Maks

[MarcusTullius]

Profile: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/member.php?u=10040

1st Message:

Dear MarcusTullius,

i was wondering , if u still need some assistance for testing rs2?

i must be honest , i have no tech knowledge as for programming or fixing things , but maybe i can contribute for looking for errors , graphical, mouvement of units , advise on gameplay , etc...?

i have been following this project for years now and played all the versions up to 1.5.....altough i did not post so much (no internet at home untill 2months and limited acces to the net via work )

i can imagine that the more input the better for the project?

pos or not.....i want to congratulate all of the team already for this progress made on the vanilla rome game !


Brgds Maks

Application message:

dear Marcus ,

well for the moment , i can spent for sure some 3-4 hours each day on testing !

maybe smoothen out the small things , about the feel of the play, the maps , maybe missing little things ? 8-) i have alot of good books on the topic (roman, dacian, german , most osprey .....), maybe on the campaign , also i can follow up some instructions of the team in order to pinpoint certain errors ,.......i have a reasonable pc as my other interest
is concerning the battle of britain aviation simulator , etc.....

i live in europe , maybe this can help for info (cn timezone contact?)

english is not my 1st language , but as i have to use it a lot in my work enviro , i guess it is reasonable ! *i hope so * 8-)

well , i am looking really forward in helping your team out as this must be the one of the most beautiful mods out there for rome !

the feel , the music .....i drove me away from aviation and into the
history of the romans and europe !

u see what a game can do !

best regards - maks

What do we think guys?

[Brusilov]

I think that they fail on lack of any indication that they've played RS for any length of time and they've not done anything similar in another mod.

From me it's a no.

[MarcusTullius]

No one else??

[Brusilov]

Just me and you..... Hmmm, that seems to be the case with these applications nowadays.

[MarcusTullius]

Just me and you..... Hmmm, that seems to be the case with these applications nowadays.

Indeed...well my verdict is also no, so i will let Maks know tomorrow morning

[apple]

Inform him to play more RS 1.6 and we might considered to let him in.

[tone]

agreed

[MarcusTullius]

He seems very genuine:

ok ! ......will download 1.6 accordingly !

i will do my best ! 8-)

be assurred about my commitment ......i am mature enough to understand that this things have to be kept between the groupmembers and no info should be passed to outside!

it would be really a shame if the contents and effort are thrown away like that !

no no .....i have supported this game from the beginning!

i own all tw series and keep them as treasures , so i wont be stupid to do so ! i really understand what a lot of work this is.....

i hope i still can make a difference before the update is released ?

well,.... brgds maks

[Brusilov]

Yes, that is a positive response. I think we've done the right thing though. Unless they demonstrate that they have played a RTW mod for any length of time anything could happen.

We may have missed an opportunity to get an enthusiastic beta tester but we simply don't know. Unless they are known by someone already in the team then the 'entry criteria' should be maintained.

At least we have someone new playing RS1.6!

Did you mention thins like posting in the 'show your Empires' thread?

[MarcusTullius]

Did you mention thins like posting in the 'show your Empires' thread?

I did, and he said he would get right on it! Hopefully we'll see some results soon

[MarcusTullius]

Updated information

dear Marcus

as i just installed 1.6 , i began a campaign as the gaul people (as i am living in Belgium.....pretending to be the eburones,nervii,menapii 8-) )

most of the time , i do not rush things and pretending to follow the course of history as close as possible (even use of books during the gameplay, for example the battle of alesia or bibracte)

especially for the roman campaigns it worked out very well , in 1.5 and 1.0 i managed to get the whole of the roman empire mapped as close as possible (sorry no screenshots held)

i tend to place forts on the strategic places on the map as where i taught the romans or gauls would place them as strategical as possible !
before all that, i always start slowly , managing the economy and my standard is always , first to make the cities a little bit comfortable for my people , adding usable grounds , give them roads, checking the hygiene , then work on the governmental level , also trying to represent the hisorical feeling , only after i have managed that properly and gaining some more money and taxes i slowly start building up the army , but all not in a rush and also with enough strategy concerning delivery of new troops , which is sometimes not easy to provide as due to the long distances involved of all the different legions after the reforms!
talking about the gauls , i can imagine testing the new gauls would be a real joy for me as i want to test and help you people to get those romans on their knees ! 8-)

for the moment i can support you all , like 3 -4 hours max per evening (utc +1h) accordingly if u allow !

i would show u the screenshots of the current campaign but is still very early in the making ....(as i just downloaded 1.6 last friday)
but i think i could be more helpful in providing some feedback on the new version than that i am playing 1.6 , please note that i have 1.5 already a long time and also 1.0 .......

also i last small note .....i am rather looking into details , like the units , shields , ......by the way i have noticed that the leading person in the roman hastati or principes (i do not remember exactly) but when he charges the gladius dissappears ....altough before he starts to engage the sword is still showing ........

hoping on a positiv response 8-)

have a nice evening,day

brgds maks

He seems to have the time to test....what do you think?

[Brusilov]

I still think they should spend time demonstrating that they can play RS1.6 for a while. Even if they have only started a campaign that is usually the hardest part and can be interesting to see.

How many testers state that they can dedicate so many hours a day and then find out that this is not the case?

[MarcusTullius]

Anyone have any more thoughts?

[apple]

I say wait and see. Tell him to post pictures from his empire regularly.

[tone]

Agreed.....just needs to post for a little longer I think.

[MarcusTullius]

He's posted quite a few in the Empires thread now and is continually telling me about his 1.6 campaign...

[tone]

Great, shall we say yes? I think the beta is at a stage now that most people will stay involved.

[MarcusTullius]

Yup, will let him know!