ChivalryTW: new battle screenshots

[Lord Adherbal]

Each taken from today's MP games - that always garantees nice screenshots - featering Buukenshin, Kor Khan, King Ragnar and yours truely:

Preparing for impact...


The Kataphraktoi must die


Skirmishing Jinites


A unit of Black Guards caught and destroyed...


But their brothers are out of revenge


Charge !


The Black Guard takes casualties but keeps fighting


Shooting at point blank range


Hold the line !

[caesar44]

You want the truth ? AMAZING !!!

[Super_TW]

C'est trop beau vivement que le mod sort !!!!

[Ciaran]

All right, now that I picked my chin back up from the floor and got it back to where it belongs, what resolution do you use to make the units like that?
Are that Kataphracts or Lancers in the first picture? They look like they wear these "typical" visor helmets you see on depictions of tournaments. But then, if they were Lancers, they´d wear plate mail, I believe.

[Kor Khan]

All right, now that I picked my chin back up from the floor and got it back to where it belongs, what resolution do you use to make the units like that?
Are that Kataphracts or Lancers in the first picture? They look like they wear these "typical" visor helmets you see on depictions of tournaments. But then, if they were Lancers, they´d wear plate mail, I believe.

They're (my) Klibanophoroi. One of the two types of Byzantine Cataphracts. The other type, Kataphraktoi, are armed with bows instead of lances. In the early era, they're probably the best heavy cavalry you can get, but they're fairly slow and damned expensive. Lancers will only come in the late era.

[Ciaran]

They're (my) Klibanophoroi. One of the two types of Byzantine Cataphracts. The other type, Kataphraktoi, are armed with bows instead of lances. In the early era, they're probably the best heavy cavalry you can get, but they're fairly slow and damned expensive. Lancers will only come in the late era.

Yes, I thought so.
By the way, I´ve taken a look into your screenshot thread on SSC, seems like you got quite a couple of High and Late era units done as well already. How long will it be from the release of he early campaign till we can get those? I´m really looking forward to them.

[Lord Adherbal]

a month or 2 for each era I guess. So we should reach version 1.0 (complete) at the end of the year.

[zedar]

Those are really really cool screens. Only thing that bother me is that those kataphraktois have (too?) small shields.

[Lord Adherbal]

they're fighting with 2handed lances (we still need an animation for that), which is why they only have a small shield strapped to their forarm

[Kor Khan]

Some screenshots from the Battle of Manzikert (historical battle).

Turkish Horse Archers see the approaching Byzantine army.


Byzantine Skutatoi advance on the Turkish army


Varangians charge the Turkish line


The Turks on the left flank harass the enemy


And so the fighting begins...


Edit: Anyone looking at this thread and impressed by the screenshots, and who wants to try this mod out in MP: Please take look at the beta tester recruitment thread in the Chiv MP forum. It's worth it, believe me .

[Hôjô Ujimara]

This mod looks awesome. I which I had 256RAM..... So my system could hold a multiplayer battle with that graphics........ I need a RAM upgrade...

[Puzz3D]

Control knight templars and hospitallers in the Crusades, decimate the french knights with english longbowmen during the 100 years war

And, you'll be able to decimate the English longbowmen with the French knights at Patay?

[Lord Adherbal]

And, you'll be able to decimate the English longbowmen with the French knights at Patay?

I'm sure Kor Khan is willing to make that historical battle just for you :)

[Ianofsmeg16]

Hey Adherbal!
Is their anything new on the SP Campaign front? what about the map?

By the way those battles look awesome!

[Mr Jones]

absolutely astonishing. i really mean it. fantastic work guys.

[Mr Jones]

oh i forgot to ask, those varangians, i assume they will get a two handed animation for those axes? they are mighty big.

[Lord Adherbal]

not sure yet. I might give them single bladed axes.

newest byzantine units

[SomeNick]

Wow!!! This is excellent!!

Been looking for a MTW type mod that uses RTW realism. This is great!

Thankyou!

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Very nice guys. Excellent work!

[lancelot]

I always thought the pic of the varangian guards on the parchment (the ceremonial dress) in MTW was uber-cool. Will those guys be making an appearance?

[Lord Adherbal]

hm I had a look at it and they look very weird IMO. Nothing like all the information and pictures I've seen, so this is not how our VG will look like.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Man, I need to get MTW...

[lancelot]

hm I had a look at it and they look very weird IMO. Nothing like all the information and pictures I've seen, so this is not how our VG will look like.

In early drafts of MTW Varangians were goin to be divided into early and late/high eras like many other units. The info for 'early' varangians is included in the game but you have to mod it to play them.

The early guys kinda look like Vikings while the late varangians eventually became 'standard' varangians.

Anyway they are still frakkin cool! Put them in man, there wont be another unit like it!

[Lord Adherbal]

Maybe they represent the Cretean Guard (sp?). Unless you give me evidence that "late" varangian guards look like that I won't be adding them (and no, MTW is NOT evidence ;))

[Malchus Barca]

You guys have done an amazing job!!!! It makes me think of MTW,...(when You could actually capture prisoners.. .) ahhhhh....Beautiful....just Beautiful!!!!!

-Cheers-


Malchus...

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I like the fact that you use the RTW engine.