Greetings RTR fans!
This thread will feature daily sneak-peeks into some of the stuff coming up in our Public Beta v4 release :)
For today, here's two screenshots of some of the new units that we have in store for you :)
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here's a glance at the Ambacti and the Helveti
(https://i.imgur.com/t0cwL8h.jpg)
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And here are the German Bastarnae along with some spearmen.
(https://i.imgur.com/xEIou48.jpg)
More stuff coming soon!
Lovely! Which units are these? :)
Quote from: Jubal on November 20, 2017, 06:42:35 PM
Lovely! Which units are these? :)
Updated the thread to include unit names, my bad for not including them. And thanks! :)
We'll post some scenery in the following days :)
Great :) Is there a rough planned release date for the new beta yet?
After setting a few internal dates and going overtime on them, now we kind of just focus on finishing stuff without predicting when it will be done since there's much to be done and we're not doing great on the manpower front atm, but I hope it shouldn't take longer than, say, January. We're incorporating a new map, adding something that I don't think I'm authorized to say yet ;) as well as revamping/finalizing faction rosters, and there must be something else that I forgot. All in all, busy times, busy times :)
Our Bactrian roster is also interesting, featuring some fierce infantry units that every general would want to include into their army. In particular, Bactrian Phalangites and Bactrian Noble Hoplites that can be seen in the screenshot below :)
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(https://i.imgur.com/pmFLm6R.jpg)
Oh, and be vary of Parthians and their Cataphract cavalry units... Yeah, you wouldn't want to face them, trust me :D
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(https://i.imgur.com/3gkJ1ff.jpg)
Fair enough :) Good luck with it all! And nice to see the Bactrian stuff too.
Quote from: Jubal on November 21, 2017, 04:35:12 PM
Fair enough :) Good luck with it all! And nice to see the Bactrian stuf too.
On behalf of the entire team - thank you! We'll showcase more stuff as time goes on and as we get near the release :)
Will Publius Quinctilius Varus manage to rewrite history?
(https://i.imgur.com/lUlKXlB.jpg)
I'm now imagining Varus time travelleing and scribbling "totally wasn't my fault" into numerous historical manuscripts :P
Hahah, well that's what I'd do if I were him, considering the magnitude of the defeat ;D
Bactrians don't joke around
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(https://i.imgur.com/Uudyw3W.jpg)
They leave that to the Bant-rians presumably :D
Again, nice work!
Hahah, thanks! :D
I feel it should be on record that I was VERY sleep deprived when I came up with that pun...
Scythed Chariots - because you can never hate the enemy too much ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/giZyp9e.jpg)
Nice work as ever! :)
Here's a general's bodyguard unit ready for the fray :)
(https://i.imgur.com/bWB22U5.jpg)
Huh - the over-the-shoulder idle pose with the spear caught my eye. It's one of those things that when you look at it, you realise makes 100% perfect sense and that there's probably not really any other sensible way to carry a spear for a long time, but I've almost never seen pictures of cavalrymen in that pose before. Interesting!
Quote from: Jubal on December 20, 2017, 06:26:23 PM
Huh - the over-the-shoulder idle pose with the spear caught my eye. It's one of those things that when you look at it, you realise makes 100% perfect sense and that there's probably not really any other sensible way to carry a spear for a long time, but I've almost never seen pictures of cavalrymen in that pose before. Interesting!
This! My thoughts exactly when I first saw it :D Idk why it's only seldom portrayed...
(https://i.imgur.com/xM2k1eq.jpg)
Sneaky, sneaky Carthaginians :)
Yay Carthage :) One of my first great historical fascinations!
I can relate! I always wondered how the world would have turned out if Carthage had managed to overtake Rome :D
Yeah, I guess I floated from Carthage to Byzantium as they were both major historical might-have-beens, and that was how I ended up with my degree choice & current job and stuff :)
Talking about jobs and profession choices, some of these guys are surely rethinking theirs ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/EASvsYd.jpg)
Caption "I just want to be back home working on my mod project!" :)
Merry Christmas everyone! :D
(https://i.imgur.com/wNJlSKq.jpg)
Haha, excellent :)
And today, something new, something fresh - here's a brand new unit texture that I made for the Nabataean Royal Guard :D
(https://i.imgur.com/X8ZzTsZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ESKWbym.jpg)
Nicely done! The attach-points for the short pikes seem a bit off, though.
Thank you! And yes, you are correct. But as far as I understand they will have their weapon changed anyways so no biggie :)
Ah, fair enough :)
Another brand new unit texture - this time for Nabataean Swordsmen :D
(https://i.imgur.com/efnqby7.jpg)
Ooh, nice - I could've done with that model back when I made Narnia TW, I used those plumed helmet styles for the Telmarines :)
It's never too late to revisit that :D
True, but I'm trying to finish writing my standalone adventure game, and then I'll have Exilian's tenth birthday to organise after that!
Best of luck with all that! :)
Thankyou! I'm sure you'll hear more in the coming months :)