The Screenshots Thread

[Mailman653]

Well, with the impending release of the demo and the game in two weeks, I think the forum could use a thread like this for all of us to start posting our funny, serious, victorious or inglorious screenshots of our campaigns. :yes:

So lets start populating this thread with some of your demo screenshots! :2thumbsup:

[Megas Methuselah]

Demo ain't coming out for 6 1/2 hours. Just gotta find a way to kill that time. It's dark and scary outside, so that's out of the question. Everyone is asleep. For my part, sleep is merely a distraction, so......

:help:

[Sir Beane]

Sounds like a good idea for a thread, and prevents people from posting a million different threads each containing one screenshot. I'll sticky it once we get some real material in here.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

You mean once people have played the demo?? :D

[pyradyn]

Great Idea I am going to being doing a review as Prussia Turn by Turn details and screenshots so any left over screens I do not use in my review I will post here ^_^

P.S. Demo comes out in 4 mins ^_^

[Wausser]

The first one that posts a demo screenshot gets a balloon :balloon2:

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Does this (https://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/hellbender38/demo1.jpg) count? :clown:

/too lazy to resize

[Wausser]

nice try, but I want an ingame screenie

[Varam]

At the start of the land battle:
https://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5216/screen1pm3.th.jpg (https://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen1pm3.jpg)

Zoomed in on my flag. It's glowing with the power of Britain.
https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7835/screen2wl5.th.jpg (https://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen2wl5.jpg)

General's Bodyguard info
https://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3748/screen3ig3.th.jpg (https://img4.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen3ig3.jpg)

I don't think I'm doing this right.
https://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8173/screen4zq5.th.jpg (https://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen4zq5.jpg)

These guys are ruining my day.
https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1655/screen5uk0.th.jpg (https://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen5uk0.jpg)

An attempt at boarding.
https://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3783/screen6oq7.th.jpg (https://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen6oq7.jpg)

[Wausser]

Here you go :balloon2: the balloon is yours

[Daimon]

Sorry for the big screen.

https://i41.tinypic.com/xgk1mc.jpg

First one to rule the waves! :clown:

[Greyblades]

Do those sinking ships actualy sink or just stay on their side for the rest of the match?

[Sir Beane]

Nice screenshots guys! Keep em coming :2thumbsup:.

ps. Thread stickied :beam:.

[Daimon]

Do those sinking ships actualy sink or just stay on their side for the rest of the match?

Good Question, ehm I think they slowly sank but i didn't really pay attention I tried to board the other ships.

And my first try at the land battle..

https://i42.tinypic.com/33u3b6w.jpg

I could have done better but I forgot the troops on the other side (I was attacking from two directions).

[Mailman653]

The following is on LOW settings, as many noted the demo runs rather slow for some reason. I put the settings to Low and I updated my Direct X which came with the demo, it seemed to help a bit.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2016-13-51-45.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2016-10-53-93.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-59-40-62.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-58-47-92.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-48-15-93.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-45-50-96.jpg

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I have a question..

Mailman653 - Pic 3, is that the General in the middle of the picture?
If so then do the generals ride in the middle of the unit or just like in previous games on the left side of the unit?
If it's like in previous games the it should be very easy to kill those generals in battle!

[lenin96]

This is a question to the people that have played the demo that I have been wondering since I saw some screenshots: Is there ragdoll physics for dead people?

[Sir Beane]

This is a question to the people that have played the demo that I have been wondering since I saw some screenshots: Is there ragdoll physics for dead people?

Yes there are :2thumbsup:. They work well to. :beam:

[Greyblades]

I didnt see it up close but when played the land battle my light infantry got hit by a cannonball a couple of bodies went flying.:laugh4: I realy shouldnt find that funny but...

[Mailman653]

I have a question..

Mailman653 - Pic 3, is that the General in the middle of the picture?
If so then do the generals ride in the middle of the unit or just like in previous games on the left side of the unit?
If it's like in previous games the it should be very easy to kill those generals in battle!

Believe it or not he was at the head of the column! I didn't really observe how my general unit moved but I know that when I zoomed around with the camera and found the US general, they were in a (stationary) column formation and he was at the very front.

[Barkhorn1x]

Oops delete = wrong thread, Friday night and drinking some wine.

[Megas Methuselah]

Believe it or not he was at the head of the column! I didn't really observe how my general unit moved but I know that when I zoomed around with the camera and found the US general, they were in a (stationary) column formation and he was at the very front.

Yes, at the very front, in the middle of the unit. However, it is not that easy to kill him. The generals don't fight in the actual battles, but prefer to stay far in the back and observe the conflict. The American general made a last stand with the cannons and dragoons on a little hill in my battle (I managed to sorround him), and was amongst the last to die.

Early on, I charged my general (supported by hussars) into a units of line infantry and horsemen of some sort, and found to my satisfaction that they were not OP'd. My general died just before I reinforced him... :beam:

[Mailman653]

Yeah your probablly right Methuselah, I only had one round in the game before I had to step out. And I guess the general unit just isn't what it used to be since M2TW:laugh4: Although I think I've rarely had a general unit turn the tide of a battle if I threw him into the thick of things. So I suppose it's not a big deal if they don't do much but lead and provide morale in ETW.

[Megas Methuselah]

Yeah your probablly right Methuselah, I only had one round in the game before I had to step out

I am? But I agreed with you. He's in the middle of the front column. :yes:


So I suppose it's not a big deal if they don't do much but lead and provide morale in ETW.

:clown: My general was the first in the fray, and amongst the first to die! :laugh4:

[Polemists]

This thread is awesome, can't wait to put my own up, in mean time keep them coming :2thumbsup:

[Daimon]

Funny feature if you press Insert you get 1st person

Result:

https://i39.tinypic.com/8qjp.jpg

[Megas Methuselah]

WHOA!!! I WANNA DO THAT!!!!

[A Very Super Market]

Oh my, you must be taking a beating.

[hoom]

Funny feature if you press Insert you get 1st personAwesome, need to have a go at that.

[miniwally]

Funny feature if you press Insert you get 1st person


interesting was trying to find out that as in trailers it said you could

[Megas Methuselah]

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/picture.php?albumid=53&pictureid=904

I had grenadiers throwing in their stuff throughout the melee. It was awesome... :wacko:

[Sir Beane]

Is it just me or are the majority of screenshots in this thread set to medium or low graphics?

I guess not many people have a PC powerful enough to run it. Which is a shame because it looks extremely good on high. :2thumbsup:

Plus it has a setting for Ultra. Ultra. Who wouldn't want to set their graphics to Ultra? :laugh4:

[Megas Methuselah]

Mine are on high, with grass and shadows off. :sad:

Some say that the game will be much better than the demo in performance. I hope so.

[Sir Beane]

Mine are on high, with grass and shadows off. :sad:

Some say that the game will be much better than the demo in performance. I hope so.

Probably will, CA have time to optimise it for all systems. They don't have to rush it to try and quell Polemists fanatic anger. :laugh4:

Shadows went haywire on mine, and decided to band around my cavalry, making them all look like they were wearing stereotypical french shirts. :dizzy2:

Turning them up to full fixed it :2thumbsup:.

[Daimon]

Is it just me or are the majority of screenshots in this thread set to medium or low graphics?

I guess not many people have a PC powerful enough to run it. Which is a shame because it looks extremely good on high. :2thumbsup:

Plus it has a setting for Ultra. Ultra. Who wouldn't want to set their graphics to Ultra? :laugh4:

I'm on ultra baby and 1400x900 resolution. (But no AA.. Shadows and grass on High)

[Sir Beane]

I'm on ultra baby and 1400x900 resolution. (But no AA.. Shadows and grass on High)

Nice! :2thumbsup: It looks rather good doesn't it? I can't wait to see what the different kinds of terrain will look like in the game proper. This engine seems really good at doing realistic terrain and foliage. :2thumbsup:

[ratbarf]

Is it just me or are the majority of screenshots in this thread set to medium or low graphics?

I guess not many people have a PC powerful enough to run it. Which is a shame because it looks extremely good on high. :2thumbsup:

Plus it has a setting for Ultra. Ultra. Who wouldn't want to set their graphics to Ultra? :laugh4:

Well, I tried the custom settings for graphics and it only let me set them to medium in most cases. (It didn't show an option for anything higher.)

[Belgolas]

I am on Ultra at 1920 x 1200 with 8xAA. My 30" monitor should be in soon so hopefully I will still be able to get ultra and 2560 x 1600 with hopefully some AA.

This game looks far better then I expected. It looks a lot better the M2TW with a lot higher res textures.

Oh and there are now facial animations on each unit now too. It is kinda cool but they don't do much/don't have too many animations. Yup this Total War has a lot of firsts.

First person is SOOO cool. To bad I lost cause I was watching my ship get ripped apart.

https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1290/awesomez.th.jpg (https://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=awesomez.jpg)

https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7180/gloryl.th.jpg (https://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gloryl.jpg)

Make sure you click on the image again to get the full size one.

[Mailman653]

These are on Medium for the most part, I fiddled around with the settings and updated my video drivers and did a system defrag and a system clean up lol. The game runs much better now although I think I might invest in a new card after ETW is released though since it's the best I can do besides buying a new computer which I can't right now.
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2121-32-06-42.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2121-33-26-96.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2121-39-07-26.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2121-39-20-04.jpg
I thought I was a dead man when the French kept in formation and started turning around me but somehow I managed to fight them off and get the upper hand.

[Belgolas]

https://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5678/52276104.th.jpg (https://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=52276104.jpg)

Alright one more. I actually find the naval battles fun.

[Noddy The Beefy Egg]

The following is on LOW settings, as many noted the demo runs rather slow for some reason. I put the settings to Low and I updated my Direct X which came with the demo, it seemed to help a bit.

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2016-13-51-45.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2016-10-53-93.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-59-40-62.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-58-47-92.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-48-15-93.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2015-45-50-96.jpg

you have been defeated!

[Mailman653]

More like a "close defeat" to quote the game :laugh4:

[Belgolas]

https://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7303/victoryt.th.jpg (https://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=victoryt.jpg)
Even why the ship is sinking you don't want to get that flag wet.

[Wartz]

I am on Ultra at 1920 x 1200 with 8xAA. My 30" monitor should be in soon so hopefully I will still be able to get ultra and 2560 x 1600 with hopefully some AA.

This game looks far better then I expected. It looks a lot better the M2TW with a lot higher res textures.

Oh and there are now facial animations on each unit now too. It is kinda cool but they don't do much/don't have too many animations. Yup this Total War has a lot of firsts.

First person is SOOO cool. To bad I lost cause I was watching my ship get ripped apart.

https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1290/awesomez.th.jpg (https://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=awesomez.jpg)

https://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7180/gloryl.th.jpg (https://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gloryl.jpg)

Make sure you click on the image again to get the full size one.

what graphics card are you using?

also, for some reason AA does not seem to apply for me. :(

[Roy1991]

British Line Infantry using rank fire :2thumbsup:

https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8555/empirerankfire.th.jpg (https://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=empirerankfire.jpg)

[pevergreen]

https://g.imagehost.org/0672/OVER9000.jpg

Not mine, but it shows empire has no limits in unit size.

[Sir Beane]

WHOA! That is extremely impressive. I expect we will see a mod that leads to glorious, gigantic, CPU melting battles in the near future.

I'd like to know how well that ran :laugh4:.

[Fisherking]

I see! 9001 Grenadiers.

Just the limit of 10000 per side I take it.

With that unit who needs much else.

[Sir Beane]

I see! 9001 Grenadiers.

Just the limit of 10000 per side I take it.

With that unit who needs much else.

Can you imagine them all throwing grenades? It would be like the wrath of the gods. :laugh4:

[pevergreen]

the guy said it ran at 1-3 fps or frames per minute. I forget :sweatdrop:

[Darklife]

British Line Infantry using rank fire :2thumbsup:

https://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8555/empirerankfire.th.jpg (https://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=empirerankfire.jpg)

Do they always do that or is it some special ability, as I've never noticed that.

[Zatoichi]

It's a technology you need to research on the campaign map, but the clever modders have managed to unlock it.

[Darklife]

That's just insane, modding a demo :DDD

[Mailman653]

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2310-30-26-65.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2310-30-49-21.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2310-32-34-28.jpg
Modded Brandywine, no special traits added, normal difficulty, overcast skies. The AI wasn't very bright, I only had a light force at the other crossing but their general only tried to cross once and I sent him packing. As you can see they got bogged down at the crossing, I lost two units in the battle with another severly weakend.

What I found odd was that the game called it a "close victory" I only lost or had routed two units and even had some in reserve that never saw combat, plus the Mexicans never crossed the river and made it to my side. :inquisitive:

One more set:
Modded Brandywine using tutorial map and placement, no special traits, normal difficulty, heavy rain. The AI did alright for itself, I set up to the left and center of town, the Spanish came from the front and then attacked my weaker left flank and turned it in, I had to pull back to the center. At one point the Spanish snuck up a cav unit went round the right and behind my center and attacked my arty.
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2312-04-42-95.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-02-2312-12-45-43.jpg

[ULC]

Wait, what :inquisitive:

Mexicans? Spanish, Player controlled Americans?

Someone needs to mod the Demo, now, so I can play as any faction within the Demo!

[Belgolas]

Thats awesome. I wonder if it is legal for you to give us the files for that battle?

[Belgolas]

what graphics card are you using?

also, for some reason AA does not seem to apply for me. :(

Max settings at 1920 x 1200 and 8 x AA. AA works for me. If it doesn;t seem to work then you can try forcing it on in the either catalyst control center (if your using ATI) or Nvidia control panel (if your using Nvidia)

[Belgolas]

https://g.imagehost.org/0672/OVER9000.jpg

Not mine, but it shows empire has no limits in unit size.

This is interesting. You can have massive armies now or very small armies. Look he only has 8 units in that one unit. That is pretty cool. Wonder if it can go lower.

[Sir Beane]

Thats awesome. I wonder if it is legal for you to give us the files for that battle?

Modding has always been legal. Since the demo is free and the files are given for free I don't see any how any legal issues could arise :2thumbsup:.

[Roy1991]

https://img25.imageshack.us/img25/520/rankfire2.jpg (https://img25.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rankfire2.jpg)
https://img25.imageshack.us/img25/rankfire2.jpg/1/w1366.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img25/rankfire2.jpg/1/)

[therifleman]

Where do you download the rank fire mod?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The Total War community has to be the only gaming community to be so excited for a game released in a week that we have to mod the demo.

[Sir Beane]

The Total War community has to be the only gaming community to be so excited for a game released in a week that we have to mod the demo.

We are industrious fanatics with far too much modding talent and time on our hands :laugh4:. We're probably also the only gaming community that manage to release mods literally within minutes of the game going gold.:2thumbsup:

[Belgolas]

We are industrious fanatics with far too much modding talent and time on our hands :laugh4:. We're probably also the only gaming community that manage to release mods literally within minutes of the game going gold.:2thumbsup:

We aren't the only one. Battlefield series (especially 1942) had mods right away and had mods for demos. There are so many mods for the Battlefield series. They probably have 10 times more mods then Total War.

[Greyblades]

Yes but seeing as the battlefeid series is a multiplayer central game series most of the mods are usless outside of its paultry singleplayer due to the fact that very few servers support them.

[Belgolas]

Well I wanted to test the therory of 2000 grenades flying at men. well I couldn't get all of them to throw but will try closer next time. I ran out of time and need to go to sleep so will try again tomorrow.

https://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1441/2000men.th.jpg (https://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2000men.jpg)

Oh it was 2000 men when I started but I had to kill some men crossing the river and looks like I lost 500 of them so far lol.

[lenin96]

I can't wait see (and play) the first ETW mods.:yes::beam:

[Fisherking]

At a quick glance I see eight cannon balls flying at your men. Looks like you are lucky to still have 1500 when you saved…

:laugh4:

[pevergreen]

To use a mod, you have to unpack and then mod the files yourself. Its not easy yet. I can't even get the files unpacked.

[lenin96]

Well I wanted to test the therory of 2000 grenades flying at men. well I couldn't get all of them to throw but will try closer next time. I ran out of time and need to go to sleep so will try again tomorrow.

https://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1441/2000men.th.jpg (https://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2000men.jpg)

Oh it was 2000 men when I started but I had to kill some men crossing the river and looks like I lost 500 of them so far lol.

If you do have so many grenades thrown can you post a picture because it's something I can't miss.:yes::beam:

[Barkhorn1x]

Some screens for all:

Highlanders:
https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/Barkhorn1x_2006/ETW01.jpg

Grenadiers - Bloom effects overdone as usual - and I do not ordinarily use it:
https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/Barkhorn1x_2006/ETW03.jpg

Continentals Stand Ready:
https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/Barkhorn1x_2006/ETW02.jpg

Hessians on the march:
https://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k286/Barkhorn1x_2006/ETW04.jpg

[Mailman653]

No wonder everyone looked shiny in my game, I had the bloom effect on:whip:

Very cool screens everyone :yes:


Thats awesome. I wonder if it is legal for you to give us the files for that battle?


Modding has always been legal. Since the demo is free and the files are given for free I don't see any how any legal issues could arise :2thumbsup:.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2148589&postcount=25
Have fun!

[Belgolas]

I couldn't get them all to fire. I think there is a limit somewhere to the number of grenades that can be thrown. But there was a lot of grenades thrown. Probably about 200-300 nades falling on those poor guys. I had my men stand right next to the enemy in a hous and in an open field and they all wouldn't fire. Maybe I need to increase the range I don't know. Anyways I found cannon balls to kill more of my men then grape shot when up close.

https://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4893/grenades.th.jpg (https://img18.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grenades.jpg)

Just another cool image.




https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7656/nounitcap.th.jpg (https://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nounitcap.jpg)

This shows no unit cap big or small.


I did some more testing and the game would not load with more then 9000 soldiers in one unit.

I also played as the Americans but it was a real buggy battle.
https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4183/playingasamericans.th.jpg (https://img24.imageshack.us/my.php?image=playingasamericans.jpg)

First off I could not select any of my units except for Ctrl+A. Second most of the British army did not "spawn" at the same location they normally do. They were much closer.
I let the British attack me and they crossed the river with 2 units of infantry first to do some skirmishing. Then the sent all of their cavalry and one tried to go for my cannons but got routed. Then the sent every soldier across the river except for a few men. I killed them all pretty easily but the 5 units that "spawned" at their normal spots didn't move even after shooting them. I figured I would send all my my across to engage in melee. Well they held off and killed/routed all my units except for my artillery. I brought up my cannons to finish them off.

Some of the unit cards were blank so it obviously wasn't meant to be played. Plus I couldn't select the units other then all of them by Ctrl+A.

Oh and my avatar is a raccoon because my nickname is cooner.

[A Very Super Market]

With the range of grenades, I doubt the last rank could even hit the enemy.

[Belgolas]

No wonder everyone looked shiny in my game, I had the bloom effect on:whip:

Very cool screens everyone :yes:





https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2148589&postcount=25
Have fun!

Hey thank you for this. That was some pretty fun stuff although playing as the British the Americans are too spread apart.

[Mailman653]

Thats awesome. I wonder if it is legal for you to give us the files for that battle?


Hey thank you for this. That was some pretty fun stuff although playing as the British the Americans are too spread apart.

Yeah, I tried to fix it but just made the problem worse by having my game crash so I figured guessing coordinates wasn't going to help. The best I could do was giving some of their units the spawn locations of the English units in the tutorial, but everyone else is still all over the place.

I liked that three man unit, it means we can make the generals unit literally just the general instead of him and the whole guard.

[TB666]

https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7656/nounitcap.th.jpg (https://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nounitcap.jpg)

British officer: Bloody hell, forgot it was tea time.

[Fisherking]

https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7656/nounitcap.th.jpg (https://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nounitcap.jpg)

This shows no unit cap big or small.



So tell us about the counter battery fire from 500 cannon?

:laugh4::laugh4:

[Belgolas]

So tell us about the counter battery fire from 500 cannon?

:laugh4::laugh4:

It wouldn't give me more artillery. So I just had a bunch of guys standing there doing nothing and getting shot up. Yup 2000 men and 2 cannons lol. Maybe there is a way to add more cannons I don't know.

[A Very Super Market]

You could feasibly use them as bait while the cannons behind destroy batteries.

[Sir Beane]

Use them as ammo! Tell them to try and hit the enemy with musket fire as they fly through the air, and get a couple with the bayonet when they hit the ground. :2thumbsup:

[Greyblades]

Kamekazie cannons!:laugh4:

[quadalpha]

I seem to remember people asking about whether naval battles will be all-water, and I just came across this screenshot on the Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/screenshot/view/5618/?size=800

[Belgolas]

I seem to remember people asking about whether naval battles will be all-water, and I just came across this screenshot on the Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/screenshot/view/5618/?size=800

While obviously if you fight close to land you will see it. Just like in land battles if you fight close to water you can see it too.

[Sir Beane]

While obviously if you fight close to land you will see it. Just like in land battles if you fight close to water you can see it too.

I wonder if you'll be able to crash into land in those sorts of battles, or whether it's purely for looks?

[Monk]

The Total War community has to be the only gaming community to be so excited for a game released in a week that we have to mod the demo.

The TW community has always had some of the most dedicated modders you could imagine, IMHO they rival Source mod teams for their innovation, skills and commitment for the series. :yes:

Also: :sweatdrop: to the artillery unit with 2000 men in it..

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The TW community has always had some of the most dedicated modders you could imagine, IMHO they rival Source mod teams for their innovation, skills and commitment for the series. :yes:

:2thumbsup:

[Mailman653]

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-03-0123-55-25-10.jpg
Vive le roi! :charge:

[A Very Super Market]

:O

Where did you get that?

[quadalpha]

:O

Where did you get that?
Looks like a modded demo.

[Fisherking]

Back to this shot:
http://store.steampowered.com/screen...5618/?size=800

North America?

Did CA do their homework on the Naval Ensigns?
I may be mistaken but I thought the ones in the demo were white.

I guess we will know when we start the game…Let’s see if they have the 3 RN Squadrons in the game.




edit: Nope! after checking they all seem to use the red ensign...CA you flunked again!


Prior to 1864, red, white, and blue were the colours of the three squadrons of the Royal Navy, which were created as a result of the reorganisation of the navy in 1652 by Admiral Robert Blake. Each squadron flew one of the three ensigns.
The red squadron tended to patrol the Caribbean and north Atlantic, the white the coasts of Britain, France and the Mediterranean, while the blue patrolled the south Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The flags of the various former British colonies often have grounds of the same colour as their protective squadron. Hence Bermuda has a red ground and Australia and New Zealand blue. Canada's flag was a red ensign from founding until the adoption of the more familiar maple leaf flag in 1965. The flag of the United States also follows this pattern; early flags of the American Revolution were modified Red Ensigns. The Grand Union Flag, added six white stripes to the Red Ensign and this flag was used during the fight for independence until the Union Flag in the corner was replaced by the current stars in 1777.
In addition to the Admiral of the Fleet (who was Admiral of the Red), each squadron also had its own admirals, vice admirals and rear admirals, e.g. Lord Nelson was Vice Admiral of the White at time of death.


edit: Nope!

After checking all the RN ships in the demo have the red ensign.

CA, you flunked your history AGAIN!:smash:

[Noddy The Beefy Egg]

Hear ye! Hear ye! ETW has been released. post your photos!

[pevergreen]

They can't play it yet!

[Alexander XXI]

I can play it :yes:, I don't know where all the screenshots are stored though, but here is one!

https://i44.tinypic.com/rlkqwz.jpg

My Prussian infantry bravely fighting against the (Saxons? If that is what you call them)

[Greyblades]

...Damn you royal mail!!! :wall:

Still... how is it? How we hoped? Worse? Better?

[Alexander XXI]

I like it alot, after three hours play I was only at 1705. The campaign I have played so far has been alot of fun, the system is much better than previous editions. With regards to battles the game is very impressive aswell, I have been playing on normal mode and the AI is quite challenging.

[Sir Beane]

I like it alot, after three hours play I was only at 1705. The campaign I have played so far has been alot of fun, the system is much better than previous editions. With regards to battles the game is very impressive aswell, I have been playing on normal mode and the AI is quite challenging.

Congratulations on being the first Orgah to give any sort of review of the game :2thumbsup:.

How are the load times and how long does the AI take to make its turns?

[Greyblades]

And how is the naval battles? Some more, "official", reveiwers have been complaining about it.

[Alexander XXI]

Load times are fast, probably a bit longer than Medieval 2, maybe 20 seconds for a battle, if you turn AI turns on in the campaign then it takes about 1 minute to get between turns, I just press space. If anyone wants to see any screenshot of the Campaign menu or anything just ask. The biggest thing I have noticed though, is how smooth everything is, in battles there is never any lag, even when everyone seems to be firing their guns.

[Sir Beane]

Load times are fast, probably a bit longer than Medieval 2, maybe 20 seconds for a battle, if you turn AI turns on in the campaign then it takes about 1 minute to get between turns, I just press space. If anyone wants to see any screenshot of the Campaign menu or anything just ask. The biggest thing I have noticed though, is how smooth everything is, in battles there is never any lag, even when everyone seems to be firing their guns.

Oh boy! This all sounds fantastic :2thumbsup:.

Can I get a screenshot of the 'Choose your faction' screen. Preferably with Austria selected? It's for a friend.

[Greyblades]

Polemist is going to have a field day.

[Sir Beane]

Polemist is going to have a field day.

He will when I send him that screenshot :2thumbsup:. The man loves his Austria :laugh4:.

[Alexander XXI]

https://i41.tinypic.com/ieijd2.jpg

[Greyblades]

Its so beautifull...:jawdrop: :beam: Could yo please do the same with Britain?

[Sir Beane]

You are awesome Alexander XXI, and I shall make sure you get promoted to Member as soon as possible :2thumbsup:.

[Greyblades]

Befreinding a mod to get ahead... Wish I had thought of that.~:P

[Lemur]

More like providing a public good by bringing us screenies.

[Alexander XXI]

https://i40.tinypic.com/24qk382.jpg

Sorry it is so big and ruining the thread guys, I can't find how to do that spoiler thing, or I would put in all factions.

[Greyblades]

@ Lemur: Sure :P
Oy keeping up with the posts to find nuggets like this one quickly is becoming a nightmare.
Edit: Thanks Alex :2thumbsup:

Hmm seems that there is 2 British protectorates; the Indian province isnt controled by England.

[Sir Beane]

More like providing a public good by bringing us screenies.

Yep. This is definitely serives to the Forum above and beyond the call of duty. If I had the game I doubt I would be taking the time to post Screenshots. :laugh4:

[Monk]

Alexander, kudos on all the screens!

Can you get us some shots of the campaign map? Maybe as you're doing your administrative duties snap a few? :yes:

Thanks for all the shots, and I hope you don't mind the request! :dizzy2:

[Alexander XXI]

I think I found out how to do it, sorry if it is wrong.

https://i41.tinypic.com/2nanvix.jpg

Dutch

https://i41.tinypic.com/2vj5qia.jpg

France

https://i39.tinypic.com/3535cly.jpg

Maratha

https://i39.tinypic.com/2lagd1y.jpg

Poland

https://i43.tinypic.com/350tc.jpg

Prussia

https://i44.tinypic.com/fp48d1.jpg

Russia

https://i43.tinypic.com/2uyi2it.jpg

Spain

https://i40.tinypic.com/21myq0m.jpg

Sweden

https://i41.tinypic.com/oiugzl.jpg

Ottoman

[Monk]

Beautiful! :2thumbsup:

[Sir Beane]

Perfect! :2thumbsup: This is awesome!

[Lemur]

Wow, just wow. Thank you.

[Alexander XXI]

Alexander, kudos on all the screens!

Can you get us some shots of the campaign map? Maybe as you're doing your administrative duties snap a few? :yes:

Thanks for all the shots, and I hope you don't mind the request! :dizzy2:

https://i39.tinypic.com/zkn6t5.jpg

This is one of my cities.

https://i43.tinypic.com/13yi6o9.jpg

Here is some technologies and city information.

https://i41.tinypic.com/2hohbwg.jpg

Here is some more technologies and my Government.

https://i44.tinypic.com/r0o95k.jpg

Here are faction relations with me, as you can see, most are red because I attack people's friends.

https://i44.tinypic.com/2lup5e9.jpg

Some more random information.

[Sir Beane]

I really, really can't wait till I have Empire in my hands. :laugh4:

[Monk]

I really, really can't wait till I have Empire in my hands. :laugh4:

You and me both. Curse this American late release. CURSE IT!

Thanks a ton for the screens Alexander XXI! Be careful, looks like you've hit Russia with a stick, they might not take kindly to that! :laugh4:

I won't ask for any more screens. Enjoy the game man!

[Zatoichi]

Thanks for taking the time to post these screenies mate! Looks like you're not as popular in the game as you are in the Org right now!

How am I supposed to go to work tomorrow when I know ETW will be dropping through my letterbox after I leave?

Stupid grown up responsibilities!

[Greyblades]

If he does post any more screens he might kill 2 mods with anticipation.~:)

...actually keep posting. :grin:

[Alexander XXI]

What would you like to see? I can stay up for another half hour or so but then I will have to call it a night, Russia is only angry with me because I attacked Poland to reunite Prussia, haven't come across them in battle yet, nice to just fight the little on province states for now.:2thumbsup:

[Greyblades]

How far up the tech tree do you have to go to get the fire by rank?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

How about a shot of your relations with the minor nations?

[Alexander XXI]

Fire by rank is the one I have circled.

https://i39.tinypic.com/102lcuo.jpg

You must also have built the Drill School, which is the upgrade of the Barracks, hence why it is shaded out.

Minor factions tend to stay out of your way unless you go attacking their allies.

https://i43.tinypic.com/11jyy4n.jpg

Signing off now guys, hope I gave you some useful information, realise how annoying it is when things don't arrive on time, of which you have no control over, but I guess most of you will have the game by tomorow anyway. :beam:

[A Very Super Market]

Spluh?

The Inuit are actually in the game?

WTH man... just give Northern Canada to the Cree or something...

[Megas Methuselah]

The Cree? Dude, that is... Ah, whatever. Even though most of my blood is Cree, nobody will listen. Nobody ever listens to my posts on historical accuracy. Remember what happened when I was talking about the Red River Rebellion? That's right. Nothing.



Anyways, I'm still waiting to see if the Chippewa are in. If not, I will peel the skin off that funny-looking Kieran guy who works for CA and have him watch me wear it.

[A Very Super Market]

Right, and Huron still being and there and the freaking Inuit being an actual faction bothers you none?

[Megas Methuselah]

Of course it does. The Huron are occupying land that is the territory of the Chippewa, who had emerged as a mighty Native American nation due to its early trading with Europeans for firearms. If I have to, I might just mod the Huron into the Chippewa. It's ridiculous.

As for the Inuit, well... I dunno. So long as they're weak and out of the way, I don't care. But suggesting that they be the Cree instead is more ridiculous. Let's see how Fisherking responds to this.

Fisherking, get over here and reply.

EDIT: In fact, this might be an interesting fact for ya, British Columbian: there are currently descendants of those Chippewa in British Columbia. They're either called Ojibway or Saulteaux, I don't know. But they are Chippewa. After the great expansion of their territory in the great lakes, groups of them migrated west due to a certain prophecy. They're now scattered across the country. :smile:

[Mailman653]

Anyone else find it odd that the English have apprently no land in the North American East coast in 1700?

[pevergreen]

Protectorate.

[Barkhorn1x]

Anyone else find it odd that the English have apprently no land in the North American East coast?


The colonies are a protectorate so they don't show up as actual territory on the into screens.

Great shots Alexander XXI.

Thanks.

[Mailman653]

The colonies are a protectorate so they don't show up as actual territory on the into screens.

Great shots Alexander XXI.

Thanks.

Ah that makes sense then :yes: I was starting to think that the Natives still had it :laugh4:

[Megas Methuselah]

What about New Spain? That a protectorate, too?

[A Very Super Market]

From looking at the faction picker, yes

Also, I love how inbred the Spanish king looks.

[Megas Methuselah]

And you? Are you my protectorate too? *evil laugh*

[A Very Super Market]

Nevah! Prussia will stand the test of time, and so will the Dutch!

Oops, I forgot, I have to crush the Knights of St. John too.

The Ottomans will always stand as well!

[Megas Methuselah]

Pfft. They will be crushed like beetles beneath my heel.

[pevergreen]

Take a look in the random screen requests thread and ask me for things to take pictures of!

[The Outsider]

Ohhhh the great masters whom have gaaaame!!! This humble fan begs you PLEASEEE!!!!!! post the unit roster of the ottoman empire
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Outsider]

Hey guys seeing the map of the special edition on another total war site i decided to post it here
and once again PLEEEEEAAASEEEE!!!! DONT FORGET THE OTTOMAN UNIT ROSTER PLEEEEEAAAASSEEE!!!!!!

[The Outsider]

also any info on if the ottoman have the protectorate of the barbary states and the crimia would be greatly appricieted thank you. thank you.

[knoddy]

installing now gimmie 15 and ill try and post one for ya

[pevergreen]

also any info on if the ottoman have the protectorate of the barbary states and the crimia would be greatly appricieted thank you. thank you.

Yes they do, and they start at war with Russia.

[The Outsider]

great, thanks guys

[Azlahn]

I simply must play as the Inuit as soon as I can. If nothing else, just to see how many turns I can actually survive. We have to remember that they are terribly weakened by the omission of Greenland :P

[lenin96]

I simply must play as the Inuit as soon as I can. If nothing else, just to see how many turns I can actually survive. We have to remember that they are terribly weakened by the omission of Greenland :P

I want to see you conquer America! Does anyone know how to unlock other factions yet?

I'm getting the game for my birthday so I'l have to wait but it's good seeing what fellow orghas have to say.:beam:

[pevergreen]

No, I can't figure out how to mod anything without unpacking it, which I cant do. If it was anyone else, sure.

[Gregoshi]

I thought this was a screenshot thread... :shrug:

[Sir Beane]

Gregoshi is right. We do seem to have veered off-topic a little. Try to limit posts to screenshots or discussing screenshots please :2thumbsup:.

[Squints]

The government screenshot posted above does have a guy with a monocle.

I think my second campaign, I'm only going to have men in the government with monocles.

[pevergreen]

I tried starting a new pacifist campaign, im just building wealth.

https://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6441/protectorates.jpg

ignore the war with the Mughals, I landed some troops and it was just easier to declare war.

I have three protectorates. The inuit nations, the plains nations and the Plebeu Nations. I think thats how you spell it.

[Heinrich VI]

this is all i have to show so far:

https://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x41/Werg78/ETW.jpg

and i thought M2TW was buggy... :no:

[pevergreen]

Are you running Windows NT 5.1?

This game requires XP/Vista...

Wow...now im back in Windows 98 mode :confused:

[Heinrich VI]

nope win xp pro sp3.

[pevergreen]

lol. I was worried for a moment. :laugh4:

I can't read german, so I can't help sorry.

edit: PM Husar, and ask him. Hes pretty tech savvy and is German.

[A Very Super Market]

Weird how you don't have any European allies....

I foresee a possible defeat of little Prussia...

Sniff

[pevergreen]

But I do!

Poland-Lithuania all the minor factions that I border or am near, great relations with Denmark and the UP and England. Im safe from attack.

[A Very Super Market]

Wait, its a pacifict campaign as the Prussians????


Heresy!

[pevergreen]

I don't know history, so it doesnt affect me if i'm breaking it. :grin2:

[Dogfish]

pevergreen that is awesome. It's probably a mirror image of how I'll be playing my first campign when I get the game! I'm pretty hardcore about my defensive-minded turtling + economy boosting + mega investment in research.

Ooooooo I can't wait.

[Csargo]

But I do!

Poland-Lithuania all the minor factions that I border or am near, great relations with Denmark and the UP and England. Im safe from attack.

:inquisitive:

[The Fuzz]

MORE SCREENSHOTS PLEASE

:gah:

[Plusi]

this is all i have to show so far:

https://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x41/Werg78/ETW.jpg

and i thought M2TW was buggy... :no:

Restart your computer

I had that problem, restarted my computer, and the problemo was fixed :)

Anybody know where screenshots are stored? I've taken a couple but can't find them.

[Noddy The Beefy Egg]

Funny feature if you press Insert you get 1st person

Result:

https://i39.tinypic.com/8qjp.jpg

can you shoot a cannon or be a soldier if you are in 1st person?

[A Very Super Market]

No, you just see stuff happen.

[Achilleslastand]

this is all i have to show so far:

https://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x41/Werg78/ETW.jpg

and i thought M2TW was buggy... :no:

Did you try a restart after you installed everything?

[pevergreen]

:inquisitive:

what? Isnt that the faction name?

[Noodles_Hahn]

Hello, I'm a lurker who decided to sign up. I have a couple screenshots, showing off my new state!

https://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo30/bubba22plus_bucket/Empire2009-03-0610-19-22-37.jpg

I didn't need to give up much....

https://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo30/bubba22plus_bucket/Empire2009-03-0610-19-36-32.jpg

[A Very Super Market]

Haha, that is gold!

As Spain, I traded Gibraltar for Ankara...???

[Daimon]

https://i39.tinypic.com/149z03c.jpg

My first big battle so far.. The invasion of India in 1724 by the Dutch, unfortunately the invasion wasn't a succes I overestimated the manpower of the Indians. I got beaten and annihilated :embarassed:.. (My general and small group around 80 made it out) There goes my expensive army that was a pain to finance..

Edit: 2 years later i attack again, this time another region.. The City assault was a costly one.. and my heart sank when I saw another Full stack of those (red faction) indians coming.. Jurgen Verbeek (my general) was trapped.. I had no choice but to fight! And so I did! and it was a complete mess! Grapeshots from my cannons flying trough the streets, Cannon balls flying over the heads of my soldiers, Hard Melee's, burning buildings etc.. Here some screens of the battle:

https://i39.tinypic.com/fp0cpu.png

https://i42.tinypic.com/htxw6t.png

Got to love the captain on this one:
https://i39.tinypic.com/vjq13.png

A bloody victory as you can see, once more I need to retreat and build op my forces.. again! And i'm nearing bankruptcy.. damn you indians :P

https://i44.tinypic.com/k53cl0.png

[Zoring]

The Indians throw themselves on Prussian bayonets, Infantarie-Regiment Nr. 163 sends the natives packing.
https://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9149/65103148.png (https://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=65103148.png)

[Feanaro]

https://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo232/AlamarShoots/ETW.png

Not a very exciting screenshot but it has a story to go with it. I was playing GB, fighting against the pirates. I had extinguished most of their navies and now I wanted to remove them from the picture totally. The first island I took was easy enough, they had only pirate mobs and I outnumbered them. The second island, just off Brazil, was not so easy.

I underestimated their army. I defeated their buccaneers on the field but at a heavy cost. From a force of some 600, I had 289 left. Two units of Line Infantry, one unit of Colonial Militia, and a 12lber. All were quite ragged, with the arty having ONE cannon and five men. I was in trouble when I tried to siege them. I didn't have time to rebuild my forces, I needed my navy elsewhere, and they'd just recruit more of those darn buccaneers.

So I just plunged hip-deep into the smelly stuff. Pirates mobs, 840 strong, against my guys. The line infantry had two chevrons, the militia one. The arty was useless but it was my general... so I deployed it close to the enemy and had the infantry far out on the flanks. I was betting everything that the AI would concentrate on killing me general. It was a hail mary tactic... and it worked. They sent a unit or two against my infantry, while concentrating on the arty. My general bravely held the line, getting off one nasty blast of cannister shot before being viciously run down.

His sacrifice was not in vain, for my infantry had outpaced the pirates and marched straight into the center of town. The largest unit of LI and the militia went into the town hall, securing the area. The smaller unit piled into a house right nearby, between the pirates and the town hall. The mob quickly surrounded the house, blasting it from every side but taking fire all the while. The interlocking fire was slowly whittling them down. Then they did what I hoped they wouldn't do: charge. Unit after unit piled into that little house, trying to take down a lone unit of LI. By this point, however, the unit had three chevrons. They also had socket bayonets, which the enemy lacked.

The fighting seemed to go on forever. The infantry firmly held their ground, firing through the windows as the line held. They wavered for a moment and then the first enemy unit broke ranks. Heartened, the infantry continued to bayonet pirate after pirate as their ranks thinned. There, on soil far from Britannia's warm... well, wet and muggy embrace, they gave everything for crown and country. This left the pirates with a bare four units. Two broke themselves on the town hall dying to ball and bayonet with ease. However, their cunning general held back out of range with another unit, knowing that soon time would force me to withdraw into the wilds, to certain defeat.

Bugger that! The charge was sounded and out poured professional soldier and citizen-warrior alike, giving one quick volley before they smashed into the general. He died in the initial shock and the dogs retreated. I was left with 72 of the bravest, toughest SOBs in the Empire. The cost was high, some 500 men, but piracy would no longer threaten the homeland. After a long rest, the men were transported back to England as they were. They sat as Palace Guards, never replenished beyond those who survived. Who would be fit to join them?

[Mystiqblackcat]

Great story man, your pride in those two units is well deserved. :2thumbsup:

[Alexanderofmacedon]

How awsome. I want to shoot myself that I don't have enough computer space and I want to wait until patches come out. Whyyy??? :wall: I guess part of it is my own fault.

[Fwapper]

By around 1800 in the RTI campaign I was getting really old generals and admirals whenever I promoted one, like this guy, who died after only two years! (so not great value for money :P)

https://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6832/108years.jpg

(I had conquered so little by the date in the picture because of this (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=825573))

[Mailman653]

My glorious defeat
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-04-1522-13-32-29.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-04-1522-12-07-96.jpg
The last stand

So I landed an army on Tripoli and took the capitol quite easily. After a few turns I decided to send a quarter of my army to Tunis which I mistakenly thought was undefended since the previous turns the Barbary Pirates would send rag-tag units of no more than 250 towards Tripoli.

So I decided to recruit a new general and send him off with two cannons, one unit of long rifle men, and some other units to take Tunis. So I clicked end turn and on the Pirates turn they sent an almost full stack of soldiers to intercept my army. I knew I was heavly outnumbered but I decided to play on rather than retreat.

At the start of the map I was able to position my army and arty behind a wall which was behind another wall. To my right was a fence and to the left open ground. I set my arty up in the middle with my marines to the left and right. I also sent my riflemen to the right and built stakes to protect my flank. Lastly I dismounted my dragoons and decided to send them to the right which sooned turned into a game ending mistake IMO.

My arty started their fire into their lines and when they finally reached the first wall and began to climb over it, I unleashed a deadly volley and then provided continuous fire to the enemy trying to approach my guns. I manged to route two-three of their units this way, once they were close I switched to cannister for the duration of the battle. The enemy then concentrated their main attack to my weak right while sending a token force to the left and a few units up the middle. I think had I kept my dragoons behind my guns they could of lasted a little longer as they were eventually over run. I had my cav unit support the melee going on to the left flank and eventually my right flank once the enemy broke through. I tried to keep as many units fireing and avoiding hand to hand combat but the Pirates just swarmed me and I had to commit almost all my units at one point. In the end I only had one unit left who I was able to deploy behind the melee brawl and fire some lead into them before getting over run and eventually retreating.

My men fought bravely to the end!

[Roy1991]

The Royal Navy appearing from the fog :2thumbsup:

https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/1977/navyk.png (https://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=navyk.png)

This pirate fleet, nearly a full stack (forgot to count :sweatdrop:, but it were 16 or 17 ships at least) had been blockading my port in Jamaica for several turns, blocking nearly all my trade from NA. So, I decided to sent my European fleet over to take care of it, as I had no warships in the area. (As soon as my fleet arrived in NA however, Spain, Prussia and Sweden decided it would be a good time to start blockading all the ports in my home region :oops:).
The pirate fleet consisted mainly of Galleons and Race-built Galleons, with a few sloops and Fluyts.

After firing a few volleys, the battle quickly became a mess, with both fleets comp-letely intermingled. In the end, all pirate ships were sunk or surrendered, without losses on my side :beam:

[Vlad Tzepes]

Just 2 screenshots.
First, a battle somewhere in Africa, those camel gunners managed to somehow garrison a building, but left one outside:

https://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww285/Vlad_Tzepes/camelcartoon.jpg

Second, just a nice Indian party waiting near a collapsed building to be shot to pieces.

https://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww285/Vlad_Tzepes/heatwavecartoon.jpg

[Mailman653]

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-05-2623-46-42-92.jpg
Party like it's 1649!

[Didz]

https://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2001/vonriedesel.jpg
Regiment von Riedesel goes toe-to-toe with the American-Dutch Rebels at the Battle of Williamsburg. The British under McDowell barely scraped a victory but the battle ended the American rebelion.

This screenshot shows the 'blood and smoke' mod to good effect, this was only after about three rounds of musketry.

https://img39.imageshack.us/img39/8348/queensregiment.jpg
The 2nd Foot (Queens Regiment) about to give the rebels a taste of British steel.

[Roy1991]

Yes, AI, you have proven that you know how to defend your horse artillery :shame:

https://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6296/76523561.png

[King of Finland]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KUn4f9YrkKY/SiO1ePC2fDI/AAAAAAAAAB8/XKcHn19tv24/s640/naval%20invasion.jpg

It seems Great Britain has done a naval invasion

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KUn4f9YrkKY/SiO2dKfGqAI/AAAAAAAAACY/ba4Z5nqyDPQ/s640/heppoja%20talossa.jpg

AI cavalry using their strengths... assaulting buildings.

[Mailman653]

https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Odd.jpg

[Sheogorath]

https://i42.tinypic.com/o6wrgx.png
"Is it hot in here, or is it just me?"

[Hooahguy]

bump!

old vs new:
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/oldvsnew.jpg

the blood mod got a bit bloody:
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/lottablood.jpg

shock and awe:
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/laststand-2.jpg

ok, this is a bit too much to ask....
https://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/hooahguy14/Empire2009-07-0917-44-07-28.jpg

the first 3 were coverted into JPEG, so the bad quality is apparent.

[Liberator]

https://i42.tinypic.com/o6wrgx.png
"Is it hot in here, or is it just me?"

Fart of the century

[Didz]

The Battle of Minsk
Following a short bombardment the Russian Army advances on the Swedish battle line.
https://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2809/minsk1.jpg
The opening volley's greet the Russian advance.
https://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8757/minsk2.jpg
Volunteers of the Danish Brigade returning the Russian fire.
https://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8336/minsk3.jpg
Russian troops exchanging fire with the Swedish battle line.
https://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4636/minsk4.jpg
The Russian 1st Guard Regiment hold the centre of the line.
https://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9135/minsk5.jpg
The Swedish 15th Regiment are reduced to little more than a skirmish line.
https://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7100/minsk6.jpg


Mods: TROM, BSM, Weapon FX, Proper Militia, Ancient Regime Uniforms, Hollowfaiths Swedish March Music.

[Hooahguy]

nice pics, Didz. im guessing you were russia.

[Veho Nex]

The failed Brandenburger revolution!
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/1a6f606901075c2ed976a3d0c431b516816e4292.png
The rebels look upon the royal army coming to stamp them out.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/12ded3bdf035c97370ab97afe00cd31a563bacf1.png
The opening shots.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/69d5a1a9d7c1ce04cf4d711d31a27d5f608e5f6c.png
The final charge of the general.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/569d57f5f24706fc25b1568da9ab2cb5af342d56.png




And in a totally unrelated note:

Proof that Light inf are wayyyy to over powered.
http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/9800116bfca9e4889cb884c209bd28f969a2ca05.png

[Didz]

nice pics, Didz. im guessing you were russia.
No! I was Sweden.

We actually won this battle in the end though the AI put up a hell of a fight. It was one of those rare battles where the AI just came straight on and duked it out musket to musket instead of fiddling about trying to outflank me or suicide on the artillery.

Many of my first line battalions actually fired off all their ammunition and had to be relieved by battalions from the reserve. As soon as the AI detected a drop in firepower they tended to come in with the bayonet so the relief battalion had to be brought forward and paasage of lines timed to ensure that the firing was kept constant.

I lost about a third of my army and my General 'Stenburger' was killed by a stray cannon ball towards the end of the fight. The Russians even managed to rally and make a second attack towards the end of the battle but fortunately I had a cavalry regiment in reserve so the next time they broke I made sure they kept running. They even tried forming square at one point as my cavalry moved forward but fortunately it was within range of my artillery and so got blasted by cannister.

[Mailman653]

Some sweet boarding action!
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-07-1601-40-49-50.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-07-1601-40-58-67.jpg
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b344/Officerpuppy_/MTW2/Empire2009-07-1601-41-18-78.jpg

[Didz]

Nice! I like the green coated marines on the US ship. Are you using the naval crew mod I read about?

[Hooahguy]

Mailman, great pics! but i could never for the life of me risk trying to board a ship. too risky, and i lose too many ships.

[Didz]

Surely, that depends on the odds. I use boarding quite a lot in my game particularly against galleys that tend to have quite small crews. A sloop can easily board and capture a light galley simply because it has twice the number of men. Some pirate ships also have remarkably small crews, and its easier to take them by boarding than trying to sink them.

[Veho Nex]

Some screens from a recent online match. I did pretty well against the americans while my team mate was destroyed horribly by the ottomans. I made my last stand on a hill. A tactical retreat where I lost maybe 400 men and got the least of my kills.

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/105935239011b86a0d195b9566852c9010f1977e.png

http://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/4552f5c44a0e567f69d517dfcc7a4ac6262dc989.png