"Empire: Total War" Mods: What do you recommend?

[kpetschulat]

Howdy.

I'm an avid fan of the 17th, 18th, and 19th century history, especially when it comes to the many wars and conflicts of those 300 years. So, I come here to you, the FSE community, to help me find a mod that I will enjoy, and/or enjoy playing with others. When it comes to Empire: Total War, I absolutely love the mods where they emphasize the campaign. Empire (I'll stick with that) has my favorite campaign out of any Total War, second to the Medieval II: Total War campaigns. So, here's where we get down to business...

I have tried so many Empire mods, you'd shit yourself if you knew. Some of the mods I tried are:

European Wars II, DarthMod: Ultimate Commander (Hated it), Empires of Destiny, Empire Enhanced, Empire Realism, The Blue and the Grey (American Civil War), the Goutlard mini-mods (changes battle behavior, unit spacing, etc.), and various other mini-mods and overhauls.

Basically, I'm looking for a good realism mod, that isn't afraid to make the game very difficult. I'm looking for emphasis on the campaign. The mod needs to be set between 1600 and 1800. And, definitely larger unit sizes (I hate the small sizes of units in the Total Wars from Empire and later).

If there are mods that you play, that you would recommend, I will absolutely try it, even if it's a mod I have played previosuly. Who knows? Maybe I'll actually pick it up and enjoy it, even though I haven't before. Also, if there are mods with good focus on multiplayer, and have a decent sized community, I'll try those too!

Thanks, and I hope to hear from you guys soon.

Petschie.

[Archduke Sven]

Well the English Civil War mod is pretty fun.

But if you want larger units you can easily do it yourself, vanilla or with a mod.

Just go to AppData/Creative Assembly/Empire/scripts and then go into the preferences script. Now you will see a bunch of code. Make it full screen and look for a line near the top called "campaign_unit_muliplier" and you will see a value like .75 or 1. Now if you change the value you can make the unit size as big as you want. I think if you go 4 you will have 800 man line infantry units, so you can fine tune it to suit your needs.

Another tip: If you want an unrestricted camera, go to the preferences script, look for "default_camera_type" and you will see a value like 1 or 0. Change it to 2 and now you have an unrestricted camera. Trust me, its really useful.

I'm an ex NTW modder

[Menelaos]

Imperial Splendour.

I can't say that mods fix the incredibly fucked up terrible sieges or things that ruin the game at times.

[Death by EMP]

Yes, Imperial Splendour is great.

[kpetschulat]

Well the English Civil War mod is pretty fun.

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But if you want larger units you can easily do it yourself, vanilla or with a mod.

Just go to AppData/Creative Assembly/Empire/scripts and then go into the preferences script. Now you will see a bunch of code. Make it full screen and look for a line near the top called "campaign_unit_muliplier" and you will see a value like .75 or 1. Now if you change the value you can make the unit size as big as you want. I think if you go 4 you will have 800 man line infantry units, so you can fine tune it to suit your needs.

Another tip: If you want an unrestricted camera, go to the preferences script, look for "default_camera_type" and you will see a value like 1 or 0. Change it to 2 and now you have an unrestricted camera. Trust me, its really useful.

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I know how to change the unit sizes. It was the first thing I figured out to do with ETW when it was released. I was talking about mods that increase unit sizes wihout me having to edit the script file. Do you have a link for the English Civil War mod?

But, the English Civil War mod, do you have a link for it? Also, what are some of the features?

Imperial Splendour.

You know? I tried to get that mod to work, but couldn't.

[Hinkel]

Well, which version of "The Blue and the Grey" did you play?

The newest version has tons of new features for an ETW mod, like various weapons, different weapons in a regiment with different ranges and many more



Weapons:

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Unit Information:

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[kpetschulat]

Omg, Hinkel. When was Blue and the Grey updated? That was my favorite mod for ETW. I uninstalled it because no one played it.

[Xanderman]

Darthmod empire ultimate edition.

[kpetschulat]

Darthmods are so over-rated. I find them to be incredibly dull and lame.

[ClearlyInvsible]

Darthmods are so over-rated. I find them to be incredibly dull and lame.

I normally go with every man has his own opinion, but I'm tempted to smack you right now for saying that.

[Death by EMP]

Darthmod has done some good things for Total War, especially Empire, however I don't support them in any way but downloading them, mostly because I heard from TW modders that the creator of them is a total douche and has a fit on the TW devs and fellow modders when he does not get his way, and he just has a douche baggy attitude apparently. I would ask Hinkel to confirm but that is probably drama zone.

[Oakenshield]

American civil war mod is the best. 

[Xanderman]

Darthmods are so over-rated. I find them to be incredibly dull and lame.

I really don't understand where you're coming from with that but each to his own.

[Windbusche]

American civil war mod is the best. 

Loses it's appeal quite swiftly considering there's only 2 factions.

[Menelaos]

Needs more Europe in ACW, it could really be expanded to be Victorian. Excluding the colonies that is.