The Horse Lords Update 30/07/2015

Hey everyone,

It's near the end of the month so I think it's time we fill you guys in on what's been happening.
We've converted Dol Guldur to Gundabad, and have since added:

an incomplete unit roster consisting so far of:

Spoiler

Gundabad Orcs - 250 - They are similar to the Mordor Orcs in their usage, however they are faster, deal more damage and have more armor.

- Can receive Banner Carriers

- Can use Poison Blades at level 2.

 

Gundabad Orc Archers - 400 - They are similar to the Mordor Orc Archers, however are faster and have a higher hit percentage.

- Can receive Banner Carriers

- Can use Poison Arrows At level 2 

- Can use Flaming Arrows

 

- Gundabad Warg Pack - 350 - Similar to the Rise of the Witch King Warg pack for Isengard, but can trample. They have a good attack, but weak armor.

- Can use Howl

- Can receive Banner Carriers

 

_Gundabad Warg Riders - 550 - Similar to the Isengard Warg Riders, however are faster with less armor

- Can use Howl

- Can use Posion Blades at Level 2

- Can receive Banner Carriers

 

- Dol Guldur Orc Pikemen - 550 - A kin to the Isengard Pikemen, however come in a smaller horde and have better stats

- Can receive Banner Carriers

- Can receive Forged Blades

- Can receive Heavy Armor

 

- Dol Guldur Orc Infantry - 500 - A kin to the Isengard Infantry, however come in a smaller horde and have better stats

- Can receive Banner Carriers

- Can receive Forged Blades

- Can receive Heavy Armor

We have also added The Gundabad Patrols consisting of Gundabad Orcs and Orc Archers. And if you Build a warg pit you gain Gundabad Warg Sentries.

Spoiler

The Gundabad Wargs were a collaboration between me and Mathijs 

Dol Guldur Orcs have been donated by Ruudy, I've had them for a while actually but am now able to put them in-game

Gundabad Orcs were made by Mathijs:

The Spell Book will remain similar to EA's Goblin faction, however this is still being discussed internally. The Base destroying powers like Summon Dragon and Balrog will be removed and replaced, with something just as interesting.
We've also added the 1.08 patch's maps and apts, allowing players to play comfortably in Widescreen!
The mod however conflicts with 1.08's code, so you'd need to switch back to 1.06 to play.
I'd also like to thank King-Thranduil for joining as an asisstant coder, without him some of this stuff would not be in-game as yet, and Mathijs and Renny for their help with art  .
Thanks for Reading

Edited by Rider of Rohan, 30 July 2015 - 09:54 PM.

Got to say... Math has a lot of time on his hands.

 

 

Got to say... Math has a lot of time on his hands.

 

Agreed...At least half of the units are made by him,i think Azog,Gundabad Orcs,Wargs,Warg Riders for example

 

 

Got to say... Math has a lot of time on his hands.

 

Makes you wonder... is Mathijs a single user, or an umbrella account for a secret society of BFME artists?

 

Makes you wonder... is Mathijs a single user, or an umbrella account for a secret society of BFME artists?

So which one is it ?

He is actually an artificial intelligence that is programmed for modding. Coincidentally also self-aware.

Barely self-aware.

Edited by KingThranduil, 30 July 2015 - 10:06 PM.

A little feedback on the fortress tho, I would remove the lower parts of the texture (the  one that looks like the one from the vanilla fortress) or I would make the model to stick out so it would look like some sort of foundation.

A little feedback on the fortress tho, I would remove the lower parts of the texture (the  one that looks like the one from the vanilla fortress) or I would make the model to stick out so it would look like some sort of foundation.

Lower parts of texture look really fine in-game.I replaced the Vanilla Fortress maybe 2-3 hours ago,can't remember right now

Edited by MattTheLegoman, 01 August 2015 - 01:39 AM.

I recommend placing the Gundabad inspired spires rising directly from the ground, instead of from small stands.

FYI, I had a similar concept, with the architecture of Gundabad directly placed on the Goblin fortress. I might use your idea of the design being inspired by the spires, yet created with the same scrap materials as the fortress, with your permission. =D

I had them rising directly from the ground at first, but because I also want to keep the Goblin fortress look, that ended up looking awful. The 'stands' are a means of blending the old and the new.

Still looks really good in-game

My god man, use some anti-aliasing. It's 2015 for crying out loud!

No but really, I'm not sure I like the transition. It looks good, but it doesn't really fit. I think it would be okay if they weren't actually supposed to 'blend', but instead be intentionally two separate portions of each spire. Or at the very least some creative changes with the coloring and lessening of the highlights. BFME2's assets are very heavy on highlights and it really stands apart from the texture work Mathijs has done on the top portions.

I actually like the idea. It looks like a good blend between vanilla goblin fortress and gundabad's architecture. It also fits in my opinion with the concept of orcs/goblins building on top of existing strutures and corrupt them to their own needs. See for instance the buildings in War in the North (I can't find appropriate pictures aside from maybe this or this tiny screenshot so I'll just assume you know what I'm talking about ). The only thing needed to make the transition look a bit more natural is some sort of scaffold or perhaps pieces of rusty metal connecting the top to the bottom.

Well I said it once and I will say it again.

I agree with Kwen, you either play with the colors until they match at least as tent or choose a different texture entirely.

 

 

I agree with Kwen.

 

Seconded.

 

 

Well I said it once and I will say it again.

I agree with Kwen, you either play with the colors until they match at least as tent or choose a different texture entirely.

 

I suppose the spire texture could be applied to some bits of the vanilla fortress (the bits that look like cobweb walls now). That's up to RoR though. I remain of the opinion that the fortress looks great the way it is now. 

Okay,the more i look at the fort i dislike it somehow.Yesterday i loved it but today i changed my mind.Math can you at least blend these Gundabad "Blades" (if i can call them like that) with the fort,or fort with the blades?I know you did a lot For THL but this change will make Gundabad better.On Moddb some guys are complaining on the looks