IMPERIAL SPLENDOUR: NEWLY UPDATED EMPIRE MOD IS ONE OF THE BEST! - Total War Mod Spotlights

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

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[@jordonstewart2092]

It kinda sucks for the US, Its really weak.

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

@@jordonstewart2092 What?

[@jordonstewart2092]

@@apolakigamingandmore6376 like US is really weak in the beginning.

[@danielw.8356]

Love Empire, love its timeline, love its combat. However, I don't think I can ever go back, the inability for modders to add and create new land and split provinces was saddening. Because the biggest frustration in Empire, is the fact that places like FRANCE is just one massive province, and if Paris is taken even by one army or random army, the French lose everything immediately.

[@moisuomi]

Well France has many American colonies, they have the chance to retake Paris if they rebuild over there.

[@cbowers318]

Sounds pretty accurate for France.

[@princeofakavir6722]

@@moisuomi if they lose Paris and that German province they lose, if you lose all your provinces in your home theater you’re out of the game, I wish you could rebuild in America but unfortunately it’s not possible

[@moisuomi]

@@princeofakavir6722 Uhhh? Have you played empire? Or at least Darthmod? That is absolutely not the case.

[@tonymccake3057]

@@moisuomi I have recently played Darthmod as Spain. Britain conquered France and all French colonial possessions turned to rebel territories, EG Martinique became a Pirate state, so it definitely is the case. I also took Amsterdam earlier and all Dutch provinces turned rebel. On the other Britain will survive until England, Scotland and Ireland are taken out.

[@leojordan5119]

Hey! From the Imperial Splendour dev team, thanks for covering our mod!

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks for making it ❤️

[@m1812Z]

Is there any chance you could develop 40 unit armies in Imperial Splendour? I know the coding for ETW can be super messy however.

[@leojordan5119]

@@m1812Z We've done a lot of revolutionary stuff, I suppose it could be done but it may cause optimisation issues among other things or just quite simply not be possible

[@Aceo_0]

If u guys could focus on the east and add some units and provinces to Persia and Afghanistan it would be awesome. Also the Ottomans were really challenging to play so I don't understand why u guys removed it but thanks anyway forr the great job

[@LordCommander3]

Another problem for me with imperial splendour, is that the units seem to have no morale, ill send dragoons into a unit of milita and the milita and my dragoons will both break?. Its milita not A guard regiment.

[@Blackrew]

Empire Total War will always hold a special place in my heart. I've done multiple campaigns with Darthmod and this mod looks like a refreshing way for me to get back into the game

[@mattg6574]

Even at 4 turns per year, IS feels too short from only 1783-1805

[@kingofmadness6834]

For Russia it goes to 1813 but I do agree there

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

It’s actually 5 and yes, it’s half the length of a vanilla campaign: 100 turns

[@emrecanarduc4378]

cant we just play further like in the vanilla etw ?

[@Hybrid980]

So I've kind of come to the realization that the possible reason for one province countries in ETW is it's supposed to represent the more centralized way of ruling that was becoming more and more of a thing during this era of history. 'Colonies' and other conquered territories are more decentralized because they are separate from the homeland even if they are under your rule, empires like Russia or Prussia were more regional powerhouses, so it makes sense that their territories are not represented as centralized as a power like France or the UK, who were more focusing on colonization than anything else. Still while I can understand and even appreciate this design philosophy, I think CA if they make a E2TW needs to make it a bit more decentralized, as there was a lot more to a government than it's centralization back then, and also purely from a gameplay standpoint it's very satisfying too.

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

For those who want to play this mod, beware, you will have lots of random crashes. I generally never have any issues with mods. This mod was staightforward to install, however it keeps crashing during AI turns, or simply by moving around the map, or whenever. I think its highly unstable. Crashed twice in 15 minutes.

[@Red13.0]

Same

[@quintushortensiushortalus1035]

Hi, thanks for the video and introducing our latest update :) And thanks for praising our mod :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thank you for the amazing mod and the new update! Its brilliant!

[@quintushortensiushortalus1035]

@@TheTerminatorGaming ❤

[@wreklesstv3230]

The fact that CA hasn't made Empire 2 is a crime at this point

[@TaylorPrem]

I still hope to this day that we will eventually get empire 2 total war

[@tonymccake3057]

Indeed because every mod like this claims to have improved the AI but that is not possible. They can change some of the scripting and change the data (ranges, costs, effects etc) but they cannot change the programming. You will still have the same bugs as before regardless of any mod you play, a mod may just make some of them less apparent.

[@KixSlim]

I just finished a French campaign in the previous version 1.19 not knowing this update was dropping like a couple days later … anyways I found the mod to be overly difficult, with the economy specifically being broken. It seemed like the AI one province minors could field unlimited (expensive) armies and fleets and made the game not fun. For example, I’m a veteran player and only managed to field 2 full 20 stack French armies while barely turning a budget surplus while little wuttermberg could field 4. Furthermore, navies like Sardinia could field 10 2nd rate SOL while building one costs 8 grand. Does the AI just get free money? Luckily I am able to defeat the AI in combat outnumbered 3-1 but it made the campaign an abysmal slog where I was only able to hold my starting territory and expand my borders a tad before 1803.

[@tonymccake3057]

I had the exact same experience with previous version playing Britain. I soon found I was facing multiple fully stacked armies of Iroquois and Cherokee in Canada, while being permanently broke and taking forever to recruit enough troops to fight them off, let alone advance anywhere. Even the pirates were cruising around with a full stack of ships right off the bat. Every turn was deciding whether to buy a cheap building OR military unit, then clicking end turn. Once I'd concluded it was likely impossible to win the short campaign because of no funds and massive AI forces, I threw the towel in. The Rights Of Man mod or Darthmod are more fun to play. Having huge rosters and fancy graphics etc is all very well but if you can't afford to recruit any of them or actually fight a war then start without me...

[@naylonbrando-so3sk]

I play only normal difficulty snd totally agree. This is the main problem for every mod, they polish some parts of the game but really f.cked up the other parts. And all mods are overrated. Yeah they are not doing this for money but it is our time and we need to know the reality about the mod before we waste our time in it.. not the advertisement videos ..

[@anthonyklanke1397]

Looks awesome dude! Thanks for showcasing it for us 👍I like the idea of balanced units for empire. In other eras (like rome) it makes sense for some empires land armies to dominate over others. But for empire, I think it makes more sense for the units of most nations to be comparable to each other :)

[@evanoconnell9448]

I downloaded this mod a few weeks ago and im really loving it. The more unique cities and the ship variations are my favourite so far. But overall it's extremely good mod. I just tweaked how many men were in each unit. Made them a few more. Standard line infantry upto 250 men. Makes the battles a little better.

[@tillercaesar-kq4ou]

How did you do that? That’s a good idea

[@evanoconnell9448]

@@tillercaesar-kq4ou awww....there is a guy does empire videos here on you tube. It's in user......some script does it. But it was a while ago now and i cant fully remember....look up that you tuber. Has like a blue flag thing on his thumbnails. He does cover it in one of his.....swedish playthroughs....maybe prussia with imperial splendour mod playthrough

[@fancynaeser9154]

Imperial Splendour vs Empire Total War 2 ? What are you guys saying O.o

[@brentgerchicoff8084]

Hits the spot now that CA in their infinite wisdom wrecked Darthmod

[@anuszbizsergetokommentek2171]

It did? I dont have empire but I have napoleon and darthmod works fine in napoleon.

[@riverblack565]

with my curious cases on freezing exactly the most enjoyable mods,DEI in Rome 2 and AE Community Patch in Attila,I might give Empire more time,Empire 2 mods runs perfectly,I have to finish there a campaign and should try this mod too

[@thebadman7072]

Lme4 for Napoleon total war is for me the best mod for this era in solo campaign for me: skilled AI on battlefield, HUGE number of units for big factions and possibly huge number of troops on NTW by up the scale size of units in campaign in the scripts. Only problem for me are the low number of ammo and vanilla firing stats (to precise), i would like a slower pace of battle. Except that it’s almost perfect !

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

The problem I have is how expensive everything is, I think the finances are very unbalanced I've tried to get advice but nothing, also I find that units rout so easily..

[@naylonbrando-so3sk]

Briefly: economy is fucked up. And yeah some morons will say it is "realism".

[@konstantino7016]

Thank you for this amazing video!!!

[@VonPlanter]

would you make a top 5 best mods for empire total war

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I would love to!

[@Milan74]

Will definately try it out but i've been hoping for years for a Total War: Empire 2 game.

[@rtsgod]

can you go into the negatives of each mod too please?

[@mattg6574]

IS would be well served to do an early campaign

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I usually go over brief negatives but there was a lot to cover in this video. I livestream every mod I spotlight so more to come on IS!

[@hocestbellumchannel]

To close to the Napoleon Total War timeline, why bother since there is already Napoleon available? That's what made this mod not very interesting to me, the late starting date.

[@sonnypearce6833]

hey terminator, do you know if naopoleon is recruitable at a certain point in the campaign? feels like he should be if the year starts late 1700s

[@quintushortensiushortalus1035]

He is ;) Just don't start the revolution before you have recruited Napoleon!

[@leo86channel]

Do italian states and duchies get new units and updates as well? The Italians are always overlooked in strategy games and games in general

[@LannisterGI]

The mod i trully want is those new regions added in the Imperial Destroyer but standalone for vanilla, just being able to conquer the whole of America would be so fun.

[@TheBranchez]

Truly an amazing mod, played it a long time ago. Didn't know they've released an update. Thx for this, I will now play it again. Keep up the good work brother 🙏 💪 👏

[@Flikitos]

Glad to see my old mod is still a thing in the ETW modding community. It has been almost 10 years I left the IS: RotR team and it’s still rockin’! Good job to the new team! 🫡

[@1992zorro]

what was your original idea? For example, why put it so close to the Napoleonic period?

[@Flikitos]

@1992zorro Originally, the goal was to create a three-eras mod (Early 18th, middle and late) for Imperial Splendour 3.0, incorporating a complex overhaul of technology and gameplay mechanics, visually represented by changes in uniforms. Since my coworker Wangrin and I were responsible for the late era and were the only ones making significant progress, we decided to focus on a sub-mod centered on the late era (Rise of the Republic - ROTR)!

[@1992zorro]

@@Flikitos This explains a lot, thank you for your explanation and I hope we ever see do your magic again once ETW2 one day gets released.

[@jared5583]

i've always having the same problem that is when i play with the ottomans the musicians makes absolutely no sound not even a single march song. does this mod fix that?

[@mattgardiner614]

It just sucks that you can only have one Empire mod up-and-running at a time. Whereas you can have any number of medieval mods☹

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

If you have a lot of hard drive space I suggest you keep copies of your big empire folder with different mods as backups. That way you can switch them out when you wanna play different mods. But yeah its annoying

[@saad5314]

Ahh ETW , time to come back again to this Masterpiece

[@Robben86]

what is it better empire 2 or imperial splendor mod?

[@Flip507]

Looking for a new Empire mod… but always got to come to see what terminator’s opinion on a mod is before I try it!

[@sheenydonut]

Checking out these new mod updates is some exciting stuff. I'm really liking Total War again. I'm currently playing the minor factions mod for Naploeon as Greece (VH/VH) and I've never felt like such an underdog. Overcoming the Ottomans was a breeze, & I grinded early for navy so I got tons of money which helps me to generously compensate Venice and Courland in to joining an alliance and helping me to fight the French. Russia is also a big help. I also tried liberating Romania and Hungary to use as a buffer between me and Austria but Romania betrayed me. Hungary was a very reliable ally against Austria and Prussia but when Napoleons armies started to engage me I had no choice but to abandon the front and regroup. So I ended up giving Romania and Hungary to Russia next time I was able to push back. Austria obviously did not survive Napoleons armies during this time. Same for Prussia, considering I payed Russia to break their alliance lol. & right now I'm currently using Bohemia as a front line while helping Courland and Russia push in the North. Venice is also coming in clutch to the South. I'm spending the vast majority of my income to keep Venice and Russia happy and well oiled. Also the UK seems fine doing absolutely nothing, despite me constantly paying them to stay at war with Napoleon. But it's been a wild ride of a campaign and definitely the bloodiest and most challenging for me. Even more than WRE in Attila.

[@erensametkaratas6593]

Looks like a great mod. Weird that the Ottomans aren't playable considering they're a major faction, though.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Its all playable with the faction unlocker

[@rudigerhess6425]

Each Faction will get an Rework.And when they got it they will be playable .You can unlock them with a submod.

[@MrTeaLover]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Can u play emergant factions?

[@DxGamer6767]

can you do a ranking of all empire mods? I do not know what mod to pick due to the titles of your vids making me confused

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I can do!

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

Need a bit of help just installed the mod, I find the money insane after the first turn the price for everything skyrockets like almost everything is 10000... Also I played as Portugal as I was super excited but I can't recruit units in Goa?! Any help?

[@Orphydian]

use a graphic submod for this? the campaign map looks very nice

[@linkmastaer]

Does it have icreased unit capacity for custom battles

[@sandervr10]

I love Empire (2500+ hours in it ) but what i want is a new campaign map with better/ more regions on it (5 instead of 1 France regions)

[@jonnywieger]

I completely agree, they needed to find a better way to balance mainland France and Spain with their colonial territories, leaving their homelands with such few cities was a ridiculously bad fix

[@nameisbad]

The thing that puts me off empire is how old it looks, ui and map wise.

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

Help just installed the mod, but can I have some help and clarity two things after the first turn the prices for everything skyrocketed also as Portugal who I wanted to be I can't recruit any units in Goa?? Please help

[@Retoxxxxxx]

I love how even in Napolean total war. The AI send their generals to scout and be destroyed, first in every engagement, no matter what mod is used.... Hard to enjoy this game when it's still this broken.

[@gewber4045]

Damn CA needs to wake up and make Empire 2!

[@haueinif.l.4448]

What I cannot understand is the late starting date imperial splendour offers ... such a lot of buildings are already built, lot of techs are already learnt and the campaign thus gets shorter than vanilla... if not played ETW recently your are literally overwhelmed with the huge empires like England f.e. , Austria is not playable.... which lets me wonder if Imperial Splendor does any changes if you choose Vanilla campaign which would be much more interesting than the late startdate from I.S., and whats with the recommendation on I.S. site not to do anything at turn one?

[@LordCommander3]

yeah I get that, the start date for me is good but i would prefer a earlier start date however not too early i couldn't play empire 2 because it started to early and the campaign movement was just terrible.

[@barcasu3960]

i just download the mod and i have a few questions, why all my toops' accuacy just terrible? both my troops and ai's troop can't shoot at the target and maybe like 3min only few people die even though they shoot at each other at very close range, i started the hanover campaign and i bought a yeager and it got 70 accuracy, but they can't kill anyone, is their any submob i need to download?

[@naylonbrando-so3sk]

Poorly balanced battles.

[@kingofmadness6834]

Just installed looking forward to trying

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Let me know what you think!

[@theplatypen1959]

Only the "Play ROTR" crashes on startup. The "play ETW" works. Any ideas?

[@elliotchinneryhinks8554]

Can anyone help with an explanation about the cost of things? I posted months ago but no response. Does anybody else's money change after the first turn as any nation I play as after I end the first turn every building becomes really expensive and my income per turn drops, I don't mind if this is the case for everyone else and how can I make more money if so? Thanks

[@ageofwar8442]

any breakthrough on editing the map on empire or napoleon yet...

[@dtb5431]

Do you have any plan to play this mod soon, sir?

[@ElZorro85]

How stable is the mod though? These mods always suffer from unfix-able crashes after a number of turns on the campaign map.

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I saw a folder called 'Spiele' when you were showcasing how to install. Are you German?

[@Lord_Dave64]

Someone could tell me the pro and counts about imperial destroyer, splendour and EMPIRE 2 mod? Which is better? And what are the starting years of splendour?

[@TheMr69roadrunner]

Great review. Other than a few crashes this game is great. The visuals kinda suck, but the perfection of the armies and navies and the historic accuracy of the names of factions and units……truly a masterpiece.

[@culturalmind19]

yo i have a question how do you download the all factions and put it into the game because i download it but idk what to extract whether is IS_file or the data pls help

[@Dave004]

So noob question, i'm guessing Imperial Splendour and Imperial Splendour Rise of the Republic is the same mod, just Rise of the Republic is the newer version? Or are they actually different?

[@yohatan234]

Is Wallachia, Moldavia, or even Romania as a whole in this mod?

[@Antaragni2012]

Who needs new Total War titles with such a modding comunity?

[@justinmangus567]

You need them, hence why there is even a Modding community to start with :), otherwise they would be Developer's if they decided to make a game. W/o modders though, the total war titles would be stale. They added flavor replayability etc.

[@tonymccake3057]

There needs to be a new release of the game without the AI bugs and idiocy in it. Modders cannot fix them, they are coding issues which no amount of startup scripts and database editing will ever fix.

[@operation_tkt]

Hey I have a problem can you help me please? so I downloaded cracked total war and I installed the mod perfectly, but when i clicked play ROTR the thing keep opening steam instead of my exe file, do you know why it does that? or it dont work on pirated version.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

7:03 - STOP TERMINATOR, I'M DOWNLOADING THIS MOD NOW YOU ALREADY CONVINCED ME HAHA

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

😂😂

[@alper.k9046]

Is the Netherlands still being worked on or are you going to make the same countries strong every time ??

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

We plan to rework every faction eventually 😉

[@josephanderson3451]

Also, do you know what the differences are in the small medium and Indiaman trade ships?

[@burnt_toast123]

I got very worried when I started it up and only saw vanilla empire stuff, but then I realized I had to hit switch.

[@minimortensen2902]

i just downloaded the game but does the northern war come with, or do i have to install that also?

[@Glegionar]

I've got one question: does this mod prevent the player to unlock the achievements of the game? Or you can unlock them even with the mod active?

[@wolkrieth2394]

I know some mods work well enough with them, such as basic file changes such as unit changes. I got the 100000 deaths achievement in a handful of battles as Sweden.

[@manuvirajkhare]

Wait. Maratha Empire is not available to play in Imperial Splendour?

[@chineseinternet2669]

Amazing video as always

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Thanks bud!

[@franzbauer1367]

1:25 wait wait wait what about Spain?

[@XAZTECXWOLFX]

Is there any mods for empire total war that adds more settlements

[@LewisJohnsonIII]

How is the actual combat like melee and cavalry charge? Wish you would show longer clips you cutt so much with no time to watch things play out.

[@Smaug2b]

Question: does the other factions playable by submod have unique rooster remorqued?

[@1992zorro]

no

[@user-orey.]

El defecto de este mod es que se Sentra demasiado en 2 - 3 facciones, cuando debería repartir bien ese trabajo y a ver trabajado en los 6 grandes reinos europeos de la época.

[@burnt_toast123]

After downloading it, everything seemed fine until I realized that my armies couldn't leave the region they started in the campaign. How do I fix this?

[@nlomas]

This mod is fantastic but for me empire should start in 1700.

[@rayleighfierce5920]

is there an early startdate? :O

[@xViolentDeathx]

Im just wondering how do I increase the font size for this mod specifically? I can't barely the tiny font size

[@LordCommander3]

if you have found out how let me know ive tried and cant

[@DragonballBlack]

Would love it I could actually play this game lol it crashes constantly

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

What’s your specs?

[@quintushortensiushortalus1035]

yes we know that during a campaign there will be around 5 crashes mostly on Persia's turn. Those crashes might be mod related but do not harm the autosave you have on ending a turn. You can start Empire again and the crash will not happen again. There might be other crashes too but you would have to ask the CA about them. Btw Mughals aren't tested.

[@thestalker67]

How can i play with a 1700 start campaign?

[@siggevibes]

The mod is great, but there's a music glitch. I also like the music of the game and would like it if it was possible to play this mod with the original music to it.

[@Flicky669]

So if I’m not interested in multiplayer, would you say this is the best empire mod in terms of polish, balance, and ongoing development?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I think Darthmod is probably the most complete and polished objectively. But I like Imperial Splendour A LOT! Like lots here especially balance wise is very very good

[@Flicky669]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Interesting. Amazing how it still holds up after all these years compared to ones that are currently being developed.

[@whysosrs5534]

The problem i had with darthmod was that it was too easy. I was rich and dominated everything so quickly.

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

Even if you are interested in multiplayer: as long as both players have the same version of both the game and mod installed correctly they would be able to play together.

[@fancynaeser9154]

I was playing Empire Total War 2 in the last days, was really awesome! I can really recommend it...

[@babylonkino1354]

Do you have some sort of graphics mod? What do your settings look like?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I do! I use the Empire HD graphics mod and Reshade :) Check out my graphics guide for full details!

[@fly_pie_1172]

I just want a pike and shot total war, or some total war about the ACW or Crimean/Prussian wars (late napoleonic wars basically)

[@josephanderson3451]

Sweet, what kind of bonuses does hard campaign difficulty give the AI?

[@snafu700]

My favorite empire mod but the newest update is too buggy the new naval tree and its ships simply dont work and the historical portraits are just random gunna wait till they update it and hopefully fix

[@middel94]

Hi there, does anyone know if this game is still playable in multiplayer mode, either locally or online and other as co-op or battle against each other please let me know

[@Roxxek]

Can I use this with darthmod?

[@barrysworld640]

Hey there Terminator! Yet another great mod review, sir! So I downloaded the mod as per your instruction link and all went well. However when I tried to play the mod for the first time the opening screen appeared with the Darthmod logo and then went into the Imperial Splendour opening screen. I pressed the "switch" to select the Imperial Splendour mod to play however none of the factions are playable! So I fired up my Darthmod version of ETW and made sure that I chose the "restore to vanilla" option when I exited the mod. Then tried to play Imperial Splendour again and now when I press the "switch" to go from Vanilla ETW to Imperial Spendour an error message overlay appears stating "We ran into an error we didn't expect. Your files and status may be out of sync. Please let us know about the issue ...". Do you (or any other commenters) know what is going on and how to fix this? Thanks in advance for any help! :)

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Hi mate! Do you have both Darthmod and IS? Installed? In which case you will have to remove Darth. If not sounds like you may need a clean reinstall. Also make sure to get the faction unlocker submod!

[@barrysworld640]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Thanks for the helpful reply Terminator! I do have both mods installed, so I will remove Darth as per your suggestion and see if this fixes the problem. Cheers! :)

[@barrysworld640]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Quick update. So removed Darthmod Empire and had to reinstall Imperial Splendour mod. Now able to access IS mod using the "switch" function. As I kept seeing "not playable" under the Nation Description except for the United States. I also downloaded the faction unlocker mod. Now when I access IS, I still do not see any info under Nation Description except for the United States, however I tried to play some of the other nations noted as being "not playable" under Nation Description and they seem to be working as I can get to their starting location. Got me wondering if you are seeing Nation Descriptions for all the nations rather than the "not playable" message when you go into the grand campaign?

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

I do see their descriptions yep. Might be worth just jumping into the mod discord and asking for help then. The modders are very friendly and quick to reply :)

[@barrysworld640]

@@TheTerminatorGaming Thanks for the reply! Much appreciated sir. I will contact the mod discord as per your suggestion.

[@toledobranch1099]

where can i manual delete the game cause i cant install it the mod

[@josephanderson3451]

How do you get fire ships to explode?

[@PraetorianGuard101]

Trying to trade is a nightmare, some say yes BUT, the majority say No, get stuffed, "Is this normal"

[@LordCommander3]

Yeah the ai don't really know how to trade, I have to bribe them to get them to accept but even then they are iffy.

[@magusi9029]

I bought this TW, but have yet to play it. I honestly have to many TWs to give my attention to all of them. However, If I was to mod this for a first play through, what would be a good choice to try for a solid experience?

[@LannisterGI]

I'd say go vanilla, the start date of this mod it's too late compared to vanilla and many smaller cities are alredy grown, that's a big thing in this game, i never tried this mod but i prefer vanilla over Imperial Destroyer for instance because instead of adding more it removes stuff from the game.

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

@@LannisterGI This mod is actually Imperial Splendour, not Destroyer 😅 and although you can find many cities “developed”, it wouldn’t be a good job if we didn’t improved gameplay elsewhere. Furthermore cities never stop growing so RotR aims not to offer reduced mechanics or gameplay for the sake of the starting year but to offer a different gameplay based on a realistic reconstruction of a period just different to the one of vanilla empire. And vanilla Empire although has a large span of years it fails in authenticity for that same reason.

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

I would suggest playing vanilla first, then when you’re comfortable you can try IS:RotR, it’s not the easiest mod (although you can always play it on easy) but you’ll find a carefully curated experience on it.

[@LannisterGI]

@@sirjohnbarlow7261 haha i know it's IS not ID, i said i never tried this (IS) mod, but for instance, i prefer vanilla over ID. maybe it's my english. well i gonna see this mod.

[@richardsanchezjr]

So which one is better this mod or the empire total war 2 mod I just downloaded empire 2 yesterday

[@LordCommander3]

imperial splendour by far.

[@Oskar_GD]

Have you ever heard about PUA or Imperial Destroyer?

[@mrpresident489]

both of em crash all the time, the first one isnt even easy to install, bad instructions and overly complicated installation/launcher

[@Oskar_GD]

@@mrpresident489 I ve never had crash in PUA. Very easy install in one click. May be you have curve hands. Cant help you srry

[@mrpresident489]

@@Oskar_GD downloaded it from the moddb and installed per instructions. 1. Reinstalled empire total war + remove files + appdata. 2. Unzipped the mod files to an empty folder 3. Launch vanilla empire and load campaign then exit immediately 4. Place the unzipped mod files into empire total war data folder 5. Go in to pirates folder and click pirates launcher 6. Select Pua settings and 1700 other campaign 7. Stuck on load/startup screen 8. Missing something?

[@emme_quadro]

On Mac how can i do to install it?

[@YeetThyBaby]

how is it stability wise? I'm hooked with Empire 2 mod but you can only play the late campaign because the early campaign crashes without fail after 35 turns, might give this a go instead.

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

Empire 2 mod is extremely unstable. This in comparison is much better

[@YeetThyBaby]

@@TheTerminatorGaming cheers will definitely give it a go

[@sirjohnbarlow7261]

@@YeetThyBaby IS:RotR doesn’t have any savegame breaking error as far as we can tell. We encourage the community to share their experience with us and are always looking for that kind of errors. You can still get some campaign CTD’s but those are solved by saving (with ctrl+s) before passing turns or playing battles, takes no time. I’m the case you encounter one of those (at most 1 each 10 turns, though it’s usually less) you can just relaunch the game, load the quick save and try again (always work).

[@YeetThyBaby]

@@sirjohnbarlow7261 do you guys have a discord?

[@YeetThyBaby]

@@TheTerminatorGaming after 3 hours I would have to disagree, I've had many more ctds with this mod than etw2.

[@goodbanter4427]

Is this multiplayer campaign compatible?

[@regal163]

Empire vanilla is historically bugged, does any of the mods fixed this?????.

[@CesarJoel94]

Definitely gonna check it out

[@TheTerminatorGaming]

You should!