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posted 22 May 2015 08:19 PM EDT (US)



This Week: The Most Wanted: The Apep





How Was the Apep Found?

The Apep could be seen



If you look in any .dll language file editor and look thru AoM's Language .DLL:



There is no mentioning of the Apep, Why?



The Apep was removed by January-July, More Information what happened to it's remnants below



Interesting enough, his texture is still in the game files (in Textures folder or under textures.bar) under special e apep map, this file was reused for several units like the Serpent, and Wadjet, is that it?



No There are several pictures that were released that contained the enigmous Apep:



From an Issue of a Gaming Mag from 2001:





Another Couple showing the apep:







The First Image showing the apep:





Also in the Multiplayer Alpha the Apep's Icon is in there, WOW!





What Happened To Him?

The Apep was Replaced by the Petsuchos (Which made it's debut in May 2002) The Apep was no longer needed, and well most of it's files archived somewhere by ES.



What does History Define as the "Apep"

Apep or Apophis, Ancient Greek: Apepi or Aapep) was the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied chaos (ı ͗ zft in Egyptian) and was thus the opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth). He appears in art as a giant serpent. His name is reconstructed by Egyptologists as ʻ Aʼ pā pī , as it was written and survived in later Coptic as Aphō ph. Apep was first mentioned in the Eighth Dynasty, and he was honored in the names of the Fourteenth Dynasty king 'Apepi and of the Greater Hyksos king Apophis.



Author's Note

In July 2014, I was able to get the Multiplayer Alpha from someone who used to be at AoM Heaven, in about august I released the apep as a mod, with some other units from which someone exported the attack brg first, and eventually I extracted the rest of the models. If your are interested, here is the mod, but the mod only works with AoMTT: http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=10853



This is not an Alpha/Beta Picture, Because of the Date and the Splash down the Bottom:







Interesting to note, the reason why it does not look like a serpent is unknown, but ES said they wanted to give it their own perzaz, so they made it a Archosaur, which is the family that includes Dinosaurs, Alligators and Crocodiles.



Thanks for Reading. Creator of AoM Expanded Mod (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1828492742) and Mod on AoEWiki (Morayus1) [This message has been edited by Steelion69 (edited 05-22-2015 @ 11:59 PM).] Throughout all of Age of Mythology's Development Cycle countless Units, Campaigns, Scenarios, History Files and Sounds were removed and or replaced, but due to left overs we can have a look at things that were removed.This Week: The Most Wanted: The Apep