Elephant

I'm surprised that nobody has already made this. It's a reskinned War Elephant without the rider, making a good barbarian animal There's a button included in the download. Enjoy!

BTW it uses War Elephant animations, and size. You can make him bigger if you want though.

Very good idea ! Is next step Mammoth ?

Mammoth's don't exist anymore Someone else can make him hairy and add bigger tusks if they like.

Good, i had an elephant already just put in my MOD as a barb with a rider, so thx for the non-rider.

That's a nice barb addition.

Strength 5?

I'd give him the same as the War Elephant - 8 Strength but no defense bonus.

I thought somebody already released a pack with the mounted animals with no riders a long time ago? Maybe there was no elephant included in that though... looks good though. I'm definitely using this

Dom Pedro II said:

I thought somebody already released a pack with the mounted animals with no riders a long time ago? Maybe there was no elephant included in that though... looks good though. I'm definitely using this

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Not sure. I know someone put a heap of different units onto horses, can't remember anyone dismounting them though. BTW I haven't been a member that long, but I've searched the units thread quite thoroughly before and haven't seen it. Maybe if you could find a link?

I know that there's a camel and a horse riderless in EDU

Chugginator said:

Not sure. I know someone put a heap of different units onto horses, can't remember anyone dismounting them though. BTW I haven't been a member that long, but I've searched the units thread quite thoroughly before and haven't seen it. Maybe if you could find a link?

I know that there's a camel and a horse riderless in EDU

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Ah! Yes, it was Rabbit White's work... He basically made riderless versions of all the mounted animals, but his riderless elephant still had the armor.

Your unit is great because I want to add wild elephants as capturable animal units that roam around in the wilderness.

African or Asian elephants ? No, just kidding !

snipperrabbit!! said:

African or Asian elephants ? No, just kidding !

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Asian elephants have small ears and a round head(like this one). African elephants have bigger ears (like my Avatar). Personly, I think African elephants look better, but I like all kinds of elephants.

Dom Pedro II said:

Your unit is great because I want to add wild elephants as capturable animal units that roam around in the wilderness.

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Could they become circus animals?
Good job

I know thats a joke, but I'll explain my real reason anyway

I want to make it so that you can bring them into cities and convert them to War Elephants... I'm also contemplating making Elephant Archers by combining an Archer with an Elephant.

Wasn't there an upstart mod from Erubius (sp?) that made wild animals capturable?

Dom Pedro II said:

I'm also contemplating making Elephant Archers by combining an Archer with an Elephant.

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Great, I want elephant archers, too

GeoModder said:

Wasn't there an upstart mod from Erubius (sp?) that made wild animals capturable?

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I think you mean Eusebius, and yes, I believe you're right. What I want to do is not nearly so vast in scope.

Great, I want elephant archers, too

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I didn't mean combining them graphically, although this would be a good way to create an Elephant Archer unit without too much hassle I believe.

My thought is though to require two units to be present in a city and then allow them to be combined into one... (destroying the first two and replacing them with a third single unit).

I'm not going to do the same thing with Horse Archers, Camel Archers, etc. because its far better to take a bunch of horse riders and teach them how to shoot a bow than it is to take top archers and teach them how to ride a horse... standing on a platform on an elephant's back, however, is different.

I hesitate only because the AI wouldn't be able to make use of this... I can force the AI to send any captured elephants to a city, and I can even force them to automatically upgrade an elephant to an Elephant Archer if there's an archer in the city, but this can be problematic because I might be destroying the city's only defender and that puts the AI in a potentially difficult position. Alternatively, I could let the AI "cheat" and not require the Archer to spawn the Elephant Archer unit.

Dom Pedro II said:

I know thats a joke, but I'll explain my real reason anyway

I want to make it so that you can bring them into cities and convert them to War Elephants... I'm also contemplating making Elephant Archers by combining an Archer with an Elephant.

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ooh sad.
will they have the same strength as ordinary War Elephants - they should b stronger...more resistnat