Age of Imperialism

[OrderofOlav]

Hey your great writer mod is on the first page in steam! Congratulations!

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

For anyone: Should the Anti-aircraft gun upgrade to the Landship or Tank?

EDIT:

Hey your great writer mod is on the first page in steam! Congratulations!

WHAT?! Ok, that makes me really happy!

 

[OrderofOlav]

Not the Mobile SAM?

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

It could, but it would be more interesting if it upgraded to an Armour unit, since the Cavalry will only be able to ugrade to the Maara-weyn.

 

[Natan35]

It could, but it would be more interesting if it upgraded to an Armour unit, since the Cavalry will only be able to ugrade to the Maara-weyn.

Depends in strength and when its available. Personally, i think it should upgrade to the land ship(and be unlocked at dynamite ).

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

If it is to be unlocked then, it needs to be weaker than 50 CS.

 

[OrderofOlav]

I would say the tank, because then it would take a little longer before it becomes obsolete

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

It could be available with Dynamite/Steam Power/Electricity, upgrade to the Landship and have lower combat strength...

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

Woah I am looking forward to this mod is finished, so I can play it. I still don't entirely understand how I ended up making civs myself instead of nagging others to do it for me... I guess something magical happened.

 

[TranquilSilence]

How close do you think the Dervish State is to release - or what is needed for their completion?

I'm considering waiting for their release before starting a new game.

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

It's still some time - not all of the icon art is done, we still need Pedia entries (*cough* hint *cough*), E&D support (which Danmacsch has been so nice to volunteer for... if he received my PM that is) and a lot of the code - which I'm currently working on.

I'd say you shouldn't wait. But it'll probably be out before April.

 

[Danmacsch]

I haven't forgot, don't worry. Working on the Fortify Taleh Decision right now
I'm not sure about the events though, would love to do them, but haven't seen any written in the tread. Or have I overlooked something?

 

[Civitar]

Somebody order a pizza?

No?

Well, I guess you can have a Maara-Weyn instead.
I also took the liberty of touching up the icon a little bit. For future reference, there is no need to put the ring around the icon - the game does that automatically.

Finally, attached is a screenshot from Nexus. I don't have the skill to remove that veil, and there's still a stripe of black on the other side of his turban. But overall I think he's come out rather well.

Good luck with this project, guys!

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

They're beatutifulllll

 

[OrderofOlav]

Awh yeah! Really awesome! Even the horse looks distinct!

And thanks for the info!
At this point I'm really not that great at making icons, I was just frankensteining around with the Berber one. I should have anticipated that making icons is totally different then making a leaderscene. I will just scan my drawings and work with those in the future.

They probably wore veils anyway, kind of annoying to get all of that sand out of your beard.

 

[ldvhl]

Somebody order a pizza?

No?

Well, I guess you can have a Maara-Weyn instead.
I also took the liberty of touching up the icon a little bit. For future reference, there is no need to put the ring around the icon - the game does that automatically.

Finally, attached is a screenshot from Nexus. I don't have the skill to remove that veil, and there's still a stripe of black on the other side of his turban. But overall I think he's come out rather well.

Good luck with this project, guys!

That's pretty awesome.

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

I forgot that there's no music chosen yet - any suggestions?

I've also decided to change the civ slightly:

The Dervish State

Abdullah Hassan

The Horn Resistance
+1 Faith from Forts and Citadels and they provide Great Writer points upon construction, but may not be removed. Mounted units earn special Promotions based on their level.

Maara-weyn
Available earlier than the Anti-aircraft gun it replaces, but is also weaker. Receives none of the Anti-aircraft Gun's abilities and is a mounted unit and works like one, except it may use defensive terrain and fortify. Receives a combat bonus (+15%) if stacked with a Great Writer. May be upgraded to from Cavalry.

Qalcad
Provides XP to newly trained units in the city based on its Faith output (up to +25 XP), unlike the Military Base it replaces. Provides less combat strength to the city. Unlocked with Railroad instead of Replaceable Parts.

 

[DoctorMcGann]

Would some Somalian traditional music work well?

 

[Zantonius Hamm]

Probably. I honestly don't care for the music in a civ, since I always play with sound off anyway.

 

[DoctorMcGann]

Right, I'll look around. Most of the stuff I've found so far isn't great quality.