August Screenshot Competition

[Ibn-Khaldun]

hmm .. Why isn't this stickied?

[General Appo]

I have over 15,000 screenshots (no kidding) and don´t really have the time to go through them all looking for a really good one, so I´ll just put something in for funs sake.

King of the Hill


You see that guy in the middle with the shield up high? He´s really just in the middle of an animation to defend against a Pontic attack, but since he has higher ground it looks kinda wierd. To me it looks like he gesturing to, like you know, "follow me!", or something like that. Eh, I don´t know, maybe I´m reading to much into it.

[Che Roriniho]

Appo, I think we have a winner. Your's is simply gorgeous. Loving that centerm dude. I think with a bit of editing, that could look wonderful. (removing the banners and other witchcraft)

[Senshi]

Yup, it's a pity you guys run withouth Anti-Aliasing, I think AA improves RTW battles VERY much, especiall those phalanx spears no longer have that awful "staircase effect"...

[Jolt]

Yeah Appo's picture is awesome. I'd rename it to "King of the Hill", it gives the picture a much briter title (Guess who the King of the Hill is... :P)

[General Appo]

Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work. Might try again though, when I get back from London (will be away for a week. Or two).
CR, I´m afraid I don´t have any good editing tools handy, and even if I did I wouldn´t know what to do with them. Pity really. I´d wish that the Roman banner was situated behind the hill instead, so you just saw the top. That would have been awesome. Especially if it had been right behind the "King".

[Che Roriniho]

Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work. Might try again though, when I get back from London (will be away for a week. Or two).
CR, I´m afraid I don´t have any good editing tools handy, and even if I did I wouldn´t know what to do with them. Pity really. I´d wish that the Roman banner was situated behind the hill instead, so you just saw the top. That would have been awesome. Especially if it had been right behind the "King".

When I get home and access to my tools, I'll see what I can do for it. Luckily the Roman Banner is on a bare patch of sky so it's just a case of moving it and colouring the space in.

The other guys's banners will be trickier though. Still, I'll see what I can do.

[Senshi]

Actually that´s not a bad idea. Done.
Senshi, I´ve tried using Fraps and such, but it was just too much work.

Fraps and too much work?

It's quite a "Install&forget"-feature for me, I have it autostart everytime I boot up (as it requires near to no resources in standby), just setup a key you never use and that's it.

Of course Fraps spits out large .bmp files (as making .jpgs directly would cause bigtime lag when you press the Screenshot-Button), but compressing it into .jpg afterwards is a quickie, IrfanView or one of the many other common image viewer programs comfortably support that.

EDIT: Submitting a picture of my own...

Shock and awe in Epidamnos


Well, artillery can be pretty inprecise...and flaming...but that's what happens when one doesn't think twice before daring to invade the Koinon Hellenon homelands, bringing the wrath of the Koinon army upon them...

Love how busy the screen looks, all those poor levies running around scared, trying to regroup in the rear while a desperate cavalry charge stops my rushing troops near the wall, while on the bottom my orderly light infantry formations march forward

[The Celtic Viking]

"Run away! Run away!"

[satalexton]

The floating arrow of God, the omen that brings divine victory.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

The Celtic Viking,

is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.

[Senshi]

@General Appo:

To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him

But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course

[Rilder]

@General Appo:

To me it appears as if the guy is performing some kind of super jump charge (à la "300"), about to slash the poor Pontic in front of him

But your interpretation is acceptable too, of course

Honestly when I first glanced at his pic I thought the soldiers were cheering over a victory.

[The Celtic Viking]

The Celtic Viking,

is your picture from EB 1.1? In what province? I ask because of the trees.

It's actually from a custom battle in 1.0. I wanted to find out just how the mingle played out in practice. I think the picture conveys the results pretty well.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Okay, that's not exactly true. They actually rallied and then defeated the stinking romans, but how much of a mingle it was then I can't really say. It was a fun battle, though.

[Baktrion Agema]

To The Death


Watched by the statues of his gods, a Greek royal guard duals with a member of the Liby-Phonecian elite infantry during the battle for Alexandreia.

[||Lz3||]

Battle of Ipsos 301 bc


a great historical battle by the way thanks a lot!! (take a look at my new signature banner )