Terrain...Steep Slopes ...

**TTRouble** · August 04, 2010, 07:15 AM

This is for Tone mainly as he asked about how the terrain and whether there was any ridiculous steep slopes in the campaigns.

So far in the new Selecuids campaign, there's been none that have really stood out but in the first camp, there were several battles that took place on really steep slopes... (75 degree+ inclines) Here's a couple of examples:

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I've not had any steep slopes in any of my Macedon camp's yet and terrain wise it all looks pretty good.

Cheers

TTRouble

**Chernish** · August 04, 2010, 08:09 AM

The mountain war in Asia .. this is cool!

**ajtboy** · August 04, 2010, 08:55 AM

It makes for a real challenge and at this point..."it is what it is!"

**swhunter** · August 04, 2010, 08:06 PM

I have in the Spartan camp.
But it can be fixed.
DVK did mine.
They are to steep.

**Timefool** · August 04, 2010, 09:03 PM

One of you two has to change your avatar. It confuses me often

**Alkimachos** · August 04, 2010, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by thedudederek

One of you two has to change your avatar. It confuses me often

**dvk901** · August 05, 2010, 08:10 AM

I did a lot of work on the map in the area of Greece and in the far east....smoothing, making sure that steep areas were inaccessible, making some better paths for the AI to use, and assuring that cities had multiple escape routes.
But in the end, our map is very detailed, terrain-wise, and when you have a character highlighted, you can SEE what areas are steep or high even on the strat map. So they can be avoided. Greece, with so many regions squashed into one of the smallest areas on the map, just had to be 'flattened' a bit. The area is too small for the detail.

**tone** · August 05, 2010, 08:46 AM

I'm pretty happy really

**dvk901** · August 05, 2010, 09:52 AM

So am I.

**apple** · August 05, 2010, 10:19 AM

Yeah I love the way it is.

**Alkimachos** · August 05, 2010, 10:26 AM

This idea for the Greek hills and mountains is great!

**TTRouble** · August 05, 2010, 12:00 PM

Guys

I think the changes that DVK has made are much improved

. I've only come across one or two steep slopes but nothing like in the first Sel campaign. I;ve noticed it in the battles against Parthia where taking the slopes against the mountains they are now longer literally vertical... theyre steep but nothing thats made me think you gotta be kidding. I'm not marching up to that!

Kudos to all of the dev team for designing some amazing landscapes... literally breathtaking at times.

Cheers

TTRouble

**tone** · August 05, 2010, 12:07 PM

thanks.....glad you're enjoying them.

**swhunter** · August 05, 2010, 05:01 PM

Yes looking much better now.
The map work is looking good, a battle map out standing!
Beautiful work!

**TTRouble** · August 08, 2010, 01:28 PM

Came across the first really steep hills/mountain slopes in the Sele campaign - I knew it would be failry steep as I wasa blocking the only pass that the Parthians could take. Head on it doesn;t look to bad but to the left flank the slopes are 75 deg + verticle.

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TTRouble...

**TTRouble** · August 10, 2010, 04:21 PM

Another at places steep slopes battle this time the middle east- parts of the landscape is just fine but the hill was just way too steep. Naturally I frog arched my troops right to the top.. it was basically the starting point.

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Any chance we could flatten the middle and far east just a wee bit - looking at the campaign map it looked fairly flat too but obviously thats not the case.

TTRouble