Developer Blog: New Update #3

[Hinkel]

Hello guys,
in this blog, we would like to post updates on our way to the next main patch.

The PATCH will feature a complete new faction, adding a new main power to the roman civil war. You will see screenshots and information in another update.
We are also working on some new stuff for the 2 roman factions, reworking textures, adding new units, weapons and more.

Reworked units

Some units will get a rework, playing around with the textures

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New faction

Small preview of a WIP uniform of the new faction

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Trailer - in progress

Using some great footage of our awesome shield battles, we are currently working on a huge announcement trailer, to get some more guys into the mod.
So this is the trailer so far. The ending will be a bit different and since not that many guys are following us in the forum, feel honored to get a first look into it

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlL88EOetEY[/youtube]


New maps

With the help of some talented mappers, we are also featureing many new maps and landscapes to fight!

(by Olafson)

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(by Olafson)

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[Samuel J. Ahonen]

Awesome! A new faction, eh? I wonder what that could be. O.o

[Krotan]

Awesome! A new faction, eh? I wonder what that could be. O.o

Egypt.

Looking great Hinkel.

[Wismar]

Very nice, can't wait.

[Gokiller]

Awesome! A new faction, eh? I wonder what that could be. O.o

Egypt and I saw Parthian stuff as well lol.

Whats wrong with that pyramid btw? It looks more like a Maya temple or is that just from the POV?

[Hinkel]

Awesome! A new faction, eh? I wonder what that could be. O.o

Egypt and I saw Parthian stuff as well lol.

Whats wrong with that pyramid btw? It looks more like a Maya temple or is that just from the POV?

Most of the egyptian pyramids looked that way. Everybody has another picture of egypt pyramids, cause all those tiny hundret pyramids are not well known.

[Willhelm]

Awesome! A new faction, eh? I wonder what that could be. O.o

Egypt and I saw Parthian stuff as well lol.

Whats wrong with that pyramid btw? It looks more like a Maya temple or is that just from the POV?

It's a Stepped Pyramid, we also have smooth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step_pyramid#Ancient_Egypt

[BSM 'Shut up' Williams]

Nice update!

[kpetschulat]

Why Egypt, and not a more immediate barbaric faction? The Germans would have been great, maybe the Britons too. Egypt is good, but it's old pike tactics.

Anyway, it looks good, and I still anticipate this patch.

[Furrnox]

Looking good :3, great work so far keep it up.

[Frederik]

Do you have permission to use Videos of Rome: Total War?

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Looks good 

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[AlekoTheGreek]

TheGreek approves

[Hinkel]

Do you have permission to use Videos of Rome: Total War?

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Looks good 

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Its not a self made rome 2 video, its part of the official trailer vids, which are free to use.

[Willhelm]

Why Egypt, and not a more immediate barbaric faction? The Germans would have been great, maybe the Britons too. Egypt is good, but it's old pike tactics.

Anyway, it looks good, and I still anticipate this patch.

Because Egypt had direct involvement in the Civil war and barbarians are way overdone.

[kpetschulat]

The only "direct involvement" Egypt had was when Pompey fled to Alexandria and was murdered by his bodyguard.