Age of Enlightenment

[Ataegina]

after a little atempt on milkshape trying improving muskets and add details using an american musket from revolutionary wars as base:



comments?

map will be hereje's, better map and this allows me to progress in another areas on the mod.

[TheRoyalGuard1]

im really looking forward to this so keep up the good work and dont let it go dead like most of the other brilliant mods i would help you guys out a little myself with the conversions but my milkshape trial ran out... darn and right in the middle of a napoleonic mod i was making...

[Mr. Sorrow]

This looks like jolly good romp! Good luck!

[the patriot]

please the date of the release of this mod ???

[Ataegina]

why not :

I want to help and make this mod progressing more faster!

sorry theres no release dates, will be released to everyone when the mod is done! so please don't ask for dates

[TheRoyalGuard1]

good luck guys with it btw what do you have done so far?

[Ataegina]

theres some strat map models, nearly 30 battle models, hereje's map, sigma ongoing UI stuff.

but right now the models part and such is totally stuck until the animations part is solved http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=371714 if theres someone willing to help and just give an hand with rebuild animations, than it would help alot to make the mod moving again

[Ataegina]

###### updates

wip bayonet animation added (thanks to the help of Taiji and SignifierOne)

for better accuracy, how much ammo should have infantry and cavalry before charge into 1 vs 1 combat ?

[TheRoyalGuard1]

i would guess cav not that much unless they dragoons but as far as i know infantrymen around this time were given lots of ammo (like somewhere between 30-50 lead bullets)

[Ataegina]

some battle shots (featuring new bayonet animation wich stills a wip and featuring new musket model )





Credits:

DaNova - swedish, russian skins and flags

[SigniferOne]

Looking very good. If next you make the battlefields look a little like ETW, the illusion will be complete!

Btw I have always been dissatisfied with the ETW (and M2TW) musket firing animations, and unfortunately this issue had perpetrated itself without being fixed, into ETW, NTW, and beyond. Now maybe we have a change to make firing look as it should've been.

[AnthoniusII]

New muskets are far more realistic .Good job.

[bonesion]

wonderful animations and i just got empire a few days ago and it's a bit relaxing to actually see those units fight more, i guess fluently again. unlike empire's animations which turns them into statues with invisible wheels though for the actually musket animations, i'm not sure how you'll be able to add rank fire and such or make the reload animations so it isn't just a unit croaching and swiping his palm over the muzzel with the bullet falling in out of thin air, without actually editting the animations themselves. but as you said you're more concerned with adding the units first so i guess you can disregard that question until it's relevant.

[Ataegina]

well animations are far from perfect but its a step ahead, alpha bayonet animation along with new animation for maratha elephants (no tower or such), but mtw2 have fire_by_rank and reload animation

make new animations, special editing .cas takes some serious work, but goal for now is make animations wich do the trick, even if isnt with all details

but lets make one step at the time

[TheRoyalGuard1]

Nice bayonet animation : Oh and as i said before why don't you guys just ask the lordz to use their animations for reloading? Oh and btw, are the artillery very effective so far in game? I like me some arty

[Shonos47]

Question: Would you work on Line Infatry being able to use the Rank Fire Drill/ Square Formations? It would be awesome.

I also saw a screenie with the Swedish and Russian Line, they seem to be more of Light Infantry than line. Their formations should be compressed. I think as compressed as the Sindar archers in TATW (sorry for such a far example) would be near it.

[Ataegina]

Nice bayonet animation : Oh and as i said before why don't you guys just ask the lordz to use their animations for reloading? Oh and btw, are the artillery very effective so far in game? I like me some arty

well i wish i knew how to work with rtw animations,besides being just me and (hereje wich i hope still work on the map) so its alot of work. artillery depends the the way you use it, but in few battles i've seen enemy general just disappear from the horse with single cannon shot, so effective ? take your conclusions

Question: Would you work on Line Infatry being able to use the Rank Fire Drill/ Square Formations? It would be awesome.

I also saw a screenie with the Swedish and Russian Line, they seem to be more of Light Infantry than line. Their formations should be compressed. I think as compressed as the Sindar archers in TATW (sorry for such a far example) would be near it.

Square Formations is possible but needs someone with knowledge on this part of modding. Its just text editing but takes some work and testing.


Formations and display of troops in screenshots are just for test purposes because its using defaults stats, mostly to see any bugs on the model but needs many work (formations, new bullets-projectiles) entries so make the guns used itself more accurate (riffle,musket,etc)

[TheRoyalGuard1]

1 shot and a general is gone? Yayz now I dont have to worry about going to battle against a general whos is bad*** I can just point a howitzer or 2 to take him out Wait.... will there be howitzers?

[the patriot]

you can make out a beta for the fun of this mod ??

[Ataegina]

1 shot and a general is gone? Yayz now I dont have to worry about going to battle against a general whos is bad*** I can just point a howitzer or 2 to take him out Wait.... will there be howitzers?

well that can happens but its also luck, but depending wich type of cannon you choose and wich type you want to use (cannon ball, explosive shell or short range grape). make models is easy part but issue is somehow when converting ingame this appears with alot of glow iunno why

you can make out a beta for the fun of this mod ??

Beta will be release when the time arrives, and for fun well all mods should be for fun and this one isn't different