Questions about Empire for CA?

[pevergreen]

Yes, check the summary thread.

[Vuk]

Will Australia be in? I have seen nothing confirming that it will, but also nothing confirming that it won't. Australia is kinda important to the whole colonising thing. ;)

Vuk

[Divinus Arma]

I would like to know if field music will play a larger role in Empire than it has in former Total War offerings. I’m talking fifes and drums while the men move about or advance with the musicians portrayed in the unit. There were many military bandsmen in the 18th century and it would be great to hear pieces like the “pas de charge” at the outset of a bayonet assault. Perhaps a band could be a unit itself that adds to morale when ordered to play in much the same way as a commander’s rally ability is used currently. Much of the actual music still exists for the nations depicted in the game. The atmosphere and emersion during a battle couldn’t help but be enhanced with the sound of “British Grenadiers”!

Great Question. I second that and would expound upon it:

More of a request than a question- CA, please, will you expand the music score beyond previous titles? This period, more than any you have covered thus far, was filled with some of the most glorious music in human history. The Campaign Map could be filled with classics, whilst the battle map could be filled with the sounds of real battle music as Nelson has suggested.

Perhaps a combination of the two on the battlefield is possible, whereby the outset of battle is injected with a tension-building soundtrack and replaced by the sounds of battle and the traditional field music of the day?

This I Pray. Please make it so.

[Vuk]

Great Question. I second that and would expound upon it:

More of a request than a question- CA, please, will you expand the music score beyond previous titles? This period, more than any you have covered thus far, was filled with some of the most glorious music in human history. The Campaign Map could be filled with classics, whilst the battle map could be filled with the sounds of real battle music as Nelson has suggested.

Perhaps a combination of the two on the battlefield is possible, whereby the outset of battle is injected with a tension-building soundtrack and replaced by the sounds of battle and the traditional field music of the day?

This I Pray. Please make it so.

I believe that is already confirmed.

Vuk

[Caius]

I want to have planes to make a WII mod.

[Caius]

Sorry for dp, but it wont let me add that.

Will be have planes?Althoguh(sp?) it wont have due to timeframe?

[JeromeGrasdyke]

And actually, even though we may not answer your questions in the thread online, it's good for us to know what you're interested in... it certainly increases the chances of the information turning up in magazines or webchats or developer diaries ;) So by all means ask away.

[zerathule]

A few things i'd like to know regarding the campaign :
- While i'm sure ETW will include a "Get out of my lands !" feature (or even better a "If you cross my border it's war"), will ETW deptict the post Westphalian treaty international politics ? Will we see actual declaration of wars, consequences for breaking truces or alliances, and the need of a peace treaty to actually resolve the war and gain anything from it ?
- Since we'll have a new campaign map system, that doesnt work with tiles, does that mean a come back to a risk style map that made the success of MTW and Shogun ?
- Will manpower have importance ? Or will we keep seeing factions like Milan sending waves after waves of full stack armies ? :)
- Will strategic ressources have an importance in the campaign ? For exemple Iron and coal come into my mind, but horses or even food would be also interesting to have to run an empire.
- Will we have a new system for prisonners ? Or will we keep having battles ending Benn-hill style ?

I hope those questions might sound agressive and pointing out the major flaws of M2TW, but dont get me wrong, TW is in my opinion one of the best wargames.

[Bijo]

My question is here.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

How will the diplomacy be handled? I've already heard that you will revamp it, and I wonder about the Interface. In the previous games you could only talk to one faction at a time, but I think in the ETW-era big conferences were very common. I'd love the idea of having everybody at the table, like in Vienna 1815. One could make a suggestion and the others could "think" about it and then accept it or make their own suggestion. This way multiple-state alliances could would be possible, like the various coalitions against Napoleon.

[Divinus Arma]

I agree. It's time for a diplomacy overhaul.

[Incongruous]

I was wondering if you were overhauling the faction succession.
Obviously for places like Britain it is vital.

[Adrian II]

Napoleonic changes just like any other reform will probably be dynamic or random. Due to the fact that they are dynamic they might just skip Napoleonic wars if needs be... after all historical dates aren't enacted exactly when playing TW games.

Skip. the. Napoleonic. Wars?

My friend, I believe you seriously underestimate the likes of Captain Fishpants and their prepossession for historic detail and accuracy. Of course Sid Meier's motto still holds -- "When fun and realism clash, fun wins" -- but playing for or against Nappy is precisely the sort of fun that no TW player or developer would be deprived of. Timelines may be mixed up, borders may be totally different from 1796-1815. Heck, Bonaparte might even be British for all we know, and he may meet his 'Waterloo' somewhere in Spain whilst Nelson meets his 'Trafalgar' somewhere off Sicily. But the Napoleonic Wars are going to be part and parcel of this game or my name is Doofus Dietermeyer.

[pevergreen]

Australia wont be in this game. They said 3 continents. America, Europe, N Africa. part of Asia.

Australia is too far out of the way

[Bijo]

Australia wont be in this game. They said 3 continents. America, Europe, N Africa. part of Asia.

Australia is too far out of the way

I don't find that too bad, though if it would be included I wouldn't mind either.

[ninjahboy]

will there be like a drummer corps or what ever theyre called?
a drumline would be cool leading the troops to battle - the sound of the snare drum and piccolo :D

[geala]

An impudent question: will cavalry combat be like real cavalry combat or similar as in the previous TW games?

[Caius]

And actually, even though we may not answer your questions in the thread online, it's good for us to know what you're interested in... it certainly increases the chances of the information turning up in magazines or webchats or developer diaries ;) So by all means ask away.

If you check the forums, Jerome, we always wanted a World War mod. Now that there will be a new engine game, I (Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca), want planes.

[Galapagos]

Well i have one question about CA...................Will you make a World War game?

[Bootsiuv]

The ability to mod in flying creature/machines would be extremely desirable....I wants me some dragons.

I second (or third, or whatever) this request.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I like more information about the Rankings for Mutiplayer Please

[skuzzy]

I really don't understand why there will not be a full world map at this point. Several factors unraveling in North and South America would alone create an entire North/South span so why only include North Africa? I guess I could understand the cutting of most of Asia except for the fact Russia plays a prominent role in the era and spans east all the way to Alaska. So to include prevelant areas you would have to have West to East 360 and North to South 360.

[Vuk]

Is it going to be dynamic? (The name Empire) That is, when the Kingdom of England aquires an Empire, will it then by called the British Empire?
And if an Empire loses its foriegn holdings, will it cease to be called an Empire?

Will it be part of your goals to control an Empire?

Thanks,
Vuk

[Divinus Arma]

(1) Will the THRONE ROOM, or something similar, be included?

(2) Will the ability to grant TITLES make a return?

(3) Will units be granted NAME and LOCATION OF ORIGIN? And, as a dream, will UNIT AWARDS be made available, similar to TITLES?



I've got high hopes CA!

[Furious Mental]

Am I going to be able to mod the game to make the bands play "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden. I am 100% serious by the way.

[lancelot]

Is it going to be dynamic? (The name Empire) That is, when the Kingdom of England aquires an Empire, will it then by called the British Empire?
And if an Empire loses its foriegn holdings, will it cease to be called an Empire?

Will it be part of your goals to control an Empire?

Thanks,
Vuk

Id appreciate something like that- its the little things like that which can really have a nice effect. For example in Paradox's Victoria game, your flag changes based on your government type.

Add to this the transition of England into the British Empire for example would be great.

[Vuk]

Id appreciate something like that- its the little things like that which can really have a nice effect. For example in Paradox's Victoria game, your flag changes based on your government type.

Add to this the transition of England into the British Empire for example would be great.

Yeah, and it is really important when you consider that the name of the game is "Empire". :P
I too hope that CA will do this.

Vuk

[Ragnor_Lodbrok]

Are shields, armour and such still present, or at least possible for modding, in melee?

[TosaInu]

Australia wont be in this game. They said 3 continents. America, Europe, N Africa. part of Asia.

Australia is too far out of the way

Hello pevergreen,

Wasn't Australia 'just' a British penal colony during those days? That and Aboriginals living their lives in a huge continent. Sorry, I don't know that much.

[Furious Mental]

Yes. Pretty pointless really.