Tom's Unit Factory
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Jerry'sGoldfish
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tom, i do not know how to tell you, there is a stronghold toolbox, a tool which allows you to see the sprites of the stronghold units, would it be possible to import units from there, animals most likely...i hope u can
tom2050
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Stronghold PC game... I don't have it. I looked up the toolbox, and from what I can see, units probably can be exported into a Civ 3 unit. I haven't been making units lately because of lack of time.
I started doing recolors, and then converting units from games like Stronghold. Anyone can do it, they just need to learn the steps. From what I see, there are only a few animals in that game: Wolves, Bears, Deer, Rabbits, Cows, Lions, and Camels. I think most of these are already made.
Balthasar
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If anyone spots a wild horse that could be converted anywhere, we could really use one to replace Dark Sheer's horse.
Jerry'sGoldfish
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i think there must be a horse in diablo, as well as many units as captains, soldiers and civilians...this could be a mighty task for mighty tom....
I'm just curious: how do various people use animals in their mods, especially domesticated ones? (Wild carnivores are, I presume, mostly Barbarian stand-ins.)
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Oz
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Oz
Hmmm ... I was thinking that maybe foot nomad units might "enslave" horses and turn them into combat units. As for cows ... maybe wild cattle "Princess" units for the slaughter??
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Jerry'sGoldfish
Emperor
there is a mule in alexander pc game, a pretty good one. if somebody could convert it, there are also other animals. we need a good stag...
Jerry'sGoldfish
Emperor
can you also get the gazelle from aoe 1?? and the crocodile, lion, and elephant, also there some birds, as i remember...
nick0515
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I have at times thought about using animals as capturable flag units that can be captured for VP and cash. In fantasy scenarios animals make great extra units for many civs too, well the more ferocious ones anyway. I guess some animals could be flag units produced by buildings eg cattle that could be transported to a vp location for rewards too.
Mmmk, I'll do an AOE animals pack as soon as possible (i.e. as soon as I get my CD RW unit working).
sepamu92
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Tom himself has already done a lot of animal units, including a deer and a croc. Check the first page of this thread and scroll down to "Animal Units".
nick0515
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And the AOI lion has already been done. The Elephant would be a nice addition.
Balthasar
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Hmmm ... I was thinking that maybe foot nomad units might "enslave" horses and turn them into combat units. As for cows ... maybe wild cattle "Princess" units for the slaughter??
-Oz
I have 'wild horses' in my Old West Mod, which, like Bison, can be fairly easily captured from a 'nature civ'. I also have horses autoproduced by a Horse Farm, or (less often) by a Stable. Horse + 1 citizen upgrades to Horseman. I like your idea for cattle, only they would be autoproduced by a Cattle Farm, which would require occasional 'Cattle Drives' to get them back to the capitol for 'sacrifice' - ahem, butchering.
Jerry'sGoldfish
Emperor
as i said before nomad people used cattle to attack and disrupt an enemy front line....so cattle could prove very usefull
Virote_Considon
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For domesticated animals, they could be given no discernible use but to disband them. If given a shield cost, that could help towards a cities' production.
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I am making (converting) a Lion; need it for CoMM3, also converted some 2d graphics of a cow (yes, a black/white one)/pig. There are a bunch others I found online (not the best, but good enough) that are pretty easy to do. I remember seeing a riderless elephant unit somewhere, can't remember though, I'll have to look for it.
Some of these 2d graphics aren't quite in Civ3 isometric, they are a bit off (the horses are pretty far off). The smaller animals aren't noticeable. There is a donkey in there. Some more deer.
http://www.reinerstilesets.de/2d-grafiken/2d-animals/
Some of these 2d graphics aren't quite in Civ3 isometric, they are a bit off (the horses are pretty far off). The smaller animals aren't noticeable. There is a donkey in there. Some more deer.
http://www.reinerstilesets.de/2d-grafiken/2d-animals/
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