After 3 years of sporadic work, a small team of veteran RTW modders is releasing an overhauled and stable version of Hegemonia City States. The unofficial release of version 1.0!
Unofficial HCS Patch 1.0
FEATURES:
- Rebalanced hoplite combat and new traditional hoplite line formation.
- Correct distribution of units in custom battles, and new locations added.
- Brand new units added, and sprites created for all units for much better performance.
- Optional cleaned up and fully HCS-compatible RS2 environment (for battlemap only).
- Completely rewritten, stable, and reasonable scripts.
- Rebalanced campaign for harder expansion and longer playability.
- New trait mechanics and options related to government types.
- Previously missing building cards, descriptions etc. filled in.
- Bugs and crash-issues hunted down.
- And much more!
See the preview or the full changelog on TWCenter for more.
Non-Steam installation:
- Download and install HCS version 0.99.
- Download Unofficial HCS patch 1.0.
- Extract the "hcs" folder from the patch archive (zip-file) into your "bi" folder inside your main RTW folder (eg. "D:\Games\Rome - Total War\bi") overwriting/patching the previously installed full version "hcs" folder.
- (Optional) For RS2 environment: Extract the "hcs" folder from "RS2 battlemap graphics (requires good PC)" into your "bi" folder, as before, overwriting/patching the previously patched "hcs" folder.
- Place the "Hegemonia City States.bat" inside the main RTW folder and run it.
Steam installation:
- Download and install HCS version 0.99.
- Download Unofficial HCS patch 1.0.
- Extract the "hcs" folder from the patch archive (zip-file) into your "bi" folder inside your main RTW folder (eg. "D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Rome Total War Gold\bi") overwriting/patching the previously installed full version "hcs" folder.
- (Optional) For RS2 environment: Extract the "hcs" folder from "RS2 battlemap graphics (requires good PC)" into your "bi" folder, as before, overwriting/patching the previously patched "hcs" folder.
- Right click on Rome: Total War in your Steam Library. In the "Launch Options" copy and paste "-mod:bi\hcs -nm -ne -show_err" (without quotation marks).
- Run your game through Steam and select "Launch Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion".
The mod is fully mod-foldered, so it will not conflict with your clean installation of Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (or Gold).
NOTE:
If your screen resolution is lower than 1080, you have to edit the preferences.txt (inside "...bi\hcs\preferences"). Set these two to your screen's resolution:
STRATEGY_RESOLUTION:1920x1080
BATTLE_RESOLUTION:1920x1080
Depending on your resolution, you may want to disable the Widescreen setting (in advanced video options).
The mod is balanced for Hard/Hard difficulty and Huge unit scale.
Team:
- Dansk viking: Patch lead, mapping, coding, scripting, balancing, etc.
- b0Gia: Modpack 4.1 (used as base), advice, etc.
- Teobec: 3D modelling, skinning, advice, etc.
- Leon Katakalon: Advice, skinning, etc.
Others:
- The original HCS team for a fantastic mod!
- The Roma Surrectum 2 team for their beautiful battle map environment.
- All the people, modders, guide-creators, etc. on TWCenter and the RTW Community Discord for support and inspiration throughout the years!
Is it possible to release the fully updated version in one file?
I chose not to as it’s released as a patch (and RS2 environment in a separate folder within the archive to allow people to choose). However, if you’re having trouble with the original exe installer I could upload that one as an archive too.
Very nice.