CATW 1.2.3 samniti Bello is the latest version of classical age total war (CATW), released in May 2017.
This mod is based on catw 1.1 and catw 2.0, mixing features from both mods, for Rome:Total War with the Alexander extension (1.9), but it also works on the basic RTW 1.5 or BI (Barbarian Invasion) 1.6
Features:
- Mundus Magnus Map with 200 regions, with some modifications
- Prometheus' strat cities and new colonial system (player-created towns)
- Roma Surrectum II vegetation
- Modified Medieval TW animations
- Darth AI and formations
- 500+ historically accurate units with super-HD skins and new models
- 140 historical battles +150 custom battle maps
- New buildings
- New factions: Massilia, Bosporan Kingdom, Arverni, Sauromatae, Samnites, Epirus, Illyrians, etc.
- New navies
- New 300 BC timescale with brand new positions for all factions
- powerful independent factions (all playable as "eleutheroi") like the saka rauka, yuezhe, boians, mauryans, numidians, garamantians, meroits, etc
Installation:
CATW 1.2 is Fully compatible with STEAM (reworked from scratch for this in 2017).
1- Verify you have a fresh (unmodded) RTW 1.5/BI 1.6 or Alex 1.9 RTW version.
2- Unzip the catw05 file
3a- Place the file into your own Alexander directory, ie C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Alexander\catw05
3b- Place the file into your own RTW/BI directory, ie C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\catw05
4- Use the shortcut inside catw folder, just put it on your desktop
For STEAM users: Go to Steam, on the Alexander TW properties, then "Set Launch Options", then paste: -nm -show_err -mod:catw05 -noalexander
The mod will start each time you launch Alexander on STEAM.
On RTW/BI same story but -nm -show_err -mod:catw05 -movie_cam
Note: The folder is called "catw05" for those who operates other versions or catw (like catw 2.0) alongside.+
Next planned iteration: catw 1.2.4
How it installs
Check "description" above.
CATW 1.2 is Fully compatible with STEAM (reworked from scratch for this in 2017).
1- Verify you have a fresh (unmodded) RTW 1.5/BI 1.6 or Alex 1.9 RTW version.
2- Unzip the catw05 file
3a- Place the file into your own Alexander directory, ie C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Alexander\catw05
3b- Place the file into your own RTW/BI directory, ie C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\catw05
4- Use the shortcut inside catw folder, just put it on your desktop
For STEAM users: Go to Steam, on the Alexander TW properties, then "Set Launch Options", then paste: -nm -show_err -mod:catw05 -noalexander
The mod will start each time you launch Alexander on STEAM.
On RTW/BI same story but -nm -show_err -mod:catw05 -movie_cam
This is version 1.2.2 not 1.2.3.