Rome: Total War Mod?

I would like to see a Rome Total War mod for CIV. The game comes with a whole map layout so it would be easy to just create it for civ. It also shows what you can build for cities and what resources you have around each individual city.



I believe it would work pretty cool. It'll still play like civ but it would be more Roman

What do you guys think? When i get more time after i finish college i'll totaly work on it.

The main different thing between RTW and Civ, is the battles.
How are you going to manage this one ?

I think he meant the parts he mentioned..not the battles..

Basicly, this is what I got out of it: Just Rome and no past or present and a few tweaks, plus I assume some more Rome history centered "Nations"

I like the idea.

I just started another game of RTW in anticipation of the XPack coming out later this month.

Two things I'd take from RTW to add into Civ:

Tileless World - I'd like a map where the units had a more free-form movement. I enjoyed the tactics of the campaign in RTW. However, I would not want to see the world divided into provinces as it is in the Total War series.
Army Groups - Even without incorporating realtime combat, it would be nice to create integrated, whole "armies" from individual units rather than stacks. Civ III's method for armies was flawed, as well.

doronron said:

Army Groups - Even without incorporating realtime combat, it would be nice to create integrated, whole "armies" from individual units rather than stacks. Civ III's method for armies was flawed, as well.

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This one, I strongly agree.

Though I REALLY wouldn't mind if Civ and Total War fused into a same game, with the scope and theme of the former, and the battles of the latter.

shoudl be damn easy, I suspect- woudl the unit models (and animations?) from RTW be importable to civ4?

I don't see how importing the models would import the battles...

Akka said:

I don't see how importing the models would import the battles...

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it wont; I dotn actually care abou tthe battles; I liek the nice looking units.

You, sir, are a genius.

Saltylicious said:

You, sir, are a genius.

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Which one? Averdris, Red Threat, MrDie, Akka, Xen, or myself?

Here is the tech tree i got from Rome Total War... I posted this so to arouse your imaginations and give ideas on how we can make a strictly Roman period driven mod. All civs can be playable with special units but we would need to come up with what the different civs can construct.

I was thinking to have the whole map layout from RTW into Civ4. We can have the same cities and what not. We cannot build new cities only conquer other cities and improve these conquered cities. Certain cities will have the ancient wonders of the world to give you bonuses. Other cities will have resources so you can claim. ( not sure how new civ4 will work exactly so I cant say for sure untill i play it a few times )

It would be interesting to have the Roman powers conquering other lands and then back stab on each other to become the ultimate ruler!

Barbarian uprising will also give a small challenge.

ROMAN TECHNOLOGY TREE

Improvement list below for each category
[SIZE=-3]Government | Walls | Temples | Barracks | Stables | Missiles | Trade | Weapons | Naval | Health | Farms | Roads| Mines | Acedemics | Amphitheatre[/SIZE]

Level

ROMAN TECHNOLOGY TREE

Improvement list below for each category
[SIZE=-3]Government | Walls | Temples | Barracks | Stables | Missiles | Trade | Weapons | Naval | Health | Farms | Roads| Mines | Acedemics | Amphitheatre[/SIZE]

Government
Level One: Governor's House Upgrades to town
Level Two: Governor's Villa Upgrade to Large town
Level Three: Governor's Palace Upgrade to minor city
Level Four: Pro Consul's Palace Upgrade to Large city
Level Five: Imperial Palace Upgrade to huge city

Walls
Level One: Wooden Palisade – Better defence against assault
Level Two: Wooden Wall - Better defence against assault
Level Three: Stone Wall - Better defence against assault
Level Four: Large Stone Wall - Better defence against assault
Level Five: Epic Stone Wall - Better defence against assault

Temples
Level One: Shrine – Bonus Based on temple type
Level Two: Temple - Bonus Based on temple type
Level Three: Large Temple - Bonus Based on temple type
Level Four: Awesome Temple - Bonus Based on temple type Arcani (Jupiter), Corvus Quinquireme (Neptune)
Level Five: Pantheon – Grants all temple bonuses. Decere (Neptune)

Barracks
Level One: Barracks – Town watch
Level Two: Militia Barracks – Hastati or Auxillia
Level Three: Legion barracks – Principes or Early Legionary Cohort
Level Four: Army Barracks – Triarii or Legionary Cohort
Level Five:Urban Barracks – Urban Cohort

Stables
Level One: -----------------
Level Two: Stables – Equites wardogs and roman cavalry
Level Three: Cavalry Stables – Cavalry Auxillia Roman Cavalry
Level Four: Hippodrome – Increases happiness legionary cavalry. Incendiary pigs
Level Five:Circus Maximus – Increases happiness Praetorian Cavalry

Missiles
Level One: ------------------
Level Two: Practice Range – velites or light auxillia
Level Three: Archery range – ballistas, roman archers, or archer auxillia
Level Four: Catapult Range – Scorpions, Onagers
Level Five:Siege Engineer – Heavy Onagers, Repeating Ballistas

Trade
Level One:Trader – Improves trade income
Level Two: Market - Improves trade income (spy)
Level Three: Forum - Improves trade income (assassin)
Level Four: Great Forum - Improves trade income
Level Five:Curia - Improves trade income

Weapons
Level One: ------------------
Level Two: Blacksmith – Improves weapons quality
Level Three: Armourer – Improves weapons & armour quality
Level Four: ------------------------
Level Five:Foundry - Improves weapons & armour quality

Naval
Level One: -------------------
Level Two: Port – Bireme allows trade fleets
Level Three: Shipwright – Triremes allows trade fleets
Level Four: Dockyard – Quinquiremes allows trade fleets
Level Five:---------------------

Health
Level One: --------------------------
Level Two: Sewers – Improves public health
Level Three: Public Baths – Improves public health
Level Four: Aqueduct – Improves public health
Level Five:City plumbing - Improves public health

Farms
Level One: Land Clearance – Increase farm output
Level Two: Communal Farming – Increase farm output
Level Three: Crop rotation – Increase farm output
Level Four: Irrigation – Increase farm output
Level Five:Latifundia – Increase farm output

Roads
Level One: Roads – Increases trade Income
Level Two: Paved Roads - Increases trade Income
Level Three: Highways - Increases trade Income
Level Four: -----------------------
Level Five:-------------------------

Mines
Level One: Mines – Resources generate cash income
Level Two: Mines + 1 - Resources generate cash income
Level Three: ---------------------
Level Four: -----------------------
Level Five:----------------------------

Academis
Level One: ----------------------------------
Level Two: ---------------------------------
Level Three: Academy – Improves the skills of generals
Level Four: Scriptorium - Improves the skills of generals
Level Five:Ludus Magna - Improves the skills of generals

Amphitheatres
Level One: -----------------------
Level Two: ---------------------
Level Three: Arena – Increases Happiness Produces Gladiator
Level Four: Amphitheatre - Increases Happiness Produces Gladiator
Level Five:Coliseum - Increases Happiness Produces Gladiator

Lets see some ideas and collaberation

doronron said:

Which one? Averdris, Red Threat, MrDie, Akka, Xen, or myself?

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What I MEANT to say was "You, sirs, are geniuses"....Yeah.

I'm just messing with you, Salty.