Is this what has become of the old Arm Fido in good old Total Annihilation??? A Cybran artillery unit? Still, awesome model, as usual and expected of the overall quality of this mod. Keep'em commin' !!!
Im just putting my 1% in but... I think it might need a bit more....i dunno...stuff. Its a Tech 3 so I was thinking it usually should have more decals or extra bits on the cannon or shoulder/face area.
It will get some more textures in the cannon area ;)
for the rest of the body, I don't think it needs more, it's elegant yet simple like a panther ;)
all it's focus is put in the weapon, which I will enhance further...thanks for your input :)
um compare this to the other t3 units. this is to me, at the most a t2 unit. even t2 units are more detailed than this. even the new cybran t1 gunship is more detailed than this.
being simple is always great but theres a difference between being simple and plain. its great that its simple, but its plain.
okay what i just thought of is funny as hell to me, but also informative.
imagine a panther hunting its prey. they hunt from trees to pounce down on whatever they are hunting with critical accuracy. if you somehow manage to successfully integrate a HE grenade launcher onto its back so it can use it whenever it thinks it needs to, yeah itd be extremely useful when running from predators(if they have any) as long as its far enough away, but if its hunting prey, its gotta stay far enough away unless itl get a face full of dirt, but it still blew half of its food away. or if it does it at point blank range(panthers use melee anyway) it would blow its own head off. its only way to succeed would be to do it behind a small hill. its also very loud.
if it uses a 50 cal(more stealthy, lose less food, good at any range but a lot of recoil) it could be sitting in a tree a mile away and blow the leg or head off or even a gargantuan hole in its prey, or the gun would rip off or throw the panther outta the tree. even louder still.
a minigun would be useful at medium to close range but it would have to worry about picking all the bullets out. otherwise its all set if it can handle the recoil.
a recoiless rifle would be like a cannon without recoil.
still blow the **** outta its prey or itself if it werent careful. loud still.
a rocket launcher? hmm not good if its hunting prey but if its running from something much slower than it or if it wants to take out packs of prey. good at medium range only. it better have good grip on whatever its holding onto.
an artillery cannon? unless you managed to take care of the recoil, you got a dead cat. that and it would be blowing the **** outta its prey and the area around it. nothing left of the prey.
right now that gun looks like its almost as big as its head. the gun is too big. a solution would be to make it triple barrel.
I really dont know what to think about this unit.
It looks like a uef/cybran hybride in my opinion but that doesnt have to be bad.
I really worry about the walking animations :/
Still looking forward to see more! Keep up the good work!
I think it a bit too skinny for such big cannon - where is the space for ammunition? if it's energy based then where is the space for energy generators. The connection between body and cannon also looks too fragile.
'Kan9'= Kane (backwards 'e') is the God of Light in Hawaiian ~loosely translated ofcourse, but incorporates 'Cannine' (canine and cannon) into it if you're trying to be really clever with this name. Also Cybran are known for their Spikey Pointy architecture, would not hurt to put some "fur" on this dog. XD
It could theoretically drain power from the power economy.
But really better its the Cybrans who pull this stuff off, As I really like the simplicity of this model, its really easy to read and doesn't have pointless spikes and such.
I can hear your logic kgocb001, but your logic counts the same way as Einstein's logic counts in this game...
I remember a clip from a Star Trek movie I watched many years back (nemesis if I recall), and there was a tiny red energy dot, that had MASSIVE amounts of energy produced, enough to create black holes....
so please, don't apply rules and physics to fantasy games, it makes them boring...that's my two cents on the "logic part"...
now as far as the model is concerned, the model is already RE-HAULED, with more parts in the body, better cannon, and veteran upgrades....you will see it in a while ;)
Is this what has become of the old Arm Fido in good old Total Annihilation??? A Cybran artillery unit? Still, awesome model, as usual and expected of the overall quality of this mod. Keep'em commin' !!!
Interesting choice indeed, would this be more of a direct fire artillery?
artillery is always indirect fire ... otherwise it would be no different then a tank
Looks like a flak 88 with legs, seems ligit.
Im just putting my 1% in but... I think it might need a bit more....i dunno...stuff. Its a Tech 3 so I was thinking it usually should have more decals or extra bits on the cannon or shoulder/face area.
I agree, it looks really plain right now.
It will get some more textures in the cannon area ;)
for the rest of the body, I don't think it needs more, it's elegant yet simple like a panther ;)
all it's focus is put in the weapon, which I will enhance further...thanks for your input :)
um compare this to the other t3 units. this is to me, at the most a t2 unit. even t2 units are more detailed than this. even the new cybran t1 gunship is more detailed than this.
being simple is always great but theres a difference between being simple and plain. its great that its simple, but its plain.
I got you....I'll work on the details, and then you'll see ;)
okay what i just thought of is funny as hell to me, but also informative.
imagine a panther hunting its prey. they hunt from trees to pounce down on whatever they are hunting with critical accuracy. if you somehow manage to successfully integrate a HE grenade launcher onto its back so it can use it whenever it thinks it needs to, yeah itd be extremely useful when running from predators(if they have any) as long as its far enough away, but if its hunting prey, its gotta stay far enough away unless itl get a face full of dirt, but it still blew half of its food away. or if it does it at point blank range(panthers use melee anyway) it would blow its own head off. its only way to succeed would be to do it behind a small hill. its also very loud.
if it uses a 50 cal(more stealthy, lose less food, good at any range but a lot of recoil) it could be sitting in a tree a mile away and blow the leg or head off or even a gargantuan hole in its prey, or the gun would rip off or throw the panther outta the tree. even louder still.
a minigun would be useful at medium to close range but it would have to worry about picking all the bullets out. otherwise its all set if it can handle the recoil.
a recoiless rifle would be like a cannon without recoil.
still blow the **** outta its prey or itself if it werent careful. loud still.
a rocket launcher? hmm not good if its hunting prey but if its running from something much slower than it or if it wants to take out packs of prey. good at medium range only. it better have good grip on whatever its holding onto.
an artillery cannon? unless you managed to take care of the recoil, you got a dead cat. that and it would be blowing the **** outta its prey and the area around it. nothing left of the prey.
right now that gun looks like its almost as big as its head. the gun is too big. a solution would be to make it triple barrel.
the gun will remain single barreled, it will fire a single but massive projectile...
body needs to be biggar then
well i like it atleast...
proportions will stay as they are....
the uef should have shrapnel artillery or multiple shots or rapid fire or area of affect or ripple affect ect.
I really dont know what to think about this unit.
It looks like a uef/cybran hybride in my opinion but that doesnt have to be bad.
I really worry about the walking animations :/
Still looking forward to see more! Keep up the good work!
I think it a bit too skinny for such big cannon - where is the space for ammunition? if it's energy based then where is the space for energy generators. The connection between body and cannon also looks too fragile.
apart from this the model is OK.
I Agree, 'kgocb001' logic is sound.
Also Tempest has a good name.
'Kan9'= Kane (backwards 'e') is the God of Light in Hawaiian ~loosely translated ofcourse, but incorporates 'Cannine' (canine and cannon) into it if you're trying to be really clever with this name. Also Cybran are known for their Spikey Pointy architecture, would not hurt to put some "fur" on this dog. XD
It could theoretically drain power from the power economy.
But really better its the Cybrans who pull this stuff off, As I really like the simplicity of this model, its really easy to read and doesn't have pointless spikes and such.
I can hear your logic kgocb001, but your logic counts the same way as Einstein's logic counts in this game...
I remember a clip from a Star Trek movie I watched many years back (nemesis if I recall), and there was a tiny red energy dot, that had MASSIVE amounts of energy produced, enough to create black holes....
so please, don't apply rules and physics to fantasy games, it makes them boring...that's my two cents on the "logic part"...
now as far as the model is concerned, the model is already RE-HAULED, with more parts in the body, better cannon, and veteran upgrades....you will see it in a while ;)
Call Him 'Cannine' (canine and cannon)
cool :D
With this long legs and small body it will be a unit with low armor but fast and big damage with this cannon or not ??
exactly as you described it... ;)
low armor
fast
big damage...
Call it the panther
Sorry I hadnt loged in yet but ya call it the panther
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