Atlas Novus

Atlas Novus

Atlas Novus is a multiplayer mod for Warband. It is focused on extending native Warband with balanced and interesting multiplayer maps that can be played in multiple game modes. It also has several gameplay improvements and a new mutliplayer game mode!

Version history:

0. 1 - Initial release. Contains two new maps.

0. 15 - Some fixes to old maps, plus a new siege map.

0. 2 - Added Wercheg Cliffs map.

0. 22 - Added random day of time and some weather effects! Random weather disabled for a short while, needs some more tweaking.

0. 25 - Added random snowy plains and random desert maps, large and medium variety.

0. 40 - Lots of multiplayer modifications. All factions now have four troop types, all spears in the game are now throwable, and you can give out a victory cheer by pressing V!

0. 41 - Minor tweaks.

0. 50 - Added two new maps: Citadel and Beacons! All previous maps have correct entry points now. Added drowning (preliminary version). Tweaks to troop inventories.

0. 75 - MAJOR UPDATE. Added new faction: Bandits! Added new game mode: Arena! Added two new maps: Snowy Castle and Clearing!

0. 80 - Added three new maps: Khergit City, Oasis and Nord Hill Fort! Lots of fixes and tweaks to Arena game mode and otherwise.

0. 83 - Added two new maps: Village and River, and Wasteland. Lots of bugs fixed and improvements added!

0. 85 - Map-only release. Three new maps: Abandoned Fort, Woodland Thicket, Sarranid Town with Harbour.

0. 87 - One new map: Ruined Village. Lots of fixes and tweaks to old maps. Fixed spawn points for Siege mode (and tweaked spawning for all other game modes). Re-did all outer terrains (no more cartoon hills). All factions now get a special hero troop type that only one player per faction can play! Lots of troop type tweaking and bug fixes.

List of added maps:

Random Snowy Plains (medium)

Random Snowy Plains (large)

Random Desert (medium)

Random Desert (large)

Serpent Outpost

Steppe Siege

Wercheg Cliffs

Snowy Castle

Khergit City

Nord Hill Fort

Village and River

Abandoned Fort

Woodland Thicket

Sarranid Town with Harbour

Ruined Village

List of troop types:

Swadia - Crossbowman, Infantry, Sergeant, Man at Arms, Border Lord

Vaegir - Archer, Spearman, Guard, Horseman, Bogatyr

Rhodok - Crossbowman, Pikeman, Sergeant, Horseman, Captain

Nord - Archer, Spearman, Huscarl, Scout, Warlord

Khergit - Footman, Skirmisher, Archer, Lancer, Baatar

Sarranid - Archer, Javelineer, Footman, Mamluke, Khalifa

Bandit - Archer, Tracker, Footman, Horseman, Leader