Rome - scene in progress (Poll added)

[Nodscouter]

What I mean is will the only buildings in the scene be the ones you can go to or will there be buildings outside of the playable area so it looks more like a real city?

 

[ealabor]

sure


Man I just keep finding new stuff to make for this scene

 

[ealabor]

Man... this scene is really going to set the bar for the rest of them.


Anyways just a reminder heres a look at the old Rome:

Spoiler

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ealabor/romemc1.jpg

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http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/ealabor/romemc2.jpg

.. Which doesn't even register in comparison to the new one.

The building polygon intensity is much higher than the old props, though I don't think that will be an issue if experience serves me right

 

[Alezzy]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

 

[Mars250]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

I agree - but then it serves for gameplay balance, Cause if i was playing as another faction and tried to besiege rome i wouldnt want to spend about an hour doing it 

 

[SgtTeeh]

All this bragging about how awesome it is makes me very anxious to see it. I have no doubt that I will be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Trueten]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

I don't think Rome was protected that good, since it's not a citadel, but a huge city. Rome allways relied on their borders and roman border lands, especially in the northern Italy, had really good defence. Also it didn't have much army in the city. Just remember how Sulla took the city while Gaius Marius tried to oppose him with mostly gladiators.

 

[ealabor]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

No, there were quite a few cities bigger than Rome at that point.

And a greater size does not constitute a greater defense. In practically all cases it means essentially the opposite. For one it means spreading the defenders over a bigger area, and secondly means having to feed and hydrate a much bigger populous, which the besiegers could exploit.

Which is something I can't quite understand, since if Hannibal really wanted to wipe out Rome, he only need knock out the aquaducts flowing into the city and wait them out.

All this bragging about how awesome it is makes me very anxious to see it. I have no doubt that I will be pleasantly surprised.

Oh im just exaggerating. It looks ok

 

[Mars250]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

No, there were quite a few cities bigger than Rome at that point.

And a greater size does not constitute a greater defense. In practically all cases it means essentially the opposite. For one it means spreading the defenders over a bigger area, and secondly means having to feed and hydrate a much bigger populous, which the besiegers could exploit.

Which is something I can't quite understand, since if Hannibal really wanted to wipe out Rome, he only need knock out the aquaducts flowing into the city and wait them out.

All this bragging about how awesome it is makes me very anxious to see it. I have no doubt that I will be pleasantly surprised.

Oh im just exaggerating. It looks ok

I think he got confused about the time period we are in  (268bc not 89ad)

 

[Almalexia]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

You are clearly confused at to the timeline of the mod.

 

[russik112]

Dont know what you all think but i think rome should be the hardest city to conquer in game ... as it was the biggest at that time and the core of the greatest nation at that point

This is 268 Bc just so you know and Rome was not build in one day 

 

[ealabor]

Hmm which city next after this one is done...

 

[russik112]

Hmm which city next after this one is done...

Carthago PPPPPUUUHHHHLEEEEEAAAAZ

 

[Kmovies]

i'm back to tw to ask ilerda to be made at some point in this amazing mod. (as you  asked with the  what to do next..)

Spoiler

inside walls (thicker=wood, rougher=stone) there was the celt/roman town.
wooden fort over the hill.

red= defensive/roman structures. main entrances were from bridges over the river.
this is a 3d reconsturction of the terrain.

 

[SwissHalberdier]

Buildings look even better than last time, good job E.

 

[ealabor]

Hey, welcome back

 

[SwissHalberdier]

thanks! good to be back

 

[Tiberius]

Agh, I'm so excited, can't wait to see how it turned out.

 

[russik112]

Buildings look even better than last time, good job E.

Yay! You're back!

 

[SwissHalberdier]

Yeah, it's been rough the past couple of months but it's nice to be home, sleeping in my own bed.

So what are your sources for the Rome props now, E?  They're looking so much better than before.  Not that they weren't great to begin with, but they look truer to life.

Quick edit: Why did you decide to move it away from the Forum Boarium and the Tiber, btw?