EB news - Friday, February 11

[khelvan]

We can't truly depict polygamy, though it is something we would if we had the capability to do so. We are considering a hidden fertility bonus for every family member in the factions that practiced polygamy.

[Colovion]

Hardcoded limits to modablity should not be ANWHERE near this game which was supposed to be "the most modable Total War game yet"

ugh.

Well - keep up the outstanding work with the options you do have available to you. :cheers:

[Sarcasm]

Proper Gander got what I meant just about right. I remember in the old screenshot thread made by Promotheus, through community feedback (little bite there ), the Roman units he made had their colours toned down from a bright red, like the original game, to a a darker, seemingly more "primitive" color.

Bright colours are often seen in the vanilla RTW and some of the models of EB (no disrespect, they´re awesome so far, let´s hope you can maintain the extreme quality throughout the 255 or so units ) were IMO not possible using the techninques employed by ancient people. At least not all colours and surely not as widely spread as to havean entire army clothed in such fine clothes.

What I´m also asking is if, there was the possibility to modify the sky, the ground and general objects (water as well) and make them not so bright and cartoon-like, which is the general feel of the entire RTW (jokes included ..."what have the romans ever done for us?" is a classic...).

[Ranika]

The Celts (and presumably other cultures) could make bright dyes. They would mix them with whatever was locally available, white powders, egg yoke, etc., to lighten them, and things like copper to darken them to certain hues, mixing things until the look they wanted. The dark age and medieval Irish and Welsh still used a lot of bright colors in their clothing, because they had available dyes for it; Irish burial cloaks from earlier periods contained bright colors (particularly bright blue, yellow, and red). The Dal Riatans and earlier Caledonians though lacked such dyes. One example of a simple dye that's somewhat bright is woad. Woad is always depicted as blue, but if you soak fabric in it, it will have a bright purple-ish color (not really purple, but similar). That was a common dye, and very much more common during the dark and middle ages.