Our esteemed colleague @GoldenArmorX has located the correct model of the crossbow/ballista, also used by the Khmer civilization, for their “Ballista Elephant”.
I’m posting it here so that one day we can remind the developers to use the correct model.
Thank you.
Bed Crossbow or Siege Crossbow for Chinese
Considering that some levels of the campaign will take place during the Tang or Song dynasty, it would be good to consider a siege weapon more suited to that era.
The Bed Crossbow was a siege crossbow that, like Western ballistae, was used to fire at guards on walls or towers, or from high positions and fortifications to fire at attackers.
Currently, it is a special siege unit for the Chinese, present in Age of Mythology for the Chinese civilization.
The Japanese in that game also have another variant of the Bed Crossbow, called the Oyumi.
In AoE4, the Bed Crossbow would be the East Asian version of the Springald, currently for three main civilizations: China, Mongols, and Japanese.
It would also appear in the two variants: Zhuxi and Sengoku.
Future civilizations, such as the Jurchen, Khitan, Vietnamese, and Khmer, would also have this model.
It is important to consider this model because a unique unit, the Khmer Tower Elephant, had this type of crossbow mounted, unlike the Western version.