1066 and all that...

[Marcus Orentius]

Yes, I am thinking of a mod set in the time period around 1066. Personally I don't think the Prologue campaign covers it that well. This mod would have a completely reworked map focused on the British Isles, Normandy and Parts of Norway. Britain would be divided into lots more provinces, making it hard to conquer, and so would Norway and Normandy.

There would be four factions, The Normans, The Saxons, The Vikings and The Scots.

Units would change a bit, perhaps, but they would mostly stay as the bog standard early era military in M2TW vanilla with perhaps a bit more variety.

Historical Events would include King Edward dying and Harold taking the throne etc.

Sound good? It does to me.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I was hoping someone would do this

[Marcus Orentius]

The thing is, My modding is very limited, so I would be asking for a competent crew of modders to help me in the making of this mod.

[Marcus Orentius]

All modders who think this is a good idea and fancy being on my crew, email me at marcus_orentius(at)yahoo.co.uk

[Polack]

Great idea. I wish I could help, but my modding is less than nil.

[Polack]

Marcus, you might want to add Danes as a fifth faction.

[Marcus Orentius]

Why the Danes? the Vikings basically are the Danes with a different name.

[Polack]

Yes, but Danes were settled in East parts of England for centuries by then, while Vikings were roaming in Norway.

[AamuVircku]

Yes, but Danes were settled in East parts of England for centuries by then, while Vikings were roaming in Norway.

Or you just mite call them rebels?


The Golden age of the Vikings raiding is dated around year 950 AD, and around 1066, it was practicly just a few independed ships roaming around causing havoc.

After trade and settlement, cultural impulses flowed from the rest of Europe. Christianity had an early and growing presence in Scandinavia, and with the rise of centralized authority along with a stiffening of coastal defense in the areas the Vikings preyed upon, the Viking raids became more risky and less profitable. With the rise of kings and great nobles and a quasi-feudal system in Scandinavia, they ceased entirely - in the 11th century the Scandinavians are frequently chronicled as combating "Vikings" from the Baltic, which would eventually lead to Danish and Swedish participation in the Baltic crusades and the development of the Hanseatic League.

Quoted from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings

The Viking age officially ended at 1066, wich is probably why the date was set that. But if you want vikings in it, why don't you just put it a bit earlier then, and make the vikigns to be the big evil you want to crush

Wait, wait... I'm not doing the mod here... Sorry /rant off.

Umh. And yes, I'm no modder, so I can only offer opinions

[Marcus Orentius]

Right, it would probably take a while to get the ball rolling, but Basically, that's quite a good Idea.

[Ieuano]

Irish and Welsh maybe?

[selenius4tsd]

@Marcus Orentius: A good idea - if implemented correctly, can be great.

Maybe you should consider going past just one small campaign... maybe make a series of small provincial campaigns? (e.g 100 years war mini campaign, conquest of new world, war of roses, etc)
I would for sure want a mod like this to come out soon.

[Marcus Orentius]

Irish and Welsh? If you can prove they were of any significance, then yes. And this mod I'm afraid will not get rolling unless

a)I learn very quickly how to become a great modder and ten people at once.
or
b)I can recruit a modding crew.

[Polack]

Obviously we all have wishes and dreams, but you are the modder, Marcus, and your word is final. But if you don't mind I'll throw in my two cents of the limited knowledge I've got.

[Marcus Orentius]

Ok, I guess I'd better start learning from those tutorials... this'll take awhile.

[Kaidonni]

Don't get discouraged just because it'll take a while. I wish you good modding (those who try don't need luck ).

[Marcus Orentius]

Meh.

[Marcus Orentius]

Ok, Sorry nothing's happened about this mod, but I will try to get it going again soon. Just be patient and email me if you can skin or do any other aspect of modding for that matter.

[empty]

I think it's a good idea, I like that time. Probably my friend Lord Sigilus would agree, lol.
cya

[preston]

is this dead? i just started thinking about doing a mod like this today. i could help in history and i can do some text file editing i can learn to do other things. i have time on my hands. i would like to help this.