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[Sylon]

Saka Cataphracts are being worked on.

The Autumn release will likely be delayed for another 1-2 weeks; Tux/alin lost his hard drive in a crash and several crucial second release units with it. It will also give the rest of the modeling team some extra time to finish off a couple more core factional units, like the Bedouins, Indian Tribal Levies, Oksywie Swordsmen, etc.

[Wulfburk]

Will you guys have to redo everything on those units lost by that hard drive crash?

[Roma_Victrix]

Saka Cataphracts are being worked on.

The Autumn release will likely be delayed for another 1-2 weeks; Tux/alin lost his hard drive in a crash and several crucial second release units with it. It will also give the rest of the modeling team some extra time to finish off a couple more core factional units, like the Bedouins, Indian Tribal Levies, Oksywie Swordsmen, etc.

You guys should have some sort of system where you pool these files together and share them among external hard drives. That way you'd never encounter this sort of problem.

[alin]

Will you guys have to redo everything on those units lost by that hard drive crash?

Yes, I have to.

[QuintusSertorius]

Have the Saka gotten some love as well? As far as I can gather most (if not all) other factions have seen additions to their unit rosters, but I haven't heard anything about them IIRC.

The only unit planned for this release for the Saka is their final factional unit, the Cataphract. There are others, like the Indo-Saka units planned for the next.

The other faction due some love in the third release are Hayastan.

You guys should have some sort of system where you pool these files together and share them among external hard drives. That way you'd never encounter this sort of problem.

Finished work, or at least things which can be used by the game even when partially complete, are on a networked store. Unfortunately, works in progress aren't stored anywhere remote from people's local machines.

[Rail93]

I fully support postponing the realase. More time = more awesome units. Actually I cannot wait to see Indo -greeks in 3rd realase ��

[Roma_Victrix]

Finished work, or at least things which can be used by the game even when partially complete, are on a networked store. Unfortunately, works in progress aren't stored anywhere remote from people's local machines.

Ah! That's too bad. However, I'm also glad to hear you guys have a network to safely disperse any and all finished content at least.

[Rail93]

I fully support postponing the realase. More time = more awesome units. Actually I cannot wait to see Indo -greeks in 3rd realase ��

[QuintusSertorius]

Ah! That's too bad. However, I'm also glad to hear you guys have a network to safely disperse any and all finished content at least.

It's from long before my time, I'm guessing bitter experience got the team to store the finished product somewhere besides one person's machine.

I fully support postponing the realase. More time = more awesome units. Actually I cannot wait to see Indo -greeks in 3rd realase ��

We haven't yet drawn up the third release unit list, but I think there'll be a lot of fusion units on it; Indo-Saka, Indo-Parthians, Indo-Greeks and more. The former group will really add legs to the Saka Reform, since India now has Eastern Imperial as it's primary culture type. Combine that with the expansion of the Indian roster for regionals, and the Saka will have lots of reason to expand into India.

[torzsoktamas]

The Autumn release will likely be delayed for another 1-2 weeks

Can we still expect it in octomber?

[QuintusSertorius]

Can we still expect it in octomber?

It depends on whether some very specific units, which I can't reveal, are ready by then. I hope so, but they were amongst those lost.

[HarkonRules]

Just keep making more Italian units in the meantime and I don't even care, way too much love for filthy barbarians all over the world!

[rovert]

early 2078 everyone , cant wait.

[Cohors_Evocata]

Saka Cataphracts are being worked on.

The Autumn release will likely be delayed for another 1-2 weeks; Tux/alin lost his hard drive in a crash and several crucial second release units with it. It will also give the rest of the modeling team some extra time to finish off a couple more core factional units, like the Bedouins, Indian Tribal Levies, Oksywie Swordsmen, etc.

The only unit planned for this release for the Saka is their final factional unit, the Cataphract. There are others, like the Indo-Saka units planned for the next.

The other faction due some love in the third release are Hayastan.



Finished work, or at least things which can be used by the game even when partially complete, are on a networked store. Unfortunately, works in progress aren't stored anywhere remote from people's local machines.

Thanks for both of your replies. I've been holding off on playing the Getai and Saka so far, but I think I'll give them a try when the Autumn release hits. It's a shame of the lost work due to technical issues like these, but as others have said it's not too bad if it means more units when the next version does get released.

The Irish units look great btw, though I'm not gonna attempt to pronounce the name for those swordsmen.

[LusitanianWolf]

Sorry about the loss of Tux's drive and all the hard work with it.... Don't give up, we need your magic!
I don't mind about the delay if it means a few more units can get ready in time for it

Great work on the Callaeci and Goidelics!

[QuintusSertorius]

early 2078 everyone , cant wait.

Funny. People can see the progress in both the new units on the Twitter feed, and indeed the improvements in the test version which keep coming. We're about 10 units away from completing the planned additions for the second release, and I've got one or two new features I want to get tested (including Celtic missions) before it hits.

[Larm]

Pitty that Tux/Alin lost those wip unit models. Those thing rarely happen but are not uncommon.
Good luck with the project. You guys are doing a great job

[Shadowwalker]

I don't mind the delay, either. Things like Tux' computer problems are frustrating enough on their own, as I assume - no need to add further pressure by shaking fists and demanding that the team fulfills any promised release date.
(And I'm deliberately ignoring the fact that there is nothing I have to demand from the team anyway - otherwise the above comment wouldn't even be possible to write. )

It depends on whether some very specific units, which I can't reveal, are ready by then. I hope so, but they were amongst those lost.

*crosses fingers for the "hinted" camel unit .... and Agrianians ... and Pontic Thorakitai ... and Elite Khamis ... and Ethiopian Cavalry .... and ..... *

[Sylon]

Camels won't be in for the second release, since they require reworked camel rider animations. That makes it too time-consuming to cram into the second release. They should be in for the third release, though.

[Larm]

Camels won't be in for the second release, since they require reworked camel rider animations. That makes it too time-consuming to cram into the second release. They should be in for the third release, though.

So a least there are going to be Camels in EB 2. thats good news. I can wait for that ;-) . I love Camels but there not a must have for me