Making new components.bmp

Azatol · #1 June 20th, 2006, 02:48 PM

My problem was forgetting to have any bridge type of component. I made a bridge/life support/crew component just to save hassles and called it mission and now things are working again. (still lots of bugs but its a start.)

Ed Kolis · #2 June 20th, 2006, 03:25 PM

Heh, cool... so now you've implemented Morale in SE4... should a unit's Mission be lost, so is its will to fight! (Well, not really, as it can still fight, just not as effectively, as it can't dodge enemy attacks!

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Suicide Junkie · #3 June 20th, 2006, 07:14 PM

That should be a leader or general, or somesuch.

Azatol · #4 June 20th, 2006, 09:38 PM

Actually I think a flag or standard would be best for now. I want it to be something small so my ship sizes still work out as I want them to.

Small Questband -- 3 warriors plus equipment (horses,packs...)
Questband -- 5 warriors
Large Questband -- 8 warriors
Small Crusade -- 15 warriors
Large Crusade -- 30 warriors

These won't be exact of course, you can stuff in more if you use less equipment or play orcs (they have smaller kt warriors), or less with elves or lots of equipment but thats the standard.

Ed Kolis · #5 June 21st, 2006, 12:14 PM

Questband? Sounds like a variant of Angband

And not to bring politics into the mod, but isn't Crusade a bit limited to, umm, Christianity, not fantasy worlds?

Why would orcs be *smaller* than other races? Aren't they the big hulking brutes?

Fyron · #6 June 21st, 2006, 03:43 PM

In some mythos, yes. In others, such as Tolkein's middle earth, orcs are small and decrepid. It all depends on what you are trying to represent.

Azatol · #7 June 21st, 2006, 03:58 PM

I wanted to represent the idea of Orcish hordes, and the rarity of Elves. The KT doesn't represent their real size, but their hordish nature. Basically I'm just trying to say they come in bigger crowds and that Elves are more sparse.

As for crusade, can you think of a better name for larger, but not huge groups of people on an expedition? Things like squad/platoon, etc are a little too modern and not fantasy themed as much. I was thinking of Questbands as like the kind of questing teams formed in MMOs (8 people in City of Heroes, 5 in WoW, which is how I picked those two sizes).

If I wanted to go more warcraftish I could call the bigger vehicles Raids I suppose.