IB2 IBFD II Developments

[Bernardius]

Yeah great! Keep the good work up, im so excited! I hope IBFD II will come first and then Odoacer!

[Riothamus]

The Mod will begin with the invasion of Gaul and the great battle of Battle of Châlons. As the Huns under Atilla you may change history forever!

[Roma_Victrix]

The Mod will begin with the invasion of Gaul and the great battle of Battle of Châlons. As the Huns under Atilla you may change history forever!

Wait a minute...you guys are actually close to being finished creating this mod?

Tell me I'm dreaming...I thought 2017 at the earliest, maybe 2018 if we were lucky (considering how slow other mods progress, like EB II). You can't be serious; you've got an actual campaign map all sorted out already? That's like the last leg of development, isn't it? Are all the units skinned? Are battle mechanics up to speed? How do battle map settlements look?

[Riothamus]

Wait a minute...you guys are actually close to being finished creating this mod?

Tell me I'm dreaming...I thought 2017 at the earliest, maybe 2018 if we were lucky (considering how slow other mods progress, like EB II). You can't be serious; you've got an actual campaign map all sorted out already? That's like the last leg of development, isn't it? Are all the units skinned? Are battle mechanics up to speed? How do battle map settlements look?

Not quite yet Roma_Victrix but we got other completed mods here to work off of so it shouldn't take us beyond 2015. Things are rolling now

[Bernardius]

Yeah great news!!!

[Stath's]

That's fantastic news!!

[Lego_Bman]

That's some great dedication here Don't keep us waiting any longer, please

[Magister Militum Flavius Aetius]

Opens with the Battle on the Catalaunian Fields? Must... download...

[isa0005]

Urgh! Need! Must play!

[Riothamus]

Urgh! Need! Must play!

Updates are coming!

[_Tartaros_]

Thanks - we (lurkers + fans) keep watching

[Roman Heritage]

The Icons are the Imperium Romanum pars Occidentalis, Imperium Romanum pars Orientalis, Concilium Britannae, Hunni, Burgunduiones, Suebi, Dumnonia, Thuringi/Rugii, Frankii, Seaxna, Gepidii, Alemanni, Vandalii, Armenia, Berbers/Mauri, Pictii, Ostroghotii, Visighotii, Slavii and Imperium Sassanidorum.

Cheers

May I suggest you - if it is possible within the faction limits, and it doesn't take too much time - to implement the Shadow Factions (as were the ERE and WRE rebels in Barbarian Invasion) for the Huns, the Sassanids, and both Roman Empires? I seem to remember they're still present in Medieval II code and just need to be reactivated. It would make playing a big faction much more intriguing, and greatly enhance the roleplaying aspect, since every rebellion or betrayal could lead to the establishment of what can be roleplayed as a civil war? It would be a really interesting feature, since even in mid game, you'd still face occasional turmoil within your Empire. Of, course, it is up to you, guys, to decide what to do - and if it would serve your mod's purpose. Just a suggestion from a really excited TW player

[Roman Heritage]

Accidental double post

[waveman]

Yes that would be great. The Barons' Alliance is a shadow faction

[Riothamus]

Yes that would be great. The Barons' Alliance is a shadow faction

This can be done. We originally had it in the Vandals campaign but rid it because it was constant rebellions. I think we now know how to control that

[Roman Heritage]

This can be done. We originally had it in the Vandals campaign but rid it because it was constant rebellions. I think we now know how to control that

Now, that's truly some good new I'm eagerly waiting for the first release, while I take a look at Britanniae

[RandomSarmartian]

Ahem..........for the Iazgyes!!!!

[Riothamus]

A Hun Strat model general and its nomadic settlement. Nomadic settlements will not grow very large. Much of everything will be built within three levels. This will be similar to the Barbarian(Franks, Visigoths etc..) settlements. I'll post one soon with its General

[Stath's]

That's a real beauty!! Well done!

[Roma_Victrix]

A Hun Strat model general and its nomadic settlement. Nomadic settlements will not grow very large. Much of everything will be built within three levels. This will be similar to the Barbarian(Franks, Visigoths etc..) settlements. I'll post one soon with its General

Wait, is that map zoomed in, or is the whole of North Africa and the Levant removed from your mod!

That is worrisome to me, because although the Western Roman Empire's control over their portion of North Africa at this point is tenuous with the Vandals ruling over Carthage, the existence of Egypt within the Eastern Roman Empire, let alone the "Holy Land" of the Levant, is as necessary to the strengthening of their empire as the cash cow of Anatolia. The ERE isn't much if it's just Greece and Anatolia, which is what the Byzantine Empire looked like for much of the Middle Ages following the Islamic invasions of the 7th century. It would be like removing all of Iberia or Gaul from the WRE. From the look of your map, the Sassanids don't really figure into the game as well, only Armenia! Should we all be worried about all of this?

Also, it would be kind of silly to remove Jerusalem of all cities in a mod where the main Roman religion, at least in the ERE, will be Christianity. Jerusalem is the heart of Christianity and was viewed as such even by the Byzantines when Emperor Heraclius reclaimed it from the Sassanids in the early 7th century AD to restore the True Cross (a decade before the Muslims marched in and took it).