Oh Dark Sheer help me oh please Master of unit creation

[Scipio Africanu]

Hehe. Alright I was about to release my realism mod when I decided that I felt it could have a lot more options very capable of making modern combat much more realistic. I myself am working on a modification of the Carrier for a WWII style carrier and don't know how you do it, but i'm making ground. However to my point since the carrier is taking so long I was wondering if you could do me a favor in making a unit for me. I know you already have one or two requests lined up and I'm in no rush being my carrier will take some time but if you could halp me with a unit, I would be in your debt (how I could repay it, i'm not sure).

So I was wondering if you could make a Mobile Scud to use. The reason is the cruise missle is a U.S. ordinance only and I think it would make a lot more sense to make it America's Unique Unit. However I think the rest of the world has to have an option to counter this, which in our world is the Russian Scud Missle on mobile launcher which has been highly proliferated and makes sense as a multi cultural weapon. I searched the web for an hour and could only come up with 2 pictures! one isn't on the interenet so im gonna attach it. The other should appear on the top and represents the best model I could find. I wish I could find other angle's, I'll keep looking but even my precious Google could only deliver these few to me. One thing is that they are differnt models so have a few differences in look. The grey model attached is the Scud B Launcher, the one on top is the Scud C. Whichever is easier to create I would be happy to accept. If you can't, I understand, but I need some help because im already way past my expected release date . Otherwise, thanks either way.

 

[Scipio Africanu]

This pic is from the rear of a destroyed SAM missle launcher. It is supposed to be very similier to the Scud Launcher so here it is for what its worth, which isn't much.

 

[Dark Sheer]

Alright, I will try to finish that truck by today (If I don't play Civ3 ) or tomorrow.

I will try to cook up something for your scud launcher. You want it to be a missile by itself (ie a mobile missile launcher which is a cruise missile unit in Civ3) or a missile transport? Of course a missile transport will not have attack flc but I think you can make it sort of like an artillery unit with longer range of bombardment ?

Let me know which one

 

[Scipio Africanu]

Mucho's Gracias Dark Sheer. I'd like to have it mobile missle launcher which is a cruise missle unit. So to give a good counter for the cruise missle itself .

The units aspects will be

Scud Missle Launcher
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Attack - None
Defense - None
Movement - 3, to represent its on a fast moving vehicle
Bombard - A few points lower then the cruise missle
Rate of Fire - 2, because they take more time to prepare then the cruise for launch.

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Unfortunatly my stats will be different for the unit because my realism mode has changed unit numbers to make combat more realistic for more modern units, though it isn't nearly as drastic as you might think. However, with any luck i'll be able to throw it on in and change them to compliment my mod. Whatever and whenever, a thousand thanks mano.

 

[Dark Sheer]

I think know what to do now

Let me finish the truck first GenPatton is counting on that one

By the way, how do you attach 2 gif in the same message?

 

[Scipio Africanu]

No worries on the wait Dark Sheer, take your time because i'm gonna need it for my Carrier . I attached two images by putting one in through url.

I used the command to attach them. Click on the link that says [IMG] code under the forum rules list on any of the post's or if you are replying. It will tell you how to post pictures that are elsewhere on the net. Unfortunatly I don't know how to attach two pics through the attach file box further down below. Just incase, the easiest way to find a pics URL is to right click on it on the net and click on properties, it will give you the url that you can just copy and then paste onto the message.

By the way, is there anything I can do to repay this act of kindness your showing me? If its within my power and time constraints i'd be more then happy :).

 

[Scipio Africanu]

Here's a few more pictures to help you out Dark Sheer. Did some more searching. Like I said, no rush mon-a-mei, just puttin em up for future reference.

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Side View.

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Scud Raised for launch.

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Thats it so far. Hopefully more to come with other angles.

 

[Scipio Africanu]

just a bump to keep this from falling off the page.

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by Scipio Africanu
just a bump to keep this from falling off the page.

Hehe, no worries. I should be posting the first prototype frame within the next 1-2 days and I will keep updating this thread until the unit is completed so it has no chance to fall off the page

 

[Dark Sheer]

Told ya I am going to keep this thread on the first page

Here is the first prototype animation

 

[qwertyAlien]

Originally posted by Dark Sheer
Told ya I am going to keep this thread on the first page

Here is the first prototype animation

Umm.. this isn'tfor me... buut.. it shakes a bit too much..

 

[Madeira]

aff, looks like that missile is getting ready to detonate

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by qwertyAlien


Umm.. this isn'tfor me... buut.. it shakes a bit too much..

Heh, I thought so too

But its still a prototype and the final product is still about a week or so away

 

[Scipio Africanu]

Dark Sheer Does it Again! master . It looks good and if the rest looks as good as the first were in for a great unit. I was wondering if you could tone down the shaking though and maybe adda little color, but if you can't I understand. A thousand thanks again Dark Sheer becasue its looking excellent.

 

[Dark Sheer]

I have tone down the shaking alot on this one

And when you say color, do you mean you want the launcher to have military fatigue on the body like the truck? If so it can be arranged And usually what color is the missile? Green or sandy like what it is currently? I guess it depends on which country the photo come from right? A scud from middle east I would expect them to look sandy due to the desert terrain there

Just let me know the color scheme before I start apply it to the prototype and do the other 7 directions

 

[Madeira]

Just a sugestion, it will look better if the whole vehicle shakes except the wheels, not just the missile area.
As for the color, I sugest military green with a black or gray missile for instances.

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by Madeira
Just a sugestion, it will look better if the whole vehicle shakes except the wheels, not just the missile area.
As for the color, I sugest military green with a black or gray missile for instances.

I think I will make the whole vehicle shake

And the color scheme idea is not bad. I still want a feedback from Scipio on the color though since this is his request as well

And keep those suggestion coming as eventually the unit will be available for download by all. I am not creating it for my own consumption

 

[Scipio Africanu]

Well if I were to pick colors I guess I would go with military green for the vehicle, and the missle could be its base color now with a couple of strips to represent the nations colors or perhaps a different shade of military green. Just a request though, if it feeds to much into your time no worries mano, like I said it looks great and keeps looking better . Viva La Dark Sheer!

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by Scipio Africanu
Well if I were to pick colors I guess I would go with military green for the vehicle, and the missle could be its base color now with a couple of strips to represent the nations colors or perhaps a different shade of military green. Just a request though, if it feeds to much into your time no worries mano, like I said it looks great and keeps looking better . Viva La Dark Sheer!

I am ok on working with this flc files as a past time

My only concern is I sort of stuck at the moment and I am dying to continue with it (bad habit of mine, when start on something very hard to stop ). Anyway, with the current info I can now continue!! Will continue to post the progress on this thread

 

[Dark Sheer]

Here is the revised animation with Military Green and now the whole vehicle shake instead of only the missile