Here's a WW1 battleship

[TVA22]

This one's not supposed to be any specific ship, just a rather generic WW1 battleship--a unit I felt was missing from this game from the start. The battleship Firaxis gave us is an Iowa Class, which to me makes no sense, as it represents battleships at the zenith of their technological lives, but not the battleship in it's true hayday. The battleship unit in this game, I thought should be the battleships of Tsushima strait and of course, the one everybody knows, Jutland! So thats when I decided to bridge the gap between ironclad and destroyer. Though I'd still make this one more powerful than the destroyer, but that's just me.

You'll have to make a new unit called "Battlewagon." I'm sure most of you know a battlewagon is a battleship, just another way of saying the same thing. I didn't name it WW1 battleship, because I think that sounds too much like an rts unit, and besides, I like some variety in my units.
Enjoy!

 

[BoneDoc]

Just downloaded it. Very nice work!!!

 

[Ed O'War]

Weren't WWI Battleships also called Dreadnoughts?

 

[TVA22]

Yes, indeed they were called dreadnoughts. The first modern battleship was infact the HMS Dreadnought.

Hardly anyone is giving me any feedback on this one... I thought it was the best one I'd done yet, plenty of downloads, just no responses. Is the unit not working out okay?

 

[Hurricane]

Originally posted by TVA22
Yes, indeed they were called dreadnoughts. The first modern battleship was infact the HMS Dreadnought.

Hardly anyone is giving me any feedback on this one... I thought it was the best one I'd done yet, plenty of downloads, just no responses. Is the unit not working out okay?

Just one word: screenshots! I want to see what it looks like before I go through the process of actually installing the new unit.

 

[joebasstard]

About your mention of Dreadnoughts-
I recently corresponded with Razorwing about including some naval units to bridge the huge gaps left by the game designers. Prominent among the ships I'd like to see are the Dreadnought and the "Turretship" or "Iron Battleship". The Turretship represents the sea-going battleships between the 1880's and about 1905. This type of ship included the ships in U.S. "Great White Fleet" for example. They were slower, Not as well armored or armed as a Dreadnought, but could easily defeat a Civil-war era ironclad. Another note: Most Civil-War era ironclads were notoriously unseaworthy, because they were basically level with the surface of the water. As well they were slow.They were designed for coastal and harbor use only. On my game I always reduce the ironclad's bombard strength, increase its defense, make it "sink in ocean", and one point slower. Another type of ship, the "Iron Frigate" existed, such as "New Ironsides". The French built the first one, "LaGloire" in about 1859(?). A little slower than a frigate, same attack, more defense, and seaworthy. More expensive than an "ironclad" but a little LESS heavily armored.
I made a complete "default" flic file for the "Iron Battleship" that looks pretty good, But I can't seem to make a unit that won't crash the game. I create a folder under ..Art/units, made an .ini file, copied some wav files from other units, etc. But I'm missing something, and I'm more of a graphics guy than a programmer. What am I doing wrong?
I attached a zip of the Iron Battleship: I only made one flc file so I used it for everything (I'm not doing all that labor until I figure out how to make this work) and I cheated on some things.
I will attach a file that gives many naval units and my ideas of more proper CIV values.
Anyone who wants to help with this or comment is welcome.

 

[Taé Shala]

May we get some screenshots?

 

[spincrus]

It would be so kind of you to add preview graphics of the unit when posting.

 

[sealman]

Originally posted by SpincruS
It would be so kind of you to add preview graphics of the unit when posting.

Ditto

 

[joebasstard]

[What do they look like?
May we get some screenshots?]

Not sure how to do screenshots. Here's a small jpeg that is easy to download.

 

[joebasstard]

Wow. easier than I thought. Here's TWA22's Dreadnought ("Battlewagon").

 

[TVA22]

I stated on my other two units, the Chinese Junk, and the Yamato-Class battleship, that I didn't know how to put an animation on here. On my yamato thread, I was directed to a site where I could get animation shop. I tried to download it, and it's taking me 1 hour and 20 minutes to get the program. I have a 56 k. It also slows down my other computer functions. As a result, I don't think I'll be finishing that download.

Personally, I'd rather be working on my next project for this game. The units I'm making are really for me anyway. Unlike Dark Sheer, who takes requests, I've just made units my friends and I want in this game.

So, it's not that I'm lazy... maybe I am, I just loathe the idea of sitting for 1 and a half hours downloading something on my dial-up, which ties up my only phone line. I'll be making and posting my future projects, the Bismark, Japanese Imperial Marines, Kamikaze, B-29 bomber, WW2 aircraft carrier, and perhaps some other infantry units. I'd be happy to post still shots of my units, but I've been reading that the pcx files don't work, so I'm still stuck.

 

[TVA22]

There's a picture up just as I wrote that! JoeBasstard, you beat me by a couple seconds!! hahaha Well yes, there they are. They both look a lot alike!. Could make a good transition to one another.

 

[papajohns]

you could always just do a print screen in windows when your making the unit, that way it'll copy it to the clipboard and then just cut it to the size and post the picture...

 

[joebasstard]

(BAH
There's a picture up just as I wrote that! JoeBasstard, you beat me by a couple seconds!! hahaha Well yes, there they are. They both look a lot alike!. Could make a good transition to one another.)

Your Dreadnought looks great! A good example of Dreadnoughts battling against 'Iron Battleships' would be the Russo-Japanese war, when a small squadron of Japanese Dreadnoughts defeated larger Russian force of "Iron Battleship' style warships.
For screenshots, save your pcx as a .gif or .jpg and attach it.

 

[Dirk Aurel]

Just wanted to say great work TVA22,a WW1 ship was definitely missing,dled your Yamato too.I like battleships a lot,so am looking forward to your Bismarck.As for the B-29,I read you don´t take requests but wouldn´t a B-52 be of more use, the bomber in the game is similar to a B-17 so what we need is one in between WW2 bombers and modern stealth bombers. Well just a suggestion,keep up the good work.

 

[stainz]

here,s the Battlewagon

and the Iron Battleship

Nice work (-:

 

[Madeira]

I agree with Dirk Aurel, we need a B52
Also looking forward to a WW2 carrier and any other ships you may make.

Good looking Dreadnought!

 

[spincrus]

See? By posting the screenshot, you just added another person to the download count.

Very nice work, can't wait for the new ones!

 

[Sprinthex]

TVA22 you are the best unit creater for Civ3 yet...Keep that industrial period rolling with your up-and-coming units!

Awesome work!

Dont forget to visit TVA22's and my CIV3 website at http://www.civ3freaks.8k.com