Rome vs Macedon image - Kings and Conquerors: The Hellenistic Era mod for Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
Kings and Conquerors: The Hellenistic Era is a total conversion mod for Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots that aims to bring the Hellenistic period to life.
As I promised, here are some pics showing some more new Roman units, this time from the army of Republican Rome, as they fight against the Macedonians.
The lightly armoured spearmen at the top of the picture are Rorarii. These men are reserves placed behind the triarii. As poorer citizens of Roman society, they can only afford a helmet and scutum to protect themselves. They are intended as support units, and they should not be expected to hold out for long against more heavily-equipped soldiers.
The well-armoured soldiers on the right of the picture are Pedites Extraordinarii. As the best fifth of the socii infantry, these men have been selected to form the vanguard of the legion and protect the commander. The equipment of an extraordinarius is mainly of Greek influence and includes an aspis shield, kopis sword and bronze cuirass and greaves. They also wear attic helmets decorated with crests and feathers. As elite soldiers, Pedites Extraordinarii are costly but very valuable.
Lastly we have the Republican-era centurions, highly capable officers distinguishable by their transverse crests and capes. As officers, centurions are fearsome warriors, with superb armour and skill, and can also enhance nearby soldiers with special abilities and bonuses.
Great stuff! I'm amazed by the formations.
Thanks!
formation that is the default, or add or change they had?
You can get deeper formations like that in the original game by scrolling the mousewheel while right clicking and holding, but I haven't found out how to make formations deeper by default. You can use this method to form your units in different ways, from thin rows to deep box like formations to long columns.
Super try messing with the "guy spacing" entry in unitrules. I never really experimented with it all that much, but I suspect it might help us to create deeper formations....or it at least it might put us on the right path. All I'm concerned about is, how do you get the darn AI to use formations instead of charging at you with a jumbled mass of infantry?
Good idea, I'll check out the guy spacing entries. I think the problem with the formations doesn't just concern the AI, because, if I recall correctly, the player's soldiers will always go out of formation as well in attacks. A solution could be to somehow teach the ai to use the stand ground and the forward functions as I have used those two functions to make all of my battle screenshots look orderly and they work quite well. The question is of course 'how?'.
It looks like total war with those formations!
How do you take screenshots without the interface?
These screenshots were taken with the interface, but I just cut the interface out of the picture.
Oh! Okay, thanks.