Amphibious Assault Tanks?

Storm Grunt

Storm Grunt

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I'm Looking for some WWII era amphibious assault tank units such as the one pictured in the link below to add to my game.I've looked around but cant seem to find any. Has anyone seen any units that look like this anywhere?????
 
Wyrmshadow has probably made some... but they probably aren't released.
 
In the new SOE are the units U059 (LVTA-1) and U076 (LVTA-4). But as Goldflash said, the new SOE is not released.

In Zulu´s units 32 file, there is an entry for an LVTA-1 made by Ripptide. I can´t say for sure, if both units in the SOE are made by Ripptide. But both units include a text file, speaking from PTW and the old (closed) CDG-Forum. May be these units were normally released, but I haven´t found them in the Evo-download forum.
 
Both were done by RipT for SOP. And have not been released to the public yet. I might or might not release them with SOE. Because neither 1 was used in Europe. If i do leave them then i guess they'll be used in the ( what if ) part of the mod.

Sorry Guys.
 
Thanks for all the Info guys.....

I guess I'll just have to add them as amphibious but link to the regular tank units animation files with it flagged as marine for now...

@recon: Thanks for the info...I do hope you decide to release them with SOE cause you know us ex-marines have a fondness for the AMPHIB. units ;)

BTW: I asked this last week when one of his unit threads got bumped but nobody answered,what ever happend to riptide is he still making units? His armor units were awesome and are greatly missed...
 
Ripptide is making SimCity stuff only now.

I have not made any amphibious tanks (or tank like units). The entirety of armor that I made are 4 APC's and a WW2 tank. Once I have time to return to unit making, I will make more.
I wish Ripptide still made units for Civ3. He was very good. But, I have always preferred the animation style that Wyrmshadow applied to his units. Once SOE5 is out, you will see what I mean. I looked at the type of units I intend to make and patterned my style after Wyrmshadow's more then anyone else. Because Riptide's usually look just fantastic sitting still, but Wyrmshadow's look better once they move.

For a good collection of older units (and most but not all newer ones) you might also want to check civ3files.com
 
Storm Grunt said:
BTW: I asked this last week when one of his unit threads got bumped but nobody answered,what ever happend to riptide is he still making units? His armor units were awesome and are greatly missed...
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he's here

http://www.simtropolis.com/index.cfm

Still doing grafix but not for civ.
 
@Bjornlo: thanks for the civ3files info but I had already searched through there for amphib tank units.
I opened a couple of rips units and wyrms units in animation shop to test your theory and I have to say I see exactly what you mean and have to agree that once in motion wyrms are better...
The loss of his talents to sim city is still sad though,we can never have enough talented unit creators around here.

@Wyrm: Thanks for the link to rips whereabouts.The site is currently down though so I couldnt see what he is doing with his talents these days...I'll have to check it out later...
Oh and btw thanks in advance for all your hard work on the SOE series. cant
wait to see all your new units in action...
 
I think if you go into the old Unit Library (The one started by Lab Monkey) you will find an amphibious tank by Smoking Mirror. I'm not sure, though.

EDIT:Crocodile by Smoking Mirror
It's about 1/2 way down the page.
 
Hi, I'm not sure if you tried the Balancer Reloaded, but its got a bunch of aqua assault tanks in the industrial era. Wyrmshadow and Riptide were both in the unit designer creds on this mod.
 
T.A JONES said:
Hi, I'm not sure if you tried the Balancer Reloaded, but its got a bunch of aqua assault tanks in the industrial era. Wyrmshadow and Riptide were both in the unit designer creds on this mod.
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T.A Jones, you are right. I had a glance on the units of this mod. There are at least the LVTA-4 and the LVTP 7 included. The mod Balancer Reloaded can be found at Evo.
 
@Virote: thanx for the link to SM's croc I might be able to fit this in somewhere.the graphics might be a little rough for me i'll have to try it out...

@ T.A. & Civ: :woohoo: This is exactly what I was looking for! That LVTP-4 is perfect for my mod.The lvtp-7 is too modern for what I'm trying to do.
:wow: At first I thought that I downloaded 500 MEGS to get one unit but this mod contains so many units that I dont think I've see before that are also good additions to my game. :goodjob: Cant thank you guys enough for pointing me in that direction.....

:rockon: :thanx: :banana:
 
Storm Grunt. Glad you got what you needed man. Thanks for the positive response. Its good to see the Balancer Reloaded get a little of the attention that it deserves! its an all around solid mod, to say the least...
Great idea those amphibious tanks are, by the way. I don't no why they wern't added in the expansions.:confused: Oh well! now its your modjob:) :hammer: All the best with your new project .
 
Ah it looks like u got lucky.

The LVTP-4 and a few others weren't suppose to be released yet with Balancer until the release of SOE. It looks like KP forgot and now i have to go and KILL him for it.
 
There were at least four units in the pack that I did not know before. The LVTP-4, the Ha-Go, the Vickers and the A6 Zero. I also found a lot of nice WW1 planes in the pack.

The download was worth the wait.
 
recon1591 said:
The LVTP-4 and a few others weren't suppose to be released yet with Balancer until the release of SOE. It looks like KP forgot and now i have to go and KILL him for it.
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Recon, please don´t kill him. He did a good job :)
 
Recon: Dont worry about it too much recon,at the rate I am able to work on my mod it will probably be at least 6 months before I could even think about releasing it.More likely a year, plus the more I think about it the more I would like to start with the LVTP-1 and upgrade to the LVTP-4 in the next era so I will probably still have to wait for you to decide to release the units anyway.

Ares de Borg: Is the A6 Zero different than the A6M Zero thats already out there? I saw that Ha-Go as well and liked it,also I dont remember seeing alot of the different arty units anywhere before....what a find this mod was :dance:
 
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