Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
Excellent... you are going to SHARE this model immediately, right? You're probably uploading it now!?!?!
[Development Thread]WW1 Mod: Blood and Iron
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snafusmith
Unit Maker
Excellent... you are going to SHARE this model immediately, right? You're probably uploading it now!?!?!
Nope, there are some that will be released only with the mod - this is one of those. Besides, it's not even done yet!
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
avain
(key)
The Navy Seal
Emperor
I might be able to help with the map/scenario if you need any help with that! 
snafusmith
Unit Maker
I might be able to help with the map/scenario if you need any help with that!
Sounds like a plan - I'll let you know when it comes time for that.
In the meantime, here's the latest status of the French forces:
SeZereth's awesome new pre-war French infantry is stunning, and perfect for the large formations that will be featured - it's hard to believe that it's only 400 polys - that's two thirds of what the standard firaxis infantry has.
Another addition is the French tank St. Charmond - always usefull in overcoming those pesky fortifications. To support it is it's smaller Renault brother, the FT17. With revised model/texture, this light tank fits right it.
Also notice the new flags - a big thanks to Asioasioasio for them - they're perfect for modern times.
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
Those are some pretty nice looking units...
avain
(key)
Amazing units, as always.
Does this mean that SeZereth is working for you - and his brilliant inf. is not going to get released until your mod is?
Does this mean that SeZereth is working for you - and his brilliant inf. is not going to get released until your mod is?
snafusmith
Unit Maker
I don't know if he wants to release them separate - it's up to him. But yes, he's bravely volunteered to help out with the figure units!
avain
(key)
This will be one AMAZING mod!
asioasioasio
Fallout Scrubber
Yeah indeed - it's unbelievible that he has only around 400 triangles.
396 to be exactly
was challanging, but it came along quiet nicely (except the shoes
), and with that we can have big formations and epic battles with good conscience. I am looking as forward to this mod as you guys are!French late and German units are in progress.
cheers.
If anyone has any good WWI era images of cities I'd love to make some city sets, but I'm not having much luck finding pics pre-1915 that I'm certain are actually pre-1915.
Also, would the cities be damaged or whole? I could most likely fill in several of the spots with rubble.
Also, would the cities be damaged or whole? I could most likely fill in several of the spots with rubble.
snafusmith
Unit Maker
Sorry Woodelf- I looked in vain a couple days ago for some good WW1 era pictures for the city sets. Hopefully someone else might have some better luck. For now, forus on cities as a whole - Can we even have cities that get damaged without any special code?
No problem smitty. That just means whatever I come up with can't be proven wrong.
How's this pic for a representative Italian city? It's Florence around 1970. Do you think it looks the same now as 1915?
As for bombed (damaged) cities I was thinking that once war nears a city it would be cool to change i'ts look. Not sure if that is possible though.
How's this pic for a representative Italian city? It's Florence around 1970. Do you think it looks the same now as 1915?
Spoiler :
As for bombed (damaged) cities I was thinking that once war nears a city it would be cool to change i'ts look. Not sure if that is possible though.
I just finished French late infantry
I heavily suggest smaller scale and bigger formations, its just awesome fighting like that
and I suggest using Cannon Animation for all Artillerie, adding the appropriate Infantrie as Cannonier (reboning or maybe straight from max). This adds a whole lot more Atmosphere, than a single Artillerie without Gunner.
I heavily suggest smaller scale and bigger formations, its just awesome fighting like that
and I suggest using Cannon Animation for all Artillerie, adding the appropriate Infantrie as Cannonier (reboning or maybe straight from max). This adds a whole lot more Atmosphere, than a single Artillerie without Gunner.
Also finished the German early units.
here, smitty this zip is for you and includes both, french and german... both havng 408 triangles with rifle
It could happen, that I finish the German late tomorrow, so if you have fotos of the next country... feel free to send them
I also fixed the bug with the rifle not showing up. works perfect now
I also want to emphasize my demand for artillerie crew. I say it now, so you might be able to consider it for your next artillerie models. (and maybe fix the old ones...)
this whole thing is going to be bloody awesome, if everything works out as well as I imagine
http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/83044/FrancelateGermanEarly.zip
snafusmith
Unit Maker
Also finished the German early units.
here, smitty this zip is for you and includes both, french and german... both havng 408 triangles with rifle
It could happen, that I finish the German late tomorrow, so if you have fotos of the next country... feel free to send them
I also fixed the bug with the rifle not showing up. works perfect now
I also want to emphasize my demand for artillerie crew. I say it now, so you might be able to consider it for your next artillerie models. (and maybe fix the old ones...)
this whole thing is going to be bloody awesome, if everything works out as well as I imagine
http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/83044/FrancelateGermanEarly.zip
Awesome work! I'll definitely send you some more pictures tonight - I've get them stored up for the major countries - I didn't want to flood you with info all at once.
I've tried in the past giving a crew to artillery pieces... I'm actually working on a set of animations that will have a truck or a horse cart pull the gun for the run animation, then the gun will be offloaded by men for the fortify, then fired by the crew for the animation. The only reason I don't show any picts so far is that I've only got a little bit of it done. Right now the default animations I've set up for the field guns works fine, so I'm using that until the longer stuff is done... I figure the mod/scenarios can be released without the fancy artillery at first then when I'm done we can add them in.
@Woodelf:
I like the picture of Florence, that's similar to what I'm looking for - to me the graphics in Civ4 look a little to American, Europe always felt a lot older to me (myselft being from the US) - pretty much anything would work well, I just always pictured English, French, German, Austrian, Russian, Italian, well- you name it, I always figured they had their own culture different from eachother - though it's not 100% crucial to the game, it would definitely help out with the overall feel of it... Besides, I can think of at least 10 modders out there that would love to have them too. Especially if they were made by someone who has been creating as long as you have.
@Dutchking:
I definitely want to find a spot for you on the team... for a start, do you want to make some improvements or units?
This is what we need right now:
1. Older style oil rig (wood or metal, it doesn't matter):
Spoiler :
2. WW1 Airfield (dirt strip with tents at one end - NO aircraft visible though)
3. New fort graphics (something like the French Fort de Douaumont at Verdun would be cool)
4. Recon balloons for all civs
5. Any of the many different types of trucks used during the war - Ford model T, Latil TAR French Truck, AEC 'YB' Type Lorrie, Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugwagen M.17, or any of the other support vehicles off this page at Landships.
Feel free to PM me and we can talk things out more - or message me on Yahoo at Snafusmitty.
In fact, what the heck, if anyone out there wants to help, or wants some input into the mod or to find out anything, feel free to contact me there. No guarantees I'll be able to chat for long, but I normally sign on when I work on units or stuff, just for fun.
-Smitty
Sounds good smitty. I found some 1900-ish pics for Russian, England, and Italy yesterday that should do. Most buildings sort of look like big warehouses. I'll mix homes, warehouses, and something cultural into the models.
I might have questions for some Europeans about texturing these since I can't tell in b/w pics if it's wood, brick, or other. And if anyone in these countries has a good link to pics please PM me.
I'll mix homes, warehouses, and something cultural into the models.I might have questions for some Europeans about texturing these since I can't tell in b/w pics if it's wood, brick, or other. And if anyone in these countries has a good link to pics please PM me.
