People of Rome 2 (P++) (VV and DeI cooperation)

[Litharion]

Edit - New Beta test version is out for use with DeI! Go here for details.

----------------------------------------------------------

Take a look at the new manpower system Magnar and I are working on for both VV and Divide et Impera.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...2#post14814412

More to come

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[FlashHeart07]

Awe to the some

[suras333]

WOOWW!!! Great news!! Thanks!

[thomas_r]

Oh its happening :O
Good luck with that !

[Maetharin]

Awesome, but AFAIK Mitch's Mod caused quite some lag due to its size.

Will you go for a smaller, but easier to use version, or a hardcore extended version like Mitch's?

[Litharion]

Awesome, but AFAIK Mitch's Mod caused quite some lag due to its size.
Will you go for a smaller, but easier to use version, or a hardcore extended version like Mitch's?

So far we don't have any lag issues and we are aiming for something as extended as Mitch's version.

[ThatWhichThinks]

Wow! You guys are amazing! My modding skills have so far been limited to messing with tables in pfm files, but please let me know if there is anything I can do to help!

[Magnar]

So far we don't have any lag issues and we are aiming for something as extended as Mitch's version.

maybe more extensive hence the ++

[Phalangitis]

Bravo litharion (i already gavemy bravo's to Mag) if carefull historic data is kept (and i am sure it will) , this project will be an asset for the game.Also the presence of your names guarandees perfect balance.. If you need some info on demographics feel free to ask although my info evolve mainly in the Hellenistic world. I dont have much on Rome currently .On the other hand this time period Greeks were relying on mercs and regular armies and not strickly citizens so maybe not a room for this system for Hellenistc factions..In any case again bravo.Cheers.

[Litharion]

maybe more extensive hence the ++

I already told you that I don't understand these coder jokes

Bravo litharion (i already gavemy bravo's to Mag) if carefull historic data is kept, this project will be an asset for the game. If you need some info on demographics feel free to ask although my info evolve mainly in the Hellenistic world. I dont have much on Rome currently .On the other hand this time period Greeks were relying on mercs and regular armies and not strickly citizens so maybe not a room for this system for Hellenistc factions..In any case again bravo.Cheers.

Thank you, we could use some help in that regard.

[ThatWhichThinks]

At least in the time of Alexander, the mercenaries would still have been drawn from the Macedonian citizens (those that were trained to fight in a phalanx, at least), so you could probably justify the use of this system even there. In the past, I have suggested a rebalance of the cost of mercenaries, though, to reflect their widespread use (they are almost never cost-effective in-game): essentially making them twice as expensive to hire as similar-tier recruitables but with only about 1.2x the maintenance.

Regardless, I have been reading a bit about ancient Celtic history lately, and can probably find some sources as to what Celtic populations would have been like, and maybe help find a way to translate it into this system. I imagine that the border Celto-Germanic areas could make good use of the "foreign" population setting!

[M@x1mus]

Well done guys!!
+rep

[♔Greek Strategos♔]

Looks amazing guys...
Keep up the good work please...

Cheers

[Gaius Loupus]

Great news!Keep up the good work guys!

[Ivan_Moscavich]

oh my yes

[The Iron Chancellor]

+Rep to the both of you!

[Tough Puppy]

I've already expressed my humble gratitude in the main thread, but what-the-hey! Thankyou so much Litharion, Magnar, and Dresden!

[The Guy With No Imagination]

Honestly it's amazing what determined modders can do. This is a great boon to VV and DeI, and to the community as a whole. And since we know custom battle maps can be made - and by extension custom, unique cities, we can really see important places like Syracuse, Jerusalem, Capua, Pergamon and others come to life as they should be, and not the little villages they are in battle.


Hopefully one day there'll be a breakthrough in campaign map modding - if there is, this game will have so much more potential for greatness. As it is already I've been having great fun thanks to DeI. Keep up the great work guys!

[Julio-Claudian]

Making the game what it should have been from the start. Gratitude.


So this will be implemented in the next DeI update?

[Dresden]

It is currently in development and will need a lot of work and testing. We plan on having it in DeI in the next major update.