Speculative Graphics Showcase

[Sarsstock]

Do you have any advice Curt on shading curved surfaces yourself? Your a pretty damn good unit designer yourself.

[CapTVK]

I'm taking a break from penguins for a moment. So here's an Orca instead (they eat them! ).

[curtsibling]

@Sarsstock:

Sorry man!
I just noticed this post!

I would advise that graded colours, with a sudden jump towards a brightwer shade along edges is usually effective.

For curves, I would have to see the unit in question, but again, shaded edges, but more muted is the norm.

If you want, post the unit up and I will take a looksee!

[Broken_Erika]

More Star Trek ships!!!
Just to raise the standard on Star Trek units
I'll release more when i feel like it
Feel free to use and abuse!

[Broken_Erika]

More satr terk!

And a few that i forgot to include in the last file!

[typhoon]

Hey Chris does your war happen to be the War of the Asuras from Kim Stanley Robinson's the Years of Rice and Salt?

[Sarsstock]

I'm still hoping to produce it, but there are allot of problems involved in making it. First of all, as much as I loved the book the details of the War of the Asuras weren't specific enough to have a clear and complete timeline between the wars start and finish.

This means I'll have to either guess at several details based on events which occured in the book or make up events on my own. Still, I do love the concept and I think it would make for a great scenario one day.

I would need a great deal of help, especially from people who've read the book and can help me out with the historical details. Have you read the book Typhoon? If you have then perhaps I could try to enlist you in helping out.

[typhoon]

I have read most of the book except for the chapters 'Haj in the Heart' and 'the Alchemist.'

And I would love to help, except I don't see where I could be anywhere useful. Judging by that tank, I would say you have the graphics pretty well covered

[Sarsstock]

I have five airplanes and that tank covered, thats about it. I have no idea who the playable civ's should be, if I should try to cover the entire war or only a small part of it, I'm not even sure how the globe should be divided up. I don't know any of the world leaders, I don't even really know what units to use.

If you do indeed want to help then I could sure use your input on any of these questions.

[typhoon]

I think the Civs should include the following:

Dar-el-islam
Hodeosaunee
China
India
Japan
Inka
Africa(?)

I'll borrow the book and reread it to be sure

[Broken_Erika]

Anyone here played The Elder Scrolls Series,
if so is anyone up for making a mod?
There are lots of sites about the series, and tons of
info,

[Sarsstock]

Well Broken_Erika, I have heard of the "Elder Scrolls" series I haven't actually read them. Typhoon, I think Yingzhou should also be represented as it was an independant Chinese nation in North America. I also think Japan should be under Chinese controll as their independance wasn't formally reconized by China until China needed the insentive to get more Japanese to enlist in the later years of the war I believe.

Now as far as the tech tree goes, my idea is to have the war begin around what would be described as our 1880 and proceed all the way to what would be our 1950. This would mean the "War of the Asuras" spans the era of the cavalry solider to the jet aircraft and early balistic missile.

[N35t0r]

Originally posted by Broken_Erika
Anyone here played The Elder Scrolls Series,
if so is anyone up for making a mod?
There are lots of sites about the series, and tons of
info,

I've heard something about the series, generalyy very good critique, so I downloaded the first game (Daggerfall IIRC) (It's available for downloas in their website), but I can't get it to work (it's DOS based...).

I've also heard they're working on a new version, and the few screenshots that have been shown have really left me dumbfounded... If I get a new PC this christmas, then I'll surely get my hands on a copy of Morrowind to play it...

[typhoon]

Originally posted by Sarsstock
Typhoon, I think Yingzhou should also be represented as it was an independant Chinese nation in North America.

Hmmm.... being a Chinese colony, they would, like Canada was in WW1, been in the war to help the Mother country. Probably they would have to fight their Muslim opposite numbers on the other end of the continent. (Kuo said something about the Chinese pushing the Muslims off Yingzhou.)

Can't remember whether the Hodensaunee (Native Americans) were involved. Was it neutral at the beginning and joined later? (Quite an accurate anologue to the USA don't you think? )

BTW, have you wondered whether the Japanese- Tranvacore revolt being plotted by Gen and Co. in Yingzhou manage to succede?

I also think Japan should be under Chinese controll as their independance wasn't formally reconized by China until China needed the insentive to get more Japanese to enlist in the later years of the war I believe.

Can't argue with you here.

Now as far as the tech tree goes, my idea is to have the war begin around what would be described as our 1880 and proceed all the way to what would be our 1950. This would mean the "War of the Asuras" spans the era of the cavalry solider to the jet aircraft and early balistic missile.

Don't forget those airship-fighter combinations, and that monster intercontinental artillery shell that squashed Kuo. I remember some mention about armoured cars, but no tanks. Given the Manchus traditional superiority in cavalry, I think you are correct in assuming that they and the Muslims would probably have a large corps of cavalry at the beginning of the war. Machine guns would change that as it did in our timeline, though. Most of the combat in the chapter is infantry based.

[curtsibling]

Originally posted by Broken_Erika
Anyone here played The Elder Scrolls Series,
if so is anyone up for making a mod?
There are lots of sites about the series, and tons of
info,

It would depend on what era you are planning to portray.

A map of Northern lands of Tamriel, like Daggerfall, Wayrest
and Sentinel would lead to a killer trade/war scenario!

What units to use, and how to create the many people/monsters/items in the world may prove tricky however!

It would be most interesting!