Roma Surrectum Remastered?

**Cell7** · March 25, 2021, 01:22 PM

Rome Remastered was announced for a release date on April 29th. Does the modding team have any plans on porting Roma Surrectum over for the new remastered engine?

**kouratto** · March 25, 2021, 02:40 PM

Please port this over to the new Rome Remastered!!!

**Agrippa19** · March 25, 2021, 06:42 PM

This was exactly the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the announcement! And the game will have full modding support on Steam so I really hope Rome Surrectum will re-emerge a the number 1 mod

**Victory or Valhalla** · March 25, 2021, 07:04 PM

I just posted a similar question to the SPQR TW forum. Roma Surrectum and SPQR TW are by far my favorite mods for RTW, I have 1000s of hours in these mods, and my first thought about the remaster was what could be done with the mods!? Either way, super pumped to see how the modding community responds.

**Cell7** · March 25, 2021, 09:06 PM

Same with me, the first thing that popped in my head was Roma Surrectum. I believe I played this mod more than vanilla Rome.

**bidzapfc** · March 26, 2021, 05:12 AM

Came here to open this thread, so glad we are all thinking the same. +1 for RS and EB and RTH

**Pink Elephants** · March 26, 2021, 04:20 PM

dvk901!!!!!!!!!!, PLEASE ANSWER US!!! ahah. Oh man, the hype is real, a Roma Surrectum III on the new Rome Total War Remaster = orgasm.

**Sint** · March 26, 2021, 07:45 PM

So you people are aware that there hasn't been any work on RS in years and that there is no team to port it?And that we don't even know if it possible to easily port mods?

**Cell7** · March 26, 2021, 09:32 PM

Roma Surrectum 3.1 was released in Nov 2020 on Moddb. Someone's gotta be working on it, no? Apparently it will be as moddable as the first Rome but with pre-rendered textures. I'm sure porting over a mod though will be a whole different obstacle to tackle. But IF it is possible will it be done is the question at hand.

**Saul Tyre** · March 27, 2021, 01:47 AM

I'm sorry guys but RS is not modfoldered and it would be extremely difficult to port if not impossible, it would probably need to be remade., afaik dvk901 and the RS team have all retired now and it would need the assembly of a new team.

**Caius Antonius** · March 27, 2021, 01:53 PM

I'm sure the modding community of this game will get a second wind after this announcement, but it will probably take a while before we see something as grand as RS3 coming to fruition in the remastered version.

**tone** · March 27, 2021, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by Saul Tyre

I'm sorry guys but RS is not modfoldered and it would be extremely difficult to port if not impossible, it would probably need to be remade., afaik dvk901 and the RS team have all retired now and it would need the assembly of a new team.

Yes, DVK hasn't been active for a while and I've not done any modding since 2012. I think I've still got most of the old textures I created in GIMP, or else TGA files that either Leif Erikson, Pacco or I (most of the people involved in skins graphics) created. I've no idea how easy it will be to mod. I'm not likely to get involved in any modding but happy to share any files that could be helpful for others.

**Halie Satanus** · March 27, 2021, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by tone

Yes, DVK hasn't been active for a while and I've not done any modding since 2012. I think I've still got most of the old textures I created in GIMP, or else TGA files that either Leif Erikson, Pacco or I (most of the people involved in skins graphics) created. I've no idea how easy it will be to mod. I'm not likely to get involved in any modding but happy to share any files that could be helpful for others.

It's been pretty funny seeing people talk about porting mods like it's as simple as dumping files into the remaster, without considering most of that generation of modders retired a decade (or more) ago.

**Nordmann** · March 27, 2021, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

It's been pretty funny seeing people talk about porting mods like it's as simple as dumping files into the remaster, without considering most of that generation of modders retired a decade (or more) ago.

I think some folks forget how long ago the heyday of RTW modding actually was, and that some of those modders may not even be with us any more.

**ray243** · March 27, 2021, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by tone

Yes, DVK hasn't been active for a while and I've not done any modding since 2012. I think I've still got most of the old textures I created in GIMP, or else TGA files that either Leif Erikson, Pacco or I (most of the people involved in skins graphics) created. I've no idea how easy it will be to mod. I'm not likely to get involved in any modding but happy to share any files that could be helpful for others.

Originally Posted by Halie Satanus

It's been pretty funny seeing people talk about porting mods like it's as simple as dumping files into the remaster, without considering most of that generation of modders retired a decade (or more) ago.

Basically a new team has to be formed from scratch to make RS IV. But porting over RS III into Rome Remastered is likely to be much easier than actually building the entire mod from scratch. For instance, most of the mod design elements are already there. And assuming the scripts for RS III will work for Rome Remastered, that's a lot of time saved.

In addition, most of the skins and texture files are already there. So you don't need to create new skins from scratch unless there's some issues with the newer models.

It's not going to be as easy as simply dumpling all the RSIII files into Rome Remastered, but if the old modders are happy to allow the creation of a successor team in porting over the mod, it is far easier than creating an entire mod from scratch.

**Vardano** · March 28, 2021, 12:40 AM

It would be special experience to play RS remastered and I hope it will happen.

**Caesar_1991** · March 28, 2021, 01:34 AM

Id be so excited if this could happen. RS plus a couple qol improvements of the newer series would make me so happy

**tone** · March 28, 2021, 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by ray243

Basically a new team has to be formed from scratch to make RS IV. But porting over RS III into Rome Remastered is likely to be much easier than actually building the entire mod from scratch. For instance, most of the mod design elements are already there. And assuming the scripts for RS III will work for Rome Remastered, that's a lot of time saved.

In addition, most of the skins and texture files are already there. So you don't need to create new skins from scratch unless there's some issues with the newer models.

It's not going to be as easy as simply dumpling all the RSIII files into Rome Remastered, but if the old modders are happy to allow the creation of a successor team in porting over the mod, it is far easier than creating an entire mod from scratch.

Would love to see a team take this on, but ultimately this is DVK's decision as it's his baby. You'll need to find someone to do the 3D modelling to create some of the unique Roma Surrectum units.

Might even be worth correcting the Latin grammar of the name to Roma Surrecta!! Not sure why that never happened.

**sharkeyyyy** · March 30, 2021, 09:14 AM

Just want to show my support for this, Roma Surrecum is the best mod for any game I've ever played, utterly brilliant and I'd love to see it on RTW Remastered !