[eMOD][v1.8] Tent Building Style

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Almost ready to add a complete new building style. The intention is to give a flavorful look of tents for all buildings. Giving an image of a nomadic city.

So far I've got 92 redesigned buildings. It is modelled after a kingdom empire, but will have to either mod the config for the core races or you custom race you made. There are several buildings being re-used for the moment. I should have a beta version of this building style by Tomorrow (late tonight).

Hope there is interest in such a thing...

Here is a picture of some of it put together. Finally wrote the 2100 lines of code to get this to work out.

I've got lots of work left to do to get this to the point where I'm happy with it.

Extract this in your mods folder... currently the only install method is to make a new faction and edit the xml of that faction by adding the line

<BuildingStyle>TentStyle</BuildingStyle>

To do this with the core races you will need to edit thier raceconfig and look for <BuildingStyle>KingdomStyle</BuildingStyle> and replace KingdomStyle with TentStyle.

Now a file that is ModManager Compatible. It also allows you to install the building style for all kingdom standard races (Note: this does not overwrite any of your core files) It also includes a stormworld faction of Centaurs.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/75549875/Fallen%20Enchantress/TentStyle/TentStylev1_8.zip

If you want to add it to the empire races feel free, my models all use kingdom generic objects and kingdom pedestrians.

I thinking that all the buildings that I'm going to change are changed in this build. But you never know. Most unique buildings have not been changed and the shards have not been changed. I redesigned previous tent models and I hope you like the newer look.

Still have to add unique thumbnails for everything.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Hell yeah. bring it on :)

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I've done a considerable amount of modification to each of the buildings. I'm keeping with the theme of being small and not building up. Screenshot above is updated. I'm thinking I want to change quite a few more buildings before I release this onto the public, not sure if people would be happy with only about half of the buildings changed.

One major issue is that the end-user is going to have to edit their own files to get the game to see this. Otherwise I'm going to have to guess which faction people would want to see with tents all over the ground. Currently I'm using Capitar as the tents. Any suggestions. I'm sure heavenfall might have a race in stormworld that would fit the motif, but that's up to him if he wants to use it.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

The centaurs are nomads, it'd fit them best.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

This will be great for a Hebrew mod. 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top


seanw3 i can totally see that lol

i would do it half tent half building as is to do that.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I suppose now somebody can make the hebrew faction and set this as their building style.... no need to really mod anything else in... I suppose you'd want to change the salted pork ;)

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Are there any suggestions on what I should do with the more unique type buildings? The towers, special monuments, world wonders?

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top


Nono, not needed, some jewish people do in fact eat pork, just not... very... many.

 

i imagine small shards of magic with tents - kind of like a campsite with a fire, only a small sized shard instead of the campfire. You could do a circular pattern or something involving more of these mini shards for wonders.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top


I have now redesigned 82 buildings for the kingdom faction. Each of the buildings are lower to the ground and more spread out. The World Wonders (Like the great mill and such) are the same. Same with mines and shard temples... Let me know if there are any issues.

If I decide to do another project like this just tell me to use something besides notepad to edit the xml files...

Future updates to this mod will be to include thumbnail images of ALL of the newly redesigned images... but that will probably be after christmas... Currently, I'm debating whether to make Stormworld and Masters of Affliction compatible or make a new building style for the Krax. This style I feel fits the Capitar (the merchant kings), but I'm open for suggestions (I hate to overwrite main files).

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Actually tarth makes the most lore sense for tent dwellings. And like the hebrews, they were enslaved. Would also be cool to see Yithril get some tribe like tent style.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

I actually had Tarth in mind when I first started this endevour... The reason the monument has changed to a swordsman on the ground...

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top


Add mod manager support and the capability to change the building style of each of the kingdom races (if not all of them). This does NOT overwrite any of the original race configs and so you can play as per usual with mods on to see building style and mods off to go back to vanilla look...

Well I hope people like this.

Reply #13 from Elemental Forums Top

Well I've uploaded the files to nexus (can't upload images for some reason) and win customize (been waiting a week now for them to update themselves)

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Well done! If you could include a file for Stormworld: Centaurs as well that'd be great.

Reply #15 from Elemental Forums Top

Capitar would be great, we have a mod adding back Umber but no Capitar yet :D

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Heavenfall, reply 15
Well done! If you could include a file for Stormworld: Centaurs as well that'd be great.

Sure I'll add that in... it will get done today (but work gets in the way sometimes).

Reply #17 from Elemental Forums Top

For those that want Stormworld compatiblity and a faction to use it... per Heavenfalls suggestion to add it to the centaurs here it is... Put this file into the tentstyle folder in the mods directory for it to work properly.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/75549875/Fallen%20Enchantress/TentStyle/TentStyle/CentaurTentStyle.xml

The original file has been updated and includes it with the mod manager.

Reply #19 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting ev4debug, reply 19
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/75549875/Fallen%20Enchantress/TentStyle/TentStylev1c.zip is broken

Fixed... thanks.

Reply #20 from Elemental Forums Top

Slowing adding more tent buildings and redesigned some existing tent. Up to 91 new tiles ;) Will be posting soon... just a couple more tiles to make and we are golden.

Reply #21 from Elemental Forums Top


I have updated the Tentstyle to a newer version... now with MORE tents ;)

Reply #22 from Elemental Forums Top

Request a Barnum & Bailey Circus tent! :digichet:   Nice work.

Reply #23 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting AlLanMandragoran, reply 23
Request a Barnum & Bailey Circus tent!   Nice work.

Well to get that one perfectly I need to make a new model, but I might be able to do something here.

But AlLanMandrgoran.... tents = Aiel... you thinkin what I'm thinking ;)

Reply #24 from Elemental Forums Top


parrot,

tried to play as centaurs in stormworld, it seems that mod manager does not copy the tiledesign folder, resulting in cities being not displayed on strategic map

Reply #25 from Elemental Forums Top


parrot,

one more thing, pedestrians for centaurs.

could you make them little centaurs?