Map

[Lord Condormanius]

This is the finished map_regions.tga for Middle Ages: Total War.



-The map is based on an early version of Spurius' BigMap that I have modified to include 199 regions.
-All land bridges have been removed from the map.


Preliminary screenshots of all regions will follow shortly.

[Dreadking]

Are you sure removing land bridges is a good idea? Wouldn't that mean the Byzantines will die a they can't reinforce Anatolia and Nicea with reinfocements from Constantinople? The cruusaing armies of Europe will also probably go through Russia as well. I think that if the landbridges are removed, at least the Byzantine land bridges should be kept as its crucial to gameplay (Both the Byzantines succeeding and crusaders reaching Holy Land) with the addition of Turks enetering Europe. This is my only concern.

The map however, looks quite good

[Lord Condormanius]

Are you sure removing land bridges is a good idea? Wouldn't that mean the Byzantines will die a they can't reinforce Anatolia and Nicea with reinfocements from Constantinople? The cruusaing armies of Europe will also probably go through Russia as well. I think that if the landbridges are removed, at least the Byzantine land bridges should be kept as its crucial to gameplay (Both the Byzantines succeeding and crusaders reaching Holy Land) with the addition of Turks enetering Europe. This is my only concern.

The map however, looks quite good

I was concerned about this as well. After initial testing, it doesn't seem to be a big deal. The AI armies are much better at using ships than they were before the first patch (for instance, during testing, I love to watch Ireland send her diplomat by ship to Britain in the second move). After the entire map is set up, we'll test and test again.

Rest assured: if the removal of any of these things affects gameplay. It will be fixed. We want to the game to work properly and the only way to do that is test, test, test...

Thanks for your input.

LC

[joey6131986]

Are you sure removing land bridges is a good idea? Wouldn't that mean the Byzantines will die a they can't reinforce Anatolia and Nicea with reinfocements from Constantinople? The cruusaing armies of Europe will also probably go through Russia as well. I think that if the landbridges are removed, at least the Byzantine land bridges should be kept as its crucial to gameplay (Both the Byzantines succeeding and crusaders reaching Holy Land) with the addition of Turks enetering Europe. This is my only concern.

The map however, looks quite good

if its a thin spot like the ones you mentioned, park a few ships there. then the troops get on ship, and go right back on land.

[Dreadking]

In that case i have no issue. Good luck with the mod.

[SNIGEL]

Nice map

[Matthæus]

yes map is good. balcan provinces are much better than in vanilla

[JERUSALEM]

HereticFang @

don't spread it here

[HereticFang]

@LC

I think that you should remove one province like Mallorca or Malta and make a new one in Estonia.

Tallinn was the trade capital of the Baltic sea from 12th century to the 16th one . I know that this mod doesn't concentrate to Baltic areas, but still I think that Tallinn is quite important.

[Lord Condormanius]

@LC

I think that you should remove one province like Mallorca or Malta and make a new one in Estonia.

Tallinn was the trade capital of the Baltic sea from 12th century to the 16th one . I know that this mod doesn't concentrate to Baltic areas, but still I think that Tallinn is quite important.

I think you are correct, but we have to find somewhere else...Malta and Mallorca need to stay on the map.

[The Vich]

To those people who keep nagging about Sweden and any other Scan. place

Too be historically honest the Scandinavians played a TINY role when comapring factions such as those in the holy lands, hre, Italian city states, france and etc...

they were excellent mercs for the Byz. Empire and others, but their rise didn't come until the Union of Kalmar which really isnt Medieval....

Not saying they arent important but i dont see why we should expand the map in order to put ANOTHER scandinavian. Since the year is 1080 the Emirates in the Holy Lands would be SOO much more important. Damascas, Aleppo and Baghdad.

[Fra70]

yes i agree on almost a province more in the baltic ...maybe we can remove something in lower egypt and arabia

[IrAr]

How about the North American region?

[Lord Condormanius]

How about the North American region?

This is not a terrible idea. I also think that there are too many desert regions. So, we'll see.

[HereticFang]

@LC

What is the city in provence, France?

Is it still Marseille? If it is we should Change it to Avignon. Avignon was much more important those times than Marseille

[Lord Condormanius]

@LC

What is the city in provence, France?

Is it still Marseille? If it is we should Change it to Avignon. Avignon was much more important those times than Marseille

You are right about Avignon. I will look into it and see what we can do.

[Scandinavisksoldat]

How about the North American region?

You could do what the HRR team did in their mod. Because of all the regions they created in the part of the map they focused on, they had to cut down the extents of the map. For instance, they map did not include ANY of North America (the mod was focused on 1080 to 1300), much of Africa was cut out (eliminating Egypt and causing the Moors to have little room for expansion into Africa), and cutting off many Eastern regions (the Easternmost sea is no longer visible). You should really look at their mod to see how much they changed the map.

You can fimd it here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...ysprune=&f=498

[HereticFang]

@LC

Could you send me somekind list of regions and settlements, so I could check it out and tell you what to fix?

-Heretic

Wake up...



What are the regions in Spain and France?

[Lord Condormanius]

@HF

Relax, man. I'll get it up...I don't have the list written out like that, but I will do it when I get around to it. I have been very busy with school lately...so when I get a chance to put this stuff up, I will.

LC

[HereticFang]

Okay.

I understand you hurries at school. I would just like to have some advance in our progress