Designing a War of the Worlds Scenario & Modpack

[Thorgrimm]

Here is the Tripod Manufactury

 

[Thorgrimm]

Here is the Triadmantanium Extractor

These pictures lose a lot of detail when converted to jpeg.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Here is the Microwave Transmitter

 

[Thorgrimm]

Wyrmshadow The sounds for the Manta and tripod play much too fast. How do i slow down the speed of the sounds.


Thanks Thorgrimm

Here is the Martian Council Relay (Courthouse)

 

[Wyrmshadow]

When I made the manta I was just begining unit construction so everything about it is rough around the edges. I dont have any fancy sound programs but I do the best I can. Do you have any sound effect that just feature a single green pulse?

 

[Thorgrimm]

Unfortunately no the only sound effects are what i have pulled off the website here.

Here is the Copper Forge (Factory)

 

[Flamegrape]

Have you seen the martian tripod machines that were depicted in the most recent issues of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"? If not, I'll make a scan tomorrow and post it here. They reminded me of something out of Samurai Jack.

 

[Thorgrimm]

@Flamegrape I would be most interested in seeing their version of the tripods.


In case anybody is interested i posted my Civ2 version of The War of the Worlds scenario in the Scenario creation forum of the civ 2 section. Check it out and tell me what you think while i work on the civ 3 version.

Thanks Thorgrimm

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Here's the bik file you asked for. Keep in mind its heavily compressed to fit 2 megs rather than 17!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/wotwbik.zip

 

[Flamegrape]

Originally posted by Thorgrimm
@Flamegrape I would be most interested in seeing their version of the tripods.

I would probably get into trouble posting the images I have made. So here are links to the images I have posted on my own website:

http://www.flamegrape.com/pics/martianTripod1.jpg

http://www.flamegrape.com/pics/martianTripod2.jpg

http://www.flamegrape.com/pics/martianTripod3.jpg

http://www.flamegrape.com/pics/martianTripod4.jpg

I hope this provides some inspiration.

 

[Thorgrimm]

@ Wyrmshadow What can i say? You are more talented than you give yourself credit for. I just used the bik you provided in the intro for civ3 and when i was finished i wanted to play the scenario right away. I was right it will make a great intro for the mod. I bow down to your greatness.

@Flamegrape are these from the new issue of the League? If they are i will go out and get those issues.
Thanks for the pics dude.


Now only if i could figure out why the scenario locks when the advisiors appear, or when i either take a city or raze it.

Thanks Thorgrimm

A view of the Handling Machine

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Was the bik bright enough for you to read the 2 title images? I made that thing years ago, unfortunately I can't refine it because the original files have been corrupted.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Yes it was bright enough. I like the way you made the jets of gas on Mars yhe launch of starships and the cylinders landing craft.


I am going to try and use this as a splash screen if i can figure out how to make one.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

What jets of gas?? It's probably just an artifact of the compression process. The only jets of gas in the whole things are when the cylinder is landing. Granted it's more "photon torpedo" than the cylinder featured in the book, but I just couldnt picture how that version would be practicle.

 

[Thorgrimm]

@ Wyrmshadow i apologise i meant Wells description of jets of gas erupting from Mars. Where you had the starship entering Earth orbit and i just combined the two ideas. He also described that the cylinder as it was falling it seemed to have green jets of gas coming from it, and you had the cylinder have landing jets. I also just combined those two ideas together. Which maybe i am wrong, but i think you combined those ideas very well.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Well i think i found a bug in ver 1.27 for PTW. I had elimination checked for game conditions and when the game tried to carry out the action it would hard lock my computer and i would have to use the power button to restart my computer. When i removed that condition i could raze the city on my own and the computer would not lock up Hurray!! Well back to working on my scenario.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

All this recent talk about WOTW had got me working last night. I completely redid my little movie, took out a few scenes and added more. Now it is nearly 3 minutes long and in a heavy compressed bik format its more than 6 megs, so I have no easy way to give it to you Thorgrimm.

 

[MarineCorps]

Thorgrimm, I got a little bored last night so I spent two and a half hours working on your unit. I just have to do a couple more changes and fixes and testing before it's ready so expect it either tonight or tommorow.

 

[Thorgrimm]

@ Wyrmshadow do you think you can attach it to an email as i have a cable internet connection and my email can handle it.

@Marine Corps that would be appreciated as my Martians are missing their Black Smoke dischargers.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

I can't handle 6 megs of upload. I have a slow dial up connection.