Kargath wrote:...I would like to see a rider, because he was never released in a proper way during War2 modding years.
I don't know. This is sort of how I'd like to do it if I did do it:
- Potential Raider
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It would be a lot of work, which I'm not sure that I'm up to at this moment. I'll probably finish Medivh and then maybe work on the wounded, or modify jinns lumber mill for the other tilesets next. I was thinking about making the clerics after that and maybe finishing the church or doing an orc temple, though I wish Jinn would do those buildings. I barely started to work on the crossbowman, but it's animation sequence was confusing so I sort of gave up on that one. I also don't like the head of the Lothar GFX and I want to make it match the icon better. The paladin seems sort of beyond repair, since it was a mixture of the alpha knight, and wc2 knight. But I could probably easily stick the paladin shield on the alpha knight if nobody minds the alpha horses face. The problem with the raider is that it's not just an orc, it has a wolf as well, so it's about twice as difficult as converting something else from wc1. It's not really a matter of merely smoothing out pixels, but rather redrawing new detail on top. I thought about using the wolf from my non-stratagus game as a foundation for a new wolf rider:
- goblin wolf rider
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It would probably be easier, but I'd really rather make it look more like the original. There is also the option to use Fronzel's wolf as a foundation, though it has no death sequence:
- fronzel's wolf
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It would be nice to have some riderless wolves, though they should ideally match the wolves of the raiders. We could have the kennels produce wolves which roam like critters and are uncontrollable, but attack enemies nearby.
The Necrolyte one, in particular, is excellent.
