#Field of glory 2 mods mod
#Field of glory 2 mods update
#Field of glory 2 mods mods

Why important? In many respects these are two new capabilities for troops that constitute a royal ancient pain in the ass, one that can over time tip a battle. Second, they now can only charge non-lights if the latter physically occupy Rough/Difficult terrain. First, Light Troops will now always evade non-lights unless defending in Rough/Difficult terrain or behind an obstacle. This means things like improved naming conventions for generals from third tier countries, improved visibility for wording depending on light or dark background and slightly increased effectiveness of Asian crossbows against foot.īut there are three big changes, two concerning probably the most under-rated and under-appreciated class of troops in the entire system, Light Troops. Here there are seven changes and like elsewhere, some are minor.

#Field of glory 2 mods mods

I count 34 different mods and fixes across several functional areas, to include campaigns, modding, AI, and most importantly: gameplay. I know a lot of folks tend to ignore these with an attitude of ‘the changes can’t be that important.” Well, yes they can.

#Field of glory 2 mods update

However, as noted, 14 December was not only about TTM, but also saw the release of the 1.5.3 update as well. Paul A has taken yet another massive step beyond that, so let’s take a look at not only the results, but what he does to get there. Vanilla FOG2 is heavy on the concept anyway as it is a direct port of miniature wargaming rules into computer wargaming, with the author of the former and the designer of the latter the same person Richard Bodley Scott. It’s the difference between numbers and feel in gaming, and let’s face it, were this not important then all Ancients video gaming could easily be done using map graphics and symbology from the old SPI PRESTAGS board gaming system. If correctly done and historically accurate they can add an ambience that pushes the player closer to a reality that actually puts him or her at the battle vice looking at a screen. TTM is the primary focus of this article because visuals are important. How massive? Well, when released back on 14 December last year it was big enough to warrant front page inclusion on the Matrix Website, so pretty damn big.

#Field of glory 2 mods mod

Bottom line is that the Field of Glory II (or FOG2) Ancients computer game not only has a substantial new update, but also a massive new Tabletop Mod (TTM) revision from Paul Adaway. ◦ Added thureophoroi to Pyrrhic 274-272 list.The Boss often raises an eyebrow or two about my obsession with visuals, so when I got the green light for this article, I jumped before he could change his mind. ◦ Kingdom of Soissons list changed to use Sub-Roman Foot instead of Limitanei.

Roman allies removed – their existence was highly speculative, and unbalancing in tournament games. ◦ Unit numbers adjusted in Romano-British 407-599 list. ◦ Replaced Armoured Noble Lancers and Noble Lancers with eastern-style version in appropriate lists. ◦ Replaced existing average warbands with later Germanic Warbands in Germanic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD, Germanic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD, Hunnic (Western) and (Sabir) lists 250-558 AD, Roman lists 379-492 AD, Romano-British 407-599 AD, Kingdom of Soissons 461-486 AD, Visigothic 419-621 AD, Frankish lists 260-499 AD, Gepid 493-567 AD, Lombard lists 493-569 AD, Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD. ◦ Replaced existing warbands with Dacian Warbands in Dacian lists 50 BC – 380 AD. ◦ Replaced existing warbands with early German Warbands in German Foot Tribes 105 BC – 259 AD list. ◦ Greek Peltasts replaced by Euzonoi in Greek and Spartan lists from 280 BC. ◦ Sub-Roman Foot units increased to 720 men (12 models) and cost to 41 points. ◦ Greek and Thracian peltasts and Velites become Light Foot, Lightly Protected, Javelins, Light Spear, 50% Swordsmen. ◦ Added Germanic-style TT Mod textures to existing Armoured Noble Lancers and Noble Lancers. ◦ Added new eastern-style Armoured Noble Lancers and Noble Lancers from TT Mod. ◦ Added 3 early German warbands, 2 Dacian warbands and 1 later German warband from TT Mod. ◦ Added Euzonoi from TT Mod: Light Foot, Protected, Javelins, Light Spear, 50% Swordsmen. ◦ Our grateful thanks go to Paul Adaway, author of TT Mod, for permission to use units from TT mod in the main game, and Stephen Hales of Little Big Men Studios for permission to use his shield pattern designs in TT Mod units. Some Army Lists have been edited accordingly, to better integrate the new units. Field of Glory 2 has been updated to version 1.5.3, with new units coming from the TT Mod officially added!