NOTARZT you are GREAT!!! I don't know how a guy like you and me could do such stuff. awesome. terrible. Could it be that you didn't knew how to produce well skinned units a few days ago?? now you are makeing 3D models of anything you want to. yeah ... i think you need a software concern who will help you getting more and more skill! you are talented no doubt!
What i realy like is the Titlescreen!! AWESOME!!
and The Sound when i hear that wardrums i want to go to waaaaar in spearman formations . . . . if you know what i mean. AWESOME!!
that sound isn't from the orginal game or?
Yeah i was talking about the sound of Teuta (Illyiran) - you get when you open the diplomatic window to her... Whos great Idea was it to include this sound?? Awesome!! That sound is realy ancient warish.
I played my game with phoenicia further. I decided to build up and big Army as i got catapults and place it on three points at the boarder to hamurabi (in those situations you should hear the Music of Illyrian civi). With catapults and enough Troops it was just a question of time till the first city fall in my hands. I diceded to rest and defend the city. Another City of him was captured by cultur. I almost put troops at the Citygates but did not attack cause of the population of only one. it was a small dessert city.
After that Kürus and his Lydian Civilization declared War at me. Now my Army was strong enough to Hold back many Troops of him and i also secured my Mamor. He attacked in much Waves. But i got Iron and Iron Smiths and my capital is produceing military units faster cause of the national wonder i got in it. infrantary only takes on round. i used one of my phoenician trerime as a farry to the city Lydia attacked. So from one to the next turn i got a fresh produced and high developed Soldier in my City to defend his waves.
There the session stoped.
Next Session i will attack Lydia cause its army is now week. so much Lydian soilders lost their lives at the walls of my City. Their Ionian Hoplites even cant do something about my well balanced army. I will produce more infrantery and catapults to conquer his land. Then no more closed boarder could hold me back of conquering greek and be the mediteranean power of the east.
Carthage and Iberia got too big empires. Since i am in war my science is not as good as before. I was the first Civi in the points. Now they are miles away from me, cause i builded armys not Cityimprovements.
I realy like the sound of the Illyrian Civi.GREAT!
Next Point: - The Map
I think it is realy nice for a Strategic counquer the mediteranean sea and build a empire game. Also it realy fits, cause i got enough hammers, enough food, enough gold, enough sience.
So you have to conquer other Lands to get a bigger Empire.
If there would be a bigger map maybe technologys would appear too early in game progress cause you could build much more citys.
Or it would be laggy on some pc's.
I also think the map is nice much resource, really good balanced.
Eaven there is not too much Arabia or Sahara.
Surely Carthage and Iberia got too much Room to settle. What about includeing a Mauretanian Civi and another Civi which neads Room in Spain. Maybe you could get some idieas if you play this one:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=186
Its an old DosGame: Centurio - Defender of Rome
Included Province every Province got their Owen Civilization so you could get some ideas from it.
I had started painting a Map 140 x 71 (includeing britania)
I think maybee it is too huge. (ship would need more movement)
Phase of Settleing and contacting other civilizations would take longer.
Here is a GIF, so you know wich Area i tooked. its already in resolution 140 x 71.