Been using these guys pretty extensively in my WRE campaign. They're fantastic units, and they look badass. Thanks for the effort you put into this mod, along with your other ones.

Nevermind the Swede, Gangaa. He's deluded, Aksum was never as powerful as the Romans.

So are these units suppose to be immune to desert attrition? I can't seem to get it to work properly.

@Slay dat ass: Yeah sorry, I've been away for quite some time, university has been killing my spare time recently. As soon as my decent laptop is back in working order and I get the software working, I'll get right on it! I'll keep you posted when I start ;). I've had the same feeling for quite some time, especially after having bought the Empires of Sand dlc I felt quite dissapointed with the lack of diversity..

@jacobeest I see, and thank you, took a long time to think up ;) I've noticed in Total war games that africans are made really weak, is it possible for you to make a respectable african faction? Take aksum for example, just as strong as rome, but they look like shit, or garamantia, where half the faction units is arab even though they're african, long story short, could you add AFRICAN units to those factions? If you do, thank you. Best wishes, Slay dat ass

@Slay dat ass:
In short, I made the distinction between the Roman Mauretanians, and the population of the entire region that for example, invaded the Iberian continent in the early middle ages and was rightfully called "Moriscos" by the Aragonese, Leonese, Castillians, etc. because of the large amount of Berbers. I am convinced they are portrayed in an historically accurate way, since they were professional soldiers and not levies.

I hope it's clear why I chose to have them look like North-Africans instead of Numidians :)

@Slay dat ass: First off, great name :p. Secondly, geographically speaking, the region of Mauritania differed greatly from the province of Mauritania in the actual Roman empire (the entire country of Morocco versus just the tip of current-day Morocco under the Romans). The inhabitants of the Roman province had light brown skin, and, when serving in the late Roman army were professional soldiers recruited from the local citizenry, and not Berber or Numidian levies. Their appearance can also be seen clearly on mosaics and sculptures:

http://moroccotravelblog.com/2009/03/07/roman-ruins-of-voubilis/
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-fine-arts-ancient-world-roman-empire-volubilis-roman-city-mosaic-morocco-60281290.html

Some statues:

http://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/foto/old-fisherman-bronze-statue-from-house-of-mosaic-of-venus-stockfotos/185739713
http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/detail-of-bust-of-marble-statue-of-ptolemy-high-res-stock-photography/185739758

Hey guys, I've been away for quite some time due to an extremely busy year at uni. I finally got the cash to fix my decent laptop, so it should be in working order soon, and I will be able to start modding again :) (mind you, it make take some time).

I'll get back to all of your points now haha

"Moor" is derived from ancient Greek "mauros = black, dark, dark-skinned, dark-haired". The Roman province "Mauretania" in Northwest Africa was the land of the dark-skinned people. The Latin word "maurus" (plural: "mauri") meant coming from Mauretania.

So why did you make them white?

you should make a sparten infantry in the near future.

Perfect! I appreciate that you tried to stay as close to historical accuracy as possible

@RedOctaNe02: As historically accurate as humanly possible :p. I based the designs on authentic descriptions, I made it so that the colours, shield patterns and equipment match everything as described in historical sources or as depicted by historians! Same goes for the British Auxilia (I even used depictions of late auxiliaries from roman reliefs). With the auxiliary unit packs I always aim for historical accuracy, as it makes it much more fun to play when the soldiers actually existed.

Just a quick question. How historically accurate is this mod and the British Auxilia mod?

@Partyzan1917
The Moors were Muslim invaders that came from eastern Lybia into what had been Roman lands in North Africa. This was in the late 600s after Berber tribesmen there were converted by invaders from the Arabian peninsula to Islam and would eventually be called Moors by the Christian Warriors fighting them in Iberia. This mod is historically accurate as Dorian and jacobeest have told you in their comments. Try picking up a book before you make yourself look dumb next time

Partyzan there's a few things to consider here. Firstly, there was a large amount of Roman colonists in North Africa. They razed Carthage to the grund and built it again, filling it with Romans.
Secondly, the units in question were not drawn from a particular ethnic group but rather a particular geographical area. I can see why some of the soldiers should be of mixed race, but t suggest that these units being entirely African isn't particularly realistic either.
Thirdly, as it stands these units can be recruited anywhere. Apparently there is a way to make an AoR system but from what I know it's arduous to implement, so you'll be able to recruit these units from all across the empire. This makes making them all members of a race that would be in the extreme minority almost everywhere in Europe unadvisable.

Cool

@Partyzan1917: You know that Roman Mauretania used to consist of the tip of modern-day Northwestern Africa right? Even though they were later called "Moors" the Maurian populace of the Roman empire was largely made up of native inhabitants with a light-brown skin colour, along with the occasional (caucasian) Roman settlers. Which is exactly how I skinned the units, most of them are eastern, some Roman. Even previous rulers of Maurian kingdoms, such as Juba II had light-brown skin.. If you want to give some constructive criticism that's fine, but don't be both an asshole, and ignorant.

No worries, you did pretty much all the work!
If yoou're up for more suggestions (apart from more Notitia Dignatium units) I suggest a merging of the Roman tech trees, so that reuniting the empire is possible. But again that's merely an idea.
You're pretty damn good at this modding thing.

@Dorian: Thanks man, I really love it that you guys enjoy the mods, and I appreciate the support as well of course ;). And thanks to you for providing me with the inspiration for this mod.

Wow! TOP TIER work here. Thanks heaps for making this, dude. You rock.

Cool! I look forward to it.

Great! Just fixed the western legionaries. The late Praetorians actually don't have a custom unit card yet, but I'm scheduling a larger update for them this thursday (including colours and more variation in their armour).

Okay great news most of them work. Only the Western Legionairs and Late Pretorians don't have thier cards. All the others from all your mods are showing up.

@Ktron: And thanks for letting me know man, keeps me sharp and that way you guys can enjoy the unit cards as well :).

@Ktron: Thanks for the support :), but I managed to fix the issue with @Laric's help! So after the most recent update it should work again. I updated the British Auxiliaries as well and they're working, gonna update the rest of my mods as well within the hour so you can see all the unit cards!

Man your the genius making these awsome mods. No need to appologise. I'll still use them just gotta keep track of what units I build. Really do love the mod!

@Ktron: just talked with @Laric about it, he's experiencing the same issues. It must be something on my end, because I do have the custom unit cards and I can run radious at the same time. I'm going to look into it, I promise that I'll fix it by thursday! (I'm really busy with university right now, so sorry that it's taking so much time)

It's not a mod conflict. I turned off all mods other than yours and they all still had the same unit card.

Well I deleted all the mods and reinstalled them and they all still have the same unit cards. Now I'm wondering if it's a mod conflict. But you said it's Radious compatable and that's all I'm running as far as unit mods.

Okay, let me know if it works!

Okay updated just two minutes ago. Going to try it now.

I tested it, and luckily the general units are fixed for all my mods (I forgot to delete the commander units tab from my mod packs, which is what caused the issue). However the unit cards are working fine for me, even after I deleted and downloaded the mods...

Hmm... And if you download the latest update? Because I updated literally 5 minutes ago

Said it downloaded an update at 3:28 PM today

@Ktron: I just updated this mod, did you have to download the update?

@Ktron: Hmm... Yeah the mods should auto-update after you downloaded them

@Thorfinn: Fixed the issue! Updating my other mods soon as well.

Cause after you updated it, I deleted it and redownloaded it and it still didn't work.

Do mods auto-update. Cause I never saw an update button. Do I have to download the new version?

@Ktron: That's really change, is anyone else having this issue?

@Ktron: Unit cards still aren't showing up for you? Because they are for me, and I deleted the mod and reinstalled through steam...

And its doing it with all your mods not just this one.

Mine still have the same unit card. Unless someone else still has this problme could it be a mod conflict? Cause Im only running Radious and Radious unit packs.

@Rubino303: Thanks man :), appreciate it!

Great mod!

Hi
When i want to recruit a new general the units i can choose as guard unit are arranged vertical instead of horizontal. im not able to scroll down to beeing able to recruit other kind of unit

Thanks for the reply dude. Being a big noob, I don't know much about modding or files. What would you recommend would be easier for me? I'd like to triple the upkeep for the equites and seniores, whilst increasing the laceari and iuniores' upkeep by 50%.

Bladeuk 12 ч. назад
Love the mod, but the unit cards don't show... you need to put them into ui>units>icons, not ui>icons :D

@Ktron397: I deleted the unit cards from the mod and added them again, the unit cards are showing for me. I hope it works after this update, it should be fixed.

@Ktron397: That's really strange... I'm gonna look into it again. I'll update within an hour! I'm sorry for the inconvenience.