Fort Idea?

[MauiMauler]

I just thought of an idea for the fort battles...

I was thinking possibly if you could replace the fort walls with trenches instead? And somehow you could have the units move around in the trenches like the fort walls. Also the artillery units on the walls can be implemented into the trenches.

I don't know if this is possible, but it would be great!

As for the destruction of the trenches, maybe you could make them invincible? Not to mention what to do with the gate entrances and the animations of units scaling the walls...Possibly you could just remove the whole rope scene and scaling the wall so the units just appear in the trenches. As for the gate, just have the gate be a walkway over the trenches or something.

Let me know what you guys think!

[Andreius Pretorianus]

they are aleready implementing trenches

[Piledriver2311]

I just thought of an idea for the fort battles...

I was thinking possibly if you could replace the fort walls with trenches instead? And somehow you could have the units move around in the trenches like the fort walls. Also the artillery units on the walls can be implemented into the trenches.

I don't know if this is possible, but it would be great!

As for the destruction of the trenches, maybe you could make them invincible? Not to mention what to do with the gate entrances and the animations of units scaling the walls...Possibly you could just remove the whole rope scene and scaling the wall so the units just appear in the trenches. As for the gate, just have the gate be a walkway over the trenches or something.

Let me know what you guys think!

Forts of the time would have consisted of concrete pill boxes and such.

[JeremyLithium]

concrete pillboxes and MGs! oh yeah!

[MathiasOfAthens]

Well you could make a fort a couple of pill boxes as houses so they can be garrisoned and then put trenches running between each pill... the whole thing would be the fort on the campaign map.

[Piledriver2311]

Well you could make a fort a couple of pill boxes as houses so they can be garrisoned and then put trenches running between each pill... the whole thing would be the fort on the campaign map.

as far as historical acuracy goes, what you mentioned is not very so. fortresses of the time garrisoned the troops inside these buildings, most of which were build on the side of hills or mountains, the idea was to keep the men inside, to limit casualties. just do a google search for ww1 fortresses, you'll find no former trenches in the area, as why would you place your men in the open, in a trench, when you could put them in a relativley safe fortification?

[MathiasOfAthens]

Well I dont know what the limits of the engine are so whatever is possible, right?

[Piledriver2311]

well, i do know for a fact that true period forts wont be implimented for quite awhile. by that time, im hoping the team will be able to make them. I can also say that making a concrete building that is garrisonable, would be easier to make, than a trench that is garrisonable.