Pontus

[apple]

ONLY for Pontus Reports, all off topic posts will be deleted.

You will have to do this:

Include all errors in your first post organized so that the we could find them without having to search trough the whole tread.

You should also strike off each and every solved error. [S][/*S] like this

Post all pictures in spoilers for faster loading.

Good luck, The Roma Surrectum II Team

[Brusilov]

Make sure that you save your custom battles and then replay them using the movie camera (-movie_cam on the shortcut target) and zoom in on the units to see if you can find any graphical problems.

I was going to do that for Pontus but I've left the RS2 beta download (plus revisions) at home and it will take about 7 hours to download at work....

[Cyrus the Virus]

Still missing the horse half armor for; Fixed

Cappadocian Cavalry
Scythian Royal Cavalry
Roxolani Cavalry

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...66#post4038966

(Old post)

[tone]

Still missing the horse half armor for;

Cappadocian Cavalry
Scythian Royal Cavalry
Roxolani Cavalry

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...66#post4038966

(Old post)

THanks for the reminder - I'll do it right now.

[tone]

Done - it'll be in the next update:

[tone]

Aahh, just seen what I've done

Over the last year we've changed the horses round quite a bit and added new horse models. The Galatian chariots were using the generals horse spot and the cappadocians etc, the half-armoured horse slot. Now that the chariots get their own horse (to avoid units that have half-armoured horses getting an unarmoured horse) things haven't got switched back to what they should be.

So the horse above will now be the horse_general_pontus.tga.dds and the one you see in the preview will be back where it should be.

[Brusilov]

There is a CTD using Pontus in custom battles.

I've found that the unit that is causing the problem is the Pontus Scythed Chariots.

At the start I selected the first 20 units for Pontus - no problems.
I then selected the next 20 and got a CTD.
I started selecting unit #21 in the custom selection (Getic Archer) then onwards until it did a CTD.
I reloaded and ran a different battle (Rome vs Carthage) inbetween.

Edited:
I am currently using revision 10 - that's the latest one, although I know DVK is trying to get #11 out the door yesterday.

[apple]

Alkarin YOU need to post some reports in here asap!

[Brusilov]

Alkarin YOU need to post some reports in here asap!

I think they may have gone AWOL.... I did start a Pontus campaign briefly this evening. No real problems - just a matter of deciding where to head first. The Free Greeks surround Pontus.

Part of the reason was that I saw revision 11 is about to be released.

The Seleucids took the rebel settlement to the south and didn't attack me yet (for a few turns at least before I stopped the campaign).

There are some very nice Pontic units.

I noticed that when I did a custom battle with the Pontus Thorakitai unit the spear goes through the shoulder at rest (I would have got a better angle but I'm having mouse wheel problems at the moment (in-game)).

There is a 'foldline' in the sky in the middle if the unit (look between the 3rd and 4th spear tip from the front row).

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Edited: A bit clearer in this one

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[Brusilov]

I had two CTDs during the load battle phase. Both saved games were loaded and the battle ran OK.

Edited: My PC wasn't overheating, honestly! I did have look at what units were in each army before the battles that CTDd - I don't know if that was co-incidence or not.

[Douchebag]

I noticed a couple units from Pontus have the 'Testudo' formation option, is this normal?

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[Mulattothrasher]

I noticed a couple units from Pontus have the 'Testudo' formation option, is this normal?

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These guys being Greek versions of the legions and modeled on them should indeed have the testudo ability.

Keravnos and I looked for specific mentions of them doing a testudo historically and I do not recall any findings. Maybe theres a slight historical leap being made here but no biggie unless soemthing say they definitely did not use a testudo

Oh, which reminds me: Did you know the testudo is a Gallic invention? Their might be a couple Celtic units with that ability

[Agisilaos]

playing with pontus in custom battles i noticed that besides the units that need the images to look properly, the 9th and 10th unit have "unlocalaised placement text" while the PONTIC SCYTHED CHARIOT looks really weird. i have no other problem with the rest of the units. check the images:

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here are the images of "PONTIC SCYTHED CHARIOT"
does it happen to anyone else or is it only me? :hmmm:

also the faction symbol of pontus is different from the banner the units have in battle. is it on purpose?

[Father Jack]

Wow that is strange, I havn't tested Pontus with that particular unit but Tone should be able to answer it.

For a number of factions the battle banners are different compared to campaign map banners (it just adds variety I guess)

[Brusilov]

For a number of factions the battle banners are different compared to campaign map banners (it just adds variety I guess)

I don't usually play with banners 'on'. I presume that we should do this at some stage?

[Agisilaos]

map of the world in pontus campaign H/H in 543

Some errors i found:

recoupe should be recoup

should be fixed the phrase:
in their twon into their own hands.

wrong spelling of the faction Sarmatae. not Saramatae.

the description and what it provides.

upgrade and not uograde.

the description talks about judean spearmen while the unit is iberian cataphract

[Agisilaos]

Man of the Hour has the symbol of vanilla pontus:

colour of the borders goes into the sea:

and

Edit: i deleted an image after the explanation from Brusilov

[Brusilov]

the coast here looks weird. it is in the eastern part of the black sea (check the location in the campaign map)

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They are cliffs - they prevent you from landing an army from a fleet. I am fairly sure that the RS1.5 map has similar.

There are similar cliffs elsewhere on the map.

[Douchebag]

Man of the Hour has the symbol of vanilla pontus:

colour of the borders goes into the sea:

and

Edit: i deleted an image after the explanation from Brusilov

those borders are trade routes i think

[Agisilaos]

the description talks about judean spearmen while the unit is iberian cataphract

same goes for the horoli cavalry:

the campaign goes well so far. in 543 Ptolemaic Empire declared war, in 544 it was the turn for Armenia and in 547 Seleucids declared war. i am waiting for the new beta and i have not played a lot because of this reason.