As a Byzantine fanboy and Philhellene I found that the one blemish that stood out to me from an otherwise perfect game (so far) was what I saw written in the names and provinces on the map. While the Paradox team did a surprisingly good job at spelling (most) of the characters' names correctly, a lot of the Greek place names are written in a haphazard mixture of spelling styles, with quite a few mistakes here and there. There are also a few anachronisms and that sort of thing.
So, I present to you a mod to fix all those little Greek language flaws and make playing the Byzantine Empire feel that much more... Byzantine.
Byzantine Classical Greek Spelling Mod 1.3 Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?9vwvr92v9ovfhaa
Installation
Simply unzip all the files into the main game folder (don't forget to back up the originals!).
Details
There were actually far more honorific titles in the Byzantine court than this, but, short of making the more senior titles over-powered, there wouldn't be enough gameplay distinction to justify them. It would also be good if you were able to grant them to foreign nobles, but you can't. I also recommend that you use this mod in conjunction with the Enhanced Portraits Mod, so that your Orthodox bishops can grow proper beards and wear the right headgear!
I make no claims to perfection; if you see any mistakes of my own (or if you want to quibble about how I've rendered something), then please leave a comment here.
So, I present to you a mod to fix all those little Greek language flaws and make playing the Byzantine Empire feel that much more... Byzantine.
Byzantine Classical Greek Spelling Mod 1.3 Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?9vwvr92v9ovfhaa
Installation
Simply unzip all the files into the main game folder (don't forget to back up the originals!).
Details
- Byzantine Empire renamed to 'Eastern Roman Empire'
- Greek personal and dynasty name spellings corrected to classical transliteration formats
- Some new Greek personal and dynasty names added in
- Greek province name spellings corrected
- Greek provinces have more geographically appropriate names
- Greek titles updated - counts are now 'archons', counties are 'archontates', duchies are now 'themes' etc.
- Corrected names of starting characters
- New honorific court titles - Nobelissimos, Patrikios, Protospatharios, Spatharokandidatos, Spatharios
There were actually far more honorific titles in the Byzantine court than this, but, short of making the more senior titles over-powered, there wouldn't be enough gameplay distinction to justify them. It would also be good if you were able to grant them to foreign nobles, but you can't. I also recommend that you use this mod in conjunction with the Enhanced Portraits Mod, so that your Orthodox bishops can grow proper beards and wear the right headgear!
I make no claims to perfection; if you see any mistakes of my own (or if you want to quibble about how I've rendered something), then please leave a comment here.
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