Amazon Total War

Version 2.5
For Rome Total War
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by SubRosa
subrosa_florens@comcast.net
Special thanks to Halie Satanus for donating the use of several shield and armou
r textures.
Special thanks to Signifer One for allowing me to use his Animations pack.
Special thanks to Darth Divus for providing the loading screen overlays.
Special thanks to SrJamesTyrrel for creating the Amazon Lesser General.
donteatbadgers@yahoo.com
Special thanks to Primo for his assistance in creating the early splash screen a
nd loading screens.
marcus_orentius@yahoo.co.uk
Special thanks to Private Clark for his work on the New Amazonia Faction skins a
nd donating his figure 8 shield for the Valkyrja Drakones.
dinner4me333@hotmail.com
::::::::::::::::::::The Basics::::::::::::::::::::
Amazon Total War is a conversion for Rome Total war version 1.5. It uses the mod
:switch option, so it will not interfere with any of your original game files. B
e sure you apply it to a clean install of RTW, as you may experience ctd's when
entering battles if not. Look here http://rtw.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/dis
play.cgi?action=st&fn=1&tn=6280&st=0#post1 to see how to install multiple copie
s of the game.
::::::::::::::::::::Overview::::::::::::::::::::
ATW adds three new Amazon factions to the game: Amazonia, the Valkyrja, and the
Gorgons. These belong to a new culture, that of the Amazons, with new units, gen
erals, retinue members, and traits just for them. My inspiration for this was th
e Amazons of legend, and I have tried to keep everything in the mod in the spirt
of those legends. So just as legend has it, the Amazons are outstanding archers
and horsewomen. They also fight in the standard greek hoplite style, as well as
having some troops using the sagaris, an axe that was a signature weapon of the
Amazons (and where calling a woman an "old battle-axe" comes from). As the Amaz
ons were not known to be sailors of any repute, I have limited them to recruitin
g biremes and triremes.
As the Amazons were reputed to be the progenitors of the Sarmatian people, I hav
e also created a new Sarmatian faction, occupying their ancestral homelands betw
een the Don and Volga rivers. I have tried to emulate their close ties by making
Amazonia and Scythia begin the game as Allies. While the Valkyrja and the Sarma
tians begin as allies as well. I have also made Sarmatian mercenaries recruitabl
e in Amazonia, as well as Amazon mercs recruitable across the steppes.

While all Generals are female, the spies, assassins, and diplomats remain male b
y design. These men would be specially recruited from the Amazons courtesan clas
s of men, or from men in foreign lands. The reason being that in the world outsi
de of Amazonia men can move far more easily though the world than women can. Due
to the constraints of the game's hard coding, they will all have female names h
owever.
But Amazons and are not all that is different in ATW. The original game map has
been modified by the inclusion of 31 new territories. Most of them are located i
n North Africa, the Steppe, and the mountains of Armenia. Scythia has been moved
to its more historically accurate starting position in the Crimea and lower Ukr
aine. It has also undergone a large change in its unit roster, now having many m
ore infantry units of better quality than before. This reflects the effects of t
heir having become partially sedentary at the time the game begins.
Every Barbarian faction now has a 4th tier of development. All factions now have
a Law temple. There are many new units, including Onagers for all Barbarians. M
aiden Axes have been added to Britannia and Gaul. Chosen Slingers added to Brita
nnia, Carthage, and Iberia. Dacia now has Chosen Falxmen. Gaul and Germania have
regular Archer Warbands. Mercenary Cretan Archers and Rhodian Slingers are now
recruitable by the Hellenic factions from their home islands. Scutarii are now r
ecruitable by Carthage. Elephants and Noble Cavalry have been added to Numidia,
Noble Cavalry to Iberian, and Heavy Cavalry have been added to the Greek Cities.
Thrace has had a dramatic make-over as well, gaining new units such as Thracian
Peltasts, Thracian Infantry, and Thracian Nobles, new temples such as to Sabazi
os and Kotys, and more.
In addition I have tweaked the stats of many units, such as increasing the range
and damage of all Slingers, reducing the attack of Warhounds, and increasing th
e attack and defense of Iberian Infantry and Equites, and increased the defense
of Naked Fanatics. Many factions have had their unit recruitment trees altered,
with most temple units now being recruitable from a regular barracks instead.
The game's corruption triggers have been changed so as not to kick in until your
treasury reaches 100,000 and 150,000 denarii respectively. So you do not have t
o worry as much about making too much money.
Every faction has a Legendary Artifact associated with it. Each is unique, and h
ad can only be possessed by a member of its parent faction. These artifacts are
represented in the game as retinue members, and give their holders very signific
ant bonuses. If lost through character death there is a random chance they will
reappear later in the game.
::::::::::::::::::::Take Note!::::::::::::::::::::
I have disabled the pre-battle speeches of the Amazons, and will also create new
ones in a later release, and possibly add strategic map sound effects for Amazo
n units.
The Amazon general portraits were not done by myself. They are the work of artis
ts such as Michael Whelan, Clyde Caldwell, Keith Parkinson, and others. Used wit
hout permission. No challenge to their status intended. All Rights Reserved to t
heir respective owners.

::::::::::::::::::::Installation Instructions::::::::::::::::::::
Unzip the file you download to your base Rome Total War folder (i.e. the one wi
th RomeTW.exe in it). When you are done you should see the folder "amazon" along

side your data, logs, Miles, preferences, saves, and other folders. Like so:
RTW
:-amazon
:-bi
:-custom
:-data
:-logs
:-Miles
:-preferences
Now create a new shortcut for Amazon Total War.
For more information on editing the Command Line of Rome Total War look here: ht
tp://rtw.heavengames.com/rtw/mods/tutorials/command_line/index.shtml
Open Windows Explorer and go to your RomeTW.exe file, then right-click on it.
An options box will pop up.
Move your mouse down to "Send To". Another box will pop up along side the first
one.
Move your mouse over to "Desktop (Create Shortcut)", and click on it with your l
eft mouse button.
Now go to your Desktop and you will see the new shortcut there, named "Shortcut
to RomeTW.exe"
Right-click on the new shortcut, and a box will pop up.
Click on Properties in this box.
A new window will open up, with three tabs across the top. If the Shortcut tab w
as not already selected, click on it.
Click in very right end of the box named Target.
Now add in a space and then the following text: -mod:amazon -show_err
So your Target box should look something like: "C:\Program Files\Rome Total War\
RomeTW.exe" -mod:amazon -show_err
Now click on Apply.
To rename it something more descriptive click on the General tab.
There will be a field at the very top of the window. Type in: Amazon Total War.
Now click on Ok. You are done.
Optional: I have included several desktop shortcuts which you may wish to use.
While you still have the Shortcut Properties window open, click on the Shortcut
tab, then click on the Change Icon button at the bottom of that window. A Change
Icon window will appear. Click on the browse button to navigate to your RTW\ama
zon folder. You will find several.ico files there. Select the you would like by
double-clicking on it. Then back at the Change Icon window click on Ok. Then fin
ally click on OK again to close the Shortcut Properties window.

::::::::::::::::::::Version History::::::::::::::::::::
2.5 - Fixed bug of the name New Amazonia rather than Valkyrja appearing in templ
e of Freja description, and several other minor bug fixes. Changed internal name
of the Romans to Slavs, removing the senate tab from their faction info scrolls
. Changed name of Neo Themiskyra to Vanahemir and moved it to a new location. Ad
ded territory of Mari to the Valkyrja starting territories. Added an extra start
ing general to the Valkyrja. Made farms destroyable. Reduced grain resoruces and
base farming levels in Crimea. Added territory of Gautar in Scandinavia. Rename
d Porrolissum to Sarmizgetusa and moved it adjacent to the mountains. Added Merc
enary Amazon Axewomen and Rebel Militia Axewomen. New shield for German Spear Wa
rband and Merc Spear Warband.
2.4 - Edited Campaign Script to reduce the population bonus to AI controlled cit
ies. Edited the map to prevent pirates from spawning in Lake Tritonis. Numerous
bug fixes, including new Macedon banner not appearing over empty cities, advance
d amazon walls not appearing correctly on the battle map, sprites not working fo
r Greek Marines, Greek Sacred Band, Gorgon and Numdian Elephant crews, Gorgon ca
mel units being recruited where they should not be available, and Gorgon Compani
ons not being recruitable from royal stable. New strat map captain models for gr
eek culture factions. New unit cards for Amazon Companions. New strat map captai
n models for nearly all factions. Fixed bug of Iberian General using Briton Gene
ral skin. Made Generals recruitable. Added Berserkers, Horse Archers, Amazon War
band, Amazon Skirmishers, Militia Axewomen, and Amazon Spearwomen to New Amazoni
a. Removed Temple of Ares from New Amazonia and replaced it with Temple of Freja
. Condensed EDU and DMB again. New load screen overlays. Added Nubian Spearmen M
ercenaries. Made Barbarian Archers female. Gave Briton Light Chariots a female c
rew. Added more Amazon names. Changed the name of the New Amazonia faction to Th
e Valkyrja. Created Female Gladiators for the Romans and Rebels. Created new ski
ns for Cretan Archers and Rhodian Slingers and made them a regularly recruitable
unit in the Aegean by the Greek culture. Partially implemented Signifer One's A
nimation Pack (for some archers).
2.3 - Added Virgin Horse Archers to Scythia and Noble Women to Sarmatia. Made co
py-cat Legionaries only recruitable after the Marian Reforms.
2.2b - Fixed bug that prevented night battles from working.
2.2 - Created separate versions of ATW for the RTW and BI executables. Condensed
the code in Export_Descr_Unit.txt and Descr_Model_Battle.txt. New Thracian Late
General Bodyguard. Fixed bug with Amazon Companion sword being visible along wi
th lance. Created Hypaspist unit for Macedon, as well as Athenian Marines and Sa
cred Band for the Greek Cities. Gave the Seleucids two more starting Generals, a
nd also the temple of Zeus. New faction symbols for Macedon and Numidia. Changed
sheild textures of Greek Armoured Hoplites and Carthaginian Sacred Band. Made T
emple of Woden a Law temple rather than violence one. Gave the Britons a Temple
of Lugh (Law). Added campaign descriptions and starting maps for all factions th
at were lacking them. Added Temple of Demeter to Amazonia and the Valkyrja.
2.1b - Fixed bug with Sarmatian captain card. Fixed bug where factions were gain
ing ancillaries they should not. Fixed bug with unit descriptions showing their
special abilities twice. Fixed possible bug with campaign folders not working.

2.1 - Revised Thrace, removing temple of Ares and adding ones to Kotys, Sabazios
, and Bendis. Removed Falxmen from their roster, added Thracian Peltasts, Thraci
an Infantry, and Thracian Noble Cavalry. Also changed skin and stats of Bastarna
e. Renamed Campus Getae to Odessos and moved it closer to the sea. Changed Dacia
n version of Bendis to mirror the Thracian one (huntress rather than farming). T
weaked Campaign Script and Gorgon starting treasury. Removed city of Nepte, and
created new territory of Theneste for the Gorgons. Added special building to hel
p AI Gorgons. Added Amazon buildings to the battle map of cities. Included sever
al news icons to use with the shorctut. Enabled play with BI executable. Enabled
night battles when using RTw executable.
Beta 2.0 - Changed Greek Cities, Macedon, and Seleucid Early General Bodyguard t
o the Heavy Cavalry skin, and the Late Bodyguard to the Companion skin. The Gree
k Cities can now recruit Heavy Cavalry. New unit cards for new non-Amazon units.
Increased public order bonus of Temples_of_Fun. Added many new territories to A
frica, and move the Sahara ones to be closer to Lake Tritonis. Gave Greek_Cities
the settlement of Triton on Lake Tritonis, as well as Athens, while removing Th
ermon. Moved Numidia to north-west Africa. Added Numidian Noble Cavalry, Numidia
n Elephants, and Iberian Noble Cavalry. Removed many loading screens to reduce o
verall file size. Tweaked skins of Amazon Hoplite, Amazon Militia Cavalry, Amazo
n Heavy Cavalry, and Amazon Cavalry. Added Gorgon faction.
1.9b - New loading screens. Tweaked skins of Sarmatian Virgin Cavalry, Briton Ma
iden Axes, Gaul Maiden Axes, Gaul Archers.
1.9 - Created new permanent skins for all Amazon units. Added Mercenary Spear Wa
rband. New Spartan Hoplite skin that is still under development. Added some east
er eggs. Added Defeat movie for Amazonia. Added Enaree ancillary to Scythia and
Sarmatia, and Semnotatoi ancillary to Greek Cities and Macedon. Added territory
of Singidunum to Dacia.
1.8 - Changed short campaign victory conditions for many factions. Added Lake Tr
itonis. Created pathways though the heavy woods around Neo Themiskyra. Reduced t
he size of the Pripet Marshes to facilitate expansion of New Amazonians Created
new settlements of Geolonis, Androphagi, and Singidunum. Moved Hanging Gardens c
loser to Seleucia. Added more territories in the north-east. Changed victory co
nditions for all factions. Replaced most videos for Amazonia, New Amazonia, Gorg
ons, and Sarmatians. Added sprites for New Amazonian units. Removed most grain r
esources from the plains territories to fix overpopulation issues there.
1.7c - Added temples to Sarmatia. Changed name of Carthaginian Chosen Slingers t
o Poeni Slingers. Tweaked farming levels of Barbarian territories. Tweaked stats
of Amazon Archers and Agema Archers.
1.7b - Made Amazon General voices female.
1.7 - Reduced Rome to a single faction. Created two new factions - New Amazonia
and the Sarmatians. Added many new regions to the plains and Zagros mountains, a
nd renamed some of the existing ones. Increased the base farming level of many B
arbarian settlements. Increased Defense stats of Woad Warriors and Naked Fanatic
s. Consolidated much of the Amazon texture and model code. Gave a law bonus to a
cademies and stone walls.
1.6b - Fixed a bug where the Night Raider axe was not appearing in melee combat.
New loading screens.
1.6 - Removed Roman and Amazon pre-battle speeches. Added 4th tier of constructi
on for the Barbarian culture. Removed temple_of_horse_pantheon. Added Onagers to
all Barbarian factions at tier 4. Replaced Carthage's Libyan Spearmen with Scut
arii. Made Mercenary Balearic Slingers recruitable by Carthage and Spain in Palm

a. Improved defense of Iberian Infantry. Made Mercenary Cretan Archers and Merce
nary Rhodian Slingers recruitable by the Greek culture in Kydonia and Rhodes res
pectively. Added Archer Warbands to Gaul and Germania. Added Chosen Slingers to
Briton, Spain, and Carthage. Increased range and damage of all Slinger units. Ad
ded Maiden Axes to Gaul and Briton, and made their Chosen Swordsmen a more power
ful 4th tier unit. Reduced damage of Warhounds. Added Chosen Falxmen to Dacia an
d Thrace. New Amazon Peasant, and many new Amazon unit cards. Changed treasury c
orruption triggers to 100k & 200k.
1.5 - Fixed CTD when a non-amazon faction clicked on an Amazon city.
1.4 - Minor fixes to descriptions.
l bodyguard. New temporary Peasant
). .dds sprites implemented. Added
ing a crash related to forming the
from Amazonia.

New .cas and .tga files for the lesser genera

model and skin (previous one was causing CTDs
the Data\Fonts folder, as some users were hav
correct font. Trade Caravan building removed

1.3 - New splash screen. New Loading Screens. More tweaking of ancillaries, incl
uding removing the Amazon Decorated Hero. Fixed bug with eastern heavy cavalry d
escription. Created new model and texture files for amazon heavy cavalry and mer
c amazon hoplites (they still look the same in-game though). Fixed pop-up text f
or Command, Influence, and Management attributes. Fixed a few diplomatic message
s. Removed the Data\UI\Amazon\Plugins & Data\UI\Amazon\Construction folders as
they are not used. Bug with city cards not displaying properly partially fixed.
Amazon Generals now have their sword visible. Sprites implemented. Many new unit
cards.
1.2 - Fixed some grammatical errors in the traits. Renamed region of Pontus to A
mazonia. Altered the splash screen. Some minor tweaking of ancillaries.
1.1 - Tweaked some unit stats, removed one of the starting Agema Archers from Am
azonia.
1.0 - Initial Release.