Rome Improved Map Project

**Van Diemen** · 30-09-2008 18:47

Originally Posted by GustavWasa

What happened with India?

Well as you may know that is going to be implement after the normal EU: Rome map has been improved, some basic work however has already been done by veritas with India. Currently we are also considering to expand a little into North Africa for a more earlier release.

**vanin** · 30-09-2008 22:28

Looks neat, and great that you are up and running again.

Btw, got a flag for you. I used a Volcae coin as guideline, but perhaps it looks far to medieval, and the colours don't seem right...

**Tartarin** · 02-10-2008 21:21

Originally Posted by vanin

Looks neat, and great that you are up and running again.

Btw, got a flag for you. I used a Volcae coin as guideline, but perhaps it looks far to medieval, and the colours don't seem right...

Thanks for your flag, Vanin. This cross is actually a good historical choice.

**Van Diemen** · 12-10-2008 13:09

Work on both Italia and Sicilia continues. I added new provinces, flags and countries this weekend. Especially Sicily has been improved by adding two more provinces there. Italy was visited again to correct some things and as you can see to the north there are four new tribal countries available from the start date. Work will continue the next upcoming weeks to expand, improve and test the new map further. I can understand when you say that we should release our current work already, however I don't like to release greatly unfinished work so that everyone feels demoralized when they start up a new game. Keep sending us information and flags if possible and we hope that by the time Vae Victis comes out we will have revised a lot of the vanilla map so that everyone can enjoy both the enhanced gameplay and improved map, because it makes my eyes hurt every time I see those paradox "old" map screenshots!

Take a look at the new countries and provinces in Sicily and North Italy.

**vanin** · 12-10-2008 16:03

Neat. Sicily did need more provinces, 3 was better than two, but five is even better. Is that red-brown thing the Mamertines? No clue about the lighter-brown there though... In any case, it looks really good, and I have no doubt that once VV is out, and you have improved the map + adding Kush and lands all the way to the Indus, this game will be above many others.

**Van Diemen** · 12-10-2008 18:48

Originally Posted by vanin

Is that red-brown thing the Mamertines? No clue about the lighter-brown there though...

Yes, the dark red country are the Mamertines as Messana and the lighter-brown is the Tyranny of Agrigentum as suggested by Tartarin.

**Gigalocus** · 12-10-2008 20:01

This is looking fantastic! Been a while since I've snopped around your MOD, but your doing even more and its looking brilliant!

Good luck getting the new version out, hopefully VV won't make all your hard work pointless and its easily adaptable

**Van Diemen** · 12-10-2008 20:19

Originally Posted by Gigalocus

Good luck getting the new version out, hopefully VV won't make all your hard work pointless and its easily adaptable

I hope so, but I think everything will remain quite implementable, since our mod only modifies the map (something paradox will probably not change) and not a large number of events like other mods.

**Simonius2** · 22-10-2008 14:05

I really like this map as well.

I seem to have made a mistake trying to install it, however. I ended up will all-sea instead of land terrain, and the pathfinding for units no longer works. Can't seem to uninstall the mod -- i've tried unistalling the whole game and doing a fresh install, but it keeps defaulting back to my poor installation of this mod.

Any tips on how I can completely unistall this mod?

**veritas** · 22-10-2008 14:43

Uninstall Rome, delete the folder and reinstall.

**Simonius2** · 22-10-2008 18:26

Originally Posted by veritas

Uninstall Rome, delete the folder and reinstall.

Righto.

I committed a classic newbie mistake here for anyone else who ever does the same: I didn't read the instructions carefully enough. files in both the cache and the textures subfolder need to be replaced - I was only doing the latter. all seems well now.

**The Maestro** · 28-10-2008 22:56

Originally Posted by Van Diemen

I hope so, but I think everything will remain quite implementable, since our mod only modifies the map (something paradox will probably not change) and not a large number of events like other mods.

Paradox is changing the HOI3 map to more territories. Why can't they do it for Rome?

**Van Diemen** · 29-10-2008 12:16

Originally Posted by The Maestro

Paradox is changing the HOI3 map to more territories. Why can't they do it for Rome?

Because they are lazy. Furthermore EU: Rome has already been released and HoI3 not. Also Vae Victis is a character/gameplay orientated expansion, not a map expansion and I haven't seen a single screenshot yet that contains any new province.

**Tartarin** · 29-10-2008 14:15

And because establishing the province's distribution and nomenclature for the ancient era is a bit more difficult than for the modern era. If you want a good and satisfying result, it requires a lot of reasearch and difficult choices.

**The Maestro** · 29-10-2008 18:52

Originally Posted by Tartarin

And because establishing the province's distribution and nomenclature for the ancient era is a bit more difficult than for the modern era. If you want a good and satisfying result, it requires a lot of reasearch and difficult choices.

Like the title says, Put them on the payroll. Make the new map project an official paradox project.

I'll be the first on line to buy a finished product fully play tested by Paradox.

**vanin** · 30-10-2008 01:18

Agree with The Maestro, you need to be rewarded for the hard work you have done, this is, by far, the best mod to any p-dox game i have played.

**Van Diemen** · 30-10-2008 06:57

A nice surprise is still awaiting you all and no it's not that we have been recruited by paradox nor that we are going to release the new version very soon. However once it is really ready and finished I will reveal it here with a screenshot.

**vanin** · 30-10-2008 19:58

India and Persia recieved their terrain?

Well whatever it is I am sure we will be delighted, every teaser/update is a good teaser/update.

**barrabas** · 05-11-2008 18:05

This project is looking very good. I can't wait to try it out along with Vae Victis.

A question. Will you also look into editing the buildings and infrastructure of certain provinces? I seem to remember cities like Syracuse and Carthage, for example, having rather small fortifications and harbor facilities in the vanilla version. I am sure there are a lot of provinces that could be looked at to give them more historically accurate buildings.

Thank you for all your hard work!