Overall I have found that the shapes of the regions is not proper for representing byzantine history. Although the colors and military standards used are not entirely historically accurate, this can be enhanced with further submods and releases.
Improvements of this new version are listed in the NFO here.Too many things fixed, if you have the game, download and install this patch. This submod for SSHIP (itself a submod of Stainless Steel for M2TW) provides new textures, skins, and unit officers for late-period pike-and-shot era units of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. And seriously? Only a small church in Constantinople? WHAT THE ♥♥♥♥!!!! Did someone forget to tell the developers about the Hagia Sophia? Anyways, I also think there should also be a Nicomdeia region because that city was very important at the time, and was one of the few cities in asia minor that the byzantines managed to hold on to. Quick post for the 1.5 update released by DETONATiON for Medieval 2 Total War Kingdoms Expansion pack. I have already tried looking for Youtube tutorials and Googling/using the search bar here. It definitley should be a huge city not just large. I'm trying to install Stainless Steel for Medieval 2 at the moment, and not finding it too easy. Constantinople, the Historic Peninsula area starting from Bayezid towards Galata, seen from around Eminonu seashore. One thing that annoyed me is Constantinople is WAYYYYYYY to small and weak to be realistic. Second Durrazo Should be held by the Byzantines as it remained part of the empire.Another issue is that Nicaea should not be held by the empire as a history book SPECIFICALLY said that the city fell to the turks in 1078. One thing is that the empire dosen't start with its danubian frontier, which it managed to hold on to despite the loss of asia minor. Ive done the byzantine campaign and found it historiacally inacurrate.