EB news - Friday, February 25

[khelvan]

Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans!

We are quickly coming up on the internal release of our latest alpha, 0.5. This version will test our new recruitment system, the latest version of our Roman faction setup, our new fleet & port system, as well as adding at least 40 new units and several unique buildings. We all are chomping at the bit to get our hands on the new version.

This week we wanted to show you a sample of the unit work we are doing, aside from the units themselves. Here is the unit card and artwork done by Spartan Warrior to support his new Hellenic units:



Next, we wanted to give you a glimpse of the work from one of our newest skinner/modellers, Weirdshady. This unit, the Briton Rycalawre, was skinned and modelled by Weirdshady, though it is still a work in progress.

The Rycalawre are wealthy, powerful men, but they were not necessarily born as such. When a young warrior begins to attract prestige to himself, often by having a mound of heads to his name, he also begins attracting favors and gifts from his chief. These favors, like armor, weapons, jewelry, and slaves, allow him to be outfitted in superior equipment to lesser men, as well as having beautiful ornate equipment, such as elaborate bronze 'horned' helmets, giving them a near mythic appearance on the field. Any who survived a battle with Rycalawre present, would surely never forget them:

Commander unit:


Briton unit:


Rebel unit:



Also, we wanted to give you a glimpse of some of the diversity to be found in the Gallic armies. In addition to the Gallic units you have already seen in past news items, here are some new ones from Prometheus who, as you can see, has been hard at work:




Finally, here is another of Parmenio's faction icon remakes (WIP). This one may be a bit more difficult to guess:



As always, if you have questions or comments, the best place to post them would be here:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70

Or here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showforum=60

You may find old news posts in these forums, including a preview of our new map:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=42840

Have a wonderful day!

Sincerely,

-the EB team

[Gangstaman590]

Simply amazing, those units look outstanding. I tip my hat to you gentlemen.

[Lief]

Those Gallic hordes are awesome!

Hmm...I'm guessing the faction icon is either Parthia or Bactria.

[Times New Roman]

I have no clue what the faction icon is, but i like it

[Ignoramus]

Looks Awesome! There aren't any patches or other things needed for Europa Barbarorum?

[khelvan]

Oh well, I forgot to change the faction name.

When EB is released, you will need the latest patch version. This will probably be 1.2, but who knows, CA may surprise us.

[Nero]

I saw this picture in the news post, but I've never seen such a file in the RTW data. I'd like to know where those files are located.

[Idomeneas]

AMAZING!!!!!!! As a gamer and artist I congratulate you guys! Fantastic work! I wish i had more time to join up!

[Meneldil]

I'd say this banner is likely the one for Parthia, though it might as well be Bactria or Pontus.

Anyway, awesome work. These weekly updates are really amazing :)

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Those units are beautiful, especially that commander unit, can't wait to play this mod

[Dooz]

Whoa... this one really got to me for some reason.... so... amazing...... so... awesome........ wow.......

Those Gallic units... are they one unit with different colors and things like that within it? Or is it a bunch of different units standing in the same place making it seem that way?

[Proper Gander]

i was just about to ask the same question.

as for the Briton Rycalawre. you said it was work in progress, they look lovely but i would say the colors of the garments they are wearing need a slight change, specifically the sleeves of the briton unts.

what will the unit cards look like?

EDIT:

the Hellenic cavalry is fantastic.

[hellenes]

HOLY $%%£$£$^^&*&"%$!!!!!
Please tell me that these pikemen are from a screenshot from the game and that they will hold their sarissas with both hads pleaseee!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANd are these barbarian units with multiple models/skins? If yes Ill need to move to normal size units...
Well I guess that this is the symbol of the Parthians since it reminds me the Persian symbol...

Hellenes

[Gangstaman590]

In this picture look to your left and up a little. You can see the gold board which the flag bearer is holding. Maybe you should darken it a bit because it sticks out so well. If someone had blurry vission he's think it was a banna.

Also the red tassle on one of the men's helmet is very bright, maybe darken that as well? Unless thats how it was back then.

[wipeout140]

Looking great as all's

[The Panda Centurion]

This mod is going to be fantastic. The sheer quality of the models and skins you're churning out is amazing, and the unit cards look CA-quality! As hellenes, i sincerely hope that, in-game, the Macedonian pikemen will hold their sarissas (sarissoi?) in both hands. I'm guessing that the faction icon is.... Parthian, since the image's name is "parthia6bg.jpg".

Great work, keep it up!

- Panda

[Byzantine Prince]

When are you guys gonna release this? This mod looks too great to be kept for any longer!

[Steppe Merc]

Those are a bunch of different units, close to each other.

[Big_John]

those gallic screenies are epic.

to all who asked, afiak, there is absolutely no way to get multiple skins in one unit.
the screenies are just showing 3-4 unit types running around together.

i was going to guess parthia too..
not sure why but something about a lion with wings just says 'persia' to me.

[Sarcasm]

It could be a griffin. If it is, then it can be from crete to all the way to bactria and India.

Some of the civilizations that used iconographic griffins are Chaldea, Assyrians, Babylon, Persia, Crete, Iberia, Rome and India.....

....BUT the present day Crimea uses griffins on their standarts, as were in the old days by the inhabitants of that peninsula, and Modern Ukraine.

My bet is Sarmatia/Scythia.

Let´s see if I´m right.


EDIT: Wow...totaly forgot to congrtulate you on your work. Like others said the Rycalawre (sp?) need some work....but can´t wait to get my hands on this mod.

Mind if ask what is the type of unit next to the Argyraspids in the unit cards?

[khelvan]

Those Gallic units... are they one unit with different colors and things like that within it? Or is it a bunch of different units standing in the same place making it seem that way?

The Gallic units are individual units standing together and charging. Prometheus wanted to show off the Gallic work he had done. He made those in a week, I believe. If you notice, most of them share the same model. There are other Gallic units made, some of which you have seen, and a few yet to be made. Our unit lists are basically limited by model. We have a small number of unique models a faction can use, and then they must be shared. We can have many more unique units (500) than unique models (255), which is especially tough because the unique model limit includes commanders, animals, siege engines, standard bearers, and so on.

as for the Briton Rycalawre. you said it was work in progress, they look lovely but i would say the colors of the garments they are wearing need a slight change, specifically the sleeves of the briton unts

The Rycalawre are a unit of elite warriors. They used bright colors to signify their status, among other things. These are not the final colors, but they will be more colorful than your average warrior. What, specifically, is the issue with them?

Please tell me that these pikemen are from a screenshot from the game and that they will hold their sarissas with both hads pleaseee!!!!!!!!!!!!

They will be. We still need to do the animation for this, and the overhand spears. That is coming soon, however.

In this picture look to your left and up a little. You can see the gold board which the flag bearer is holding. Maybe you should darken it a bit because it sticks out so well. If someone had blurry vission he's think it was a banna.

Well, this may be a matter that we will look at, but according to our Celtic scholar, the Gauls (and the Celts in general) "polished the hell out of their metals."

Mind if ask what is the type of unit next to the Argyraspids in the unit cards?

Not at all. However, you will have to be more specific, since this is a group of Ptolemaic units, and as such no Argyraspidai are shown.

By the way, the icon was indeed Parthia - as I have noted, I forgot to change the filename before uploading it. Silly me.

[TheTank]

This is my first post in this forum but I have followed this forum a long time.
First I want to say what the EB team is doing is simply amazing....
But I have posted this message to ask some questions about this weekly update.

I very curious about the gallic unit names displayed in the screenshots.
I already know the Belgic swordsman and the South-West warband but 4 other units are new for me.
Kelvan could you reveal the unites names or are the names still a secrect?!

Other question.
I have seen britons,gauls,greeks,romans and dacians unit screenshots but no germanics yet.
When can I expect to see them?
I am really curious how you have made the germanics :)

[Steppe Merc]

Well not all are done yet... So it's pretty much just posting as we get them... Don't think a German unit has been done yet.
Oh and welcome to the board!
And I think it is a gryphon... and I know they were rumored to guard the Scythian's gold treasure in Central Asia...

[Sarcasm]

@ Steppe Merc

I was thinking along the same lines. We´re wrong it seems. Damn!

@ Khelvan

Well acording to your news reports there are a few units there that are not ptolemaic:

From left to right:

Ptolemaic Pantodapoi, Seleucid Pantopadoi, then we have 3 phalangitai (care to explain the diference between them?)

On the bottom, some kind of elite phalangitès (which I thought was a silver shield. What is it then? ), then there´s the one I was asking about. What is it?

As for the cavalry the first 2 are Ptolemaic Kleruchoi Agemata and Thessalian Cavalry, right? But what´s the other one?

[Steppe Merc]

No, I knew which one it was... I helped pick the design. I'm part of the steppe task force in EB... And the Parthians were a Scythian people, which is why I mentioned it. So you were on the right track, after all.

[Sarcasm]

Well.....ehrrr......yeah! That´s what I meant...



*....the....shame.....*

[khelvan]

Ahh, yes, you're correct. I made a mistake. However, these are all Spartan Warrior units, and Parmenio did our Argyraspidai. I'll see if I can find out.

Let's see, the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Pantodapoi you know about, then we have the Ptolemaic Machimoi, Pontic Pantodapoi Phalangites, and Seleucid Pantodapoi Phalangites. I may have the names a bit off, but these are all levy units, the first two being barracks units, and the next three militia barracks units.

Then we have the Ptolemaic Kleruchoi Agemata, the Ptolemaic Basilikon Agemata, the Ptolemaic Kleruchoi Cavalry, Thessalian Cavalry, and the Greek Hippeis Xystophoroi.

What we tend to do is make a unit with a new model, then do all the skins for that model with shared units/for other factions. So I apologize for stating these were Ptolemaic units. They're all the things Spartan Warrior has done based on the models he made for the Ptolemaic army. Ptolemaic is very close to being finished, from a unit standpoint, so we're excited about that.

The Gallic units are Mala Gaeroas, Belgae Batacorii, Boii Botroas, Soldurii, Milnaht Belgae, and perhaps some rebel Briton units. I don't believe we kept the SW warband, though perhaps we modified the model.

[PROMETHEUS]

Prometheus wanted to show off the Gallic work he had done. He made those in a week

No , 14 units in two evenings.....

[Proper Gander]

The Rycalawre are a unit of elite warriors. They used bright colors to signify their status, among other things. These are not the final colors, but they will be more colorful than your average warrior. What, specifically, is the issue with them?

i know that they were a colorful bunch of people. however the colors don't seem to correspond very nicely compared to the equally colorful trousers of some gallic units. they seem blurred, not a big issue.

[PROMETHEUS]

The Gallic units are Mala Gaeroas, Belgae Batacorii, Boii Botroas, Soldurii, Milnaht Belgae, and perhaps some rebel Briton units. I don't believe we kept the SW warband, though perhaps we modified the model.

The models showed here are 2 or 3 max , the difference in unist is showed through alphachannelings and of course different texturings...the Southern Warband , (the one with blue shield )was textured by Psicho , but I readapted his texture to the new model wichi is the Boii type now (the one with the chequered patterns ) anyway is probably Insubre ...