7 Years War Battlepack
Hello everyone, I've finished compiling all the pieces of work ready for a new release, the Seven Years War battlepack.
Included are my own 7 Years war infantry skins for Britain, Sweden, Poland, Austria and Prussia, as well as my finished 'shaved' officers, Spanky's excellent 7 Years war flags, which are incredibly accurate, and erasmus777's equipment tweak mod, to add a little more authenticity to your battles.
The 7 years war was perhaps the most defining part of the 18th century in Europe, however in vanilla, CA focussed on making their units more like those from the American war of Independence. Hopefully this pack will allow you to experience a little of the war that changed the face of the world for years to come, with American independence and the French revolution both indirect causes of it.
From the Readme:
Code:
The 7 years war battlepack aims to give the player a set of historically accurate uniforms and flags for the player to use in single player, that are
all based around the 7 years war - the 18th century's biggest conflict fought in India, Europe and America between nearly all the nations of Europe.
Winston Churchill famously called it 'the first World War'.
This release includes the following mods, all included in one .pack file to make it easier for the player to use in conjunction with other mods.
---7 years war line infantry skinpack (Jingle_Bombs)---
Adds new skins for Britain, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and Poland-Lithuania
---7 years war realistic flag pack (Spanky)---
Adds new battle flags for Britain, British Republic, Austria, France, Poland Lithuania, Prussia, Russia and Sweden
---'shaved' officers for all factions (Jingle_Bombs)---
Reskins officers for all factions, finally eliminating the annoying 'pirate' beards they had in vanilla, they are now all clean shaven, and some wear wigs (if you have unit detail set to lower than ultra, then they all have wigs)
---equipment tweak mod (erasmus777)---
Changes the battle equipment for infantry and cavalry, primarily by eliminating the infantry backpacks and haversacks, and replacing them with more accurate ammo boxes, as soldiers of this era did not fight in full gear.
It also adds Spontoons, large spears, to officers for them to use in additon to their sword. The Spontoon was a device used for pointing and giving orders to the unit.
TO INSTALL:
Once you've unzipped this archive, add the pack file to your Empire data folder, and either edit your user_script, or use LtChambers' mod manager to activate the file. The mod manager can be found here:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=4747241#post4747241
You should now be ready to play.
KNOWN ISSUES:
---The grenadier officers and those of the colonial line units still have beards. I've no idea how to fix this yet, but I'm working on it.
FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
---For an excellent and accurate French roster, I strongly suggest that you use the Ancien Regime skin pack, it is fully compatible with this mod, as I myself am using it =D
---Waronmar's Spanish reskin is also worth getting, and is fully compatible with this mod.
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Credits:
Jingle_Bombs
Spanky a.k.a Frederic Anklin
Erasmus777
Pictures:
New Skins:
Officers
Flags
I almost forgot! It's not in the readme, but Spanky kindly asked me to provide these additional credits as to his sources:
Austrian flag based on plate by PMPdeL, and Polish-Lithuanian-Saxon and Swedish flags based on plates by Hannoverdidi, at kronoskaf.com:
="http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Image:Austrian_German_Infantry_Leibfahne.jpg
http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.p...lonel_Flag.jpg
http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.p...lonel_Flag.jpg
DOWNLOAD:
http://rapidshare.com/files/22760628...ack_v1full.zip - Single .pack version (all mods in one .pack file)
http://files.filefront.com/7+years+w.../fileinfo.html - Multi .pack version (each mod in a seperate .pack file)