Possible XC-CATW alliance!

**CaesarVincens** · May 29, 2009, 06:03 PM

That's fine, quality over speed I say. (If only the other CA held to the same...)

**Dog Fart** · June 01, 2009, 12:09 PM

This is great. CATW would blend in quite nicely i think.

**cocobongoclub-DJ** · June 04, 2009, 07:46 AM

Well, XGM is focused on hellenistic warfare, and so am i, they are more than 50 hellenistic units units and alternative ones in reserve. Here is the latest one, the "hellenistic" late thureophoroi, a so-called Ascepiodotal, romanized light-medium infantry which fight with xyston and xiphos (in catw but in reality, they would have thrown javelins also). This is not a "versatile" 3d model, so it's light.

**Zarax** · June 04, 2009, 08:10 AM

That looks like a nice model.

BTW, Extended Cultures is much more wide scoped than XGM, we try to expand all cultures and not just greek.

**cocobongoclub-DJ** · June 08, 2009, 09:20 AM

So just wait for my new celts. You'll be at the edge...

**cocobongoclub-DJ** · August 03, 2009, 12:39 PM

Hi guys, lot of time without news. Some new are good, other bad.
The good : The new celts are now achieved. You'll find them here : http://www.ancient-battles.com/catw/aedui.htm.
They are as accurate as possible for 300 bc, and this is naturally good for 330 bc too, with evolutions up to the gallic wars and cesarean conquest.
Now units in catw are over, i am about to merge some of your scripts in it.
Also, i am lodding some models - that's a long process, so that will be better you choose the models you want for XGM while trying them in the next release.
The DL link for catw official beta3 will be announced in TWC this month i hope.

The bad new is that the very good coder which was to to the point of joining the team resign for another personal project, and is not fond of such game architecture.

**CaesarVincens** · August 03, 2009, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by cocobongoclub-DJ

Hi guys, lot of time without news. Some new are good, other bad.
The good : The new celts are now achieved. You'll find them here : http://www.ancient-battles.com/catw/aedui.htm.
They are as accurate as possible for 300 bc, and this is naturally good for 330 bc too, with evolutions up to the gallic wars and cesarean conquest.
Now units in catw are over, i am about to merge some of your scripts in it.
Also, i am lodding some models - that's a long process, so that will be better you choose the models you want for XGM while trying them in the next release.
The DL link for catw official beta3 will be announced in TWC this month i hope.

The bad new is that the very good coder which was to to the point of joining the team resign for another personal project, and is not fond of such game architecture.

Great news about the Celts. Let us know if you need any help with .txt files. Also, Zarax is now in charge of units, so he'll let you know what we are looking at.

**CaesarVincens** · August 03, 2009, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by cocobongoclub-DJ

Also, i am lodding some models - that's a long process, so that will be better you choose the models you want for XGM while trying them in the next release.

**Zarax** · August 03, 2009, 01:09 PM

First thing, nice models!

A question: are those LODed?

**Zarax** · August 03, 2009, 01:44 PM

Ok, for now we'd like to have this unit:

**cocobongoclub-DJ** · August 08, 2009, 03:36 AM

Ok, you will have it (just time to lod it).
If you are script-gifted and i'm sure you are, catw is still plagued by descr_strat. This is the more important but also the more sensible file by far. And of course show_err is unable to say anything about these bugs. i already saw every tutorials about it, but that's still like searching a black cat in a foggy night without moonlight. So if you have, for example a tool to see typo's errors that would be great (by now, i have the "common" back-to-menu bug)...

**Zarax** · August 08, 2009, 03:39 AM

This tool by Redfox may give you a hand, it detects inconsistencies between DS and EDU

**CaesarVincens** · August 08, 2009, 10:38 AM

Don't forget the name validator as well.

If you are still having trouble after using those tools. Send us descr_strat and we can see what we can do.

**cocobongoclub-DJ** · August 10, 2009, 02:55 PM

Great ! I will test it. The best way to deal with DS is to go step by step, but that's time consuming, making campaign tests each time you change a name or add a sign.