IMO the shields on all units are a bit cartoonish....
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IMO the shields on all units are a bit cartoonish....
Yeah they are.... I think it is partly because they are too thin. Anyone else have thoughts on the shield thickness?
It's the same in the original RTW -
OK, I may just be looking at it too closely and usually you do not see them from the sides that much..... IT is fine in my opinion.
It isn't cartoon style, though its similar (cartoons generally use crisp shading with a small set of colours).
You need to exadgerate the shading and highlights to give the shield some depth, otherwise it looks 2 dimensional (which it is! same with shields in RTW). Putting detailed depth into the shield in the model will chew polys like nothing else, so we cheat. The end result looks fake, but it looks a hell of a lot better then if I don't do it.
Another problem is with non-symmetrical shields I have to fit the texture for the entire shield in a pretty small space, and in game it is 'blown-up' to fit the actual shield, which gives in a bloated appearance.
Ok, I did not fully understand the system behind the shields and now that you explain it it sounds fine. BTW what detail settings are the screenies using?
This mod is moving really slowly. We need more people working on it. Seriously if you campare the progress with the Lotus mod its like huge. And only one person works on the lotus!!!
The problem with that mod is that its lame while this one is kewl. So comon you guys we need more people working for this.
I myself can offer my assistance. I'm knowledgeably in history and somewhat in photoshop. Also I can mod export_descr_unit and such.
I would hardly say that the Blue Lotus mod is lame, even though its not my cup of tea.
But Hoggy is very skilled at 3D and 2D art, and I guess he's also got alot more free time then myself. And he's been working on his models for alot longer then I have been on mine.
What would really pick up the pace in the art department is more artists, which are a bitterly contested commodity.
Maybe this Hoggy character would like to help us out a bit?
That would be nice....
I wish I was artistic right about now. But sadly if I made the unit models we would be back in the days of MTW, or worse. Except they would be 3D and look really baaaaaaaaad. Any artists want to help us out???
Wallachian infantry and cavalry.
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...an/Action3.jpg
You make good points here Prince.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine_Prince
I don't know where Silver Rusher is at all. He use to send me all the instructions on what to do and things to research. Right now I am lost.
He's gone forever. But seriously we have got most of the unit ideas now so what we really need is 3d modelers and they are very hard to come by.Quote:
Originally Posted by Celtic_Winter
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Originally Posted by Byzantine_Prince
Are we letting him onto the team? We need more skinners I think.
ByzantinePrince can you model?
Celtic Winter SR is no longer working on this mod, he has gone back to MTW. If you still want to work on this I can attempt to give you directions as the new team leader, but I do nopt have the data that SR had because my hotmail account has been down.
Ahhh, a battle featuring some Ottoman units.
Prodominatly the Serdengecti
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ti/Action3.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ti/Action4.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ti/Action5.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ti/Action6.jpg
An argument about who has the nicer turban turns ugly.
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ti/Action7.jpg
Ahhh that shield is awesome. Great texture!
The Serdengecti is by far the best looking unit.
There are a lot of unique looking Muslim units but the Western are more uniform especially in the 16th century. Once we start working on those it will be a lot easier and faster.
It looks even better in motion!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yggdrasill
Infact, they all look good in motion.
I agree though, it is one of the best looking units so far.... the detail on the gothic armour is more spectacular, but its half masked by both gloss maps and the high lighting I use in the custom battles (its noon on a bright map, so I can judge if the colours work out, else they get washed out, which looks terrible).
The muslim units do allow me to get some more artistic skins out though, but I do plan on being attentive to the detail on the western units too!
Wow these screens look great. I wish I could help but I don't have much experience, little to none especially with RTW. Playing in 270 B.C. is really getting dull when I look at these units. I can't wait until you guys finish, so we can all kick ass with all these cool armored units. :duel:
It all looks good so far, keep up the good work.
Looks great. I like how they have a buckler, that seemed to be used very commonly by Archers...
Amazing! Those Serdengecti are certainly the best you've done so far as I know. Those are excellent! I really wouldn't mind playing the Turks/Ottomans whatever you will call them in your mod and being able to use horse archers to good effect this time!
Thay are the Ottoman Turks and all will fall before my grand Turkish hordes!
MWAHAHAHAHA
I think it may be the best looking one yet, though some of the others are pretty close.....
Please everyone take a look at the region map here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38801. I believe we need to add some more South eastern provinces. I think we need to seperate that giant yellow blob into some more provinces, especially because the Turks controlled most of the Arabian coast but virtually none of the core of the Arabian Peninsula (that is the very beginning of it).
The Sergendeti(sp?) shield looks a bit shiny, is that from faction colors or is that the final unit model?
It may just be me.... Otherwise looks great!
Been a slow week... back at uni, which eats into my spare time!
Nefer Janissary
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ry/Action1.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ry/Action2.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ry/Action3.jpg
http://www.users.on.net/~roehr/RTW/m...ry/Action4.jpg
This is really good Samuel. Really good. It seems you and the Janissaries get along quite well. Maybe in a previous life you charged the walls of Constantinople ~;)
Great work! ~:cool:
Caption for the last one "oooooh that got the itch" ~D
Tom.
Looks great! I love the sword and flashy red coat!