Fortuna Orbis - Description, Questions and Updates Thread

[Pat89]

Looks good CC

[Caligula Caesar]

Thanks to the Res Gestae Team, I now have units for the Mauryan Empire I just need to sort them and do some editing.

[Caligula Caesar]

I've now edited Res Gestae's Mauryan units to my liking, and am in the process of coding them in. A preview will follow

I intend to make a Beta release once I have got the Mauryan units completely sorted (with sprites, unit cards - my changes render the RG ones if not unusable, then rather inaccurate - and stats), sorted the other factions' units for now (Pergamon, Achaians, Belgae and the minifactions need sorting), and given the Barbarian factions governments. It will be Beta because I will still have a lot of units to add/make and will probably need to do a lot of economic balancing.

[DukeCanada]

I call being the first beta tester

Time to make some games crash

[Tony83]

Good luck with your enterprise CC, considering the energy and enthusiasm that you show on the RTR side of things I know that you will make a success of this.

[Caligula Caesar]

Thanks, Tony

I would show some screenshots of my latest endeavours into the foreign art of skinning, but some of my skins will probably be used for VII, so I probably shouldn't... And I've finished off the Mauryans, but I can't work out how to get a spearman to use a sword Other than that, I could preview them now.

[Tony83]

Do you mean that you want to switch the main and secondary weapons for the unit, if so, send me the CAS and I can do that for you matey?

[florin80]

If he actually meant that he wants the spearmen to also use the sword as a secondary weapon, then that`s not possible (without some serious glitches)unless the unit also has the phalanx attribute.

[Caligula Caesar]

Thanks The unit in question doesn't have a secondary weapon, but there is a sword on its skin which is the same as the sword on another swordsman's skin. The "Prome_new_unit_Mauryan_Spearinfantry_high" is the one I want changed; the other has the sword on it. I've added the textures as well in case you need them. Uttarapathian_Swords is the one that fits on the spearmen.

Edit: @Florin: No, I want the spearman to discard his spear and use a sword

[Tony83]

I'm not 100% sure what it is you wanted, reading your last post, but what I have done is create a new CAS for the spearinfantryman (high2) where the sword is now the primary weapon, and the spear the secondary.

[Caligula Caesar]

Yep, that's what I wanted. Thanks

[justme]

Macedon (Basileion ton Makedon)=Basileion tis Makedonias(Βασίλειον τῆς Μακεδονίας)
Bactria (Basileion ton Baktriana)=Basileion tis Baktrianis(Βασίλειον τῆς Βακτριανῆς)
Pontos (Basileion ton Pontos)=Basileion tou Pontou(Βασίλειον τοῦ Πόντου)
Greek Superfaction (Autonomos Poleis Hellenon)=Autonomai Poleis Hellenon(Ἀυτόνομαι πόλεις Ἑλλήνων)
Pergamon (Basileion ton Pergamon)=Basileion tis Pergamou(Βασίλειον τῆς Περγάμου)
Parthia(Arche Arsakides)=Arche or Basileion ton Arsakidon(Βασίλειον τῶν Ἀρσακιδῶν)
Ptolemies (Arche Ptolemaion)=Dinasteia ton Ptolemaion(Δυναστεία τῶν Πτολεμαίων)
Seleucids (Arche Seleukidon)=Dinasteia ton Seleukidon(Δυναστεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν)

I am Greek

nitpicking here...

not Ἀυτόνομαι πόλεις Ἑλλήνων, but Ἀυτόνομοι πόλεις Ἑλλήνων (η Αυτόνομος, αι Αυτόνομοι) (sing. autonomos, pl. autonomoi)

Also, coins of the Achean (and Aetolian) leagues refer to their confederation as "κοινόν" (koinon - commonwealth), not "symmachia" or anything else. Therefore "Κοινόν των Αχαιών" (koinon ton achaion) [equally Κοινόν των Αιτωλών - koinon ton aitolon]. Best use it that way

Finally, all successor dynasties were styled "kings" (sing. basileus - pl. basileis), so best use "kingdom" for their territories (basileion)

I'm Greek too


PS: nice mod you got here... I'll certainly give it a go when it's done!

[cpdwane]

Wow, this is a really impressive mod you've got going here, and it's even better that you've made so much progress already! Good luck

[Caligula Caesar]

Thanks I'll probably release sometime after VII, in part because VII is keeping me busy (along with the cricket season ) and also because I will use things from it.

[Caligula Caesar]

Great news: RSII has allowed me to use (at least some of) their units

[Caligula Caesar]

I've updated the Greek names... but I've decided to make some changes:

{PERGAMON} Basileion Attalidon tis Pergamou
{MACEDON} Basileion Antigonou tis Makedonias
{EGYPT} Basileion Ptolemaion tis Aigyptos
{Seleukid} Basileion Seleukidon tis Persiou
{PONTUS} Basileion tou Pontou
{GREEK_CITIES} Autonomoi Poleis Hellenon
{ACHAIANS} Koinon ton Achaion
{BACTRIA} Basileion Diodotou tis Baktrianis

Not sure about "Persou" and "Aigyptos"

[Pat89]

Why those difficult names?

[Caligula Caesar]

Well, they're most accurate. Though I could leave out the end bits, but I doubt anyone will know what I mean with "Basileion tou Diodotou" (Bactria) Maybe I should just put the region in brackets behind them.

[Pat89]

Why would you say "Basileion Seleukidon tis Persiou" if you mean "Seleucid Empire"?

[Caligula Caesar]

Why does VII have "Aiakid Dynastai" when it means Epirus and "Attalid Dynastai" for Pergamon (I don't think it's even correct Greek )