Have you seen the wonders?

**Krosword** · 10-03-2004, 21:42

I haven't seen anyone mention this, so I thought I'd ask.

The game has some short videos when you take over wonders (The Colossus, Zeus statue, etc) that feature them in RTW environment. Has anyone fought near those and seen the wonders on battle map? I think it would be a fantastic site, but I haven't been able to test the idea - didn't have armies there to fight against. So what do you think - possible to see them or not?

I can swear I remember the devs telling in preview that one of the features was to see the environment that's on the map - i.e. if it was river, you get to see it, a mountain - you see it, etc... The closest I've come to this was to witness an ocasional stone hange (just called 'hange') in german forrests (??).

Please leave your thoughts.

**metatron** · 10-03-2004, 21:50

Henge. The circular gatherings of pre-celtic civs. But no, I havent seen them in battle either. Though I am miffed that there's no Solomon's Temple.

**Krosword** · 10-03-2004, 22:03

potato potAto.. :P

I did fight on the same square the Colossus was standing - an I didn't see it - I went around the whole map = no COlossus, but I see the coast and all.. Bummer. it would have been a fantastic sight.. :(

**Lemur** · 10-03-2004, 22:16

The pyramids would be a good test for this. Anybody fighting any battles around there? See anything pointy in the distance?

**Thoros of Myr** · 10-03-2004, 22:19

The videos appear to be made with the game engine so that leads me to believe even if they are not on the map the models are located somewhere in the files and it might be possible to mod them in...maybe :)

**discovery1** · 10-03-2004, 22:22

I haven't tried them yey, but wouldn't you be able to set up a custom battle around the wonders if they are on the campain map.

**Krosword** · 10-03-2004, 22:52

That's what I thought - the wonders looked made with game engine and appeared on battle map... I hope it is moddable at least... didn't try custom battle - but I don't think it's possible...

**Red Harvest** · 10-04-2004, 01:02

I've taken the two in Egypt, but my battles were not close enough to show the Wonders. Kudos to CA for adding the Wonder effect. This is one of those things that keeps me coming back for more in the series.

I do enjoy seeing smoking volcanoes in the background of some battles. Anyone managed to have a battle during an eruption? It would be really cool if ash was falling and the sky was dark with a glow on the horizon... The eruptions are fun to watch on the map.