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Macron1
Supreme Hero
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posted September 30, 2019 01:07 PM |
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Edited by Macron1 at 13:16, 30 Sep 2019.
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Yuya2019 said:
Hi, I've began working on my first mod yesterday which is a Town mod based on WoG's Neutral Town and almost every units are incorporated in the town. Is there any documentation/tutorial that could explain me the Town's screen creation? How to fulfill the structure.json or creating the .defs needed to implement the designed buildings?
You can use pngs instead of defs.
Here is an example of 32-bit ts:
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=35319&PID=1483109#focus
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NimoStar
Responsible
Legendary Hero
Modding the Unmoddable
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posted September 30, 2019 01:10 PM |
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http://heroes.thelazy.net/ doesn't work for me :/
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Klinsk
Hired Hero
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posted September 30, 2019 05:33 PM |
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Same here, site is down.
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 05, 2019 02:41 AM |
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Edited by Yuya2019 at 18:30, 05 Oct 2019.
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Heroes.thelazy.net still down for me as well. Anyway, I saw that you could put every building on x=0 y=0 by just having 800x374px pictures with turquoise background (making it transparent with indexed colors) and then you just have to edit the z valor to determine which buildings are behind others. That way it should be way easier to fulfill the .JSON file but I'm still working on the town screen design at the moment.
For anyone interested/curious about my work, I released a very-early playable version that you can find [url=https://forum.vcmi.eu/t/new-town-mod-refugee/5002]here[/url]. To be honest I recently installed a game that is taking away my free-time but here's my progress of the town screen (which isn't implemented in the mod yet, WIP) that you can see below.
Since nobody gave me reviews on the VCMI forum (mostly inactive), I'd appreciate if some of you could help me with things that I can improve (for example, the tower next to the castle will be replaced with something else because it doesn't looks good at all). Any ideas or suggestions are welcomed. Thanks for reading.
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Macron1
Supreme Hero
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posted October 05, 2019 09:30 AM |
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Yuya2019 said:
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 05, 2019 05:25 PM |
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Edited by Yuya2019 at 01:20, 08 Oct 2019.
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Oops, it should work now.
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Macron1
Supreme Hero
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posted October 05, 2019 05:44 PM |
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Yuya2019 said:
Oops, it should work now.
Wow, it looks great! Only Golem Factory looks like wrong angle and out of place.
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 05, 2019 06:27 PM |
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Thanks, I'll change that dwelling right now.
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Warmonger
Promising
Legendary Hero
fallen artist
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posted October 07, 2019 10:29 AM |
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Not bad for a collage.
However, as you see, the scene still looks unnatural - sunlight at every object comes from different direction, for instance :/
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 07, 2019 11:52 PM |
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Edited by Yuya2019 at 01:17, 08 Oct 2019.
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Yeah that's because these aren't handmade but pictures I'm trying to merge together and it's pretty hard to find great visuals. Though, this is still WIP and any help is welcomed!
If you could list me everything that you find wrong in this collage with enough details, then I'd be able to improve it.
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avatar
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted October 08, 2019 07:41 PM |
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Fully builded h3 townscreen are raher crowdy and filled with buildings. I know it's harder to make such townscreen using only borrowed graphic from the net - now yout town has too much 'empy' spaces.
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acidchalk
Promising
Known Hero
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posted October 08, 2019 10:05 PM |
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It's looking good, i wish i had more free time so that i could help you color it better.
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 09, 2019 04:43 AM |
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@avatar Yeah I'm working on it but there are building missings:
- mage guilds, Dwelling 1, Dwelling 5, Hordes(2-3), Grail, 2-3 additional buildings and few final decorative elements. I'll post later an updated version.
@acidchalk That would be helpful!
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Salamandre
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Wog refugee
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posted October 10, 2019 02:51 PM |
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Well, the backside after Hota release is that all post-hota graphical projects are now challenged thousand times they were before. So, while is great that people continue to improve their skills, such collage style towns look not good in the context, imo.
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 10, 2019 11:38 PM |
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Edited by Yuya2019 at 23:41, 10 Oct 2019.
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Salamandre said:
Well, the backside after Hota release is that all post-hota graphical projects are now challenged thousand times they were before. So, while is great that people continue to improve their skills, such collage style towns look not good in the context, imo.
Yeah that's because it doesn't involve the same amount of works but this is still a better solution than recoloring an already existing town-screen. You should see it as a placeholder rather than a "final product" - even though there will never be a final product ever (I don't have skills in pixel arts). I'm having fun being able to mod Heroes 3 (I've been waiting for what... a decade at least? haha) and I'm not trying to make a HotA-like town. Having a fully-playable town with its own identity (visuals, gameplay, etc.) is the only thing that matters to me to be honest.
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Macron1
Supreme Hero
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posted October 11, 2019 06:35 AM |
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Salamandre said:
Well, the backside after Hota release is that all post-hota graphical projects are now challenged thousand times they were before. So, while is great that people continue to improve their skills, such collage style towns look not good in the context, imo.
VCMI is a platform for creativity. Anyone can download mods, change them to their likes, or create a town of evil vegetables etc.
The result may not look professional, but it feeds the soul. Not an eye,
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acidchalk
Promising
Known Hero
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posted October 14, 2019 01:15 AM |
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got a link to the mod yet?
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Yuya2019
Tavern Dweller
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posted October 14, 2019 04:43 PM |
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Yes, you can find the very-early version [url=https://forum.vcmi.eu/t/new-town-mod-refugee/5002]here[/url] which is fully playable but still have too much elements from the Cathedral Mod which are placeholders the time I replace visuals. And here's a YouTube video showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmKztIbfdM
I'm still working on the Town screen and I'm open to any suggestions so I can improve this WIP mod. Thanks for reading.
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acidchalk
Promising
Known Hero
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posted October 14, 2019 06:03 PM |
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oh yeah it's getting better good update.
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Macron1
Supreme Hero
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posted October 14, 2019 06:43 PM |
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Yuya2019 said:
Yes, you can find the very-early version here which is fully playable but still have too much elements from the Cathedral Mod which are placeholders the time I replace visuals. And here's a YouTube video showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYmKztIbfdM
I'm still working on the Town screen and I'm open to any suggestions so I can improve this WIP mod. Thanks for reading.
Can you also share previous version of screen for historic efforts?
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