Revolution! Total War

[Hross af Guttenburg]

I have been thinking about the situation with trenches, not that trenches were used in any great effect in Russias conflicts as say compared to the Great War, but since weaponry is so very effective at this time both in damage and range, and considering that men wore no armour it would be important for the game to bring in some kind of defences in the battle, but how is it possible without making a new building, which the AI wouldn't just ignore? Well, it seems to me that the longbowmens 'plant stake' special ability could be modded to add defence from missiles, it could look like a raised line of earth maybe with tank traps and barbed wire on so that it has the same effect to tanks and armoured cars (modded from cannoncarrying elephants) and cavalry charges as well as obvious direct infantry advances.
Unit formations were not the same as in the Napoleonic era either and therefore units would have new formations, long thin lines of loose order.

Artillery units could be:
Heavy machine gun teams
Mortar teams
...as well as the full range of long distance field artillery

One issue that does bring questions to mind is what is to be done with the armour and the visual 'updates' or evolution of certain units when re-armoured with chain, plate etc? Could we modify this to give a different look to some units and increase their training, fire accuracy, discipline, etc? So for instande we could develop units to specific levels such as say
Peasant infantry
Light infantry
Sharpshooters
Snipers
Veterans
Commandoes
- Just to give some rough examples and an idea, and their development as a unit with each new 'armour' is effected by a visual change, so that veterans or snipers might have more worn out clothing with maybe heavier camouflauge etc...
What do you think?

These are all campaign suggestions, but the basic ability to make a start for MP and custom battles would be best, to actually get units on the go.....
I need skinners, modellers and coders. Please contact me directly if you are interested in this mod.

Proletarskaya Revolyutsiya!

[brokguitar]

Hross,
I created a gatling gun unit for the 1775-1865 mod Im working on. I am using the art. unit already in place in the game but made the effects that of a gatling gun. Im sure this can be implemented the same for a machine gun unit.

I think the art. piece is called ?riboult?

Anyway I have made it devastating to units and quite a site to see in custom battles versus waves of incoming peasants .

Hope this gives you a idea for your machine gun.

Brok

[Hross af Guttenburg]

Excellent, yes if you look at a post further up I did suggest a ribault as a possible basis for a mahcine gun, now that we know its possible we can get properly stuck into the mod...There are no major realism issues any more!!!

(I think we might have to borrow the blueprints for your gatling gun mate)

Thanks man!

[Warluster]

Sorry Hross I realised I will not be able to do coding and stuff, I can probaly only do Mapping and writing still sorry.

[brokguitar]

Hross,
Ive created great looking infantry that would blow your mind! The only thing stoping me is the fact that i cant change the graphics of the units to look different than musketeers. Your mod is very much doable.

Brok

[Icefrisco]

how are you goingt to create models for armoured cars, machine guns, pistols, artillery(breech laoding) and bolt-action rifles?

[AliAS]

HI. Here are some pictures of Czechoslovakia legions.

In russia
http://cslegie.wz.cz/podklady/legieRUS.jpg

In France
http://www.cslegie.wz.cz/podklady/legieFR.jpg

In Italy
http://www.cslegie.wz.cz/podklady/06_07.jpg


Milan Rastislav Štefánik. (One of the creator of Czecholslovakian Legions , second was Tomáš Garigue Massaryk> later Presiden of Czechoslovakia)


Propaganda poster



If you want i can find more info about czechoslovakia in that times