kao_chen Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Hello,When I move a group of boats, they don't let space between themselves.On the capture, a group of 8 sailboats appears like one only ship. But it's not a problem to navigate for them..RegardsKao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 11, 2011 Report Share Posted July 11, 2011 Yeah, we will need to create custom formations for boats. That looks pretty ugly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakakhan Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Yep, thats on our ToDo lists! Boat pathing/movement needs some loving. Thanks for the picture Kao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 What kind of Archaic naval battle formations were there? The only formation I have heard of is a positioning of triremes in a circle, with their prows facing outwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 What kind of Archaic naval battle formations were there? The only formation I have heard of is a positioning of triremes in a circle, with their prows facing outwards.I was just thinking basic formations....Line, Box, Column. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kao_chen Posted July 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 I suggest to implement a formation with lines , the first line with heavy ships, the second line with medium ships and the third with the lightest ones.In the past week, the documentary "the Destiny of Rome" was broacasted on the German/French TV channel named ARTE. If you can, try to catch it, it worth it.In the second part of the movie, a big animation of the battle of Actium has been build in 3D.This battle occured in 33 BC between the Antony's fleet and the Octavian's fleet, more than 500 warships engaged in the battle (so few).You can distinctly see the ships formations and how to engage the battle with Roman ships.The documentary has been done with a small budget and green screens on a small movie set, but animations work fine and he gives us a good vision of what a Roman battlefield was. http://en.wikipedia....attle_of_ActiumTrailer here:http://www.youtube.c...player_embeddedand some capture of the film are attached to thisIt's very instructive, you should try to see it.Regardskao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOXAS1 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I also wanted to say that sometimes the battering rams do the same thing and look like one battering ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasunadon Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I suggest to implement a formation with lines , the first line with heavy ships, the second line with medium ships and the third with the lightest ones.As is used for land units, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 As is used for land units, isn't it?Currently we also have that "formation12" or whatever it is called that creates a nice battle line (cavalry on the wings, ranged units in back). I propose we call it "Combined Arms." Perhaps something similar could be designed for ships as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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