Carloginian - Total War for M2TW (Help Requested)

[Martini_]

Carloginian - Total War Mission Statement

Carloginian - Total War is a Mideval 2 Total War modification, beginning in the year 840 AD and stretching until 987 AD. The modification aims to portray the struggles of Louis the Pious's heirs in their battle for dominion over the former empire of Charlemagne, as well as the struggle of the other nations of Europe, the Mideast, Asia Minor, and the northern part of Africa during the time period in question. The player will be given the oppurtunity to regain the power that Charlemagne once had as the West Franks, East Franks, or Lotharingians, as well as contend with the Franks for power as the Roman Empire or many other nations that existed in the time period.

Carloginian - Total War believes in the following: realism = gameplay = challenge. Simply put, we aim to produce a realistic, enjoyable, and difficult product. When one of the above concepts come into conflict with one of the others, the Carloginian - Total War (CTW) team makes a decision which will least impact the above equation. For example, while we do aim for realistic representation, we will not be renaming every building, unit, faction, and province in the language that was present in the time period we are representing. While this does add an extra degree of depth to the game, it can be irritating to some players to have to read a description for units and buildings because they are not sure as to what they are useful for.

CTW will be a complete modification of the M2TW game. This will range from a new campaign map to new models. With this in mind, the CTW conversion will most likely take months to be completed. It is the view of the CTW team that one potential failing of the TW community is a lack of discussion between the modification team's and it's fans. We hope to remedy this by giving detailed progress reports, a development blog, and a listing of what is done, what is currently being done, and what still needs to be done. Basically, we wish to avoid the phrase "it's done when it's done".

Our goal, to sum all of the above up, is to make a product in which a large demographic of TW fans will enjoy, as well as making a modification that we will enjoy developing.

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That is the mission statement, copy-pasted from the CTW forums. As of right now, I am the only person on the "CTW team". I am not exactly the most skilled person, as just when I began working on RTW modding I got hooked on WoW, and am just getting back on the TW scene. I plan to use the time between now and M2TW release to learn as much as I can regarding scripting, mapping, and anything else text-based. I will attempt modelling/skinning, but an artist is something I doubt I will ever be.

Basically, I'm looking for someone interested in helping me with the modification. I don't care about experience, as we have time to gather experience playing with RTW before the release of M2TW. Experience is nice, but dedication and hard work is something never to be under-estimated.

If anyone is interested, AOL is wmeproctor, our forums can be found here, or you can PM me here on TWC.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Martini_

[Vuk]

This and a Byzantine Total War MOD are what's really lacking! I hope you find people to help you.


P.s. Why not include Charlemagne's conquests? If you do not want that to be the focus, once the game is made, you could release a Charlemagne campaign as an add-on (If you need any help with history of the period, I would be glad to offer all I know).

[Trajan]

Moved to MTWII: The Gathering.

[Antagonist]

Very interesting idea, the "light in the age of darkness" Will be using a full or expanded map or a smaller-scale one? Any ideas on factions etc?

Anyway, best of luck.

Antagonist

EDIT:Um, should it not be Carolingian?