What is the Blue Lotus?

More than just a Chinese restaurant

Ulysses' Lotos-eaters

"I was driven thence by foul winds for a space of nine days upon the sea, but on the tenth day we reached the land of the Lotus-eater, who live on a food that comes from a kind of flower. Here we landed to take in fresh water, and our crews got their mid-day meal on the shore near the ships. When they had eaten and drunk I sent two of my company to see what manner of men the people of the place might be, and they had a third man under them. They started at once, and went about among the Lotus-eaters, who did them no hurt, but gave them to eat of the lotus, which was so delicious that those who ate of it left off caring about home, and did not even want to go back and say what had happened to them, but were for staying and munching lotus with the Lotus-eater without thinking further of their return."

Homer, "The Odyssey"

The Blue Lotus is more than Life in exotic suburban Tokyo

The Blue Lotus is more than The Adventures of Tintin in the Orient

• Lotus: From a Pond to a Palace Dome
• The Egyptian 'Lotus': the Blue Water Lily

Mod Links

Oriental Mods

• Ran no Jidai

Fantasy Mods

• FA:TW - The Fourth Age: Total War (thefourthage.org)
• ME:TW - Middle Earth: Total War
• Númenor: Total War
• War of the Silmarils: Total War
• LOTR:TW - The Lord of the Rings: Total War (lotrtw.com)

Famous Rome Mods

• RTR - Rome Total Realism (totalrealism.net)
• EB - Europa Barbarorum (europabarbarorum.com)

Community Links

Total War Sites

• The Com (TotalWar.com) - Official Total War Site
• The Forums (TotalWarForums.com) - Official Total War Forums
• The Org (TotalWar.org) - Unofficial Total War Site
• The Guild (forums.TotalWar.org) - Unofficial Total War Forums
• TW Center (TWCenter.net) - Unnoficial Total War Center Total War

Mod Downloads

• The Guild Mod Downloads - Database of modifications for the game of Rome Total War and Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion available for download.
• Total War Center Downloads

Awards & Reviews

Awards

TWC Modder Awards Summer 2006 Best Fantasy Mod

Org Awards 2005 Honorable Mention for Most Promising Mod

Org Awards 2005 Best Artist (Hoggy)

Org Awards 2005 RunnerUp for Outstanding RTW Modder (Hoggy)

Reviews

“holy crap. That is a very good looking mod. Almost like a brand new game.”
"great groundbreaking mod"
"the game is beautiful and the artists went mad, so to speak"
"a truly artistic masterpiece which breathes a breath of fresh air into the modding community. I strongly encourage all of you to try it out yourselves and download the beta"
The Eagle Standard @ TWC

"reserve your judgement until you see the absolutely orgasmic screenshots"
Tmstevens @ dooyoo

"You should probably pay more attention to the mod community, you know. Especially when they’re putting out games of this quality."
"If anyone from Creative Assembly is reading this - you should probably hire these guys."
[pcg]Tim

Factions

Blue Lotus has always been designed to be played as the Japanese, Chinese or Indian factions. And is most complete as these factions. The Demon faction is playable but is very easy on the current settings. The Korean and Mongol factions are 'mini' factions ie they have a smaller selection of unit types and have non-unique UI and names etc. They are playable but not as rounded as other factions.

Monks
Zuanshi Clan
Yuwan Clan
Akagi Clan
Zensen Clan
Yomi Empire
Choson Clan
Krishnapur
Karazai Khanate

Features

Limitations: Blue Lotus was always conceived as a bit of fun. Fun to make and fun to play. There are many areas where due to lack of manpower and time we have taken shortcuts. This gives a working, overall impression whilst still allowing us to release the mod within our lifetimes. Examples; Cities do not have different building models for every building type, units don't have LODs, 2D artwork for message screens are mostly drawn from historical/illustrative sources rather than hand drawn like the building images. There are very few new animations in game. There should, however, be plenty here to give the feel of a complete Mod.

Wonders

Settlements

Watchtowers

Strategic Characters

The World of Blue Lotus

Under Development

About

Blue Lotus is a fantasy mod derived from the history and mythology of China, Japan and India. The map is a distorted map of Asia which is being encroached upon from the west by a huge force of demons and mythological creatures. With over 120 new units, factions include Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Demon, Korean, Mongol and the Monks. All the factions are warring for control of the world and to gain the ultimate prize… The Blue Lotus.

Banners

• Full Banner: 468 by 60
• Half Banner: 234 by 60
• Micro Button: 80 by 15
• Micro Bar: 88 by 31
• Button 1: 120 by 90
• Button 2: 120 by 60
• Vertical Banner: 120 by 240
• Square Button: 125 square

The Art of Chris Hogg: Introducing Blue Lotus

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body (left): 486
sidebar (right): 240
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Colors:
Light Rice: eeeedd
Dark Rice: bbbb88
Dark Blue: 225588
Light Blue: 4488bb
Orange: 998833
Red: 993333

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game dark blue (24-83-141) # 18538D med background
game light blue (72-145-190) # 4891BE med background

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Gallery
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- 3D Models
Downloads
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- Patches
- Artwork
- Music
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Epistolary Richard

"Exceptionally imaginative and original oriental fantasy mod [...] by Hall of Famer hoggy and his team. The Org extends its congratulations to them for recognition well deserved"The Org, 19 Aug 2006

http://www.totalwar.org/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1156001580&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&

PC Gamer features Blue Lotus mod!

The September 2006 issue of PC Gamer magazine features a full page on the Blue Lotus mod and includes the beta release on its front cover disk.

Download Blue Lotus 1.0 beta 1 for Rome Total War 1.5

VERY IMPORTANT INSTALL INFORMATION:

1. Install clean version of RTW (NOTE BL overwrites RTW so best to make a seperate copy).
2. Download and install patch 1.3 http://www.totalwar.com/en/support/supportrome.html
3. Download and install patch 1.5 http://www.totalwar.com/en/support/supportrome.html
4. Download Vercingetorix's PAK extractor tool. http://www.twcenter.net/downloads/db/?act=mod&id=43
5. Copy the contents of the unpaker into Data/packs in your clean version of RTW 1.5.
6. Run the .bat file and let run completely. this may take a while. After its done you'll see a new data folder in the packs directory.
7. CUT or MOVE (not copy) this new Data folder and paste it over the root Data folder allowing it to overwrite everything. NOTE: There should be no Data folder left in Packs.
8. Go back to the packs folder and rename all the pak files remaining (except the patch_0 and patch_1) You can just rename them with a couple of xx in the front ie sprites_1.pak rename to xxsprites_1.pak
9. Download Blue Lotus and copy it's Data folder over the Data folder in the root.
   - mirror 1 - The Lordz (RAR): http://lordz.thelordz.co.uk/downloads/Blue_Lotus/BLUE_LOTUS_BETA_V1.0.rar
   - mirror 2 - Urke @ FileFront (7Z): http://files.filefront.com/Blue_Lotus_beta_1007z/;5150536;;/fileinfo.html
10. Install music patch (see readme in music download for install instructions)
    - mirror 1 - The Lordz (RAR): http://lordz.thelordz.co.uk/downloads/Blue_Lotus/BLUE_LOTUS_MUSIC.rar
    - mirror 2 - Urke @ FileFront (7Z): http://files.filefront.com/Blue_Lotus_music_7z/;5152111;;/fileinfo.html
11. Run Rome, go to Imperial Campaign. Enjoy. REMEBER TO SAVE BEFORE EACH TURN. Random AI crashes can occur in this version.
12. Please report bugs at the Blue Lotus subforum.
13. FIXES: http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/archive/index.php/t-79393.html

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