This topic is locked
this should be the final working engine for Silmarillion, though there's still Thief stuff to be worked out, and some other things.Each squad is generated using exactly ONE CluaConsole:CreateCreature ; from a single invisible squad marker, the entire squad spawns. The type of squad spawned, and number of members is utterly randomised ; so you guys can cheer to see the Balrogs below, its a very rare chance of seeing that!
Squads will move across the maps together, coordinate their fighting to some extent, attempt to assist their commander, and after an interval, respawn casualties. If the squad commander is killed, the squad members moves randomly on their own about the map and leave the map after some time ; they also lose their regeneration.
Badguys (clockwise from upper left)
- 2 squads of Orcs. notice their weapons are largely randomised throughout the squad.
- 1 squad of Orcs. notice their weapons are the same ; this probably means this squad would be a Ranger Squad roaming about the map. however in the actual Silmarillion Orcs have no Ranger Squads ; for the time being, not having created Thief gear yet, I let Thief squads carry Ranger gear.
- 1 squad of Balrogs - ah.. beautiful
imagine fighting a squad of these fireball tossing, armor shredding, high regenerating, damage resisting demons. oh and by the way, they all shoot fiery darts.- 1 squad of Werewolves - they would look scarier but for the Balrogs. werewolves boast high regenerate and hit hard. a beginning party might have to use special equipment or elven squad support to take down the commander of the werewolf pack, which has even higher regeneration than the squad itself.
Goodguys (clockwise from top)
- Elven squad. probably a Thief squad ; despite being led by a General they are only 6 in number. this is for not having done up thief gear, lol. In actual game the Thieves roam unseen across the map and backstab their opponents in combat. They also have limited use of Invisibility in combat. The Thief commander for the elves is called the Quietus (no prizes for guessing where that came from.) The weaker elven thief commander is called the Silencer.
- Human squad (centre next to my thief) led by a Sergeant. Observe one of them is carrying a 2-handed sword ; this is the archer in the squad
- Human Dual-Wielding squad. notice an oddly high number of archers in the squad ; archers are randomly generated, just looks like it was in this squads slant. Unlike orcs, Human and Elf squads have the same gear for their whole squad
- House Fingolfin Elven squad. Sky Blue and Silver-Grey are the colors of House Fingolfin. Sword & Shield squad with 2 Archers. Observe the leader looks a bit different ; in fact its an Elven Mage animation. This means the commander will probably be casting spells in combat.
- House Feanor, 2 Elven Squads. Scarlet and Purple are the colors of this battle-hardened house of Elves. notice they all wield katanas, even the archers.
- House Thingol, Elven Squad. love that beautiful sylvan chain. this is a squad of rangers probably, from their choice of weaponry.
- House Finarfin, Elven Squad. Rich Blue and Gold are the colors of House Finarfin.
