18:31, 23rd Jan 2009
Pyritie: You could make those stairs planes instead of full cubes.

14:25, 21st Feb 2009
Lioness: Works in game and it's useful.

Hm, seem that there were not any such model made yet. But tell me, are the stairs inside really that needed?

It looks empty without them.

But they are not visible from game camera. Make so that the interior is visible so they are worth added polygons.

very original.
2nd with mechanical man

good model 4.9/5

very cool =)

Very good model!

two things though, one with the stand alternate animation, the tower itself doesn't move at all, but the lowering platform kind of "stretches" back and forth :/ you should at least make both move, or both not move at all.

I would also suggest making a morph alternate animation, so the tower can raise it's platform again and be moved again.
Excellent wrap and model all in all, I'd give it a 4 / 5, 5 if you fixed the stand alternate animation.

haven't tried this yet but it looks good, why isn't it approved yet

I think this model stands out. It's different from all the other models that i've seen here on hive, when it comes to mechanical models

I might use this in one of my maps, 5/5

I'm assuming theres an animation to make the gate go down, but I can't seem to discover it. Can anyone help? :X

Mechanical Man said:

Hm, seem that there were not any such model made yet. But tell me, are the stairs inside really that needed?

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Sige towers had stairs. Well they were a little bi more complicated but that cant be fir in a model. I dont thnk even G. Frank could do that. Sige tower was used to get troops across the wall. So he needs stairs.

Model is great. Especialy usefull for defense scrnarios like Minas Tirit.

Looks quite good!

i actualy needed this!! GREAT

HailFireer said:

Sige towers had stairs. Well they were a little bi more complicated but that cant be fir in a model. I dont thnk even G. Frank could do that. Sige tower was used to get troops across the wall. So he needs stairs.

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All tanks have engines. Do people model the engines? No. Because the engine is not visible =D

Mechanical Man said:

All tanks have engines. Do people model the engines? No. Because the engine is not visible =D

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Sares were visible on most towers cuz they didnt had a back wall. Tehy didnt needed 1. Some towers had all 4 walls and stairs werent visible. But Thisone doesnt have a back wall. So stairs ae sopose to be visible. Nothing wrong with the tower. Its a great model and it has real world characteristics.

wow l2spell XD nah jk no offense lol
all da spelling errors made me blink lmfao (just having some fun jokes)
anyway 5/5 really good model
GJ tranquill

Bloody_Demise said:

I'm assuming theres an animation to make the gate go down, but I can't seem to discover it. Can anyone help? :X

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The morph animation makes the gate go down...

It does need a morph-alternate animation though, so we can have the gate going up. =)

Also, why does only one stair have a thickness and the rest look like planes?

They should all be one or the other. And it seems Pyritie wants them as planes.

Reminds me of the Age of Mythology. hehe

hmm.. ive seen the before.. somewhere.

Its great you can use it to almost everything

I really like this model. I've been looking for something like this for my new STRONGHOD ALLIANCE map. I think, it may be usefull.I rate it 5/5

This model saves most LotR map's asses. Thank you 5/5

Could use this model. 5/5

Very nice, thanks for this. I've been sick of using "Support Columns" as my ST model.

i can see this being extremely useful for a siege-based map (ex. Minas Tirith). nice concept....i cant believe you were the first to make a model like this. nice job

Useful, looks cool, suitable for every race --> 5/5

this is a good model 5/5 Gj

awesome

Conlan said:

This model saves most LotR map's asses.

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I couldn't have put it better myself. Awesome model
5/5 Good work

I have a question.. I'm pretty new to all this WE stuff, so i wondered if anyone could help me. To make this unit work proper, should i then make it as a unit, and then let it morph into a doodad, like stairs or something? Or should it just have a spell witch morphs it with the animation, and is it then automaticly walkable? How should i do it..? Please help, i'm still in the noob-state.

You can use it like transport to load units in the tower and when it deploys on the wall then unload them on the wall. Or you can create invisible platform on the spot where the tower is.

Tranquil said:

You can use it like transport to load units in the tower and when it deploys on the wall then unload them on the wall. Or you can create invisible platform on the spot where the tower is.

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I agree

Mechanical Man said:

Hm, seem that there were not any such model made yet. But tell me, are the stairs inside really that needed?

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Of course, how do you think the units will get up there if not for those stairs?

Hehe, great model. 5/5, this was really needed.

I was looking for a siege tower, and then i found this! Really good model!
Works great in my map! 5/5
nice work!

Nice work. 5/5
This reminds me of Age of Mythology somehow...

Anyone knows a good icon for the Model?

I'm using warcraft 3 spiked barricades icon.

Okey, I got 2 more questions
1. Its written in description that if you use Scale 1.5 the Siege tower will work good for wall 3 but, what unit should I make the siege tower as? I tried Demolisher but then units can walk true it in some spaces in scale 1.5
2. Could you please explain how to make the ''Door'' come down? I have no idea how to.. =P

Use morph ability like in may map.

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Use morph ability like in may map.

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Morph to what? =S sry I am kinda noob in that stuff =S

Siege tower has the alternate animations. Units like demon hunter or night elf druids have alternate animations. When you use morph ability game will use alternate animations. Also in the object editor in line Art- required animation names you must type alternate, but only for unit that is morphed into.

I don't think you've ever made a model that I don't like. Tyvm for this!

Great job. Best siege tower model available, I'm guessing.

I noticed a strange anomaly with the stand alternate animation. After morphing, the ramp continuously twitches at the bottom of its movement range. This glitch doesn't show up in Magos, but it's very noticeable in game. Anyone have an idea what might be causing this?

Do want!

Great model! Really wish I could use it! Can't fit in my map tho :/

Little tip for anyone in my situation - Night Elf Fishing Village (ruined), scaled to about 2 or 3, with color 40/60/40, will serve as a siege tower in a pinch.

• Tower Set
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters Siege Ladder Trigger Zone Left <gen>
  • Conditions
    • And - All (Conditions) are true
      • Conditions
        • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Siege Ladder
  • Actions
    • Unit - Pause (Triggering unit)
    • Unit - Make (Triggering unit) face 139.00 over 0.00 seconds
    • Trigger - Turn on Enable Tower Left <gen>
    • Trigger - Turn on Enable Tower Left 2 <gen>

• Enable Tower Left
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters Bottom of Wall Left <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Move (Triggering unit) instantly to ((Center of Top of Wall Left <gen>) offset by 300.00 towards 90.00 degrees)

• Enable Tower Left 2
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters Top of Wall Left <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Move (Triggering unit) instantly to ((Center of Bottom of Wall Left <gen>) offset by 300.00 towards 270.00 degrees)

• Disable Wall Left
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
    • ((Bottom of Wall Left <gen> contains (Triggering unit)) Equal to True) and ((Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Siege Ladder)
  • Actions
    • Trigger - Turn off Enable Tower Left <gen>
    • Trigger - Turn off Enable Tower Left 2 <gen>

can i open its door in top?

I don't know how to make this siege tower do morph/stand alternate when unloading troops...

this is great, ill use it as siegeunit in my map! thanks for uploading it