Work in progress - UItimate Admiral: Age of Sail

[i64man]

has there been any kind of alpha video showing the game yet?

[UAZ-469]

Will you be able to steer a ship by yourself, like in any other game where you "are" the ship (Pirates of the Carribean, Tempest, AC IV...)?

[DeRuyter]

1 hour ago, UAZ-469 said:

Will you be able to steer a ship by yourself, like in any other game where you "are" the ship (Pirates of the Carribean, Tempest, AC IV...)?

In the UG series you give orders to units to move to a certain location or to fire on a specific target, so my sense would be that ships are units and you can give orders to individual ships. However not like in NA where you are in continuous control of an individual ship. You as the player are managing a squadron or fleet of ships.

[LeBoiteux]

^ like in Napoleon/Empire Total war

[Destraex]

Single player only has me concerned. As does it being so simple like total war naval battles, which were kinda passé. But I love the idea of landings. Will land battles be included? I cannot imagine this will be as good as naval action in terms of immersion? Unless we are building the ships to a complicated plan etc. what of the age of steam game from the same team?

[Archer11]

Looks really good! I hope there'll be a multiplayer (not MMO). This title really cries for it.

[as24862486]

Wow, that footage look awesome. Glad ultimate series are more bigger than now

[i64man]

@ as24862486 what footage are you referring to?

[as24862486]

3 hours ago, i64man said:

@ as24862486 what footage are you referring to?

A Dream. Image the future.

[Waidizss]

Does not look interesting at all. Why opt for naval game when so much is undone in the department for rank and file? And the graphics seem trilinear. Idk I was expecting the continuation of the franchise but this looks like something from 2006. Napoleon wasn't known for his naval victories

[Captiva]

On 12/18/2018 at 3:05 PM, sterner said:

Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame immersing players into naval service in time of the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

You just made my day! : )

[Jan van Santen]

Looking forward to test(play) this !!!

[jdk57]

I know this only just recently got revealed, but what are your expectations for release dates, and dates of importance for this game?

[sterner]

Here are few new screenshots.

 

[Dibbler (Retired)]

Looking good.

[z4ys]

@sterner will the ships get the same lvl of detail like Diana in NA regarding the rigging?

 

[sterner]

2 minutes ago, z4ys said:

@sterner will the ships get the same lvl of detail like Diana in NA regarding the rigging?

 

It will be quite similar as mechanics, but you won't be able to control yards.

[z4ys]

2 minutes ago, sterner said:

It will be quite similar as mechanics, but you won't be able to control yards.

Sorry wasnt clear enough. I was just talking about the visuals. For me the detail of rigging is a key factor what divides good ship model from bad ones. Ships in total war for example looked odd because they have a poor modelling of their rigging.

[sterner]

37 minutes ago, z4ys said:

about the visuals

Yes. It will be very close to NA.

[as24862486]

12 hours ago, sterner said:

Yes. It will be very close to NA.

Greeting,
Have a question.

Can the player custom map editor ?
 

[Destraex]

On 12/25/2018 at 11:05 AM, sterner said:

It will be quite similar as mechanics, but you won't be able to control yards.

So even though we will not be controlling the yards, will the game have the crew quality and captain quality managing this aspect as well as all other minor detail. So that we have maximum dimensions to differentiate the navies and fighting styles?

[DeRuyter]

Terrain looks good - like UG:CW but with sharper resolution and more details. 

[akd]

On 12/24/2018 at 6:52 PM, sterner said:

Yes. It will be very close to NA.

More crew visualized?  Ship-to-ship boarding visualized?  Undersea topography in ship-to-shore operations? (Shallows, reefs, consequences for ships of different drafts.)

[Guest]

as mentioned earlier, the ships looks really oversized if you compare them to the longboats, trees and coast battery, else it looks good

Edited December 28, 2018 by Guest

[jdk57]

So with the current screenshots, it looks like the land unit sizes have been dumbed down quite a lot. Is this temporary or a permanent change?