The Official WIP Screenshot Thread

**Stark1** · February 15, 2016, 11:53 AM

Wow. That will be really cool settlement to attack/defend. Only rams can approach to main rampart, no towers or ladders? That will be a killing ground. Can units go to the wall facing the inner valley?

**webba84** · February 15, 2016, 05:14 PM

Yup, the gate leads directly to the capture zone but only rams can go up there, so its very much a high risk approach.

Much safer to use ladders or towers to get over the Deeping wall, then take the path up the back of the valley but that will take longer, and the path is narrower there too.

**Wambat** · February 15, 2016, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by webba84

Yup, the gate leads directly to the capture zone but only rams can go up there, so its very much a high risk approach.

Much safer to use ladders or towers to get over the Deeping wall, then take the path up the back of the valley but that will take longer, and the path is narrower there too.

have you tested to see if the AI can function in an assault?

**webba84** · February 15, 2016, 11:46 PM

Need to finish the pathfinding file first, but since it's essentially the same layout as the LOTR-TW Hornburg (as I said, I've made use of their wall coordinates, underlay and overlay) so I'm not expecting serious issues.

**Nelduin** · February 16, 2016, 05:54 AM

Good news, this is going to be a nice addition to the next patch.

**CountMRVHS** · February 16, 2016, 06:15 AM

Yep, next patch will really have some interesting changes.

**webba84** · February 17, 2016, 07:00 AM

Made a bit more progress -

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**MasterOfNone** · February 17, 2016, 07:09 AM

Great portrayal of a Fourth Age Hornburg!

**Stark1** · February 17, 2016, 07:57 AM

Whoa, very cool. I guess troops won't be able to get to the inner wall facing the inner valley? The one to the right from city square?

**webba84** · February 17, 2016, 07:59 AM

Not on top of it, no. Thats quite tricky to do, for pretty small benefit. Ive made it small enough to fire over.

**Nelduin** · February 17, 2016, 08:28 AM

Nice! I thought it was impossible to make round walls in RTW.

I love the way you put Aglarond too. Do you plan the keep those huge towers?

**webba84** · February 17, 2016, 10:16 AM

Well, technically the wall is several straight segments at a 10 degree angle from each other, but it looks curved from a reasonable distance.

Am planning on keeping the large stone walls, since they are approximately the correct hight of the Deeping Wall as described in The Two Towers.

**dvk901** · February 21, 2016, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by webba84

Not on top of it, no. Thats quite tricky to do, for pretty small benefit. Ive made it small enough to fire over.

Originally Posted by webba84

Well, technically the wall is several straight segments at a 10 degree angle from each other, but it looks curved from a reasonable distance.

Am planning on keeping the large stone walls, since they are approximately the correct hight of the Deeping Wall as described in The Two Towers.

Just a couple tips...in case you've not discovered them yet....for your great work!

If you run into cases where you get weird shadows and you'd like to be rid of them, you can do this to the building entry:

bridge_B_section
{
stat_cat indestructable
localised_name ambient
no_shadow <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
level

This creates a building or anything that will leave no shadow on the battle map. Handy for things that are under something else, or just leave an undesirable 'look' with a shadow.

Another thing I found in the old RTW building files that was unused in the game was a 'building' called 'egyptian_huge_city_steps' in the file 'dbb_nicks_egyptian_buildings.txt'. These steps are huge, that's for sure (very tall), but I discovered that units can actually walk up and down them. If I'd noticed that earlier, I could've used it to advantage.

**demagogos nicator** · February 17, 2016, 10:53 AM

Wow, It looks even better than I have imagined it. Great work

**webba84** · February 23, 2016, 12:13 PM

Cheers dvk901, will definitely be making use of those!

Another image that I took while working on the pathfinding and collision, The keep of the Hornburg at sunset -