Exclusive Preview! Flying Horses!

Guys, you all know that Kraellin has secret maps under construction with new features on them...

Well Kraellin permitted me to sneak in to see them! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/tongue.gif

Yep I saw them and I can describe them with a single adjective: weird....

To make some features on these maps, he used the so-called 'weird mode' in the demo editor and made some really weird hills and 'land bridges'.

Also, units on these weird hills seem to appear as flying in the air! And horses are especially funny when seeing them flying lol.

Krae should release these maps very soon.

In the meantime here is is a nice screenshot seeing some yari ashigaru 'going down the rope' or 'falling down the bridge' LOL

http://terazawa.totalwar.org/flying1.jpg


Maybe these maps will not offer the most serious battles ever but they are very funny and kewl! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif


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Honour to Clan No Fear.

Visit my resource centre here! (http://terazawa.totalwar.org)
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[NinjaKilla]

I think that your own in-game comments sum up my thoughts!

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- Our girls fall for samurai and they'll go chasing after them.
- If the bandits come they'll cut our heads off. We'll worry about the girls later.

From: Seven Samurai

Here are 3 other *extra-super-exclusive* pics from the map which will be named Pegasus.

If you take a look at these pics you will know why of this name. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

http://terazawa.totalwar.org/flying2.jpg

http://terazawa.totalwar.org/flying3.jpg

http://terazawa.totalwar.org/flying4.jpg




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Honour to Clan No Fear.

Visit my resource centre here! (http://terazawa.totalwar.org)
Evil is within us... http://terazawa.totalwar.org/emo.gif

[BakaGaijin]

=O

[Catiline]

I got that effect when I tried to make an ambush map. The idea was a central gorge, and I mean a gorge, which was the only way for an attacker to advance, with ramp up to the cliff tops at suitable places which meant the defender would find it hard to defend the approaches if he let the enemythrough the worts of the canyon.

All looked cool, had great cliffs and even overhangs etc, cover from fire you understand http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif (needless to say this was designed as a fun map...). THen I tired running it in the game. Suddenly my Muskets were jump pack assault infantry. Boy could those lads jump. Pgo a gogo.

Needless to say those plans were shelved

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Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows

[Laertes]

It's hay you're supposed to be feeding them, not helium... http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif


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He is justly served; It is a poison temper'd by himself.

[TosaInu]

Konbanwa Catiline san,

I hope you still have that map stored somewhere, as it's quite easy to debug it (it might result in some unwanted changes too, but those can be adjusted afterwards).

Ja mata
Toda MizuTosaInu

[Catiline]

I think i do, though I might have scratched it. Once I finished my exams I was no longer looking for excuses to waste time instead of revise and all my maps went on the back burner to make way for asomer serious socialising. I'll have a poke around to see if it's still there, but i'm inclined to wait until the proper editor comes out now before getting to involved in the demo editor again.

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Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows

[Kraellin]

must have been green hay, laertes....gave them gas :)

K.


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I'm sorry, but i never apologize.

[radan]

Whoa...nice..nice. I'd like to see this flying horses in my own game http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

[vangersonm]

http://www.3bp.com/pictures/donkeycart.jpg

here is one.........well almost

[MagyarKhans Cham]

My Khan states that every horse able to fly should be sent to his ger for enlisting in his army...

[qwertyuiop]

I have seen flying units in the map editor, but never in the game http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif Weird might not be the correct adjective.

[Kraellin]

btw, this map is available at the .org's custom maps section. it's called K's_Pegasus.
the flying horses are a result of 'pulling' a tile out of shape so that it creates a land bridge and tunnel effect. since the game isnt quite true 3d the units do some strange things when they encounter this skewed section of the map.

you can make units 'climb' straight up from the bottom of the bridge to the top, without using any apparent land. and the same is true going down. this is what makes the horses seem like they're flying.

also, i sent a copy of the map to CA and got a reply. they're going to look at it :) who knows, maybe in Crusaders: Total War we'll get some new terrain features :)

if you do use that map for playing, i suggest playing only friendlies on it cause the units do other strange things besides flying...cant always make them go where you want.

have fun,

K.


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I'm sorry, but i never apologize.