New Unit: Detective March 20, 2012

[Vuldacon]

"Sam Hammer" has trained New Detectives and they are ready to handle your "Dirty Jobs' discretely

Winner of the March 2012 Unit of the Month Contest

Winner of the 2012 Unit of the Year Contest

I needed new Detectives for EFZI2 Complete. They are Auto-produced from the Detective's Office.

No CIV Specific Color was used for this Unit.
Game Tested as usual.



Animation Flc speeds differ in Game from this one speed gif preview.


Included Files:
DetectiveDefault.flc
DetectiveRun.flc
DetectiveFortify.flc
DetectiveFidget.flc
DetectiveAttack.flc
DetectiveDeath.flc
DetectiveVictory.flc

Sounds:
DetectiveRun.wav
DetectiveFortify.wav
DetectiveFidget.wav
DetectiveAttack.wav
DetectiveDeath.wav
DetectiveVictory.wav

DetectiveLarge.pcx, DetectiveSmall.pcx
Detective_units_32.pcx
Alternate Civilopedia Images with different colored backgrounds.
Extra Files: Previews and gif file
Adjusted .INI File

You can download the Zip File here

 

[Kyriakos]

Excellent professional level unit

 

[Balthasar]

Very nicely done!! I like the way he backs up before dying, "ugh! Ya got me!"......plop.

 

[Kyriakos]

I think it could be used as a generic mafia guy too.

 

[Vuldacon]

Thanks Kyriakos and yes, I made this unit so it could be used as wanted. It has no Zombie reference in the sounds. It could be used for any unit position it will work for.

Balthasar... Thanks, the main reason I had him step back is because the frame size is 120 x 120 and he would fall through the enemy unless I animated him stepping back first.

Looks like I made the background for the preview a bit too dark but I wanted the Very Dark coat colors to show. He works and looks good on the map... stands out well.

 

[Ozymandias]

Wonderful & versatile!

,

Oz

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

At last, a counter-spy!

 

[imperator1961]

Absolutely top work! Very very good!

 

[Gary Childress]

I love the animations, very well done! I like the way he steps back before he falls, very natural look to it.

 

[Takhisis]

I need to hire this guy to investigate how Vuldacon manages to do such units.

 

[Vuldacon]

Yeah...Thanks for the feedback guys... sorry I have the preview so dark but the unit does look and work Great in game.

 

[Quinzy]

Beautiful.

 

[Jord Kells]

"No Mr. Pinkerton, I swear I'm innocent."

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

looking interesting... were he to lose the briafcase and wear a leather coat (although it wouldn't be visible at civ3 scale) he'd also make a perfect Gestapo guy

Lovely death animation, btw.

 

[T-mun]

Very nice unit once again Vuldacon! The animations are very nice and they fit perfectly for this kind of guy

 

[Balthasar]

were he to lose the briefcase and wear a leather coat (although it wouldn't be visible at civ3 scale) he'd also make a perfect Gestapo guy

I'd also like to see a version without the briefcase, so that I could put him into an earlier era, if it wouldn't be too much trouble to set that up. To match an even earlier era, all he'd need would be a wider tie.

 

[Plotinus]

Excellent work! I like the way his hat flips over onto his back in the death.

What human figure is this? Obviously not the PDM, but it looks like it matches the looks of the PDM well in the animations.

 

[Gary Childress]

Excellent work! I like the way his hat flips over onto his back in the death.

What human figure is this? Obviously not the PDM, but it looks like it matches the looks of the PDM well in the animations.

Looks like Michael 4, what I've been using.

 

[Vuldacon]

Yes... Michael 4 Model was used.

The one thing I would like to have changed is the height of his attack with the pistol.
I animated him pointing straight out, which works but due to lower enemies such as the Sewer Guards (Rats), the pistol is a bit high.
Perhaps would have been better to have him shoot from the hip level.
Guess most do not have such low enemies though

 

[Gary Childress]

I definitely like this guy. I'm thinking he may make a good spy, secret police or Gestapo guy for a WW2 mod. With detect invisible he would be the only unit capable of finding invisible partisans. Hmmm.