Axethrowers

[Mattack57]

Hi everybody!!

I find the axethrowers unit for dwarves a very well idea. But when i play with them i find them not very well...:
this unit throw normally axes, so they begin to throw their axes and by magic these axes becomes javelins...
in conclusion they are : - "magicians"
or : - javeliniers (skirmishers)
but NOT axethrowers!!!
I understand the developers because i think it is not possible to make them throw axes with M2TW
so i ask the players and the developers if it is better to let them like that or to change them like javeliniers.

thanks to read my message!

[ISA Gunner]

Dwarve javelineers? Sounds lame if you ask me. More lame than them throwing javelins instead of axes anyway. It's really not that big a deal...

[Mattack57]

ISA Gunner: Do you want to let it like it is? Or propose me another solution if you can.

DON'T READ IT, IT WAS A BUG SORRY

[Mattack57]

ISA Gunner : do you want to change nothing? or do you have another solution?? (thx to your quick answer)

Others: please i need more answers...

[Beregond]

throwing axes are possible for them

COW did it

I think KK has some other things to do, but will surely make axes for Dwarves someday


P.S. do not double post

[Mattack57]

ah thank you, now i am reassured

[brymht]

All of Warhammer did this? Are you certain? I haven't seen this yet. Which unit?

I've actually given this a go in a private mod and could not make it work. Very tricky. Of course I was converting the BI axethrowing animation to Kingdoms. CTD every time. I don't think this is terribly easy.

[Ozzmosis]

All of Warhammer did this? Are you certain? I haven't seen this yet. Which unit?

I've actually given this a go in a private mod and could not make it work. Very tricky. Of course I was converting the BI axethrowing animation to Kingdoms. CTD every time. I don't think this is terribly easy.

Chaos Marauder axethrowers of course! and they really pack a punch too!

[The Holy Pilgrim]

Hey guys, I know that Call of Warhammer is a great mod and everything (so is Third Age), but please respect this forum and talk about Third Age around here and stop saying that either mod should copy one another. These mods are unique and should be treated as such.

Thanks

[Silent]

Hey guys, I know that Call of Warhammer is a great mod and everything (so is Third Age), but please respect this forum and talk about Third Age around here and stop saying that either mod should copy one another. These mods are unique and should be treated as such.

Thanks

They're only talking about features that the rest of the total war modding community has accomplished and recommend its implementation, nothing wrong with that at all.

[Beregond]

Hey guys, I know that Call of Warhammer is a great mod and everything (so is Third Age), but please respect this forum and talk about Third Age around here and stop saying that either mod should copy one another. These mods are unique and should be treated as such.

Thanks

well, really it's not about copying. The forum member has asked whether axethrowing is possible, I've given an example that this is possible

[Mhydrian]

Hey guys, I know that Call of Warhammer is a great mod and everything (so is Third Age), but please respect this forum and talk about Third Age around here and stop saying that either mod should copy one another. These mods are unique and should be treated as such.

Thanks

Well the modding teams should share techniques and help each other out as much as possible. Why should KK reinvent the wheel when someone else has done the work? Then KK can dedicate whatever time he is willing to, to other areas of the game.

I don't think anyone meant to insult TATW or KK(and the rest). But when you have a easy solution to a problem it just makes sense to use it.

[TheXand]

The Dwarves also have that thing where they turn into normal sized people when they are running through a combat animation. Though the axe throwers should just be scrapped I think, or at least made into javelineers instead of being advertised as axethrowers.

[Kwisatz Haderach]

What exactly would be involved in changing the axethrowers? Is it an animation problem or something? I would have thought that just changing the way the projectile looks would be enough.

[confused german]

Its just an assumption, but I think the problem might be that the axes should rotate when flying.

I would maybe already be satisfied if it was mere, small axes that fly in staright line,
would any case be better then my silly stones or your mega-silly javelins.
[Once I searched for an axe-model I could give them, but didn't find - does any experienced coder know where? And what's the "marauder axe" in the descr_projectile? Is it from CoW or smthg(it doesn't work anyways)]


To Xand&Co: No way to make em official Javelinmen for me. Dwarves throw Axes not Javelins, which movie are you on??
(If you really got a problem with it, why not just change their name yourself instead of complaining on the forum, if you don't know the file, it should be in the data/text folder, probably it's export_units.txt, if you have a editor you can change it in 5min, so no reason to cry like baby.)

[Deedlit]

Yes and it's not like we said "the warhammer mod is better than this one" or somthing But the if theres a feature in another mod that can work for this one then it's ok Throwing axes for dwarfs are a must though

[The Holy Pilgrim]

I didn't mean any harm. It's just that I thought this was another thread about "Ooh, Warhammer has this! You should add that to your mod!" or something like that. I'm sorry if I offended anybody.

[confused german]

I was very unsatisfied with them little fellas throwing javelins, couldn't watch.
I looked around and found a "stone" projectile in descr_projectiles.txt (data folder).
So i changed it a little (made it bigger) and give it to the little throwers and now
my axethrowers throw big black holes or things or something, I imagine them as
"fast turning axes" and it helps!
(I tuned up velocity and mass a little what make them look really bad.)
((Don't worry for balance: I also reduced unit size...))

[Point Blank]

RR/RC alters axe throwing anims to increase effectiveness but they still look like javelins unfortunately.

[Mattack57]

hey boring german peace you......
i am not here to cry i just want to improve this (already impressive) mod!!

Thank you very much for all your answers!!!