08-06-2003 20:17									#1
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Hello everybody!

I have finally decided to make my first "real" scenario. I have made several before but then I wasn't making so many modifications.
This scenario should be about the Lord of the Rings. I know this has been made before by Harald Thompson, Favoured Flight etc. But I will make one too. This scenario will like Harlan's be on a big Middle Earth map which I took from Mercator's webpage and modified here and there and made it bigger.

Anyway as I have said in the Speculative Graphics Showcase I need two units. But noone was willing to help me there so I ask you here again. Is anyone willing to create an eye-unit. It should look like the eye that represents Sauron in the movie?
I also need a Saruman-unit.

I will come back later if I need more help from you guys

edit: spelling

	09-06-2003 02:56									#2
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24 wievs and no replys?

	09-06-2003 04:06									#3
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MGE or ToT? If you're desperate, I could adapt a ToT one from this image, but I'm not talented enough to make a MGE one.

	09-06-2003 04:30									#4
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Make a historical scn!

	09-06-2003 04:38									#5
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I didn't reply because I don't know the first thing about making Nemo-esque units. Don't feel as though people don't want to help, but some of us just can't draw units. If you want a high-res unit, I could try but I warn you, it will probably turn out pretty badly.

	09-06-2003 05:53									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Boco MGE or ToT? If you're desperate, I could adapt a ToT one from this image, but I'm not talented enough to make a MGE one.

Ok.. But I want this to be for MGE.. too bad..

quote: Originally posted by HeressonMake a historical scn!

uhm... been there done that and besides.. I can't come up with a great theme.. all the good themes are taken you know.. any proposals?

quote: Originally posted by EmuGod I didn't reply because I don't know the first thing about making Nemo-esque units. Don't feel as though people don't want to help, but some of us just can't draw units. If you want a high-res unit, I could try but I warn you, it will probably turn out pretty badly.

I know that it's very hard to make units, I've tried it myself. And I don't want hi-res because it won't fit in with the other units.

	09-06-2003 06:27									#7
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quote: uhm... been there done that and besides.. I can't come up with a great theme..

I don't like it. So...

quote: all the good themes are taken you know.. any proposals?

There are a lot topics of history that still haven't been taken.
Some I repeat on and on.
No-one made a scn about I Punic war,
There aren't numerous hellenistic scenarios, are there...
Arab conquests are poorly covered (I am theoretically working over one scn concerning it now),
Fatimids are a nice topic for a scn
There are (almost) no specificic crusade event scenarios, just not too good general view ones,
I wish there would be a scn about M.Ali in Egypt....
or about Armenia or Georgia in any way,
there are few Indian scns,
I miss a scn about Byzantine reconquista by Macedonian dinasty,
there are practically no CE European scns and there are many topics there,
etc

	09-06-2003 15:28									#8
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well I will just have to think about it for some time.. I still wanna make the Middle Earth one but if I can come up with a good theme that I can get much info about I think I will make a historical scenario first since I'm much better at making those.

	12-06-2003 01:29									#9
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A big eye

Attachment: eye.bmp
This has been downloaded 7 time(s).

Last edited by teic on 12-06-2003 at 01:39

	12-06-2003 18:05									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Arthedain well I will just have to think about it for some time.. I still wanna make the Middle Earth one but if I can come up with a good theme that I can get much info about I think I will make a historical scenario first since I'm much better at making those.

No Middle Earth! History for ever!
And congratulations on defeating Poland yesterday.

	12-06-2003 18:12									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Heresson No Middle Earth! History for ever! And congratulations on defeating Poland yesterday.

hehe thank you

	13-06-2003 12:53									#12
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The problem with historical scenarios is that they usally intail lots and lots of reading and countless weeks building it! (Am speaking from experiance, am making ' Invasion of Britainnia' for the last month, and just have finished putting all the cities on!) It is easy (relitivly) to make a scenario, another to make a brilliant one! Things you need to remember...

When you have contructed it, do a long testing!

Well, I'll go back to my scenario.

	17-06-2003 15:12									#13
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Don't be lazy! Work!

	17-06-2003 16:50									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Silpy (Am speaking from experiance, am making ' Invasion of Britainnia' for the last month, and just have finished putting all the cities on!)

Apologies to Athedain for threadjacking

@Silpy: I had a 50% complete Romans in Britain scenario (BTW that's Britannia not Britainnia ) which I've lost now. Anyway, the best source I found with a wealth of info on Roman city names, Celtic tribes, which legions and Auxilia were stationed in Britain and tons of other stuff was this:

http://www.roman-britain.org/main.htm

Good luck with the scenario!

	17-06-2003 22:23									#15
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no problem Fairline... I have put the Lotr-project aside for a while it's not like I'm in a hurry heh..

	19-06-2003 12:55									#16
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Cheers.

It will take a couple of months, partly due to my high standards (I will do a very long testing), partly for historical accuracy. (My last scenario's events.txt took me a week to write, and that was not even a historical scen. )

Well, remember;

*Get good graphics for the units, etc. Try to make it clear what roughly what type, ability and era by the graphic alone.
*Dont bog it down too much with massives of free units appearing everywhere. If you do, try to get them too appear in an isolated area (of cource, there are exeptions to this)
*Try to make it clear in the start what you objective is. It could be domination, science race, objective-baced, destroying a particular unit etc.
*If you have time (or can be bothered), try to write CivPedia entries for any new units, techs. etc. Most people do' nt bother.