UNIT: Rockwell B-1B Lancer

[shammy]

Well, the time of miracles is not over I guess. I released the Lancer about 8 months ago and thought I'd never update it.
I am on vacation now and I started to tweak the unit out of sheer boredom and now it has reached V1.1 and I consider this a final release.

I will edit this thread a bit now with new screenshots and stuffs. The first version was downloaded 667 times before this update.

-Shammy

The updated package contains everything needed.
(12 files)

[shammy]

Some ingame shots

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[shammy]

Preview

I finally got decent screen capture tool..
so here is the preview

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[Navyman]

shammy, that looks really nice. I think I will try it out. What stats are you thinking of putting on it?

[shammy]

no clue on the stats, sorry.. I was hoping people would suggest something acceptable

theoretically however.. it should be more powerful than stealth bomber for example.. b-1b can carry at least twice the payload of the b-2 spirit.. go figure..

[Willem]

Looks good, I'll be sure to work it in to my game at some point.

[foo12]

Very nice.... one suggestion, tho: Perhaps the default animation should have the wings un-swept? It'd be a bit more realistic...

[shammy]

wings

heh.. thats how i did it originally, but i noticed the unit animation thingy wont allow it.. kinda
when you select a bombing run for example.. the unit seems to repeat the pattern.. frame1,2,3,4,etc and then it shows default frame at the end (or perhaps it starts with it? i dont know), so having a default frame looking different than the bombing run frames makes the bombing run look very silly.. it keeps changing the wing positions all the time

[lorddread]

B1 vs B2

Originally posted by shammy
no clue on the stats, sorry.. I was hoping people would suggest something acceptable

theoretically however.. it should be more powerful than stealth bomber for example.. b-1b can carry at least twice the payload of the b-2 spirit.. go figure..

The B1 was made to replace the aging B-52. The B-2 was designed to replace the B-52's roll of carrying nuclear weapons into countries like China and Russia, where the B-52 was vulnerable to anti-aircraft missiles and fighters. You don't need to carry 30 tons of weapons, just 6 1 megaton weapons which weigh about a ton a piece.

[Willem]

Re: B1 vs B2

Originally posted by lorddread

You don't need to carry 30 tons of weapons, just 6 1 megaton weapons which weigh about a ton a piece.

Gee I didn't know that, I thought a 1 megaton bomb weighed 2000 pounds.

[shammy]

Update bump

The Lancer was updated to v1.1

It has been tested in Civ3 1.29f and PTW1.14f.
The build icon seems to be a bit high on standard Civ3 (doesnt bother much really), but on PTW it is perfect, no clue what causes this.

[Panag]

Re: Update bump

Originally posted by shammy
The Lancer was updated to v1.1

It has been tested in Civ3 1.29f and PTW1.14f.
The build icon seems to be a bit high on standard Civ3 (doesnt bother much really), but on PTW it is perfect, no clue what causes this.

hi ,

, PTW 1.21 f is out , .....

have a nice day

[maciek]

Thank you for this, it's a real masterpiece. We are using this unit for the World 2003 scenario (Play The Real World), as both the B1-B Lancer and Tu-160 Blackjack. The latter should be white, but I dont think anyone will complain