viking invasion mod

**fotch** · December 19, 2006, 02:59 AM

i tried making a mod like the viking invasion expansion to MTW, but im not good at it and dont know how to do it really, so if anybody is looking for a project, try this out

**sera** · December 19, 2006, 08:30 AM

Could be interesting, unless the scope is as limited as it was in the original Viking Invasion expansion.

Vikings let their influence be felt from Vinland (North America) and Greenland, to Miklagaard (Constantinople). Vikings founded several of the largest cities in Ireland, controlled a greater part of the British Isles, plundered Paris a dozen times give or take, founded settlements in Normandy, the Baltics and became rulers of Kiev (one of the largest cities in the age). Known as Varangians (geographic name in Norway is Varanger).

So, a mod limited to the British Isles would be of little interest to me personally - but a greater mod would be very welcome.

**Soldato** · December 19, 2006, 08:53 AM

I do believe the vikings have cooled off by 1080 AD.

**sera** · December 19, 2006, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Soldato

I do believe the vikings have cooled off by 1080 AD.

Definitely. Christianity tamed us.

Such a mod should probably start in the mid to late 8th century and go on to the 11th or 12th century.

**HorseArcher** · December 19, 2006, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by fotch

i tried making a mod like the viking invasion expansion to MTW, but im not good at it and dont know how to do it really, so if anybody is looking for a project, try this out

you would have to change the date , the maps , the factions, and mostly or almost all the units present in the game.

**Csatádi** · December 19, 2006, 01:13 PM

There was an RTW project called Aovaf (Age of Vikings and Fanatics) with the starting date of 843. There was an almost ready map, lot of research, some awesome skins. It is dead because of the lack of modders.
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=106
(There are a lot of threads you should set the proper viewing range of the forum.)

**JaM** · December 19, 2006, 01:41 PM

Why not start earlier and add Charlemagne?

**fotch** · December 19, 2006, 06:22 PM

no just vikings, start in 793 (attack on lindisfarne). make the map north-western europe, so that it includes scandanavia, england, scotland, Ireland, north france, and then have iceland, greenland and newfoundland available later like the america is in M2TW