Countdown to Open Beta - Animations and Battle Formations

[Moros]

Alin...your my hero!!!!!

[Krusader]

I still can't see it. What program do I need to make these work? I should just be able to click the link, right?

You need QuickTime installed.
Here's the official download page

It should be installed for your browser too (at least Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).

[jerby]

Meant as a joke Was thinking of the idle xyston animation

The pikemen/sarissa animation is being worked on now. We have run some tests on the first animations made and it looked good. Believe me, I think you'll love it as well. Maybe I can get permission to post a pic or two of the finished animation if you all behave and the EB chiefs are in a good mood

jup, you got permission...

[Marinakis]

please do =)

[khelvan]

Now this is what I'm talking about! We need more previews like this; maybe next week you could do a music preview or a battle building preview.

No, because both of those are all but untouched right now, as I have said before.

Our musician seems to have disappeared and we have no one working on 3D buildings for us at the moment.

[Turin]

The animations are great, some of you all really should be doing this professionally.

The one question I had was about the 2 handed swordsman. Is that one slash going to be his ONLY attack animation? While it's a nice attack animation, it would be nice were there a bit more variety.

[tk-421]

Our musician seems to have disappeared and we have no one working on 3D buildings for us at the moment.

I'd be willing to help with music if you need an oboe or clarinet player. I can also play notes on a pan flute. I don't have any recording devices but I may be able to get my hands on something.

[khelvan]

Well, what I meant to say was composer. He had a database of period instruments he was going to compose music with.

[zemaniak]

I loathe quicktime... any possibility of having the animations in mpeg or wmv format?

[Zero1]

I really like the downward stab animation, it really gives the impression that the horseman is stabbing downards into someone's face.

[the_handsome_viking]

this has probably been my favorite preview so far, those new animations look sexy as anything

i mean look at that vicious spearthrust that germanic cavalry guy has, its awesome.

[Tux]

The one question I had was about the 2 handed swordsman. Is that one slash going to be his ONLY attack animation? While it's a nice attack animation, it would be nice were there a bit more variety.

There are 5 more slash animations as there 9 idle animations, this is for the 2hs animations.

[TheBagelmeister]

With the animations and formations being well underway, I guess good progress is being made on EB. Progress has gone far, it seems.

[Divinus Arma]

You need QuickTime installed.
Here's the official download page

It should be installed for your browser too (at least Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).

Thanks. That was pretty nice. And I assume there is much more, eh? Wow!

[jerby]

You've show us 6 battle-formations..i believe there are 8...
is there any hope for an Echelon?

[The_Mark]

The AI pretty much died when it tried to attack with an echelon phalanx (I suppose you meant that) back in the form mod days.. If that can be fixed, then yes, it will prolly be there.

[jerby]

yeah, i can see the AI messing it up..maybe a player-only formation(group-formations buttons)

[vizigothe]

I loathe quicktime... any possibility of having the animations in mpeg or wmv format?

you can find quicktime alternatives for the mac haters in all of us

i however have no qualms with quicktime so i cant point you in the direction of one, but i would try google

[Dayve]

How about some Roman unit animations?