Note- Stamford Bridge is done, so work will now continue on TI

I'm reading Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for the second time, and i couldn't stop thinking about the possibilities of the story as an AoK campaign. It will consist of six scenarios, each based on a part of the book.

Part I: The Old Buccaneer: Map: 100% Done. -Mapshot- Triggers: 100% Done. Overall: 99.9% Testing in progress! is about 50% cutscene, and it describes the Old pirate's stay at the inn and how he is killed and the map is found,without a lot of unit action, but enough text to let the player understand.
Testing Slots: |Emperor_Julian | DA Crusader | ItalianHuskarl | YOSOYELARMY | Endoras_the_Elf |

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Part II: The Voyage: Map: 100% Triggers: 100% will have the ship set off and some dialouge describing the plans for the mutiny. You'll have to find the island on a giant ocean map. I have some great ideas for a navigation system for this, just check out "The Art of Sailing"
Testing Slots:|Emperor_Julian | DA Crusader | ItalianHuskarl | YOSOYELARMY | Dark_Blade | Aoc_Freako | Colosseum | WildCardDoW | Endoras_The_ Elf | reich |

Part III: My Shore Adventure: Map: 2% Triggers: 0%, will have you in control of Young Jim as explores the Island and finds Ben Gunn.

Part IV: The Stockade should prove to be very exciting and the most AoK-like. It will have the player in control of the Palisade-fort and they have to defend it from the pirates. I was thinking some thing like this: You start with a lot of food, wood, and stone (gunpowder and Ammo). Food goes away gradually as people eat it, like -1 food per person each 30 seconds. wood will be used for firewood. not having a fire will have some kind of penalty. You can gather wood by clicking dead trees. Stone will be used each time weapons are used (using the 'Object has target' trigger). Then there will be several waves of pirates. Also, Jim will return from his adventure.

Part V: My sea adventure will be very challenging since it take place almost entirely on two ships: One very small, the other much larger than a galleon. I'm considering just making it a cutscene, or some text incorporated into one of the other scenarios.

Part VI: Captain Silver describes how the treasure is found and how the book ends, it will probably be quite a long scenario.

Note that these are very brief overviews and the scenarios will contain much much more. I want someone who plays this to understand and know the story just as much as they would reading the book.

This could prove to quite a challenge. For instance: Since a lot of the sory has to do with ships, Aok's horribly misproportioned ships may be a problem. Since it's set in the 18th Century, the medevial look of most of units won't look good. Almost all of the fighting is done with muskets and cutlasses wich of course don't exactly look like any weapons in Aok. I'm thinking of hand cannons for a lot of guys, Samurai for silver, villager for jack, Woadies for a few pirates, Jannisary for the Squire, etc. I will also need a lot of sounds as this will make it a lot more enjoyable.

This project will take a lot of time and I dont exactly have 100% of my day free to the Computer. This project may never be finished, but hey, I'll do my best. Please post suggestions, as I will need them. Thanks.

Questions Section (Added 7/6/04)

Hey guys, I need some help:

1. I'm having some trouble with the "task Object" Trigger. Could someone explain the difference in 'set object' and 'set area', and can it be used to make units attack as well as move?

2. Is there a website were i can download common sounds (mp3. or wav.) like seagulls and ocean waves? Saw other thread

3. At the end of the book there is a cave filled with tons of gold bars, coins, jewels and other treasure. How can I make this scene? I'm thinking of sand floor with a dip in the middle and a rock edge around it to show the cave walls. For the gold, the best I can do (short of a modpack, which i have no idea how to do) is haystacks, relics, and gold mines. Will this be effective? any other suggestions (anything else yellow!!??)

4. I need one really big schooner and some really small rowboats. Any Ideas? (The little beta boat from AoE will work for the little ones.)

5. Off topic: how do you change the color of the text in a link?(I want to change TREASURE ISLAND at the top to yellow)

6. To create the effect of strong winds/currents/waves, could one use a looping task object trigger with large set areas?

7. What does 'description order' mean? Also, I have text in the 'scenario instructions' and I want it to stay there but it is removed as soon as the first objective appears. Help? thanks.

-Thanks

[This message has been edited by King Bob VI (edited 08-23-2004 @ 03:43 PM).]