Designing a War of the Worlds Scenario & Modpack

[Thorgrimm]

Thanks Dude is that a model of a fighting machine in your post.

Cheers Ken

 

[Thorgrimm]

Let's see if i got it right this time.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Here's some more stuff

 

[Wyrmshadow]

and more. these are all from the official site that no longer exists.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Thorgrimm, have you been able to see my video yet? have you tried using realplayer?

 

[Thorgrimm]

Wyrmshadow did you just pull these down or did you already have them. the website the game rules directs you to is www.gtgames.com and they auto-redirected me to the atari site.

Also hate to ask again but could you convert your movie to bik format as that is the format the game uses. Wouldn't it be great if these units could be turned into units for the game.

No i updated my media player to series 9 and it plays the sound fine. It states that it had problems downloading the codec what ever that means. Do you use a special coding of some kind? I used realplayer the free download and all it would play is the sound.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Maybe the third time is a charm

 

[Wyrmshadow]

I dont know what to tell you about the movie
I got those pictures years ago.
I do not have a bik converter. My Smacker no longer works.
Im not talented enough to make those models... if they were straight polygons it would be another matter entirely but I can't do round objects worth crap.

 

[MarineCorps]

Thorgrimm, a few things
1. I should have the smoke done by monday if I work most of the weekend as planned.
2. Cool cities
3. Might I suggest another website for making this scenario:CDgroup.org should give you acsess to a larger number of modders. Some have projects so I don't know how much help you can get.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Here is Central Europe

 

[Thorgrimm]

And Here is the Great Plains in the United States

 

[Thorgrimm]

Gentlemen Does anybody have information on the Australian rail net in 1895? Specifically Which cities were connected by major lines.


Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Thorgrimm]

Gentlemen i have been getting some feedback, and 1 idea that was put forward was that the scenario should be Europe and America only. It has merit because out side those 2 areas in 1895, besides Japan the world could not provide enough resistance to halt the Martians.

Question since it is to late to post a poll i will ask, do you want the scenario global or just Europe and America?

Please post your opinions so i may know whether i should change it ot not.

Thanks Thorgrimm

 

[JtheJackal]

Making it more localized might be better so you could have higer detail for the map and make the battles more interesting.

 

[Amenhotep7]

But the Martian motivation was to kill off all or most humans to colonize...They'd still have humans in South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia...And it would add more variety...

 

[JtheJackal]

Yeah, but the Martians in the book were going from town to town wiping out resitance. The martians didn't overrun London until late Monday, after they left the pit on Thursday(?) and the Martians wern't that far away from the city to begin with. I think making the map more detailed would be better to capture the feel of the book.

 

[Amenhotep7]

Well, it's Thorgrimm's descision whether or not he wants to make this a localized or global conflict...So, Thor, what'll it be?

 

[Thorgrimm]

@JtheJackal Actually the sequence of events were thus:

Day-1 Friday- Midnight; The first Martian cylinder lands in Surrey on the Common between Horsell, Ottershaw and Woking.

11PM- A company of soldiers form a cordon around the edges of the Common. A squadron of Hussars, two Maxim guns and four hundred men of the Cardigan Regiment depart for the Common from Aldershot.

Day 2- Saturday-6 PM- A clash between the Martians and the soldiers around the first pit on Horsell Common occurs.

7 PM- The artillery at Horsell Common is wiped out by the first of the Martian Fighting Machines.

Day 3 - Sunday- 8PM- Heavy fighting is audible all over South London. They move on a line through Byfleet and Pyrford towards Ripley and Weybridge. The guns on St. Georges' Hill are destroyed.

9:30PM- The Martians unleash their Black Smoke against the forces between themselves and London.

11PM- the siege guns at Richmond Hill and Kingston Hill are destroyed within a quarter of an hour.

Day 4- Monday- Early morning shortly before dawn- The exodus from London begins. Approximately half of the members of the government gather at Birmingham. It was the beginning of the rout of civilization, the massacre of Mankind.

2PM- A fighting Machine appears beyond the clock tower(Big Ben) and wades down river.

After that it is just the Martians wiping out scattered resistance as organised resistance is crushed.

So as you can see the Martians Wiped out British resistance in southern England in just four days.

After reflection i will probably do both types of scenarios. As i have plenty of time, with me being on injured reserve for work.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Gentlemen i have the basic build that can run, but when an advisor pops up the game locks up. Has anyone had this problem or seen it? If you have could you please help me figure out what i need to correct.


Thanks Thorgrimm

 

[Thorgrimm]

Here is a picture of the Martian Blood Farm.

Enjoy