Or only a sub that is in a blocus mod, and can try to sink neutral vessel... forcing the owner of the said vessel to declare war in retribution. Didn't the German sink some American ships before being at war with the USA?
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thestonesfan
A Client of Ron Kuby
Well, in WWI they sure did. A lot of Americans died when they sunk the Lusitania, that caused a lot of outrage. (Rightly so). I'm not sure about WW2. It seems likely that they would have hit US shipping to Britain pretty hard.
Pardon me for being ignorant, but what do you mean by "blocus" mod?
It might be interesting if subs did fire on any non-allied ships that happened by. You'd have to be careful where you put them.
Pardon me for being ignorant, but what do you mean by "blocus" mod?
It might be interesting if subs did fire on any non-allied ships that happened by. You'd have to be careful where you put them.
I think I will add a "mode" for all the units :
- attack
- defend
- peacekeeping
- blocus
- explore
- etc.
- attack
- defend
- peacekeeping
- blocus
- explore
- etc.
thestonesfan
A Client of Ron Kuby
Oh - Is "blocus" French for blockade? I get it now! Cool idea.
What would the peacekeeping mode entail?
What would the peacekeeping mode entail?
Quelling rioting / rebellion... even in an territory belonging to someone else, provided some conditions are met (like the existence of UN).
thestonesfan
A Client of Ron Kuby
Originally posted by Steph
Hey...never take it for granted that I know anything!
After some code tweaking, I've managed to make the rendering in the map 30 times faster.
Now my editor works "instantly" (but only with 1x1 brush right now), and the scrolling of the map is relatively smooth.
I'm currently adding the relief (hills, mountains, high mountains), then I'll do the vegetation and the rivers. I hope it will be ready at the beginning of next week.
Some new features comparing to civ III :
- Hills and mountains can exist in Tundra, Desert, Plain or Grassland
- Hills and mountains can have no vegetation, Forest, Jungle.
- Mountains exist also as high mountains (ie snow cap, but with different attributes, like impassable to most units)
- Their will be two kind of rivers : major and minor.
Of course, you can have several combinations, and some are forbidden.
For instance, if you add Forest in a Tundra Hill, the Forest will be snow covered. If you add it on a Plain Hill, there won't be Snow.
Jungle can exist only with Grassland.
Desert cannot have vegetation at all.
I hope to be able to post a new screenshot showing the different climate hills and mountains (without vegetation yet) this evening or tomorrow.
Now my editor works "instantly" (but only with 1x1 brush right now), and the scrolling of the map is relatively smooth.
I'm currently adding the relief (hills, mountains, high mountains), then I'll do the vegetation and the rivers. I hope it will be ready at the beginning of next week.
Some new features comparing to civ III :
- Hills and mountains can exist in Tundra, Desert, Plain or Grassland
- Hills and mountains can have no vegetation, Forest, Jungle.
- Mountains exist also as high mountains (ie snow cap, but with different attributes, like impassable to most units)
- Their will be two kind of rivers : major and minor.
Of course, you can have several combinations, and some are forbidden.
For instance, if you add Forest in a Tundra Hill, the Forest will be snow covered. If you add it on a Plain Hill, there won't be Snow.
Jungle can exist only with Grassland.
Desert cannot have vegetation at all.
I hope to be able to post a new screenshot showing the different climate hills and mountains (without vegetation yet) this evening or tomorrow.
thestonesfan
A Client of Ron Kuby
Unbelievable. I'll never play another game again!
I think you should still paly another game, at least for the many months I will need to completly finish the game.
But you can also enlist for the beta, when application will be required
But you can also enlist for the beta, when application will be required
Time for the screenshots. But not the promised one. I've said there won't be vegetation.... There are!
First, a screenshot zoomed out to have an idea of the mini editor.
First, a screenshot zoomed out to have an idea of the mini editor.
Here you can select what brush you want to use. It is a combination of 3 factors :
- Background or climate : Grassland, Plain, Desert, Tundra
- Relief : Flat, Hill, Mountains, High Mountain
- Vegetation : none, Pine forest, forest and Jungle
- Background or climate : Grassland, Plain, Desert, Tundra
- Relief : Flat, Hill, Mountains, High Mountain
- Vegetation : none, Pine forest, forest and Jungle
And here is a closer look at the result.
The top area is artic climate, with flat Tundra, Mountain Tundra with an without forest, hill tundra without vegetation, with forest and with pine forest.
On the left, the tropical : jungle covered hills and moutains.
On the bottom right, the plains, with hills, pine trees, forest...
On the bottom left, the desert. No vegetation, but desert hill and mountains.
In the center the grassland, with mountains, hills, with or wihtout forest or pine forest. The big snow covered mountain in the center is High mountains. It's a different kind of mountain that will be impassable, except to a few specific units, and will produce nothing.
The top area is artic climate, with flat Tundra, Mountain Tundra with an without forest, hill tundra without vegetation, with forest and with pine forest.
On the left, the tropical : jungle covered hills and moutains.
On the bottom right, the plains, with hills, pine trees, forest...
On the bottom left, the desert. No vegetation, but desert hill and mountains.
In the center the grassland, with mountains, hills, with or wihtout forest or pine forest. The big snow covered mountain in the center is High mountains. It's a different kind of mountain that will be impassable, except to a few specific units, and will produce nothing.
The result is a bit ugly because I've edited various graphics myself, and the colors do not always match well.
I'd happy to have better graphics if someone wants to make them : the game engine is OK, I just have to replace files.
On a side note, you will see that only mountains and hills have vegetation right now, I will add forest and jungles in flat lands tomorrow.
Some credits now : the terrain graphics are mixed of Snoopy's, CC39j, Cordy and Womok.
I'd happy to have better graphics if someone wants to make them : the game engine is OK, I just have to replace files.
On a side note, you will see that only mountains and hills have vegetation right now, I will add forest and jungles in flat lands tomorrow.
Some credits now : the terrain graphics are mixed of Snoopy's, CC39j, Cordy and Womok.
Warlord 101
Resident Animator II
May I ask if this excellent mod is available with a world map?
kryszcztov
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Excellent work ! I'm amazed at what 1 single person can do in so little time !! 
What about swamps, flood plains ? What mixes could they be the result of ?
Do you consider there will be coast, sea, and ocean tiles like in Civ3 (plus the lakes) ? I'm wondering if it wouldn't have been better to only have coast and sea tiles (plus the lakes)...
Also I like the snow mountain idea, time for some effective and interesting defensive strategies over mountains !
I follow your work closely and I hope you'll manage to get to the end of your project. I'm considering creating a scenario / mod about Antiquity for your game, I hope the editor will be very powerful, maybe I could make quite the same mod as I plan to do for C3C. (I might want to pick up my own thread way down in page 17 or so... )
What about swamps, flood plains ? What mixes could they be the result of ?
Do you consider there will be coast, sea, and ocean tiles like in Civ3 (plus the lakes) ? I'm wondering if it wouldn't have been better to only have coast and sea tiles (plus the lakes)...
Also I like the snow mountain idea, time for some effective and interesting defensive strategies over mountains !
I follow your work closely and I hope you'll manage to get to the end of your project. I'm considering creating a scenario / mod about Antiquity for your game, I hope the editor will be very powerful, maybe I could make quite the same mod as I plan to do for C3C. (I might want to pick up my own thread way down in page 17 or so...
)
aaminion00
Stoned
it's not a mod, but a whole seperate game
You may ask. It is not a mod. It is a future completly new game.
There should be swamp and flood plains, but obviously they will be available only in flat terrain, and I worked on relief only yesterday evening. For your information, I've done all the hills and mountains in 4 hours yesterday, it's not that complicated.
It's not snow mountain, but high mountain. Snow mountains are found in Tundra. High mountains will also exist for Desert, plain and Tundra.Originally posted by kryszcztov
Also I like the snow mountain idea, time for some effective and interesting defensive strategies over mountains !
Yes, that means 12 different kind of relief (hill, mountains, high mountains, for Desert, Plain, Grassland & Tundra). And with pine forest and forest version for most, and jungle for Grassland, I have a total of 80 different kind of relief. If you consider that each of them exist in 8 version (depending if they are adjacent to another relief or not), it means 640 different relief tiles.
Some ships should be able to do this, but I'm not sure, as rivers are not on the tile, but on the edge of it, it may be difficult to place the sprites correctly.
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