Our focus has been, for Roma Surrectum II, to create a historical setting that is fun to play, significantly more difficult than Roma Surrectum I was, and visually appealing. To do this we found or were approached by our own historians and artists, we learned, we tore Medieval 2: Total War apart to see what Creative Assembly had done to it (and incorporated anything we could from it), and basically picked the minds of nearly every modder who ever did much of anything on this site for advice, ideas and insight. For that reason, I am very grateful to all those who answered questions and were so helpful in helping us to accomplish this task.
Roma Surrectum II took a long time to develop, and our fans were very faithful in accepting, over and over, our statements that it was coming along, and we were committed to finishing it. I know there was 'some' impatience, but I think when people see this mod with their own eyes and not just screen shots, they'll understand why it took three years to build this thing. It was often very overwhelming: the amount of work and attention to detail a bit staggering, and the pressure to finish such a work of art
not only for the fans, but for all those who put so much time and effort into it was tremendous. But, at long last:
Consummatum est!
It is finished. For now
-dvk901
WE NOW PROUDLY PRESENT
| Features |
Features
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| Factions of Roma Surrectum II |
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| The Legions of Rome |
The most defining feature of Roma Surrectum has always been the legions. There are a total of 28 unique legions, each with their own area of recruitment, appearance, and standards. The 28 legions are divided into two categories: the Hamata legions and the Segmentata legions with the Hamata being representative of the legions that existed in the latter days of the Republic and the Segmentata legions being representative of the legions that were levied after the establishment of the Principate. The Hamata Legions
The Segmentata Legions
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| When can you recruit the legions? |
Because each legion has its own particular Area of Recruitment (AOR), is unique to itself, and can only be recruited after the Marian Reforms, people often ask that one question: How/When can I recruit the legions? Rest assured, this is a simple guideline to to facilitate you in recruiting the legions.
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| Download Links and Installation Instructions |
The following instructions are for a non Steam install. If you are using Steam please read the details at the end of the section for a Steam Install. Some of the steps shown will be similar. The Install process can be split into three parts. Part 1 and 2 can be performed in any sequence - part 3 should only be done after the first two are completed. 1) Preparing the install In order to install RSII you need to have a working vanilla (unmodded) RTW install. That install can also include RTW BI and RTW Alexander. If you use a working copy of RTW then you can set up your preferred preferences which will then be used in the mod and you won't have to set them up again - you may have to 'tweak' them. The only settings that don't appear to be retained are the control keys. All should be patched to the correct level: RTW to 1.5, RTW BI to 1.6 and RTW Alexander to 1.9. If you are unsure of the version that you are using the real version number is shown in-game on the top right hand side of the options menu. You should be able to run each game to check this. AS RSII replaces most of RTW, we HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you install into a new folder rather than the existing 'Rome - Total War' folder. Simply copy the 'Rome - Total War' folder to a new location. We also HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you copy RTW to a location other than C:\Program Files\ (x86) or C:\Program Files as these are protected folders with Windows Vista and 7. We also recommend turning off User Account Control (UAC). We also recommend not using the desktop for the download location, or for the game installation. The following is a clean RTW 1.5 RTW 1.6 install that will be used as a base for a RSII install (this is a RTW / RTW BI install with the Alexander exe added: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: You MUST install RS2 into this folder. Please note that the game exe files are in there. If you install RS2 anywhere else, you will get errors, and RS2 will not work. 2) Downloading the installer files There are six files required to install RSII onto your RTW install. There are four large data files, a small msi file and a small setup program. RS2.msi - 2,373Kb RS21.cab - 500Mb RS22.cab - 500Mb RS23.cab - 500Mb RS24.cab - 121.472Mb RSII_setup.exe - 245Kb (WARNING: It appears that some Anti-Virus programs may be removing the '.exe' from the end of the RSII_setup.exe program. If this is the case for you, just right click the program and add .exe to the end of it.) DOWNLOAD LINKS In total, it comes in at 1.58 GB and is in six parts. Four .cab files, one .msi file and one .exe. Here is a list. You only need one from each section. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Here is the torrent, by bettlecat. We're not responsible for maintaining it, we just put it here for your convenience. Roma Surrectum II -- Torrent download This a .7z archive containing RSII as well as the 2.5 patch. (about 1.2GB in two files) You only need to unzip it somewhere and then copy/past its content to your waiting RSII folder. (Overwrite the files.) http://www.gamefront.com/files/21915980/RS+2.5.7z.001 http://www.gamefront.com/files/21916551/RS+2.5.7z.002 These should be downloaded and placed into the same folder (NOT in the RTW folder, but a folder you create with a specific name, like RS2-setup-files or something). Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 3) Running the Installer Once you have prepared the RTW install and downloaded the files you can run the installer process - simply run the 'RSII_setup.exe' file. The following are some screens that show what will happen. The first screen will be a 'Welcome' screen - simply press 'Next' to start the process or 'Cancel' to quit. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: The second screen allows you to locate the folder that RSII will be installed to. As the folder in the window is one we suggest not using you will need to change the folder by selecting the 'Browse' button. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: If you elect to change the destination folder a window will appear that allows you to select the correct path. Once you've done that press the 'OK' button. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: The original screen with the location of the folder to install RSII will now be redisplayed with the changed folder. If the details are correct press 'Next' otherwise press 'Browse' or 'Cancel'. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: The next screen indicates that the install process is ready to go. Press 'Next' to continue. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: The install process will then start to copy files - this process can take a while before any progress is shown so don't panic. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Once all the files have been copied the following screen will be shown that indicates the install process is completed. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Your install folder should now look something like this: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: A new desktop icon should have been created called 'Roma Surrectum II'. As RSII uses a launcher there is no need to add any switches to this shorcut - that can be done on the launcher. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Simply run the new desktop icon and the RSII Launcher will be displayed. What can be done using the launcher is described below in this release thread. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: If after the installation you can't manage to play, please see this thread first for the most common issues. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=386590 Instructions for Steam Installation First, make a back-up of both RTW gold and Alexander (if you have it) to somewhere safe.[*]If you have only the gold version: Install RSII in an empty folder somewhere on your computer, then copy/paste its content to the rome total war gold folder. Answer yes if asked to overwrite. Everything should be ready, and you can start the mod with the launcher.[*]If you have the gold version and Alexander: Copy the content of the rome total war gold folder, and paste it inside the Alexander folder. Do NOT overwrite files. Then follow the same instructions as above, but inside the Alexander folder. You should now be able to play RTW, BI and Alexander from that folder. |
| Launcher |
Roma Surrectum II is using a launcher which makes it easy to choose among the numerous options available at start. This launcher is the only way to start RS II, and requires a relatively recent version of .net framework to work. The launcher starts automatically when double-clicking on the shortcut created by the installer. In case you are not able to use the launcher, it is possible to start the mod using the batch files included, and to change the options by copy/pasting the files in /data/_IMPORTANT_STUFF. An explanation of the launcher, and its functionalities. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Save those command lines you have typed by pressing the SAVE button (8). Change the vegetation settings. You can choose between 3 different qualities. The quality of the textures is unchanged, only the number on screen, and the space between them. Reduce it for better performance. High quality uses full 3D models of vegetation further into the distance and is only compatible with very high performance computers, default is the recommended option, and low increases the spacing between trees in the denser forests in order to reduce CPU load. Add a bloom effect to the game. Since it was not made for RTW, a few manipulations are necessary. Since it was not made for RTW, when launching the game, you will see green writings on the top-right corner of a black screen, mentioning GTA: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: The game will alt-tab automatically after some time, then return to the game about a minute later. Leave it do that, and touch nothing. You should then be directly in the option menu. Choose a campaign or battle as usual. Another problem with the bloom is that the UI is too bright. You can disable it for the campaign map using shift+f12, and re-enable it for battle with the same keys. It is also strongly advised to use minimal UI in battle to reduce the impact of the brightness. If you do this we suggets that you assign control keys to the battle speed (pause, normal, double and triple) - this is done through the Options Menu - Control Settings in-game. You will be able to chose between two different settings : "Dark" and "Light", and a third option, "Custom" is also available. This one is for people who want to use their own bloom settings. You will need to put the "enbseries.ini" file in \data\_IMPORTANT_STUFF\HDR\custom (a folder you will need to create). "None" remove the bloom. Click on the square to choose between two different unit model/sprite settings. High res causes the unit models to be seen instead of sprites up to a greater distance away on the battlemap (95m instead of 50m), so looks better, but causes a reduction in performance. Use the low settings for better performance. We recommend trying to use the High setting if possible. Click on the square to choose between enabling the specially skinned post-Marian general. Warning: it is a very detailed unit, your performance may suffer from this. If you are using Steam, click on the Steam button and follow the instructions. Once you have finished, there should be written " Steam : YES". You can now use the launcher as you would with a "normal" install. MAKE SURE to have Steam running when you launch the game! |
| Script Usage in Roma Surrectum II |
| Roma Surrectum uses a background script which must be activated each time a campaign is started or loaded from a save. This script includes numerous events like the different Roman rebellions, armies spawning, and the Roman AI recruitment. To activate the script, click on a city, when the advisor pops up, click on the "Show Me How" button to activate the script. If the "Show Me How" button is grayed out, then simply click the advisor to activate the script. Each time the script is activated, a denarius will be added to your treasury. To verify script activation, check to see that your treasury has gone up a single denarius. Caveat: The script will not activate even if you do click on the "Show me how" button on the advisor if you failed to exit the game upon switching campaigns. To ensure proper script activation, quit from Rome Total War and re-launch RSII via the launcher before starting a new campaign. |
| Roman Rebellions |
Roman history has had its fair share of rebellions, whether from allied cities of Rome or even her own generals. In Roma Surrectum II there are two large rebellions that faces the Roman Faction. These are NOT pre-set rebellions that will occur on a certain year but rather triggered rebellions based on the diplomatic, military, and territorial powers of the Roman Faction. The First Rebellion occurs at the very beginning of the game. Set during the height of the Second Punic War when Hannibal is in Italy and marching towards the gates of Rome, this rebellion is meant to simulate a political what-if situation in the precarious region of southern Italy. In this time, southern Italian cities are still a relatively new addition to the Republic. The news of Hannibal's presence in Italy and his many victories against Roman armies were a hopeful sign to the southern Italian cities of possible liberation from the oppression of the Romans. Following the Roman's defeat at Cannae, the most powerful city-state in the region: Capua, defected from Rome. Capua's defection led to the further defection of several other Italian city-states. They were more hopeful in Hannibal's military prowess than they were fearful of Rome's wrath. In Roma Surrectum II, the mod simulates this defection. Lose too many battles and southern Italy will revolt. Will Roman valor carry the day, or will you crumble to the combined armies of Hannibal and his newfound Italian allies? The Second Rebellion occurs towards the end of your campaign. Namely, it occurs when you reach 85 settlements. This is a simulation of a combination of the Republican Civil War of Julius Caesar, the Civil War of Octavian, as well as the tumultuous civil war of the Year of the Four Emperors. Entire provinces will be lost, large swathes of land will turn themselves to the Roman Rebels Faction, and your armies will be near decimated if the rebellion is big enough. This is the defining moment of any Roman player's mettle. Do you retreat towards a base of operation and slowly rebuild? Will you trade space and lives for time? Will you mount an all out assault against Rome and the feared Praetorian legions in the hopes of regaining your homeland? Will you ultimately regain control of your empire or die trying? Conversely, if the rebellion allows you Italy, will you crush the rebels beneath your boots? Or will a few ambitious men overthrow your hold of power and sweep away all that you have worked for? And all while fighting the rebellion, the external enemies of Rome are eyeing her weakness and are all preparing to take advantage of a rich divided empire... A key point to know about the rebellion is this: all settlements under your control when the rebellion occurs will automatically be set on auto-management. This is unavoidable and you'll simply have to manually change each settlement from auto-management. |
| Difficulty Recommendations |
| The Roma Surrectum Team recommends that Roma Surrectum II be played on H/H for battle and campaign difficulty respectively to get the full nail-biting experience of the mod. While the insane players who like a challenge are advised for VH/H Battle/Campaign. However, it is very possible to actually lose your campaign game even in H/H. Make no mistakes, Roma Surrectum strives to make the Hard difficulty actually HARD. Are you up to the challenge? Can you put down your nation forever down in the pages of history? Or will you fail along the way like so many before you have? For new players, M/M or M/H Campaign/Battle is recommended. |
| Performance |
Roma Surrectum II uses beautiful and high quality models and skins. As such, the mod is more taxing on the computer than vanilla RTW was. Also, despite the graphical improvement, Rome Total War as an engine is six years old. Its age simply does not allow it to take advantage of the improved hardware that have been developed in the intervening years. In fact, a single core processor running at 3.2Ghz will actually show better performance than a Twelve-core with HyperThreading capability running at 2.8Ghz simply because Rome Total War can only function on ONE core. This also unfortunately means that many of the optimizing features of newer model graphics cards are unrecognized by the game and will largely be ignored, making graphics card memory the most important factor in game performance. Finally, because Rome Total War is running on one core only, a large portion of your RAM will be left to side idle because they're simply not accessed. Therefore, don't expect your brand new Alienware to be the beast it really is when it comes to running RSII. But a more modern computer will still see some degree of performance increase over an older computer. While the units may look like they are demanding the most resources, it is in fact the vegetation that is the largest resource hog. Grass and trees are far more numerous than units. The settings in the option menu still function as they do in vanilla, but we have added a few of our own in the launcher so you can have fewer trees on the battlemap without reducing their quality. The model can also be swapped between two options. However, it is the sprite distance which is changed by this option. It would also seem that running the program on compatibility XP SP3 with vista or 7 could remove a few crashes on the battle-map if you have some. If you want to change the distance the grass is appearing, you'll need to edit the preferences.txt file, which is also available through the launcher. The best is to fight a few battles, and adjust the different options to your computer and your needs. Finally, the Roma Surrectum team recommends that terrain detail be set at high to improve tiling of terrain with negligible impact on performance. |
| Running RSII on Steam |
In case the launcher does not work, and for some reasons we didn't manage to help you resolve the issue, please follow those instructions. Running RSII through Steam is a hassle but not impossible. Several Beta Testers have successfully ran the game through Steam and have imparted their knowledge to the rest of the team so that Steam users are able to enjoy the game as well. To run RSII on Steam, it involves adding some extra lines of code to your game library and a bit off a different installation. First, make a folder on your desktop. Install RSII to that folder. Once that is done, drag or cut and past all the files in the folder to your C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\rome total war gold or whatever other version of RTW you may have. For those who have Vista or Windows 7, the directory should be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\rome total war gold or whatever other version of RTW you may have. Once that is installed, open your steam launcher and browse to your game library. You should see RTW or BI or ALX depending on the version you have. For demonstration purposes, I am using Portal (the only steam game I have). Right click on your RTW game and select Properties Spoiler Alert, click show to read: You should be taken to a window like this, select Launch Options: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Once you have done that, type the following in the box like so: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Click OK - BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE SPACE before the "-mod" This will allow you to play the ROMAN CAMPAIGN only. To play the OTHER campaigns, simply type in the other campaign names in place of Play_(campaign name here). For simplicity's sake, I have enclosed ALL the campaigns that are available here in this post: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Simply copy the campaign that you wish to play and paste that into the Launch Options. REMEMBER TO INCLUDE THE SPACE BEFORE THE "-mod_play" If for some reason you can only play custom battles have a read of the 7th post in this thread: here. This solution will be part of the RS 2.2 patch. |
| Known Issues |
The Roma Surrectum team has pushed the engine to its limit and sometimes even went beyond. In doing so, a few issues arose. While these are only guesses to the cause of the following problems, there is little doubt that these problems do exist. If someone has answers, the team will gladly accept them.
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| Credits |
In loving memory of Calvin. Project Leaders dvk901 tone Unit/Building models Bebe Burninator MihaiV (siege units and strat map character) pacco tone MonkWarrior (Carnyx animation) Unit/Building textures Argent Usher(horses) Bebe Dr Hobo Leif Erikson pacco tone Unit Cards Leif Erikson Pacco Tone Banners pacco FACTION ICONS Spartan_Shame Map converted from Mundus Magnus by Northern ranger dvk901 (battle map coding, battle map environment [water]) tone (battle map coding, battle map environment [ground textures, grass textures, vegetation]) Marcel (textures) pacco (strat map settlements) apple (coastlines) Paedric (coastlines) Squid (battlemap coding) Gotthard (battlemap coding) User Interface Tzar Rt. Hon. Gentleman Launcher PatricianS Paedric Scripting Tone MihaiV Salvor Hardin Mr Blackadder HouseofHam Traits and Ancillaries Calvin dvk901 tone Sqυιd The Sloth Suppanut Gez Battlemap Statistics Faridus tone Aradan |Sith|Galvanized Iron (multiplayer) Paedric (multiplayer) Roam(multiplayer) Music Coding dvk901 Roman_Man#3 (units) tone Alavaria (Economic Tax System) apple (music and victory conditions) Historical research Keravnos Mulattothrasher Swhunter Cherryfunk The Sloth Rory O'kane Pseudocaesar MarcusTullius Unit and Building Descriptions Mulattotrasher Macky Arnspac Jean=A=Luc Philip_II Bull3tpr00f rory o'kane dvk901 Keravnos SonOfAlexander Bob bobinson legio MacScottish Ketchup Louis XI The Sloth Paedric Gotthard MarcusTullius Other MarcusTullius (beta testing organisation, PR) apple (beta testing organization, PR) lolgast (building pictures) Brusilov (screenshots, previews, general help and support) Gotthard (new temple theory, economic theory, environmental research) Elendil of Numenor (Custom Battle pictures and setup) Visarion (Dacian names and suggestions) LT1956 (use of his forts and technical advice) DimeBagHo (idea of 'recruitable mercs' that led to the pairing of the Legions and many other units in RS2) Naxzul666 (movies) Roman_Man#3 aja5191 RTR team (technical infrastructure (SVN hosting/administration) and friendly support) daschewy (help with Steam) bladerunner900 (final installer) torzsoktamas preview writer Beta Testers Agisilaos ajtboy Alavaria Algorath Aristotle's Folly Alkarin Alkimachos Arnspac Aurelius_TL Ballacraine Basiliscus Beast Within Benz282 Beorix Blue_Hoplite 85 Bohema Brusilov Calvin CenturiO-LuciuS-VorenuS Chaney Chaplain118 Chernish Cnaeus Comulcille Cyrus the Virus dcmort93 DedlySerious DoucheBag Drazen DUFFMAN Gez Greve Af Goteborg Hellhound1 HMonk Ian Altano Ibram Intel Irishguy Jean Luc Picard Jerjes Jingle_Bombs Karlo’St kekesvar.bingos Ketchup King Nud Knight of Virtue and Valour Legionary Titus Pullo Lolgast Loukas Malibu.Stacey Marku Martin N Mastodon Maximus Macro MCDS2 Medieval American Naked Fanatic Octavius-Augustus Philip_II pkka Praetorian_BGX Ragnarok Ray243 Rsslcs Sandrus Castus Saxdude Sithlord447 Snuggans SpaceWolves Super_newbie_pro Swhunter Tankbuster TheAeneas thedudederek Theodotus I Tinha torzsoktamas TTRouble Welwelwel Xavier Dragnesi Special thanks to the RTR team for there help. *Due to the amount of people that has worked on this project there might be some people that isn't listed in the credits list. In case you have helped us and isn't listed above, contact us so that we can add your name to the list. |
