Marian Reforms brought on) Veteran Legionaries Same Equipment as Legionaries except helmets are plumed to show a higher rank. Their shields (same as Version I) show a higher rank as well. First Cohort Same Equipment as the Vets. Their shields show a higher rank and the fact they hold the main standard in the Army (The Eagle). Well they don't yet but they do upgrade to the Eagle Cohort. Praetorian Same Equipment as the Vets & First Cohort. They also wear capes to battle to show their elite status. Their shields show a higher rank and the symbol the Praetorians used at that time; The Scorpion. By the way I have never and will never field Praetorian units of any kind, so all this effort was for you guys, the community. I know a lot of you like to field them like they do in Hollywood. Praetorian Cavalry Same equipment as the foot Praetorian except Cavalry Squamata was added into the mix. New Hexagonal Shields with new Patterns and Praetorian Scorpion symbols. This was a tricky shield to fix (I won't go into details, but other texture artists may know what I did to fix the issue). Again this one was for you guys (no Praetorian for moi), hope you enjoy it. Imperial Units - Click Here for Details Legionary Cohort Good mix of equipment. Majority Lorica Segmentata, with red or plain tunics worn underneath. Minority of one of my new Hamata in the mix to vary it up. All Legionaries in the unit wear the Imperial Coolus and Gallic helmets (instead of the old Coolus Helmets in the mix). The Marian Coolus absolutely does not match the Segmentata. I think I've achieved a realistic mixture of equipment for the Imperial Legionaries. Evocati Cohort Same equipment as the Legionary Cohort. Shields show higher rank. Eagle Cohort All soldiers wear Segmentata like Vanilla, except now there's a good mixture of red and plain tunics worn underneath. Eagles on shields to show status of guarding the Eagle. Praetorian Guard All soldiers wear Segmentata like Vanilla, except now there's a good mixture of red and plain tunics worn underneath. Praetorian Scorpion symbols on shields. It always bothered me that these soldiers were wearing purple cloaks. "it was an extremely expensive dye color to produce - but it is not common knowledge that wearing the color purple was actually banned by anyone but the emperor via the Roman Sumptuary Laws." http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/r...n-clothing.htm So now they wear a mixture of red and black cloaks (for you hollywood folk). Legionary Cavalry A good mixture of the new Hamatas. They use hex shields (I don't know about accuracy but I just decided on that because I remember them using it in Rome I). They share the same shield patterns as the new Cavalry Officers.

Version 1.0

VERSION 1.0 This Mod contains multiple changes for the Roman Faction: Primary colour has been changed to a slightly lighter Red. This gives the clothing and shield base colour a more realistic* look. Clothing and tunic colours have been tweaked for soldiers so that the plainer colours (off-whites and dirty whites) are the majority, this to me is more realistic* and gives more diversity in units. Shield patterns have been re-done. Design decisions based on experience, research and artistic freedom. Final product looks more realistic* than vanilla. The three Roman General cuirasses that are used have been redone. Design decisions based on experience, research and artistic freedom. Some crests have been re-textured to make them sharper looking. Some units have been tweaked. They now sport different accessories; chest armour, neck scarf, helmets, crests etc. Design decisions based on experience, research and artistic freedom. Other changes that I can't remember at the moment. I have also integrated Prometheus's Height & Hair fix; Plebs, Leves and Artillery Crew's hair re-textures are done by him. Furthermore, all data concerning height was researched and implemented by him. Thank you Prometheus for allowing me to include it in this mod. *The use of the word realistic; Realistic in MY opinion. If anyone encounters any bugs or have any requests, please let me know. I plan on doing re-colours and re-textures of other factions/cultures when I have the time. I enjoyed doing this mod (brought back memories of Rome I modding) and hope you enjoy it too. Note: Compatibility with other mods unknown. SCREENSHOTS Generals Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Polybian Units Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Marian Units Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Auxiliaries Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Imperial Units Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  Praetorian Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  DOWNLOAD *FULL* Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  http://rapidshare.com/share/FEF0C864...CB985F2EC54F7C DOWNLOAD *GENERALS ONLY* Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  http://rapidshare.com/share/55D11A9B...C656D4C2AC021F

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Downloads

Downloads - Click Here for Links

Kaziel's Romans V4.0 - Full Pack http://www.mediafire.com/download/h29cm926nhj3i6x/ Kaziel's Romans V3.0 - Full Pack http://rapidshare.com/share/8B97AD80...5CC7707ABC67E0 Kaziel's Romans V2.2 - Full Pack http://rapidshare.com/share/6B02A271...38015AF00AEA46 Kaziel's Romans V2.1 - Full Pack http://rapidshare.com/share/5B632285...42237B89B9F22A Kaziel's Romans V2.0 - Full Pack http://rapidshare.com/share/816DAF9E...31C2F21FDD0E86 Kaziel's Romans V2.0 - Generals http://rapidshare.com/share/47CC529C...5B11F020085084

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Special Thanks

• Thank you Daniu, Mitch & Team for the great PFM & Mod Manager.
• Thank you Prometheus for letting me use his Height data and Leves with hair data.
• Further thanks to Mech_Donald for updating the Height data for Patch 5.
• Thank you CA for the excellent mapping & textures. They were a pleasure to work with.
• Thanks Zaskar70, for informing me about the existence of the Hex Editor tool.
• Thanks Maximus183, for suggesting the beautiful Scipio Helmet (see V.2.0).
• Thanks Thomas Cochrane, for the advice on Polybian Soldiers.
• Thanks Zaskar70 for his knowledge/help in creating the new Imperial Auxiliaries in the DB Tables.
• Thank you VINC.XXIII for his advice/inspiration for the Socii Samnite Shields and Socii in general.
• Thank you Glado and Eldaran for the screenshots/inspiration/advice on Socii soldiers.
• Thank you VC* noel ♥♥♥♥in gallagher, for figuring out how to put together the new helmet pieces
  to create the new proper General's Helmet, used by Generals, Officers & Praetorians.

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Compatibility Advice

Compatibility Information - Click Here for Details

Note that the advice/information below is only applicable if you are using Version 3.0 or Earlier. Please note that the designs I have made in my mod work with the colours I have chosen and may not work with others. If you want to make this mod compatible with other mods that do not modify the textures or models of the Roman Faction, but want to keep the colours that came with my Pack, download Daniu's PFM and follow the instructions below: 1) Open my Pack file (KAZIELS_ROMANS_V3) in PFM. 2) Open the DB Tree. 3) Delete any of the following tables (if they conflict): Faction_Uniform_Colours_Tables: Deals with Colours that are used for shields, clothes, etc. Unit_Variants_Colours_Tables: Deals with Individual Units Colours. Unit_Variants_Tables: Deals with Soldier Heights and Unit Cards. Then save the Pack file. There should now only be the RigidModels and VariantMeshes Trees in my Pack File. 4) Open the conflicting Mod's Pack file. 5) Search for the Tables you just deleted in my Pack: Faction_Uniform_Colours_Tables Unit_Variants_Colours_Tables 6) Inside Faction_Uniform_Colours_Tables find the 128th row named "rom_rome". Insert these numbers (left to right): 139 - 13 - 4 - 222 - 209 - 169 - 121 - 51 - 51 7) Inside Unit_Variants_Colours_Tables find the three rows (5,6 & 7) For all three rows, insert these numbers (left to right): 4 - 13 - 139 - 169 - 209 - 222 - *skip soldier* - 51 - 51 - 121 8) The Unit_Variants_Tables has nothing to edit. You have to make a choice between Prometheus/Mech_Donald's data or the conflicting mod's one. That should fix any compatibility issues. If issues remain feel free to contact me in the forums. I will try my best to help as many people as I can when I have the time.

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NOTE
If anyone is planning to integrate my work into their mods/projects, please ask for permission first.
This is because it is respectful. Furthermore, I would like to know how the projects using my work
look/work/play like when they are finished. Please report to me if you suspect my work has been
used/copied without my permission/credit given.

Thanks,
Kaziel Bonn.

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[Vossie]

Looks great man! But where's the download link?

[Noif de Bodemloze]

Few screenshots look unclear to see different between vanilla and mod, because screenshots are took from far away distance. I believe you must also use GEM-HD2.1 mod to get nice screenshots like I do. Anyway... great units!

and download links are still missing.

[Kaziel]

Still working on it lol.. any suggestions on where to upload?

Edit: Signed up with RapidShare. Uploading now.

[Kaziel]

Few screenshots look unclear to see different between vanilla and mod, because screenshots are took from far away distance. I believe you must also use GEM-HD2.1 mod to get nice screenshots like I do. Anyway... great units!

Yea my screenshots are a total fail lol

[Lt.Chris]

What were you actually aiming in this? Your edits make the units look brighter and happy like maybe I'm just looking weirdly who knows

[Kaziel]

What were you actually aiming in this? Your edits make the units look brighter and happy like maybe I'm just looking weirdly who knows

Well as with all mods I do (Total War games, Star Wars, Elderscroll series etc.) I try to achieve a final product that's as close to what I believe is realistic.

In the case of the brightness you see, it's the lighter red and as far as I know there's no mention of a specific red that was standard. So I chose that red as a base and along with the design of the shield patterns created the realistic feel I was after. Furthermore, when the shields get dirty, I think they look really gritty and realistic (compared to vanilla).

I hope that answers your question lol

[Maximus183]

This looks amazing, great work.

Any chance of releasing the generals as a seperate pack so they can be used with other reskin mods? I always thought the generals didn't look "important" enough and you totally just fixed that.

[Kaziel]

This looks amazing, great work.

Any chance of releasing the generals as a seperate pack so they can be used with other reskin mods? I always thought the generals didn't look "important" enough and you totally just fixed that.

Sure, will do. Expect a new file within 24 hours, I need to work on something else right now. And thanks for the kind words

[CenturiO-LuciuS-VorenuS]

Great work at all... shields are nice but the generals look amazing



thanks for uploading and +Rep

[Aodh Mor]

yeah those general retextures are really good, adding decals to the musculata was a really clever idea

[Ober]

Look great . can also make red clothing Imperial Units ?

[Kaziel]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I have updated the OP with a link to download a General's Only pack file for those of you who requested it

EDIT: Also, if anyone is a pro at taking screenshots and has the time, I'd love to see how my textures look on other's machines. Thanks.

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

Your generals are... how should I put this..... HUMAZZING!

Thanks for having them as a separate pack too. I'll use them separately

+rep

-TC-

[arthurwtm]

The generals are awesome! thks for separate link

[Ichon]

Generals and early units look great- later there seems a bit too many green wreaths on shields but otherwise I can't quite tell major differences due to the higher amount of armor the tunics etc don't show up as well anyway.

[Kaziel]

Generals and early units look great- later there seems a bit too many green wreaths on shields but otherwise I can't quite tell major differences due to the higher amount of armor the tunics etc don't show up as well anyway.

You bring up a good point. My reasoning for the shield pattern designs from Marian onward:

My concept of a Roman Legion consists of 50% Basic Legionaries (i.e. Legionaries/Legionary Cohorts), 30% Auxiliaries (i.e. Auxiliary Infantry/Cavalry/Missile Troops), 10% Veteran Legionaries (i.e. Veterans/Evocati, 1st/Eagle Cohort and very rarely Praetorians), 10% artillery (i.e. Scorpions, Balistae etc.) So basically if you were to look at the front of the battle line, what you would see are lots of plain legionary shields and a few units wielding shields with the green wreaths (obviously to signify a higher status). To me, this looks more realistic.

[Master Necromancer]

Love those Centurions, you should do squad leaders for all factions.

[tonio59]

I love your mod, it's very beautiful. There's a conflict with close combat mod and realistic mod but your mod is the greatest.

[Maximus183]

Just checked those generals out in game. Definitely awesome work. I was thinking though, is there any way to change the helmet options for the roman generals? I noticed how at like mid to late game the Roman generals look like cheaper units than your basic legionaires, often wearing much more basic armor/helmet. I was hoping to see them in armor more like this for example:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/imag...ug/romet1s.jpg

All that gear is in the vanilla game, so it should be doable?