Mythos_Ruler Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Gallic FieldsPlayers: 3Factions: All CeltBiome: Temperate (Heavy on all 4 resources)Abstract: Defend your Gallic outpost against attacks from your treacherous neighbors! They are your cousins by ancestry, but no friends of yours!And watch out for marauding Romans! Oily scum, they are, who drink watered wine! Pagh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) I love the little tribe cities. With the bridge, do the bridges work by themselves or are you flattening some ground just underneath.Download link? Edited July 16, 2011 by asmartgoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 The bridges are two side models with raised, flattened ground between, yeah.And the map is committed to the Public repository if you have the SVN version of the game.SICILIAPlayers: 2Factions: Carthage vs. GreeceBiome: Mediterranean (Medium amount of wood and animals, but heavy on stone and metal).Abstract: Carthage and Syracuse duke it out over the interior of that great island, Sicily. Syracuse starts the match with a corps of Thracian mercenaries, while Carthage begins with a battalion of Celtic mercenaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Cool, I'll go grab them off the svn later.I could imagine a bigger version of sicilia as an invasion map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMST Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 The Gallic Fields may just be my favourite map yet. Keep up the awesome work, Mythos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 I posted this on IRC, but I thought I'd put it here also.Wanted to discuss the possibility of something like that for settlements versus just using a settlement building and converting it to a civil center. BFME 1 had castles and smaller outposts (outposts didn't have gates) that were placed in predetermined spots on the map. They started out as a plot of ruins or supplies but could be claimed and built. If destroyed, they reverted back to the small "plot." They also threw in a few farm plots around the map that were more difficult to protect. It was actually a very fun concept and it worked pretty well. Of course, in BFME 1 you could only construct buildings in predetermined plots inside a castle or outpost (unless it was a special map, like a fortress). I think maybe we could do a more hybrid concept combining the building styles of both the restricted plot building of BFME 1 and the free building of BFME 2 / AoE into one game. (Taking the best of both.) We could have a little plot in the center of a territory that could be converted into a small fortified area. We could then put some build plots in this fortified area for building predetermined things (although there would still be some options). The rest of the territory would be free build. The fortified area in the center would be upgraded with each phase to be stronger. (It would also be aesthetically nicer to show the transformation from a village to a city) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfinn the Shallow Minded Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thorfinn likes the idea. As a certain point I would like to point out that it would be nice to instead of merely pressing a button and pay some resources in order to upgrade the fortifications, it would seem better to micromanage the defensive upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I think switching to a BfME1/AOE hybrid concept is huge feature creep.In my mind there are different levels of feature creep.Good- Finding yourself with time on your hands, so you decide to add a high level feature like resource shuttling that replaces an earlier resource concept (gather auras) that had as many problems as it solved.- Adding a feature here and there where the design document is fuzzy or inadequate.So/So- Minor features that can be implemented within an hour, like when I made Houses train female citizens for testing purposes and no one objected. This wasn't even really "adding a feature" per se, just shifting a feature (training) from one building to another.Bad- Adding complexity and features to an existing feature (settlements) that currently has no problem in concept or design. The BfME1 concept will require a complete redesign of the settlement concept, design and testing of these "upgradeable plots" (what will we put there?), and more artwork than planned. How are Civic Centres included in this concept?TBH, I have no trouble with the concept itself. Personally, I'd like to have more buildings with more diffuse responsibilities between them. But at this late stage? Not so sure. On the other hand, I've proposed a Curtain Wall design that's feature creep, but then again, the design document is fuzzy there. The design document is super clear on settlements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 True, although some things might be worth some extra time. Just thought it would be better to mention it now and get some discussion rather than say something after they were already implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 True, although some things might be worth some extra time. Just thought it would be better to mention it now and get some discussion rather than say something after they were already implemented.If we did it, then I think they would need to look and function differently for each faction. How would you propose "capturing" an unclaimed settlement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Some cool new Cretan Date Palms with which to adorn your maps!Patches (300 Wood) -> Short (100 Wood) -> Tall (200 Wood).They are a higher polygon count than most trees, so use them in small clumps and groves, rather than large forests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Their only in SVN at the moment? Yeah. If so i'll have a map ready for the first day of alpha 7. I'll start off by replacing all trees with them, and i'll document performance hits. I'll probably only use them in the scattered trees and along the river in my arabian nights map. Edited July 18, 2011 by asmartgoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Their only in SVN at the moment? Yeah. If so i'll have a map ready for the first day of alpha 7. I'll start off by replacing all trees with them, and i'll document performance hits. I'll probably only use them in the scattered trees and along the river in my arabian nights map.Yeah, only in SVN for now. They look good sprinkled among the Senegal Date Palms. Doing so adds a touch of variety and detail, while minimizing any possible performance hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 OASIS IIPlayers: 2Factions: Carthage vs. GreeceBiome: Desert (relatively low on wood and animals, but heavy on stone, metal, and treasures).Abstract: An old favorite. An otherwise wide-open, flat desert map is pierced in the center by a lush oasis.We'll probably make a special structure for Carthage that does the same thing as the Royal Stoa does for the Greeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I've noticed a few bugs in atlas recently. It gives an error if you try to undo map settings. It also dies if you try to save anywhere without root acess on linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 If we did it, then I think they would need to look and function differently for each faction. How would you propose "capturing" an unclaimed settlement?Settlements would change ownership to whoever was nearby. You would have to keep units there or it would revert to Gaia or change to another player. To actually claim it, you would simply select the settlement and click on an icon for building it. (It would have a significant cost.) As it is being constructed, it would grow in size. When destroyed, it would revert back to a settlement.Here are a few videos. (Keep in mind that these castles had to contain all the buildings, while our settlements do not, so ours would not need to be as large.)Shows Gondor and Rohan castles. Shows a morder castle (doesn't have walls) get destroyed. It reverts back to a settlement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) So are we definitely seeing Oasis II in alpha 7? Edited July 19, 2011 by asmartgoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 So are we definitely seeing Oasis II in alpha 7?Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmartgoat Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) I win, you indirectly admitted to having the full carts in alpha 7. Edited July 19, 2011 by asmartgoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I win, you indirectly admitted to having the full carts in alpha 7. Not really. We could take them out very easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMST Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Carthaginians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Moar shield designs come soon.Edit: I srsly recommend using IMGUR for image hosting. Fewer annoying pop-ups and ads, plus commenting, plus super easy to us (drg-n-drop uploading), plus easy to use account settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yves Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 OASIS II...I like it. Probably the centre is a bit too "round" if you know what I mean.What do you think about making the lake less regular and removing some trees from on side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I like it. Probably the centre is a bit too "round" if you know what I mean.What do you think about making the lake less regular and removing some trees from on side?I'm not against that. I only made the oasis circular in order to harken back to the old "Oasis" map in Age of Mythology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted July 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 In case anybody has not yet seen it, we have a profile at Moddb with tons of extra screenshots and goodies.http://www.moddb.com/games/0-ad/images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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