Medieval II Mod Questions & Recommendations

[Gigantus]

Custom Animation are extremely rare and usually form part of the larger pack in a mod. You will need to be proficient in implementing animations if you wish to add\replace an animation to start with.

There is a 'kick box' animation in the works in a mod but otherwise I am not aware of anything new.

[iceman1946]

Thank you very much Gigantus.

[Gigantus]

One is glad to be of service

[ArcadeGames]

Ancient - Europa Barbaorum II
Fantasy\Mythology - Thera

I am sure there are more, check the descriptions here.

I cant play thera but thanks for recommending europa barbororum and also it led me to find out someone is making a bronze age empires mod yay!

Also please tell me, is there a medieval 2 mod which makes medieval 2 like medieval 1? There is a lot i liked about that game (the artwork, the chess piece mechanics, the diplomacy ai)

I think i have gotten too used to m2 mechanics that it would be hard to re-adjust to shogun 1 med 1 or rome 1 again, so i just look for mods brought to this game like u said europa barborum

[Gigantus]

Can't play Thera? Is it an issue of 'can't find kingdoms.exe' because you use Steam? If so check here.

Retro mods are extremely rare because it's actually more work in most aspects then creating new content. The exception would be from RTW to M2TW as visually there hardly was any change in the way it was implemented. A couple of game mechanics changed but that wasn't too difficult to adapt. M1 is a different kettle of fish unfortunately.

[Elendil 03]

@ArcadeGames: Well, there's some Medieval 1 stuff in this Italian mod called Bellum Crucis. The final version is translated, however, a comprehensive submod exists that requires you to play partially in Italian. Download and install 1) the main mod, 2) the submod and 3) the partial translation. You can also get a better AI to make the campaign more enjoyable. Be warned the mod isn't the most stable one, though, so don't forget to save regularly.

[Mediteran]

I'm feeling like playing M2TW again.. I can't get into these newer ones.. Which mod should try, has there been any news in the last few years? I remember Broken Crescent being very good

[Jurand of Cracow]

I'm feeling like playing M2TW again.. I can't get into these newer ones.. Which mod should try, has there been any news in the last few years? I remember Broken Crescent being very good

I keep on updating my advice that is in this post.
If you fancy, there's a new version of the SSHIP (097) in gestation. Just PM me.
JoC

[Frunk]

That's a great post, JoC. It deserves a bit more prominence, I think, if you intend of continuing updating it for the foreseeable future? Let me know.

+rep in the meantime.

[Jurand of Cracow]

That's a great post, JoC. It deserves a bit more prominence, I think, if you intend of continuing updating it for the foreseeable future? Let me know.

+rep in the meantime.

I do. But recently I do rather modding, not playing...
Actually, I think that the three reviews of the mods (SSHIP, BC, WotN) are more insightful.

[Dismounted Feudal Knight]

It may be worth linking the thread in the OP (only a mod could do this of course), since it's obviously an informed and useful opinion and would be more likely to get seen there than mixed between pages and hoping that there's been a 'bump' from these latest posts.

[Frunk]

^I'll do you one better. You are now the OP, JoC.

If you want to start using the OP to update your thoughts, feel free. Don't feel obligated to keep your post updated, but it's a great resource and therefore it should be easy for you and everyone, to find. At the very least, it's a recognition of a great post.

[Kilgore Trout]

Jurand of Cracow,
You are the main man I look to for advice on mods as your comments are always well-thought out and in depth. So thanks for that. But I wonder why still no mention of Bulat Steel. The latest version is totally in English and even has it's own forum here at TWC, though still surprisingly not a very active forum. It certainly rocks however over at it's Russian website home. Also, the Russian Mods New Teuton (based on Deus Lo Vult) and Italian Wars 1493-1599 have been out and updated continuously for quite some time, and they also look fantastic. Personally, I have all three of those installed as well as Styluga (a Bulat Steel submod) and Fleur de Lis (still unfinished), and raid all of these mods for unit models for my own 6.4 with BGRV, which is still my favorite mod because of its extreme difficulty and challenge. Of course, these later mods mentioned above are all unfortunately in Russian only, so I have not tried any of them other than custom battle to view the often incredible unit models. Still, I wonder about your thoughts on the latest version of Bulat Steel. Have you given it a go yet, and if not, then why not? Perhaps you are just too busy with modding to play new mods at the moment. Still, I would love to hear you opinion as obviously it is quite a huge project with plenty of innovations and some gorgeous new unit models, and best of all, as I've already mentioned, it's fully playable in the English language now.

[DAVIDIRRACIONAL]

hello, I usually play MTII or kingdoms without any mod, but I ask my self which are the best mods for playing as better you can
the more realistic or the mods which improve the game as better It can
If I play only kingdoms, I watch that at the beginning you have too many units and castles develops so much, (I prefer begin smally) but you can play in britain islands....

I have dowload stainless steel, it improve the units, flags, images and compensate the different kind of units

Is it necessary any other mod/patch for improve MTWII as much as it can?

retrofit is necesary? or any other which complement stainless?

[sullivanclan1]

Retrofit is a great mod to have including GUAM submod or Ultimite Retrofit including the hotfix. The other mod would be totalvanillab mod is a great mod to have if you want to have more settlements, regions, units, and factions.

[King Athelstan]

Well, retrofit and Stainless Steel can't be run on top of each other, they'll be separate mods. As for improvement, it's very much up to what you define as improvement.

I recommend you take a look at the various hosted mods here and see if anything piques your interest

[Flagris]

Hi to all.

I guess it has been asked here many times already but the Forum grew quite big and it's not an easy task to find things now.

I'm looking for a good big stable mod in Pike & Shot era (late medieval - early modern) with all cool things of that time period: arquebuses, rondache swordsmen and Spanish tercios, reiters and so on.

Thanks in advance.

[Jurand of Cracow]

Hi to all.

I guess it has been asked here many times already but the Forum grew quite big and it's not an easy task to find things now.

I'm looking for a good big stable mod in Pike & Shot era (late medieval - early modern) with all cool things of that time period: arquebuses, rondache swordsmen and Spanish tercios, reiters and so on.

Thanks in advance.

DIK.

[Flagris]

Thank you very much. Which version should I download and try, TIW Ultimate?

[Jurand of Cracow]

Thank you very much. Which version should I download and try, TIW Ultimate?

yep