Inca - Total War

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

Good images, Motep

I expect the earliest culture you'll be dealing with is Moche which should make your task somewhat easier, though not much.

Actually not Moche, but Chimu. Chimu is, technically, a sort of Late Moche... From my readings, it will be for certain the most interesting culture to depict...


Also, about Chachapoyas : www.chachapoyas.com

[Motep]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muisca

This one was in columbia, and yes...it WAS a spainish-conquest era nation.
Called the Muisca.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD
These are the Guarani, who occupied the area between panama and the amazon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaguitas
These guys, the Diaguitas, had a barbaric-like organized tribe thing going on. They lived the area of Argentina.

[Motep]

We are practically flying through this thing...hopefully we can sort out the basics (maps, backrounds,a few texts, ect) by the end of the month.

p.s i cannot get the map program to load up...hopefully i can get it to work by tomorrow...or maybe the weekend.

[ByzantineKnight]

We are practically flying through this thing...hopefully we can sort out the basics (maps, backrounds,a few texts, ect) by the end of the month.

p.s i cannot get the map program to load up...hopefully i can get it to work by tomorrow...or maybe the weekend.

So you will work on the map!! If you look here it might help.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

With the map, i thing the first thing to do is to make a phisicall map, then adding provinces... but we need to put our hands on some gray scale height maps of South America... then all could be done very easily.Theoretically it could work at leas as easy as the method used by Bdh.

Also, there is a program which converts tga into hgt files.... a map wont work withouth a hgt ,as the hgt gives to the game engine all the information about heights, etc.

[ByzantineKnight]

but we need to put our hands on some gray scale height maps of South America...

Like this?

[Motep]

No, i cant do the map...my computer wont load the program for it.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

Like this?

No, because the mountains have dark shadows....
We need such a greyscale map in which the terrain appears as the map_heigths.tga from the map folder in RTW....

If we could get such a map, with Photoshop making a map would be very, very, easy

[Motep]

Byzantine Knight, that tutorial you found is for making the grayscale image.

do you know if i should get started on the units, such as formulating descriptions and stats?

[Murfios]

this works?






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[Motep]

No, because the mountains have dark shadows....
We need such a greyscale map in which the terrain appears as the map_heigths.tga from the map folder in RTW....

If we could get such a map, with Photoshop making a map would be very, very, easy

evedenitly and very sadly thats a no Murfios. However, we woild love for you to join us in this mod.

[Murfios]

sure! thx

If we could transform one of RTW maps into a south american one, would it be usable?
I belive it is posible, although extremely difficult.

[ByzantineKnight]

Byzantine Knight, that tutorial you found is for making the grayscale image.

Yes, it will allow us to get the grayscale, then:

With the map, i thing the first thing to do is to make a phisicall map, then adding provinces... but we need to put our hands on some gray scale height maps of South America... then all could be done very easily.Theoretically it could work at leas as easy as the method used by Bdh.

do you know if i should get started on the units, such as formulating descriptions and stats?

If you want, just email me here with the results everyday, I'll put them in the install I have for Inca Total War and use RTW units for testing.

sure! thx

You'll join??

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

We will have to use the system of BDh... i would make it myself, but i am not at all good at using photoshop....

If we could transform one of RTW maps into a south american one, would it be usable?
I belive it is posible, although extremely difficult.

It would be possible, off course
It wouldnt be difficult for someone who knows how to use Photoshop... the problems will be with the accuracy, but the small tweaks could be made with the Map Editor

Actually, making the map of South America would be extremely difficult, due to the Andes.... the entire area is extremely rugged, and it cannot be compared by any means with any mountain range from the standard map of Europe...

Howewer, i have seen some time ago people making the Hindukush, and Himalayas for theyr maps... it could be possible to create an accurate andean region.

[Motep]

email en route...Yawri Chuki finished...-skins

[Motep]

I am thinking about making a news thread for this mod, so others can more easily see what we need.

Murfios, what can you do?

[ByzantineKnight]

email en route...Yawri Chuki finished...-skins

Ok, thanks. I'll try them out.

[Murfios]

Im photoshop expert
and can do some skinning
somehow, I managed to get a grip of 3d studio max.

[Murfios]

You'll join??

I would be most happy to.

[Motep]

oh goodie...we really needed a skinner

[ByzantineKnight]

Yes!!!

[Motep]

I have started the news thread and I should have a couple more units ready by 10:00.

[ByzantineKnight]

I have started the news thread and I should have a couple more units ready by 10:00.

Thats good news, I will finish up the wonders (if I can) soon.

Im photoshop expert
and can do some skinning
somehow, I managed to get a grip of 3d studio max.

Thats great, could you try to skin a unit of bronze spears for a uncivilised faction using mabye warband to start, they should be south american guys.

Since we cannot model, we will have to use RTW skeletons.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

Im photoshop expert
and can do some skinning
somehow, I managed to get a grip of 3d studio max.

Transforming some Egyptians into Inca`s would be awesome...
RTW vannila egyptians could be very easilyly transformed into Inca`s....
And if we get the Gupta`s from Arbaces, we could have skinned most of the basic units frm the mod

I would say Nile Spearmen for Inca Bronze Spears.

[ByzantineKnight]

I would say Nile Spearmen for Inca Bronze Spears.

Ok, that would work better, but we have to take off the phalnix.

[Motep]

no problem, all you have to do is erase the word phalanx from the formation line and remove the attributes from the weapon. Almost finished Ayamara infantry...latest results are with Byzantine over here. The Aleaca will be tricky...

[ByzantineKnight]

no problem, all you have to do is erase the word phalanx from the formation line and remove the attributes from the weapon. Almost finished Ayamara infantry...latest results are with Byzantine over here. The Aleaca will be tricky...

Ok, I'll look at the Ayamara Infantry as soon as possable. You could get the levies or peasants next instead of the Aleaca.

[Motep]

except for bolas and the awqalli the Aymara roster is complete (i have no idea what to put as the weapon for the bolas or the awqalli, so ill wait for the skins to show before i do them).
the results have been sent to byzantine. Ill start on the incan units later today.

[Caius]

I am watching the Inca Total News and I want to make a campaign map.

I can help you.I only need to know what changes to the imperial campaign.

Regards

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

I am watching the Inca Total News and I want to make a campaign map.

You are more then welcome, Caius !

I can help you.I only need to know what changes to the imperial campaign.

Basically, the map will cover a large part of South America... from the northern Ecuador, to the middle Chile (aproximattely to were stands today the modern Santiago de Chile). To the east, the limits will be the Amazonian jungle (NorthEast), respectively the western part of Argentina , with the city of Tucuman in the (SouthEast). So, it will cover entirely Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, and also large chunks of Chile and Argentina.