300 elite Spartans against 650 elite persians

[Leonidas300]

Because Campaigns aren't  implemented yet, I came up with an Idea to create my own military Campaign.

So I sat down with the Scenario editor and built a map which should present the Thermopylae were the famous Battle of the 300 took place.

I even thought about a secret path leading through the mountains were you can attack the enemy from behind. 

Here are some screenshots:

Edited June 3, 2019 by Leonidas300

[Leonidas300]

16 minutes ago, Leonidas300 said:

_{"They say that the barbarian has come near and is coming on while we are wasting time. Truth, soon we shall either kill the barbarians or else we are bound to be killed ourselves." Leonidas to his Men on the evening before the battle}

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by Leonidas300

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

Cool idea, but probably would be best to emulate the actual topography of the battle site.

 

The ancient shoreline would have been at the highway on the right. We are looking in the direction the Spartans would have been looking. 

 

These tourists are descending the hill upon which the defenders gave their last stand.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

You can still visit the hot springs there:

 

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

Maps

 

[borg-]

On 6/4/2019 at 4:59 PM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

 

These tourists are descending the hill upon which the defenders gave their last stand.

It's narrower than I imagined.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

2 hours ago, borg- said:

It's narrower than I imagined.

I think the film 300 gives the impression of a giant cliff and a super narrow pass along the sea, plus some kind of weird narrow "gate" caused by two mountains. There was a cliff there, which had since fallen into the sea and then silted over by the nearby river, but that was only a part of the pass. 

All my life, I've wanted to see THIS heroic battle on the silver screen:

 

Not this:

 

 

[Rolf Dew]

Is this going to be historically accurate or just based of the 300 movie?

[Lion.Kanzen]

1 hour ago, Rolf Dew said:

Is this going to be historically accurate or just based of the 300 movie?

 

[Leonidas300]

It's actually based on the film. 

But perhaps I could change it so it's after the historical facts.

By the way,  how would it be if you implemented Campaigns in the next version of the game?

It shows Campaigns in Single Player - Campaigns but there are no Campaigns. So why don't yo implement some in the next Version?

[Leonidas300]

And where do you get good height maps?

[Guest]

NASA Visible Earth have topographic images.

Edited June 7, 2019 by Guest

[Leonidas300]

On 6/7/2019 at 7:25 AM, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I think the film 300 gives the impression of a giant cliff and a super narrow pass along the sea, plus some kind of weird narrow "gate" caused by two mountains. There was a cliff there, which had since fallen into the sea and then silted over by the nearby river, but that was only a part of the pass. 

All my life, I've wanted to see THIS heroic battle on the silver screen:

 

Not this:

 

 

Like that?:

[Leonidas300]

The map isn't finished yet but here are some more screenshots. The next ones are the allies that held the second secret path.

I didn't use height maps because it strangely didn't work, so I had to look at normal maps and do it just like that. So it's not quite realistic as it should be but it's more realistic as the first map I've posted  .

Hope you like it  .