Depends on how polished you want it.
I'm going to release a barebones beta at some point this week or next, but you'll probably have to get it via SVN.
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And now for screenies.
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Depends on how polished you want it.
I'm going to release a barebones beta at some point this week or next, but you'll probably have to get it via SVN.
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And now for screenies.
I read you were looking for some maps of the extent of christianity earlier.. here's a map that shows the extent in 451
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2...tianity__ad_451__by_undevicesimus-d5j16lp.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2...tianity__ad_451__by_undevicesimus-d5j16lp.jpg
Are you going to implement new headgears? Some of the headgears feels weird for a mod set in the Roman era.
I take it you're not going for the Sarmatian theory then
I'm not writing a Holywood film here
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Current state of Gaul (Aquitaine will be fixed, don't worry).
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I did a quick playtest to see what would happen, the Irish Clans went into open warfare in about 1 week, Italy collapsed into Anarchy after a few faction revolts, and Gaul is a mad 5-way warzone.
All going to plan
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Current state of Gaul (Aquitaine will be fixed, don't worry).
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I did a quick playtest to see what would happen, the Irish Clans went into open warfare in about 1 week, Italy collapsed into Anarchy after a few faction revolts, and Gaul is a mad 5-way warzone.
All going to plan
I thought the Visigoths held all of South France before Clovis came and beat them back to Hispania?
Yeah, I've just been messing around with the setup of it, Aquitaine will be held by Visigoths.
Thanks
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Found another source for Persia; this one's a little more...biased, though.
Presenting an ebook of History of the Wars, books I and II, by Procopius!
More screenshots of the Sassanid area to come soon! (Doing some more research now. I'm afraid that the earliest beta will have quite a few ahistorical characters in the area, but my plan is to revisit the setup in later releases as my research turns up more names.)
Presenting an ebook of History of the Wars, books I and II, by Procopius!
More screenshots of the Sassanid area to come soon! (Doing some more research now. I'm afraid that the earliest beta will have quite a few ahistorical characters in the area, but my plan is to revisit the setup in later releases as my research turns up more names.)
Procopius is awesome, especially the Secret Histories :rofl:.
I'm looking forward to seeing it, I'm just working on getting the political setup of Western Germany done.
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As promised, west Germania.
Now for some sleep.
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Procopius is awesome, especially the Secret Histories :rofl:.
I'm looking forward to seeing it, I'm just working on getting the political setup of Western Germany done.
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As promised, west Germania.
Now for some sleep.
Looks good so far! Obviously we've still got a lot of work to do, but it's a great start! As I said, I'll be putting up some of my Persia screenshots shortly -- note that I'm running an earlier version than Bad_Haggis, so the religion icons/set-up outside of the areas I'm working on aren't going to be as pretty.
Did the Rome Must Die people tell you their sources for Persia, perchance? I'm finding a lot of things that don't match up with my sources, but are mentioned here and there in other things. Just wondering how historical all of it is, as well as if they have sources I haven't stumbled across yet. I'm going to dig through their thread real quick and take a look.
Edit: Another ebook on Archive.org
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I wants, I wants, I wants! This and Mare Nostra definitely are peaking my interests extra hard.
Not to intrude on this thread, but have you had a look at Diadochi Kings? The link is in my signature.
Couple things:
1) I'm trying to figure out how to handle the vassal kingdoms of the Byzantine-Persian frontier -- namely, the Ghassanids (Byzantine vassals) and the Lakhmids (Sassanid vassals), as well as some of the territories in the Caucasus. Specifically, there needs to be a way to prevent the Sassanids from revoking titles from the Lakhmids automatically, since there is a religious difference. (Lakhmids are Nestorian Christians, and the Nestorian heresy was encouraged by the Sassanids to weaken the Byzantines.) I suspect crown laws will fix this, but for now I think I might invent an alliance and leave the two kingdoms nominally independent? I suspect that the solution is obvious, and that I'm just being dumb right now. Either way it's still a tricky situation, which merits further thought.
2) Anyone have any resources on the Armenian nobility during this time period? I'm specifically looking for information on the Nakharars -- so far I've come up empty.
EDIT: Also, about the Hepthalites:
A) Turns out their primary religion wasn't Buddhism. In fact, some of the Hepthalite rulers actively persecuted buddhists in their realm...so while the religion of some of the border provinces should be buddhist, they aren't. Some sources say that they found fire sacred, suggesting zoroastrianism, but apparently their burial practices didn't match zoroastrian teaching, so that doesn't add up either. Seeing as how they are steppe nomads, and that they also worshipped some sort of sky god, I think the closest match might just be tengri, so that's what I'm going to go with for now.
B) So I've found conflicting sources for the name of the Hepthalite monarch ruling in 476 AD; some say Khingala, while most primary sources I've found say Khush-nawaz or some varient thereof. I'm going with the latter, but if someone can find a concrete answer one way or the other I'd appreciate it!
1) I'm trying to figure out how to handle the vassal kingdoms of the Byzantine-Persian frontier -- namely, the Ghassanids (Byzantine vassals) and the Lakhmids (Sassanid vassals), as well as some of the territories in the Caucasus. Specifically, there needs to be a way to prevent the Sassanids from revoking titles from the Lakhmids automatically, since there is a religious difference. (Lakhmids are Nestorian Christians, and the Nestorian heresy was encouraged by the Sassanids to weaken the Byzantines.) I suspect crown laws will fix this, but for now I think I might invent an alliance and leave the two kingdoms nominally independent? I suspect that the solution is obvious, and that I'm just being dumb right now. Either way it's still a tricky situation, which merits further thought.
2) Anyone have any resources on the Armenian nobility during this time period? I'm specifically looking for information on the Nakharars -- so far I've come up empty.
EDIT: Also, about the Hepthalites:
A) Turns out their primary religion wasn't Buddhism. In fact, some of the Hepthalite rulers actively persecuted buddhists in their realm...so while the religion of some of the border provinces should be buddhist, they aren't. Some sources say that they found fire sacred, suggesting zoroastrianism, but apparently their burial practices didn't match zoroastrian teaching, so that doesn't add up either. Seeing as how they are steppe nomads, and that they also worshipped some sort of sky god, I think the closest match might just be tengri, so that's what I'm going to go with for now.
B) So I've found conflicting sources for the name of the Hepthalite monarch ruling in 476 AD; some say Khingala, while most primary sources I've found say Khush-nawaz or some varient thereof. I'm going with the latter, but if someone can find a concrete answer one way or the other I'd appreciate it!
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