New Unit: Dhow

Orthanc

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

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 :scan: :
Dhow

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

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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 ;))
 
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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.:D
 

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Thank you for taking my request! You are a very talented boatbuilder and I love your work. This one's awesome! Thanks again!
 
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.
 
Mithadan said:
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!
 
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:)
 
The Last Conformist said:
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.
 
Sweet!
Two questions:

How is this sized in game and what is next?
 
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.
 
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