Tsardoms Total War: Battle Beta Release news

After 8 years of development the team of Tsardoms Total War is proudly presenting the Battle Beta. This is a battle only mod to give all the fans a taste of what is to come when we release the full mod.

The beta includes factions which have been painstakingly modeled to recreate the historical reality of the period 1345 to 1530. Many of the units have been made and remade several times by several of our members. We have tried to stay as close to historical reality as possible within game limitations and also gameplay considerations. Huge amounts of time and research have gone into creating the units, factions, unit descriptions and faction descriptions. We would like our mod to be used as a reference for the time period and be a fully playable historical simulation. That being said we are always open to criticism and will endeavour to fix any inaccuracies or any issues raised.

The battle beta includes the following factions:

- Tsardom of Serbia
- Tsardom of Bulgaria
- Principality of Wallachia
- Principality of Moldova
- Roman Empire
- Republic of Ragusa
- Banate of Bosnia
- Ottoman Sultanate
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Knights of St John

The battle beta does not include any artillery units and also none of the finished Italian, Austrian and other factions which are still in development and will be saved for a final release.

Installation

- Download the mod from the following link: Twcenter.net
- Unpack the mod in the Mods folder of your Medieval 2 Total War folder
- Double click tsardoms.bat to start the mod

We know the mod does have some stability issues with certain factions especially the Ottomans and the Ragusans and also with certain maps. If you experience crashes please upload the mod's log so we can track down the issue. Also, if you find any bugs, errors or inconsistencies please let us know aswell.



Tsardoms Total War Team

Jurcek1987 - unit maker, modeller, coder and RC expert
Bardas Phokas - unit maker, modeller and skinner
Miszel - unit maker, modeller, skinner, 2D art
Hrobatos (retired) - unit maker, modeller and skinner
VINC.XXIII (retired) - unit maker, modeller and skinner
k/t - unit stats and RC/RR implementation
Vipman - coder and scripter
Wallachian - mod leader, organiser and historian

Original Tsardoms Team

phoenix[illusion] - unit materials, models, skins
Matthaeus - unit materials, models, skins
il_duce- mapper, unit materials, models, skins

Unit Models & Skinning
phoenix[illusion]
Mattheus
Hrobatos
VINC.XXIII
Cesco
Jurcek1987
Bardas Phokas
Miszel
Artizan
Il_duce
Moravexxx
Adnan
Royal Jester

Coding and scripts
il duce | SpyrosM91
Vipman | Neadal
Jurcek1987
Stevietheconqueror

Concept Art & 2D Art
Thinkerman
Miszel
DobroVece
Hrobatos

Game Interface
DobroVece


Unit Cards and Unit Info Cards
morfeasnikos
Hrobatos
thekingsmen
King of the Ring/Royal Jester
Dusan Silni
hyretic
xHolyCrusaderx
H.E.L.P. Project
Miszel

Unit Information, Texts & Previews
Wallachian | SpyrosM91

RESEARCH

Ampra| Bagatyr
Matija191 | Romano-Dacis
SpyrosM91 | The Bulgar Slayer
Tureuki | Wallachian
Tzar | NekoGenijalan
NikeBG | Mircea
Sarmatian | Tzar

Unit Balancing
k/t
Jurcek1987
RC/RR submod for Stainless Steel

Mods & Materials Used
Magyar Mod & dome
Lithuania Mod/Baltic Total War & Madtao
Bulgaria Total War and alien_t, gogo_t, NikeBG
The Great Conflicts and AnthoniusII
Rusichi Total War
Broken Crescent
Absinthia
CBUR and Caesar Clivus
Anatolian Principalities
Machiavello Total War
Shredder & Ogniem i Mieczim II
Germanicu5 ReallyBadAI
HELP Project
Hellvard
Hyretic
Caudillo & Roman Pack
LaCa
BHCluster & Bosnia Mod
PointBlank and Real Combat/Real Recruitment
Lord Calidor
Lord Hamilton & Stainless Steel submod
Burreck
Art of War (Joedreck and Salty)
Mackie's OSP Weapons Pack
Ninja
_Tartaros_
Dejawolf OSP Armour
Yamabusi OSP (Surgean and Highland Warrior)
Shredzorz (OSP Medieval Weapons)
Disgrunteld Goat and 1066 Mod
Empire Total War
Medieval 2: Kingdoms Total War
M&B Mods:
Narf's Plate Armour Pack
Narf's Transitional Armour Pack
Narf's Men-at-Arms Armour Pack
Arms and Armour
Rath0s OSP models
Medieval Helmet Pack

Since the mod has been going on for over 8 years there is likely we have forgotten someone or some mod please do not hesitate to let us know if you believe credit should be given! We are humans and so many members have come and gone it is difficult to keep track.


Permission to use materials

We have a fairly open policy in regards to permission to use materials. First and foremost we will give permission to use our materials to any mod team that has given us help or that have given us their materials. After that we are happy to trade our units and materials to anyone that will be happy to share their materials with us. If your mod has nothing we need we can still give permission to use the materials. Historical mods will get permission first and only later we will give permission to fantasy mods as we would like to encourage the creation of historical simulations first and foremost. We will deny permission to use materials if we believe your mod is either purposefully not historical or has other issues. Also, permission to use, modify or take parts of our units is given on a faction by faction basis depending on the original creator. Also, some factions or units (such as the Magyar infantry units) come from other mods and as such permission is not ours to give and you must contact the original creators. Please ask Wallachian for permission to use and he will confirm whether it is given or not.

Tsardoms needs you!

If you are interested in modding and would like to join an ever-growing team of talented modders we will welcome you with open arms!

If you are into the Balkans, the rise of the Ottomans, the Italian wars, high medieval and renaissance history, if you have skinning, modelling, coding or scripting skills or even if you have just 2D skils or are a historian and are interested in joining contact any of our members or post on our forum.

We are getting closer and closer to a full release but we are desperately in need of manpower to finish the Austrian, Italian, Spanish and Swiss factions. We are even considering introducing an emerging Croatian faction. But we can only do that if we get more people in the team. We are very passionate about this project and will see it to fruition but the more people there are the quicker it will be.

The more of us there are in our team the greater the progress will be!