How to make Historical Battles

**Dragoncrusader** · 11-15-2004, 09:12

Hi
Have been very busy this weekend and have corrected a number of errors in the guide, added the Historical Campaign section and wrestled with getting the ai to control three enemy armies at once.
But I now have three battles ready, the Pass of Death, Ascalon and Dorylaeum. Still having trouble with my .bifs, they either come out too big or all blotchy.All I want is one .bif with a shield of St George on it.
Oh well back to the images.

**Mithrandir** · 11-15-2004, 12:06

Can you post what you have so far please?

**Dragoncrusader** · 11-16-2004, 08:57

Good morning Mithrandir
Between us we have four new historical battles. I have read the upload guides but cannot see where to post to get the battles into the historical battles section of the downloads section. Can you help?

**AmbrosiusAurelianus** · 11-16-2004, 22:30

DragonCrusader,

I didn't realise that you were so close to upload, or I would have pulled out more stops and increased our number of historical battles. I am extremely busy at present, but I might be able to update the material on the BIFs in the guide. I have some new information, or rather some older info that I might be able to work into a usable form. Did you receive the BIF that I sent you? If not I can resend it. Let me know if you need further help on materials for your battles, because you churn them out more quickly than I at present, and I can help with the flags and icons if you want. Come Xmas holidays I'll have a few more battles for you.

**Dragoncrusader** · 11-18-2004, 07:31

Hi
I would not worry about it at the moment. I have not found out how to upload yet or how it works.

I think that we can upload the battles one by one as we go along and I was going to experiment with the Pass of Death and Ascalon as they use standard maps. Then to move onto other ones around Christmas.
The Guide is growing daily and if you email me the sections you want to amend or add to, I will add them into the next version. I have added version to try and keep track of where we are! Have still to work out how you get sandstorms - which I will need for a forthcoming battle.
I think that the .bif that I have at present will do fine. So I am ok on the image front.
Since I am doing the First Crusade series of battles, they all have pretty much the same elements in them and so I can create them quite quickly and just alter the tactical problems. I will slow down from now on as I am moving onto new territory and also I am back to the day job on Monday!

**Mithrandir** · 11-18-2004, 14:24

I believe you can upload them in the section of MTW, with a description. Barocca will then move them to the appropriate section when he finds time (usually uncanny quick).

In the meanwhile you can upload them to the MTW test section and post the links to to the files in this thread...

Thanks,
Mithrandir.

**Dragoncrusader** · 11-28-2004, 09:09

Sorry guys,
have tried to upload the battles onto the Org site and they look as if they have gone but they still have not appeared on the download site. Have emailed to ask what I have done wrong. Watch this space......

**Dragoncrusader** · 01-03-2005, 09:40

Update on the new battles available. I have uploaded 8 new battles but they have not been transfered into the download area. But you can download them if you do to the UPLOAD area on the Org front page. Any problems let me know and if you get really stuck send me a private message and I will email them to you.
Happy New Year
Dragoncrusader

**AmbrosiusAurelianus** · 01-03-2005, 16:03

Well at last people should be able to have a go at some of the battles. Maybe we can get more people into making them and increase the number on offer. Does anyone want to start a feedback thread so we can get peoples ideas for future battles?

Happy New Year to one and all,
Ambrosius.