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Pyr0 MK III · 30 Jan 2003, 20:42

Oh yes

Pyr0 MK III · 30 Jan 2003, 20:43

elephantine

All units including the elephants were motion captured

Structural Integrity · 30 Jan 2003, 20:49

THEY ALL HAVE BEARDS!!!!
TERRORISTS!!!

LHC · 30 Jan 2003, 20:52

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Originally posted by Structural Integrity
THEY ALL HAVE BEARDS!!!!

Rome : The Clone Wars

Red · 30 Jan 2003, 20:58

I've wondered how you fight with elephants. Do you just stomp the enemy or do you shoot arrows and things from the thing on its back?

Pyr0 MK III · 30 Jan 2003, 21:06

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Originally posted by Red
I've wondered how you fight with elephants. Do you just stomp the enemy or do you shoot arrows and things from the thing on its back?

A mixture of both. Very long spears too

Bloomers III · 30 Jan 2003, 21:26

fs, i wanted a napoleonic wars one. that would be the best game ever

KaneED · 30 Jan 2003, 21:38

those mens legs are so good!

Bloomers III · 30 Jan 2003, 21:42

oh you're just so gay

KaneED · 30 Jan 2003, 21:44

my name is Ben Dover

now.

Bloomers III · 30 Jan 2003, 21:54

is this your way of telling me you want me?

IF SO LETS GET JIGGY

KaneED · 30 Jan 2003, 21:57

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Originally posted by Bloomers III
is this your way of telling me you want me?

IF SO LETS GET JIGGY

na na na na na naaa
na na na na na
getting jiggy wit it

etc

Embroglio · 30 Jan 2003, 22:07

That looks fantastical.

Deathjam · 31 Jan 2003, 02:17

is it me or has blommers turned into yahwe

NightSinner · 31 Jan 2003, 03:47

awesome game indeed can't wait for it

Scoot951 · 31 Jan 2003, 06:00

Unless there's 2 Rome games coming out, I believe I played the demo of that one a coupla weeks back. Interesting rts, instead of building individual units you train entire companies of 16 or so guys at once.

Only 'flaw' I really noticed in the demo was that the companies have absolutely no problem with walking right thru each other, having 2-3 guys standing in the same spot and still managing to march single file.

Otherwise a solid looking game, terrain seems to be much more useful than in the average game.

xtrasyn · 31 Jan 2003, 06:48

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Originally posted by Pyr0 MK III
Oh yes

W@w

They should tweak the fact that they all have the same face (that guy from tooltime, al borland)

Evil Skragg · 31 Jan 2003, 10:18

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How do the elephants attack?

#
Your forgeting those 3ft long pointy sharp THINGS coming out of thier mouths.

Also, since when did Gladiators fight alongside soldiers?

xtrasyn · 31 Jan 2003, 10:26

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Originally posted by Evil Skragg
Also, since when did Gladiators fight alongside soldiers?

Ever since.

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 10:59

Why the hell is 'SPQR' on one of the banners?

Also, looks like this game will require 'quite' the computer.

Gayle29uk · 31 Jan 2003, 11:30

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Originally posted by ParraCida
Why the hell is 'SPQR' on one of the banners?

Senatus Populous(sp?) Que Romanus. THe Senate of the People of Rome.

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 11:32

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Originally posted by Gayle28uk
Senatus Populous(sp?) Que Romanus. THe Senate of the People of Rome.

I know what it means, the point is that SPQR is that this term is used at the beginning of public announcements.

Not printed on banners during a fight.

And its Senatus Populusque Romanus --> The Senate AND the People of Rome.

Gayle29uk · 31 Jan 2003, 11:36

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Originally posted by ParraCida
I know what it means, the point is that SPQR is that this term is used at the beginning of public announcements.

Not printed on banners during a fight.

It was on the banners according to my history lessons (admittedly a long time ago).

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And its Senatus Populusque Romanus --> The Senate AND the People of Rome.

I was close enough

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 11:47

mmm I dunnoh

It usually was written on public announcements or on buildings / pillars that had a 'message', or rules for city behaviour etc etc.

It 'is' possible that they put it on the banners to show the enemy that they were acting on the authority of the roman senate / people. Though it seems strange

Structural Integrity · 31 Jan 2003, 11:47

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Originally posted by ParraCida
Why the hell is 'SPQR' on one of the banners?

Also, looks like this game will require 'quite' the computer.

I dunno... The vegetation are mere billboarded sprites, and the characters have a relatively low polycount, all with the same texture. This speeds it up quite a bit. Although a few thousand characters from close up will have an impact.
The terrain looks nice, but is nothing fancy. Lightmapped shading.
Also the fact that Scoot mentioned: characters moving through eachother, indicates that it's not THAT heavy.

I don't know what detail level the screenshots are at, but it doesn't look all that fancy.

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 11:50

I saw that too yeah, my main concern however is with the many many many numbers of them, depending on how 'autonomously' they act it will get harder to render I suppose.

Also the 'size' of the battlefield will matter lots, could go either way

Structural Integrity · 31 Jan 2003, 11:54

You have distance fog for that. The best invention since sliced bread.
Also I assume that they use very low polygon models for characters that are further away (8 polys or so, instead of a few 100 for models close up). Perhaps they even sprite the models that are very far away. That will save a tremendous amount of rendering times.

SilverSmoke · 31 Jan 2003, 12:12

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Originally posted by Gayle28uk
[b]It was on the banners according to my history lessons (admittedly a long time ago).

I was close enough

according to Asterix as well ;P

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 12:14

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Originally posted by Structural Integrity
You have distance fog for that. The best invention since sliced bread.
Also I assume that they use very low polygon models for characters that are further away (8 polys or so, instead of a few 100 for models close up). Perhaps they even sprite the models that are very far away. That will save a tremendous amount of rendering times.

Yeah they use that in AC2 as well, looks pretty ****ty at times but definatly saves a LOT of resources.

Well, I'm not gonna play the game.. so I'll never know

Gayle29uk · 31 Jan 2003, 12:17

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Originally posted by ParraCida
Well, I'm not gonna play the game.. so I'll never know

It'd take one look at my Voodoo 3 and die laughing

ParraCida · 31 Jan 2003, 12:19

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Originally posted by Gayle28uk
It'd take one look at my Voodoo 3 and die laughing

/me points at his Geforce2MX400

suck of the suck, with a little suck mixed in it.

Structural Integrity · 31 Jan 2003, 12:28

Oh please.... what does a decent card cost nowadays? 150 Euro's?

Heh....

Embroglio · 31 Jan 2003, 13:21

ATI Rage! I clearly win the **** card competition. \o/

Deathjam · 31 Jan 2003, 13:30

trident 9440(i think) 1mb*

I WIN

*not in this machine tho i got teh gf4 in here

Gayle29uk · 31 Jan 2003, 13:35

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Originally posted by Deathjam
trident 9440(i think) 1mb*

I WIN

*not in this machine tho i got teh gf4 in here

Linux box: S3 Virge. Beat that :P

[edit] I think I can dig up a 256k 16bit ISA Tseng Labs ET4000 if I look hard... [/edit]

ELeeming · 31 Jan 2003, 14:34

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Originally posted by SilverSmoke
according to Asterix as well ;P

And any film about rome ever made.

Vermillion · 31 Jan 2003, 16:52

The SPQR was actually *Everywhere*, on buildings, on monuments, on scrolls and tablets, on all proclamations, on ships... furthermore, every Roman 'Eagle' or legion Standard had 'SPQR' on it, as did the fasces, who preceeded every legion into enemy territory.

If you visit Rome today you can still see SPQR carved into old walls and pillars. If you are looking for it, it is surprising how common it is.

8 Mar 2003, 03:04

if you realize that pretty much is a 'signature' it means 'the senate and the people of rome' where you should realize that the following should be 'have decided that' or 'have authorized' etc etc. it basically means 'blessed by the senate and the people of rome'.