RELEASED. The second expansion to and definitive edition of Total War Hydra. The mythical island of Atlantis with its city-state has been added to the game. Many small features have been corrected and improved so to make this the final edition. (Install in RTW directory and by using ModSwitch).
Edition 2.0 of Total War Hydra
Changes:
Geography:
- The Volcano Island of Atlantis in northwest Atlantic ocean has been added. Two shipping routes are available. One leading south to Spain and the other to Ireland.
- New province of Invernia in southern Ireland. There are now 141 provinces in total.
- Gauls (now named Celts) gets the province of Dumnonia in Britain to start with (there are no Britons anymore -> are now Atlantis).
- Names and places have been made even more Greek.
Faction related:
- Many surnames for the Atlantean faction are derived from the classical Neirids (Νηρηΐδες) or sea-nymphs.
*tip: if you want to use cheat codes for names with ë you have to drop that letter. Example: give_trait "Krakteros Lacoethoë""..." should be "Krateros Lacoetho" without the ë.
Units:
- Royal Bastarnae are now part of the base game too together with the Imperial cities where you can recruit them. There are 15 places in total of these.
- Phrygian infantry has been added for the House of Balas (but unit is tied to geographical region).
- Dacia (Veneti Confederation) has now Gothic Cavalry and Steppe Horse Archers.
New Traits:
AtlanteanWisdom and AtlanteanPride are new traits for Greek characters. They are inherited or gained by placing your governor in a city with an awesome temple of Poseidon. The first trait has a positive effect on public order while the other has a negative effect.
New victory conditions:
The victory conditions for all factions have been changed. Either you have to conquer 55 provinces or 60 depending on the easiness level of the faction in question. Thrace is hardcore because you have to conquer 65 settlements. You don’t necessarily have to conquer Rome since for some factions who are very far removed from Rome (like Amazonia) this objective was a bit unfair.
Credit:
The new traits AmazonHates and FearsAmazon comes from subRosa's Amazon: Total War.
The model of the Atlantean Royal Guard and the Phrygian infantry is based on models from the SwanMod.
The logo of Atlantis is based on the logo of Macedon from the VE mod.
Install:
Put the file in your RTW directory and use ModSwitch.
Big thanks!
Can someone please give me some guidance with the installation, cuz i can't find that modswitch or any video that explains it
If you have Rome Total War with Steam you can use modswitch. You click on proprieties right on the game in the library menu. You type in at starting options (the free space below) the following: -mod:hydra -show_err. Now you can start the game and the mod. To play vanilla again just remove the starting option entry.
I have updated the zip file. Amazons generals couldn't be adopted and didn't reach adulthood because the general unit lacked the general attribute in unit description file and agents hadn't been made recruitable yet. This has been fixed now.
Does this need Barbarian Invasion or Alexander?