Objectives

[rexdacorum]

Mod name : Inca Total War
Purpose : to cover the history of the pre-columbian civilizations, focusing on the rise of the Inca and Aztec empires.
Timeframe : 1410 - 1522
Importance of historicall accuracy: very high
Scripts : for now, just a simple 4TPY script
Campaign map : covers entire Central America and most of South America.

Factions and Cultures :

Mezo American
Maya (the city-state of Mayapan)
Aztec
Mixtec-Zapotec
Tlaxcalans (possible)

Andine Cultures :
Inca
Aymara
Chanca


Coastal
Chimu

"Barbarians" Amazonian :
Aguaruna
Chachapoya

Other "Barbarians"
Mapuche
Diaguita

South - European
The Spanish (will be available only in custom/historicall battles.

Rebels:
We will have very strong rebels, no easy expansion; they will represent the various tribes and nations who where inserted into the game.

Things we will have in the mod:

3D stuff :
New models and skins for units
New models and skins for buildings
New campaign map models for generals, faction members, diplomats, etc
New campaign map models for trees, new climates.
New campaign map models for some cityes (Macchu Picchu, Tenochtitlan)
Unique cityes (Tenochtitlan)

2D stuff:
New loading screens, new faction icons, new interfaces
New portraits, new event images
New building UI, new Unit Cards.

Coding and scripting
All of the above will be coded in the game
New traits, new retinues, all will be as historically accurate as possible
New personal names for each faction
Units named in their native languages when possible, when not possible named in the "lingua franca" of the time (nahuatl, quethcua, mayan, mapudungun).
New building trees, uniquely designed for each faction.

We will have historicall battles, and also new battlemaps.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Tlaxcalans only possible? Should we just put off making Tlaxcalan-specific traits, then?

And all of the other factions are certain, right?

[Filibusteria]

I think the chachapoyas were clearly an andean culture, not a barbarian culture. They had cities and all.
Diaguita and Mapuche cannot share a culture. they are very different. They werent even neighbors.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

What kinds of things are actually limited by culture? Remember, I believe that you can only have a certain ammount of cultures.

[Rah'Majashan]

I think all this stuff is debatable but we should lock this thread and then update it based upon discussions else where or else the main info will get lost in pages of debate. Can an admin move all the replies to a new thread, lock this thread, and delete everything other then the first post?

[meliritiatl]

i suggest tlaxcallans are in. They were the ficest enemy of the Aztecs and allies to the spanish. I think they deserve to be in, its 8 southerns ans 4 meso, i think the ratio is fine this way.And believe me Tlaxcallan units are more intriguing than others from other cultures which are more or less the same.

[rexdacorum]

Tlaxcallans will be in, Mel.
Just hope that we will have enough room on the map for them ;D

Filibusteria, regarding south American cultures, you have the final word.

[meliritiatl]

every civ can start with 3 cities, tlaxcallans can start with Cholua, Tlaxcalla and Huexotzingo

[rexdacorum]

It is a good start with 3 provinces. Howewer, we need to make full stack strong rebels in each and every rebel province. I do not like when people start steamrolling the map

Also, provinces like in Amazonia, or northern Mexico, etc, wich are at the edge of the map, should have a high rate of rebellion, high rate of rebel army spawning (if it is possible to adjust such a rate to those provinces)...

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

I believe we can make unrest higher in certain settlements, I'm not sure about rebels.

[Rah'Majashan]

Can we please have a moderator move this conversation to another thread so that the first post doesn't get buried. I think it would be helpful to just keep this 'Objective' post as a single updatable post.

[meliritiatl]

i dont know how to do that.Rex can you? Just keep your first post and move the others?

[Balom Warrior]

I have a question if I may...How will the guys from Mexico(Which is North America Btw) get to go past all central america and into SA? Will it be like a pit fight until only the strongest survives and faces of with SA?

Whos the boss by the way???

[Rah'Majashan]

LOL, boss, snifle, oh, oh, that's good, boss. Sigh....

Seriously. Rex is the boss and when he's not around it would be Meliritiatl. Although Mexico is North America, we are going off of pre-columbian empires, the two largest and well known of which were the Inca and the Aztec. There is a lot of land to get through for these two cutlures to interact and most likely it will become a battle of the giants when they do meet. But, there is a chance.

The upside is, you will have to very unique gaming experiences from playing the Aztecs to the Inca. Thanks for your interest Balom Warrior.

[Balom Warrior]

Lol, I like your style dude. Thanks for the quick answer, btw way are you and Meliriatle Mexican or is it for the game theam that your named that way?