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Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom

11-08-2006, 04:22

Tuuvi

11-08-2006, 04:34

I think it is possible, but it will take a lot more effort because you would have to make more than one skin for each unit. But I'm not a modder (although I want to learn) so I don't know. Isn't 2001: a Space odyssey an old sci-fi movie? how is that historical? I love old sci-fi movies and books about our time though, they are kinda funny:laugh4:

-Praetor-

11-08-2006, 04:50

Is it entirely possble for this to be achived?:embarassed: Cuz the new units are crazy good, just like poptarts (r). Also I think 2001: A Space Odyssey is Roman Polanski's best movie, Since it had alot to do with history.:book:

Well, the team has already stated that they will move on to M2TW. Here`s the thread:

EB October Preview (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=70569)

Now, the thing about poptards and space o....

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Wait, what? :inquisitive:

Bonny

11-08-2006, 06:13

Also I think 2001: A Space Odyssey is Roman Polanski's best movie, Since it had alot to do with history.

the film was from Stanly Kubrick and the History part was nice (all those monkeys who hit themself with clubs) But the main part was :thumbsdown: booooring

MSB

11-08-2006, 08:21

In theory yes as long as they make more skins and models for units to give them the "no-clone" look. In practice it should work, but I wouldn't bet on it.

GiantMonkeyMan

11-08-2006, 09:06

what i want to know is... will EB2 be using all possible 31 faction slots available (as reported in ER's report from Brisbane)

Aut Nihil

11-08-2006, 09:27

lol 0.8 hasn't been released yet and you lot worry about EB2 ... give them some slag.

Foot

11-08-2006, 09:34

what i want to know is... will EB2 be using all possible 31 faction slots available (as reported in ER's report from Brisbane)

The less slave starting provinces the better in my opinion, so I will shout for "Yes!" for full number of factions in EB2.

Foot

Forgus

11-08-2006, 11:35

Back to the original question: we voted against it, MTW1 graphics look most likely, though STW sprites looked cool too.

Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom

11-08-2006, 16:48

wait so eb 2 will look like mtw1?? Thats gay! gayer then pink poptarts? why the hell would u do that?:furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:

Tellos Athenaios

11-08-2006, 18:20

I bet it was a joke.
Very nice reaction though.

:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

edyzmedieval

11-08-2006, 18:25

Barbarossa82

11-08-2006, 19:05

lol 0.8 hasn't been released yet and you lot worry about EB2 ... give them some slag.

what would they want with her? :laugh4:

Sorry, couldn't resist :tomato2:

Dumbass

11-08-2006, 19:07

32 factions slots, which new factions do you think will be included?
I'm hoping more barbarian tribes, as it makes it total chaos when 3 factions fight eachover for a province.

MSB

11-08-2006, 19:40

32 factions slots, which new factions do you think will be included?
Well I think these extra factions could be:
Chatii
Some Indian Faction
Numidia (West)
Numidia (East)
Some form of Irish Tribe/Brigantes
Tutones
Cimbri
Carnutes
The People of Syracuse/Messena
The Ligurians/The Boii
The Bastarnae

And possibly:
Carthaginian Rebels
Roman Rebels
Eastern Greek Rebels
Western Greek Rebels

oscar.k

11-08-2006, 20:05

and a biger campane map?

MSB

11-08-2006, 20:12

and a biger campane map?
I doubt that the campaign map will extend any further than it already does. However I do suspect that their may be more provinces than there are in the RTW builds.

oscar.k

11-08-2006, 20:15

i think white china is on the map it will be more fun to play

Tellos Athenaios

11-08-2006, 20:42

Well I think these extra factions could be:
Chatii
Some Indian Faction
Numidia (West)
Numidia (East)
Some form of Irish Tribe/Brigantes
Tutones
Cimbri
Carnutes
The People of Syracuse/Messena
The Ligurians/The Boii
The Bastarnae

And possibly:
Carthaginian Rebels
Roman Rebels
Eastern Greek Rebels
Western Greek Rebels

Add Pergamon, to that. As long as the map is not extended further to the east you won't get to see an Indian faction, if we may believe what EB stated a while ago... That was as far as the team was concerned in regarding to 0.8, but given that the main Indian faction of that time seems to be the Mauryan Empire...

If there are more provinces in the EB2 campaign map, then I guess there will be more in the Sahara desert and the Russian Steppes.

Tellos Athenaios

11-08-2006, 20:52

i think white china is on the map it will be more fun to play

It probably would be, but I guess the team won't include them, especially since the fact it will be hard to control the realism bit with China. China was at that time by far the most powerfull 'faction', yet it never conquered the Steppes in those days. However, in game it would either turn out that China conquers the Steppes every single game (not exactly realistic), or that the rebels need to be so strong that their earlier aim of limitting the number of rebel provinces is impossible.

Zaknafien

11-08-2006, 22:50

I'd personally like to see the Predator civilization included. You've seen the movie, right?

Tellos Athenaios

11-08-2006, 23:02

No, I haven't. :no:

Markus_Aurelius

11-08-2006, 23:19

lol

-Praetor-

11-09-2006, 00:04

Hmmmmmm...

It`s great if they increase the faction slots to 30...

but it wouldn`t be so great if they mantain the province limit in 199, and don`t increase the available number of slots for skins and models... :book2:

Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom

11-09-2006, 03:25

No it be stupid, and that wasent a joke you guys said that EBw will be using mtw graphics. :no: :no: Why? I know its a classic, but m2tw is beatiful, like tyra banks, but more white..:smash: :smash: Also we need to get back on the ubject of space oddysey 2001 guys! JEEZ!:yes: :yes: :yes:

Reverend Joe

11-09-2006, 03:50

Strange beautiful, grass of green
with your majestic silken scenes...
Your mysterious mountains, I wish to see closer-
may I land my kinky machine?

Samurai Waki

11-09-2006, 07:35

Somehow I doubt that a limited number of skins will be available, considering that each individual unit will have a variety of skins.

Anthony

11-09-2006, 08:50

Well I think these extra factions could be:
Some Indian Faction
Numidia (West)
Numidia (East)
Carnutes

Indians, unlikely, not enough of the area they lived in on the map. Why split Numidia in two? And Carnutes were subordinate to the Aedui, inhabitting Aulercia, part of the territory the Aedui effectively administered. Almost surely another Germanic faction, but I doubt Teutones (not definable early enough), probably Chatti I'd think.

And possibly:
Carthaginian Rebels
Roman Rebels
Eastern Greek Rebels
Western Greek Rebels

I don't see why spaces would be used for rebels like this really, when it could go to more factions. It's a big map, and there are a lot of places that could be filled in better without rebel factions.

I'd like to see Brigantes, Hattoz (Chatti), Bononia (kingdom of Bohemian Boii), Pergamon, split Iberia into two different factions, Numidia, the Aitolian league or Syracuse, maybe Aquitania, and not certain what else.

MSB

11-09-2006, 09:52

Why split Numidia in two?
Historically there were two Numidan factions. The Lybians and what we commonly call Numidians. One supported Rome and the other supported Carthage in the Punic Wars.

Tellos Athenaios

11-09-2006, 10:09

Zaknafien

11-09-2006, 11:20

I'd rather see Mauretanians an Numidians both represented in North Africa.

MSB

11-09-2006, 18:50

Something else I noticed that EB will have when it moves to M2: The governments/MIC system will be simpler as the castle/city style system could be used to represent it. This will shorten the release date drastically as the EB team will not have to do any extremely complex coding to get their systems to work.

And Zaknafien: glad to see that EB has taken you on board. :thumbsup: