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Notable Expansions For Myth II

(this article is part of jason_ac's Intro To Myth guide. Visit the guide for more info)

There's a HUGE amount of fan-created mod content (plugins in Myth-speak), plus some expansions from Bungie or Take-Two. Some of it has made a large impact in the community, expansions that you really owe it to yourself to check-out. Nearly all of it is contained at The Tain. Here's a guide to some of the most notable content...high quality, huge, or unusual. There's lots more than could possibly be covered here. Some of it crazy and unusual. To see all the expansions available, visit The Tain.

Gun-based expansions are placed in separate categories. They change gameplay so much, and Myth was never designed to handle units that fire projectiles with flat trajectories, so the gameplay isn't perfectly smooth.

Installing
You can check whatever readme comes with the expansion, but generally you place any cutscenes (which are almost never offered) in your Myth II:cutscenes folder (you may have to copy/move/rename when there are name conflicts), and everything else goes in your Myth II:plugins folder.

Using
The method to use a plugin varies. Check the documentation that comes with it. Some are designed to offer only solo levels, some multiplayer (competitive or co-operative), some offer everything. Some require you to enable a tagset of new units to work properly, some offer a tagset of units for you to use on other maps. Some are designed to work with "TFL Gameplay" (sometimes called vTFL) mode. Some offer an "interface" mod that will change how the Myth II application will look. Some include their own cutscenes.

For solo expansions, first enable any custom "Interfaces" (pushbutton at bottom) by going into "Preferences", then start a "New Game", select the proper "Campaign", activate any necessary "Tagsets" (pushbutton at bottom), and turn on "TFL Gameplay" mode if the plugin is designed to be played that way.

For multiplayer expansions, first enable any custom "Interfaces" (pushbutton at bottom) by going into "Preferences", then start a multiplayer game, turn on or off the "Co-operative" checkbox (for expansions that offer co-op play), select the proper "Mapset", activate any necessary "Tagsets" (pushbutton at top), and turn on "TFL Gameplay" mode if the plugin is designed to be played that way.

To play Myth I (The Fallen Lords) in Myth II, read the instructions in Playing Myth I In Myth II

Myth I, The Fallen Lords
Myth: The Fallen Lords was the 1st Myth game released by Bungie, and it's a great game. All of it's solo and multiplayer content has been ported over as an expansion to Myth II.

To install the Myth I content, read Installing Myth I: The Fallen Lords.

The multiplayer maps from Myth I are commonly used online.

Myth II Extra Multiplayer Maps
Bungie released 3 extra multiplayer maps for Myth II after the game was released. Those maps are Leagues From Nowhere, Phoenix Rising/Phoenix Falling, and Boil & Bubble/Toil & Trouble

Chimera
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Bungie staff, & the Badlands map-making group; Download Chimera

Bungie released this challenging expansion for Myth II. It is an 8 level solo campaign (multi-pathed levels, so you can play them more than 1 way) and 2 multiplayer maps. It takes place 10 years after Soulblighter's defeat.

Expansions With Solo
Many add-ons offer multiplayer only. Here are some that offer notable solo content.

The Seventh God
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download The Seventh God

A particularly large, well-known Myth add-on. EIGHTEEN levels! This converts Myth into a more Tolkienesque world...Elves, Orcs, Wargs, Trolls, Goblins, etc.

Bushido
Theme: Feudal Japan (samurai) fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download Bushido

Some high-quality work went into Bushido, which started as a commercial project called "Daimyo". When that project was cancelled, the work from it came out in free community mods made by the various authors.

Coming of the Dark
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download CoD

Single-player/co-op maps with a story chronicling the early years of the war against the Fallen Lords. A prequel to Myth I.

Myth II: Dark Campaign
Theme: Medieval fantasy; Download Dark Campaign

Eleven new levels telling a story that you play as the forces of the Dark.

The Legend of Gor-Ash
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download Gor-Ash

Single-player project exploring the enmity between two warring races of Myth.

Under Myrkridian Standards
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download UMS

4 prequel levels set in the time before Soulblighter

Homeland
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download Homeland I and Homeland II

Tells the story of some events after the defeat of Soulblighter. Has many new units to play with.

Sisters of the Blade
Theme: Medieval fantasy By: Creation map-making group; Download Sisters

4 levels of Myth meets Xena. Lots of new units, models, scenery, etc. Made by the Creation map-making group.

Fortress of Doom
Theme: Medieval fantasy; Download Fortress I and Fortress II

A extra-deadly castle that challenges you to manage to even stay alive.

The Northlands
Theme: Medieval fantasy; Download Northlands

A simple 'defend the fort' map with units from many total conversions.

Throne of the Lich King
Theme: Medieval fantasy; Download Lich King

Try to survive your time in the Lich King's crypt, whose halls are full of puzzles and traps for the unwary.

Multiplayer-oriented Expansions
While some of these may offer solo play, their primary usage is for multiplayer

FFA League
Theme: Medieval fantasy; Download ffaleague

A popular compilation of a variety of maps for playing FFA games

Mazzarin's Demise Co-ops
Theme: Medieval fantasy

A series of co-ops

emise: A cooperative map series with a plot set in the shadowy past of Myth. Released for both Myth and Myth II, these maps tend to push the limits of the Myth game engine. There's always new superpowerful units, new magic, and thousands of enemies to destroy in wave after wave of evil.

Myth Addicts Co-op Catalog
The "Myth Addicts" clan focused on co-op gaming, and they developed an impressive list of co-ops they thought worth playing. See their list here. If their download links don't work, try looking for the plugin on The Tain.

Dorfball
A comical sports-oriented map with gameplay resembling a very lethal variation on dodgeball.

Fetchball
A comical sports-oriented map for fetch and ghols with gameplay resembling soccer or hockey.

LEGO Myth
Theme: LEGOs

A humorous unit conversion plugin that replaced Myth units with Lego equivalents. http://tain.totalcodex.net/items/show/leggo-my-myth http://tain.totalcodex.net/items/show/leggo-ii-arena

Gun-based Expansions With Solo
Some expansions make use of guns...rifles, machineguns, advanced weaponry...making for gameplay that is quite different than standard Myth, where projectile weapons require arcing to reach farther targets. They change gameplay a good bit, and Myth was never designed to handle units that fire projectiles with flat trajectories, so the gameplay isn't perfectly smooth.

Green Berets
Theme: Modern warfare

ame is Myth II but with vietnam era troops and weapons and maps. This wa

Jinn
Theme: Science fiction

n: A true total conversion, set in a futuristic post-apocalyptic alien world. This conv

Deadfall
Theme: Survival horror

Gun-based Expansions, Multiplayer-oriented
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