Mod: Mesothalassa version 1.0 (Underwater Nation)

[Foodstamp]

Mesothalassa is a mod that has been sitting on my hard drive for quite a while, I just have not had the time to release it to the public.

The mod adds a new underwater nation known as Mesothalassa. I derived the initial concept and most of the unit names in the mod from the game Dark Age of Camelot, an MMORPG I used to play. As time progressed, I added my own unique ideas to help round out the mod.

The graphics are all recolors/reworks of existing Dominions 3 graphics, which should give the nation a Dominions feel. Balance wise the nation seems to play fairly balanced, it may actually be a bit stronger in the water than the other underwater nations, but it is very difficult to get on land with Mesothalassa.

The mod replaces nation 48 (MA Oceania) and is set to the early era. Feel free to change the era and move the nation to an empty nation slot by editing the mesothalassa.dm file.

I hope you enjoy this mod. Please feel free to leave any feedback, but try to keep it constructive. Unless there are any bugs, this should be the final release of this mod.

[Foodstamp]

14 downloads and no comments makes me a sad panda.

[DrPraetorious]

I like it - it's reasonably balanced and has a cool schtick, very different from the other triton nations.

I'll have more feedback when I'm done with the late era nations. Are you going to do any more work on Haida Gwaii?

[Foodstamp]

Here is a list of all the things I am currently working on:

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I am in the process of making changes to Haida Gwaii to utilize some of the new mod commands.

Currently I plan to do the following atleast:

Change some of the graphics (They were done before the game graphics were made available)

Kachina will be more of a human type unit. She also gains storm power.

Bear Tyee will receive a #onebattlespell and a random chance for Earth/Nature.

Coyote Mother will get a random chance for astral.

Starting Fort will be modified.

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Cradle of Gaea:

I have completely overhauled all the graphics.

I plan to rework some of the spells, including add some new summonable units.

Forest Zealots will probably get the axe in favor of a new freespawn.

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Master of Magic:

All the graphics are complete (Over 500 graphics last time I counted.

10 Nations are playable at the moment.

Spells, wizards, heroes still need to be added (Their graphics are done)

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Midgard: Dark Age of Camelot

This mod is done beyond limiting the sacred to the capital. I may release it this afternoon

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Rohan:

Add a few national spells.

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Coming soon!

Once I wrap these projects up, I plan to create a nation based on the various early cultures of the Iberian Peninsula. This includes Lusitania, Basque, Belearic, and Tarsis amongst others; Also to a lesser extent Greek, Roman, Phoenician (represented through Arco and Ermor bleed overs, maybe a little bit of Marignon.)

[Saulot]

There is a bug with the Golem Construction Spell.

When you name the new spell exactly the same as the Standard Golem Construction spell, it replaces the description for the old one.

[Foodstamp]

Saulot said:
There is a bug with the Golem Construction Spell.

When you name the new spell exactly the same as the Standard Golem Construction spell, it replaces the description for the old one.

Uploaded a new version of the .dm file that fixes this glitch. Thanks for catching it . The new version is attached to the original post.

If you don't want to download the new attachment, just open the mesothalassa.dm file and change "Golem Construction" to "Superior Golem Construction".