Rome: Total War

Take control of a Roman faction in the times of the Roman Republic and expand Rome's borders.

Unused Images
There are several images that go unused in this game. Their file format is in DDS or TGA format.

Loading Screens
Here are pictures of a loading screen that is never seen in game. The background picture is unique to these screens and isn't seen elsewhere. The developers seem to have been playing around with the size of the title as it is bigger in the left picture than the right picture. The title in the left picture also has a TM next to it which is lacking in the right picture. The loading bar present here is much larger than what is seen in game.

The information in the center of the right picture is interesting. It is displaying the name "House of Julii" and what appears to be the faction icon at this point in development. In the final game, the faction's title is absent and only the faction icon is present in the center. While the House of Julii's faction icon is still a civic crown in the final version, this version doesn't display it as a red and black button icon. This same icon can be seen on one of the soldiers in early leader images section below. Another thing to point out is the text ANNO 502. It seems to imply that the year of a campaign game was to be set in 502 BC since Anno can be translated as year in Latin. This is interesting because the time period that campaign games take place in the final game is between 270 BC and 14 AD. This implies that the developers wanted the game to start at the time when the Roman Republic just formed in 509 BC. The difficulty setting text in the center is also absent in the final version.

Test Images
dummy.tga.dss

This is a dummy texture. It can be found in two file locations. One of the locations is *\Rome Total War\Data\models_landscape\textures and the other is *\Rome Total War\Data\settlement_plans\underlays\textures. Judging from the first location, it appears that it was used as a test texture for landscapes. The second file location has the texture associated with settlements in some way. This file has a creation date of 3/7/2002.

rgb.tga



This image can be found in *\Rome Total War\Data\menu. It seems that the developers were screwing around with three colors. The title could mean RedGreenBlue but only blue is found in this picture. This file has a creation date of 5/21/2002.

Early Leader Images
These images are very unique. At a first glance, they simply depict Roman infantry. Their file names say that these were supposed to be the leaders for the Julii, Brutii and Scipii. It isn’t known whether these were leaders of the factions themselves. However, these picture share similar names of used pictures of faction leaders at the beginning of a campaign game. Regardless of what these images were supposed to be used for, their styling is unique for Roman infantry. Judging that the shape of their shields resembles the shields of hastati, principes and triarii, these images should have been seen from the beginning of a campaign game. The design of their shields is also unique as there are no Roman units in the final game that carry shields with these unique designs. In fact, some of the shields show what appear to be early versions of their faction icon on their shield.