New Unit: Dhow

[Orthanc]

There honestly needs to be a boat icon to be put beside the thread name.

This is (obviously) the Dhow, a small arabian sailing transport requested by TopGun69. I think one's been made already, long time ago, but I'm guessing he wanted a more updated version (not that I did the old one)

Download here :
Dhow

Civilopedia AND animated preview attached below, have some more good ol' sailing fun!

 

[Stormrage]

Seriously Orthanc... you need to get on some kind of medication... It`s just not humanly possible to make such great ship units... I refuse to aknowledge it. I was never here, and I`ve never seen that unit, and I still hate to play with ship units. So there, my sanity is saved. (now go make that new Skaven ship )

 

[Bjornlo]

I really love those sails.

 

[Zion_Withrow]

I agree with Stormrage, Great job again

 

[Orthanc]

Yeah, I'm a little boat crazy, thanx everyone.

Actually, I messed up some of the sound files, not sure which ones were bad so I just converted them all to the proper format. I've attached to this post the corrected files in a zip.

If anyone else has issues with sounds from any of my other units, I've got all the proper ones on my comp now, so just ask and ye shall recieve.

 

[TopGun]

Thank you for taking my request! You are a very talented boatbuilder and I love your work. This one's awesome! Thanks again!

 

[utahjazz7]

That looks very cool.

 

[Mithadan]

Wow, it is very graceful! I know there is another old-school dhow unit, but I can't remember what it looks like. I keep thinking of the junk for some reason.

 

[TopGun]

Wow, it is very graceful! I know there is another old-school dhow unit, but I can't remember what it looks like. I keep thinking of the junk for some reason.

It looked very generic. No real animation (basically just run anims), a textureless hull and featureless sails. Not bad for 2002/2003 but it pales compared to what our unit creators can do today!

 

[Yoda Power]

The old Dhow was made by Embryodead, and was pretty good. This unit is pretty good too, and it even looks a bit different, so it could be used as an upgrade for the older Dhow

 

[BadKharma]

Great job you are really making quite a shipyard!

 

[The Last Conformist]

What irked me about the old dhow was that it kept turning up in ancient/medieval scenarios, despite having a cannon attack!

 

[Quinzy]

well done orthanc. great unit. you are master-ship builder extrordinaire!

 

[Ares de Borg]

Great work and a fantastic addition to the old Dhow.

 

[Aluminium]

One more nice ship.

 

[Snorken]

Looks very good!

 

[NavyDawg]

Great unit. Thanks for including an arrow attack.

 

[Takhisis]

What irked me about the old dhow was that it kept turning up in ancient/medieval scenarios, despite having a cannon attack!

Also the galeass in TAM.

 

[Goldflash]

Sweet!
Two questions:

How is this sized in game and what is next?

 

[Orthanc]

It's about 2 thirds the size of the frigate, though the hull is considerably smaller. For my to-do list, you can always check here.