Greek Hoplites units - project on the march

carlinho · Post by **carlinho** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:51 pm

Just so you guys know in case anybody is interested:

I'm doing a new plugin with Greek Hoplites units.
Unkfoldt is making colour maps:

battle of Marathon(unkfoldt did a great colour map for this)

http://carlinho7.tripod.com/id10.html

and he's doing a map fo the battle of Plataea right now.
and I'm planning on doing one for the battle at thermopylae and others

here's a link of what the spartan units looks like so far:

Stills:
http://carlinho7.tripod.com/id4.html

and units by themselves:

http://carlinho7.tripod.com/id7.html

It will take a loong time as I'm doing all units and levels and scripting and everything, but thought it was cool to share the project.

The Elfoid · Post by **The Elfoid** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:20 pm

I think this would be great on M3 :p

carlinho · Post by **carlinho** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:27 pm

they told me myth 3 uses 3ds max to do units.
I don't even have myth 3 but I'll investigate what's that and how it works....I use Poser but never used 3ds max before.

The Elfoid · Post by **The Elfoid** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:30 pm

I think it would be a lot more complicated. Do you have M3?

I just think that with a long spear it would look better with 3D units. Just look @ the Stygs in M3 to see why.

carlinho · Post by **carlinho** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:29 pm

aye...don't have myth 3....sigh
But I'll get it soon so as to check that.
they told me to create units in myth 3 you need 3ds max, uhmmm have no idea how that program works...
if anyone releases a tutorial on how to do units for myth3 let me know!

The Elfoid · Post by **The Elfoid** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:16 am

www.flyingflip.com - check the support forums.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:06 pm

Screw Myth 3 - this looks awesome! You rock!

Phex · Post by **Phex** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:48 am

The new units looks A LOT better than the old ones! Good work!

carlinho · Post by **carlinho** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:53 pm

hey thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll post updates as things are done!!

Website · Post by **iron** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:17 pm

Hey carlinho, only thing I'd suggest would be to increase the pathfinding radii a bit to keep your units apart more - that way you can actually see them fighting in all their glory

The sprites are beautiful, keep at it!

The Elfoid · Post by **The Elfoid** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 11:38 am

When I've set up the site, can I put this on my Myth Atlas?

Samsara · Post by **Samsara** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:02 pm

HEy thats great work man =-).

Also, as per a tutorial I'll have a m3 unit tutorial as soon as we finish Recon walking through the process of making units in max, boning them, and taging them.

carlinho · Post by **carlinho** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:50 am

guys, thanks a lot to everybody for the great feedback!

elfoid, of course, please do post it on myth atlas!

samsara: that would rock, I'm trying to get my hands on 3ds max so I try that out!

Iron: I actually did a tiny radius to make them fight really tight in a phalanx formation with spears. But well, what I'll do is when they throw the spear and fight with sword I'll increase the radius so they fight more apart, you got it!

Website · Post by **iron** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:32 am

heh, don't take my word for it - go with whatever works and what you like the most

bainst · Post by **bainst** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:29 pm

looks great.

The Tain

Greek Hoplites units - project on the march