Good morning,
Thank you for your kind words. You are more than welcome to use any of my works or ideas. Wishing you good luck on your project!

Hi Corythus!

Great job on the retexturing!
As the creator of Total Rebalance I want to thank you for sharing the Spartan Hoplite Texture!
I made sure to put a link and credits on the relevant page to your work.
(Total Rebalance: Rome Refactioned for now, and Total Rebalance: Rome Rebundled as of probably tomorrow)

@Corythus Thank you for your great work, i refuse to play without it! I asked your permission on behalf of Total Rebalance mod, i'm not a modder. I just play with Total Rebalace and your mod and i asked the author of Total Rebalance if he could include your work in his mod. He said not without permission so here i am :)

Hello, thank you for asking! Naturally, you are more than welcome to use it. Sadly, for a while now, I haven't had time to work on this project.. It feels good that even though it wasn't complete, people still enjoy my work. Good luck with your mod!

@Corythus Would you allow other modders to use your work from this mod in their mod(s) with proper credits given?

It works, and it works with other mods if you do a simple descr_model_battle.txt edit.

Seems to be working when i sent spy to Sparta. Will report once i see them in battle. preferably as allies.
https://youtube.com/live/AipOV_22gnA (for those interested in seeing what it looks like in 2025.)

+QOL Improvement
+rep
+Take my Points

I have yet to try this... well i have it installed but im playing as romans... maybe i run into some spartans soon :)

@Corythus It's a pity the mod doesn't work anymore. Or rather it works, but incorrectly. The Hoplite models are like the previous comment on the screen, and the portrait is from the old model :(((

I want this mod so bad but after installation, this is how it looks: https://i.imgur.com/EbieotM.png

All looks very epic.
It reminds me, reading about the Spartans that their youths used the same dressing as the Vanilla Spartan uniform, the youth during the training. I think they appear as such in Rome 2 Vanilla Spartan, as Militias

Why is the person an guy in red uniform and not the same as in the screen shots

great! can you please change stats of armored spartans? armor same of armored hoplites

Well done, sir.
I always detested how mediocre and boring they made the spartans originally.
Featuring them at their absolute lowest point yet still calling them an elite unit that isnt even wearing any bloody armor.
Ridiculous.

why dose the textures all messed up

I have the same issu, there is a visual bug with the models, the armour is loading red like the capes they wear in vanilla

my spartans are just red humans running around

Hey Corythus, do your mods work with Imperium Surrectum :)?
Best wishes

thank you so much for your reply and for allowing me to use the skins! I'll give you credit on the mod description and good luck on your future projects!

@Mike Glennon, Thanks for asking! For months now I don't have time to work on my mods or any related project. You are more than welcome to use it. Good luck!

hey man! May I use your skins for a mod I'm working on? I could use a new spartan and hoplites skin :)

I subscribed very nice

Dear Followers,
A few weeks ago, I get an honorable request to help work on the Total Conquest project witch I gladly accepted. This is not mean that I will not continue my Imperial Truth mods, but for now, I have to put it on hold. I updated most of the mods to be available four you, except the Units and Building mods. This is because it would be terribly time-consuming (which I don't have) and it will be completely redone when I will continue the series. During the work with the TC team, I will be able to learn from the bests, which I will try to repay with quality help. I also started to learn how to use Blender, and with that, I will be able to create my models instead of just using and recoloring the existing ones.
I would like to thank you all for your friendly support and helpful feedback I will try to do my best to come back and redone/continue the series.

Good morning @Spartan,
And this is why I started to learn Blender. Sadly I usually only have time on weekends, so It will be a slow process, but after that, I will be able to create my own models and animations.

if only the shields were a bit more realistically sized ;p right now theyre like half hoplons ;p

Hello @Giovanille,
I am really glad you enjoyed my work and were able to use it for your own. Yes sure, let me add you to the Steam friend list, and I will send you an address where you can share it with me. I am curious. Thank you!

Ah, I also created engravings on the armor, helmets and leggings of your magnificent Spartans. They are now even more impressive. If you want, I made the maps of these units from screen shot and I find it unfortunate that I am the only one taking advantage of them. Is it possible to send them to you by steam?

Thx Corythus
Finally I managed to have the spears in the right direction by copying / pasting "Spartan Pylos" info from your "descr_unit" file of the Mod (Units and Buildings Overhaul) because in the Mod proposed here, there is no has that the file "descr_battle".
Now it works fine except I wanted to remove the "phalanx" formation and replace it with the "shield wall" formation from BI. I did and it works well too.

Yes, you have to change a few things otherwise they will use it upside down. :)
"skeleton fs_javelinman, fs_slow_swordsman"
When they use spears like javelins it will not be upside down. Of Course, if you know how to model you can do this in a more elegant way, sadly I'm don't know yet.

I thank you !
I did not know this link, I am now studying this.
By the way, I just saw that my Spartans are holding their spear upside down. They strike with the side that does not have a point.
Did you change anything other than "fs_javelinman" in the "desc_model_battle" file?

Hello @Giovanille,
No problem, here: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/romeremastered#tool-guides
IWTE - Extremely useful tool for any modder.
Good luck, if you need help, feel free to ask.

Hello @Corythus
You told me you open "pbr" files with "IWTE" but I can't find this software on the internet. Can you give me the full name of this one so that I can try it ?.

Dear @Pigfucking Milk-skin,
Did you tried to run the game with realistic coloring?

For me the spartans aren't textured.

@Corythus
Thank you, Corythus, but I don't speak a word of English. I use several translators to write and proofread what I write. So I can't speak on a "chat" like "Discord". Thank you all the same.

If you want I can tell you on discord the little I know.

Thanks, I don't know IWTE. I will see that more ready.
Photoshop is fine, I've been using it for years. But the "pbr" files allow you to define shapes and volumes. With photoshop I can open them but I don't know how to modify them. So I will try with IWTE, thank you.

Dear @Giovanille, Thank you, I'm glad you like it. First I extract the files with IWTE then I use Photoshop to do the magic. Not hard, mostly terribly time-consuming. I'm pretty sure there are faster ways how to do this, but so far I don't know those.

Hello! great job!
Could you tell me with what software you opened and modified the .pbr files of the units?

Good evening @Ruseruse21, that is bronze, not gold. All units of bronze equipment are colored with the same bronze color. Historically they used bronze and this is how bronze looks. I see your point, maybe I will experiment to create a slightly darker version for the cheaper units. Thank you for the suggestion!

@Danymok, you are welcome!

should make the militia unit for the greeks back to the way before or cheaper looking armor , the gold make the unit look to good

Thank you. Again, you did an amazing job with the Spartan Hoplite's new textures.

Good morning @Danymok, I'm glad you like the mod. I only edited visual files and the file which contains the models. So basically it's just about visuals. So if you find a mod where they edited the units stats, this mod will be compatible with it as well.

As far as I know, it is a save game compatible, because it will not add or remove any more units or change anything else.

You can get all of the achievements by using any of the mods. This is not like Vermintide 2 or DRG when the developers first have to approve a mod.

Hope It helps. If you have more questions, feel free to ask.

Also, do you know if using this mod, if it is just visual, will affect achievements in the campaign?

Hello, these look great, I am just wondering though, is this purely a visual mod? I don't want it to mess with multiplayer or my vanilla campaign saves.

Good morning @Ragnar, haha, fair point. If you can do quality work with modeling, you are more than welcome to help me and create the right size, because I can't and I only can use existing things from the game and just retexturing it. :)

These are shields or kitchen plates for the Spartans hoplites lol
The Hoplon shield should be a bit larger Corythus

Dear followers, thank you for your patient.
This mod is updated with the folowings:

- Armoured Argyraspides added.
- Fixed sword sheath textureless white color for Greek units.
- Fixed the thin black texture line on the back of the greek helmets.
- Fixed the shining colorless stain on some Greek armor and helmet.
- Melee Greek units portrais and textures updated.

Dear Followers,
Despite the lack of my time, I made an economy fix for my "Units and Buildings Overhaul" mod thanks to tester Pyrrus who gave me constructive feedback about how broken was the gold income in my mod. Income is drastically reduced, from now you will need more cities to upkeep a well-equipped army. I also used walls, to convert (not equally) trade income to tax income. In this way changing a cities taxes gives a greater impact on the overall economy.

Some unit values were also reduced for all units to gives space to unit ranking. Temples are a bit redone, to keep the uniqueness of the factions.
All changes all showed in the mods google document which you can find in the Steam mod description.

The new patch is probably not saved game compatible, sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any idea or feedback please let me know in the discussion topics to constantly improve the mods and with it the overall gaming experience.
Wish you a great weekend!