Byzantium Mod Now Available (Demo Only)

[DaPacemDomine]

DISCLAIMER: This mod is not intended to stoke the fires of debate in any historical sense. It was designed with the intention of adding an additional dimension of fun and enjoyment to the game for those who desire it. Pure and simple. Please refrain from any comments not in the context of discussing the PC game Europa Universalis 3 or the technical aspects and desired augmentation of this mod.

Byzantium Mod (Demo Only) v1.4
*MODIFIED TO INCLUDE NEW BYZANTINE FLAG AND README.TXT, AS WELL AS CHANGES IN PROVINCE NAMES AS PROPOSED BY JORDARKELF

NOW IN EASY COPY DIRECTORY AND FUGETTABOUTIT VERSION!

Okay, folks, I'd intended to do this once I got home from work this evening, but as so many have asked for it, I've gone ahead and whipped up the files to post presently. You can download the DEMO ONLY Byzantium Mod here:

Download Byzantium.rar
Download Byzantium.zip

You should be able to just extract or paste the folder over your EU3DEMO directory, clicking 'Yes to All' where prompted.

I -think- that should cover it. If anything doesn't work write, post, and I'll do my best to ferret out the problem. With this, Byzantium should be playable from the start of the demo onwards. The monarch at any given start date will never change from Ioannes V (I envisioned him as a young, energetic figure much like Emperor Charles V, destined to reign for 50 years or more). I know it's threadbare, but this is the demo. Anything more advanced can wait for the final release, and would probably be better engineered at hands more capable than mine.

A screenshot for those of you who are curious. Amongst other revisions in the latest version, notice the new gold-and-purple color scheme of the Byzantine soldiers. If you don't like it, by all means, don't use it, but for me, it hearkens to Crusader Kings.

 

[Mrdie]

You just made a whole lot of Romano/Byzanphiles dreams come true.

 

[unmerged(64704)]

wow! already a byzantine mod? that was fast

 

[DaPacemDomine]

You just made a whole lot of Romano/Byzanphiles dreams come true.

Hope this mod helps fulfill a few eccentric pipedreams besides mine.

 

[unmerged(12990)]

Another byzantophile here. Awesome, gonna download this ASAP!

 

[Nikolai]

Any screenshots?

 

[Reveilled]

After beefing Austria up a bit, modding in Byzantium was my top priority, being a tremendous Byzantophile myself. I hate to admit it, but in EU2, after seeing the Byzantines get wiped out in any given GC unless I took up their mantle personally, I kept an alternate 1419 scenario that I typically started from for all of my Grand Campaigns. I altered Byzantium to retain all of its Greek and Balkan possessions to give it a better fighting chance from the start. And that's to say nothing of Crusader Kings, wherein I meticulously editted the 1066 scenario to shatter every single Muslim power in the East to single-province status, just to ensure that Byzantium wouldn't be wiped out by the Fatimids or Seljuks. Ahistorical, I know. Borderline obsessive-compulsive, sure. Hope this mod helps fulfill a few eccentric pipedreams besides mine.

I never got around to making a mod, but I would routinely shatter the Seljuks into their constituent Emirates whenever possible for the same reason.

I know what I'm doing next in the demo.

 

[DaPacemDomine]

Any screenshots?

Screenshot added to the top post, as well as a revised download to include a different flag and readme.

 

[unmerged(64704)]

downloading now, can't wait to play

 

[Pellucid]

I hate to admit it, but in EU2, after seeing the Byzantines get wiped out in any given GC unless I took up their mantle personally, I kept an alternate 1419 scenario that I typically started from for all of my Grand Campaigns.

Haha, I just edited the revolt.txt to allow Byzantium to revolt away until 1500. Every once in a while I'd see Byzantium pop up, and it always warmed my heart. o

 

[Strager]

Hey,

Glad to see your mod out the door

This is advice I gave to the guy who did the Jeruselum mod as well... will make life easier for your players when they download the mod...
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What you should do instead of telling people where to put files do the following:

• Make a "dummy" Eu3 Demo folder - make sure the name is exactally the same as the original
• Inside make all the directories where the files go - make sure the names are exactally the same here too
• put the files in their proper directories
• now zip or rar the entire directory

This way people can just unzip the one file and it will automatically prompt to overwrite each file etc.

Enjoy

 

[Namm]

Hah, fast!

 

[knul]

Hah, fast!

Nah, it was way slower than the predicted nanosecond

But seriously, nice work, DaPacemDomine.

 

[DaPacemDomine]

Hey,

Glad to see your mod out the door

This is advice I gave to the guy who did the Jeruselum mod as well... will make life easier for your players when they download the mod...
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What you should do instead of telling people where to put files do the following:

• Make a "dummy" Eu3 Demo folder - make sure the name is exactally the same as the original
• Inside make all the directories where the files go - make sure the names are exactally the same here too
• put the files in their proper directories
• now zip or rar the entire directory

This way people can just unzip the one file and it will automatically prompt to overwrite each file etc.

Enjoy

Sage advice, Strager. Download at top revised to make it easier as you suggested. Much appreciated.

 

[Havard]

What you should do instead of telling people where to put files do the following:

• Make a "dummy" Eu3 Demo folder - make sure the name is exactally the same as the original
• Inside make all the directories where the files go - make sure the names are exactally the same here too
• put the files in their proper directories
• now zip or rar the entire directory

This way people can just unzip the one file and it will automatically prompt to overwrite each file etc.

This also makes it easier to set up the mod for the modswitcher functionality in the full version.

 

[DaPacemDomine]

Please do let me know if everything works ok. I'm a bit nervous, not being able to try it out here, but I copied everything from memory same as I entered it last night at home (again, it's really not complicated at all), so it -should- work.

 

[unmerged(64704)]

This also makes it easier to set up the mod for the modswitcher functionality in the full version.

is JGSME (or however its spelled) compatible with EU3?

 

[Havard]

is JGSME (or however its spelled) compatible with EU3?

If I knew what JGSME was, I could probably have answered you. Since I don't my tentative reply would be "not likely".

 

[unmerged(41978)]

Hahahah.. I'm supriced it actually took this long.
Should have been here a few hours after release.

 

[Pellucid]

Please do let me know if everything works ok. I'm a bit nervous, not being able to try it out here, but I copied everything from memory same as I entered it last night at home (again, it's really not complicated at all), so it -should- work.

All seems to work over here. I immediately conquered Naxos and then moved into Tripoli.

...I also ended up with Masovia when I came to assist my Teutonic allies. :wacko: