Preview: The People of North Africa

**Cadwalader** · 07-11-2009, 11:46

Damnit, you sexy modding gods! I was looking foreward to spending my cloudy Saturday in endless boredom, but now I'll have to read the preview.

**bobbin** · 07-11-2009, 12:34

yayayayayayayay!

**Phalanx300** · 07-11-2009, 12:53

Nice preview! Even though I'm not really that much interested in Africa in my battles.

And what is this video coming soon? Is it for this preview or is it a stand alone video of some kind?

**Foot** · 07-11-2009, 13:01

Originally Posted by Phalanx300

And what is this video coming soon? Is it for this preview or is it a stand alone video of some kind?

Its for this preview. Youtube is just being annoying at the moment.

Foot

**Tellos Athenaios** · 07-11-2009, 13:37

They were (IDK if it is resolved by now) down `for maintenance'. It did provide me with an unexpected but nice opportunity to test my JavaScripting though...

**Cartaphilus** · 07-13-2009, 23:27

INCREDIBLE WORK!!!

EBII will be a masterpiece for sure.

**Alsatia** · 07-11-2009, 13:38

ONG so brilliant!! Units are simply spectacular, I cannot describe them, they look better than the units from Empire and M2TW. Keep it coming!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Tellos Athenaios** · 07-11-2009, 13:41

Originally Posted by Cadwalader

Damnit, you sexy modding gods! I was looking foreward to spending my cloudy Saturday in endless boredom, but now I'll have to read the preview.

Ah well, just think of how it would've been if you were having a whole Saturday of testing/playing it ahead of you.

Speaking of which...

**Phalanx300** · 07-11-2009, 14:42

ALL HAIL EB!!!

Indeed, be with luck granted by the gods EB! (Using EB to praise EB

) And perhaps something can in the future be done with the Cherusci unit, their unit description says they had exeptional defenense but its the same as similar Germanic units. You wouldn't want to upset the gods, now do you EB?!

Its for this preview. Youtube is just being annoying at the moment.

Foot

Ok can't wait

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EDIT: In picture four (from battlefield pictures) I see a white shield with an snake in it. If its made to resemble an standard Argive Hoplite shield then two snakes should be in order! :

http://www.xyfos.com/athenea/argos.php

When ran through an transelator the two snakes on a shield stood for the ordinary Argive Hoplite.

EDIT2: I'm wondering, just how many variation is actually possible in an unit? How many different shields for example?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 07-11-2009, 14:56

Originally Posted by Phalanx300

And perhaps something can in the future be done with the Cherusci unit, their unit description says they had exeptional defenense but its the same as similar Germanic units. You wouldn't want to upset the gods, now do you EB?!

(deep breaths...)

**Phalanx300** · 07-11-2009, 14:59

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

(deep breaths...)

We got an berserker here!

**Raiuga** · 07-11-2009, 15:34

I think my heart can't stand the excitement....
Fading away....

**Martelus Flavius** · 07-11-2009, 15:57

Originally Posted by Phalanx300

EDIT: In picture four (from battlefield pictures) I see a white shield with an snake in it. If its made to resemble an standard Argive Hoplite shield then two snakes should be in order! :

http://www.xyfos.com/athenea/argos.php

When ran through an transelator the two snakes on a shield stood for the ordinary Argive Hoplite.

EDIT2: I'm wondering, just how many variation is actually possible in an unit? How many different shields for example?

Hello there,

For the Snake on white field, it's not from Argos... But the two other shields present in there should help you to guess! The key to this enigma is 3.14159265...

Variations in a unit? It depends of the unit, but in the case of the hoplite we have :

-> 9 shields
-> 2 Spears
-> 7 Helmets
-> 1 Sword
-> 6 Faces
-> 6 Bodies (Linothorax, Arms and Legs)
-> 2 Greaves (Either one or two greaves)

-> Total possible combinations : 9*2*7*6*6*2= 9072

On the other hand, the unit I'm currently working on has only 5 shields, so the amount of possible combinations greatly change with the unit.

If we increase the number of object, it will mean a decrease of the size of the object map in the skin. So if we do too much variations we will have a crappy appearance due to low resolutions of the individual shields. (In this exemple, but this is true for any 3D object in a unit.)

Regards

Martel