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Laman
04-01-2007, 07:14
Since Myrdraal earlier said that something was going to be released for RTW, I'm wondering, how much is still unfinished (of that that is going to be released). I assume skins for lots of units, unfortunately something I can't help with. I could perhaps help and tweak unit cost and effectiveness and that sort of thing that can be done with simple text editing, but unfortunately not much more.

However one idea I had, release something with a bunch of placeholder units where needed (using vanilla skins and/or those from those that are finished). Hopefully that might make some more people interested in helping out to finish it, just remember to make it clear that it is still very much not finished. And as far as the campaign:

-The Rand Era should be dropped, only bother with the early pre-Aiel War start.

-Don't include the Blight, don't even include the Borderlands, northern edge of map can be the northernmost point of Arad Doman and a straight line to the east. The main reason is, the Borderlands will hardly work with the RTW diplomatic ai, and assuming that all trollocs deciding to die just as Aes Sedai diplomacy goes completely FUBAR (since it is going to deteroriate into Total War :beam: ) seems to unlikely.

- Only have the real nations as factions, that is Cairhien, Andor, Tear, Illian, Murandy, Altara, Ghealdan, Amadicia, Tarabon and Arad Doman. Not Mayene or Tar Valon or such.

- Aiel may included or they may not, I would say do not include them (yet), but this depends on how much work has been made on them.

- As objectives for countries (here assuming BI), X provinces including cap and:
- Cairhien: Aringill, Caemlyn and the province north of Kinslayers Dagger
- Andor: Cairhien & Lugard
- Tear: Mayene & Illian
- Illian: Ebou Dar, Lugard & Tear
- Murandy: All of Murandy, some central Andoran province(s)
- Altara: All of Altara, possibly also Amador
- Ghealdan: No idea, Amador?
- Amadicia: Tar Valon (put an end to those darkfriend witches)
- Tarabon and Arad Doman: Almoth Plain and Toman Head

Everything is of course just a suggestion.

CrownOfSwords
04-03-2007, 04:10
Only have the "real factions" sorry but Mayene and Tar Valon are real factions with very important roles and distinguished units. No myd if your still alive.. lol i think you should leave the borderlands in considering I know you had a trolloc skin idk what has happened since then considering its been a long time since ive given my perspective.

Galagros
04-03-2007, 11:47
Yeah ... I'd love to see this mod get released, but I wouldn't want something that was just thrown together. But if a decent Beta could just be reached, I'm sure it would be very popular.

Laman
04-04-2007, 06:41
Only have the "real factions" sorry but Mayene and Tar Valon are real factions with very important roles and distinguished units. No myd if your still alive.. lol i think you should leave the borderlands in considering I know you had a trolloc skin idk what has happened since then considering its been a long time since ive given my perspective.

Unless the Borderlands (and Shadow) are practically finished, I don't think they should go in to begin with as anything more then possibly a few factions only available in custom battles, but that is just what I think. And I think I should have written it "real" countries, not city-states. Mayene and Tar Valon are just city-states that atleast to begin with IMO should be represented by independents, just like Far Madding and Falme. They could be made factions later on.

@Galagros: I think we all agree on that one. ~;)

Now as for the question, how much is "finished"? IIRC Illian was practically finished. We know a few units have been made here and there. Altara & Murandy both have their pikemen done (and the Murandian one could work well as placeholder for all factions not having recieved their real pikemen yet). But what else? Could Myrdraal or anyone else in the team give us some sort of status report on all factions on roughly how large part of their units that have been made?

CrownOfSwords
04-05-2007, 01:46
Well when i was helping with the mod some 2 years ago.. lol we had an alright trolloc skin and an aiel skin. I totally agree even a half ass beta would be really popular with anyone who loves WOT and dreams of smashing some trolloc skulls :P idk I wish someone would get on MTW 2 and make a map and really just rename alot of the units considering many of the units are very close to what is in WOT like seriously even alot of the factions are themed the same way

English -> Andor
Spain - Tear
Mayene - portugal
Milan - Illian
Murandy - Venice
Ghealdan - Sicily
Tar Valon - Papal States
Poland - Arad Doman
Hungary - Saldaea
France - Cairhien
Shienar - Germany

I mean alot of these are interchangable but you have to see what I mean tons and tons of the units are there already, and im sure you could get even closer if someone would just retexture the units to fit the nation. Damn I want a WOT mod :wall:

CountArach
04-05-2007, 10:59
I want one too... Would be so cool.

Elgen
04-13-2007, 17:20
Sorry fellows. There's not going to be much in the version that's going to be released. It's going to be a really small custom battle mod with just a few factions. Atleast from how things are at the moment. I'm trying to piece together it all while waiting for some new models from Myrddraal. But we will release something.