19.3. Button-Set 6 is here! check this post for it!

Okay here are -oh bugger I don't know how many Buttons I'm too tired to count- for Fantasy Mods. Although most of this stuff is related to Wheel of Time I have no doubt that some of them may be useful for other Fantasy-Mods and maybe Medieval Mods as well. If you think different-drop dead! I went through hours of the worst monotonymouseclickingorgies to load this up...

Have Fun.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Fantasybuttons.zip


edit: note second post are scifi pics, just in case your're one of the fast readers.

edit: post3 upladed new Buttons

edit: post3 screenshots updated to include all files

edit: please report to me buttons that don't show in the game

edit: 19.3. uploaded set 6 spellbuttons

Also included in this post are some buttons for spell hopefully useable in Fantasymods. Most but not all I took from Warcraft related Fansites. Enjoy!

screens for spellbuttons:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/spells.jpg

buttons for spells:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/spellbuttons.zip

Okay so this one is reserved for SciFi stuff although I included three alibi Fantasy Buttons:

get it here:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/SciFi1.zip

screenshots here:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/ScreenieSciFI1.jpg

Some of the images may be hard to recognize that's due to big size of the source and I didn't succeed sharpen them up enough.:blush:

Enjoy

Edit: okay this was too fast I rework a few of them

Another Edit: Okay finished. Ubdated the links. Hope these are ok now.

The third is mainly WarhammerFB stuff and some Dragons and Buildings

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/WARHAMMERandMore.zip

the 4th set(2.image) is more units mainly:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Set4.zip

the 5th set is Palaces, Castles and Temples solely:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Buildings.zip

screenshots Set 5 here:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/screenbuild.jpg

others below:

post I wanna steal them! LoL
:D
j

Wait 1 or 2 days and you can have them. Or do you mean the post below?:D

Edit: okay don't wait it's already there. And believe me I swear, I will continue to flood you all with Buttons until you python freaks get me a Mod out of it but this posts belong to me!

Great icons! Im going to dip into these as well. :D

Thanks Ploeperpengel!

Great icons! Im going to dip into these as well. :D

Thanks Ploeperpengel!

Take whatever you need;)

Fantastic stuff. :goodjob: Any sci-fi button pack coming? ;)

Fantastic stuff. :goodjob: Any sci-fi button pack coming? ;)

I'll think about it...:hammer2:

I'll think about it...:hammer2:

Thanks man. :scan:

Ok found some pics but very miscallaneos. I think only a few of them will serve your purpose. I'll post'em soon.

Edit: Posted

Sorry Woodelf couldn't find much useful for your Mod, I think.

more detailed than vanilla civ, but some might be hard to tell what they are.

Is there a reason that recon units can't pillage? Not sure about beastmasters, but rangers can't. On that note, I'm having trouble building beastmasters right now--I have a grove and the tech, do I need something else? can't build or upgrade.

If you wanted to add religions in the future, I think some good possibilities would be:
A tech after survival, either a lizard-man like religion, or a savage, shamanistic type religion (or a combination of the two.)
Or a tech after trade, maybe a humanistic type religion, or would that be humanoidistic?

The way religions are founded now works and makes sense and should probably be left alone, but an alternate way might be if they were granted from goody huts. Sort of like 'them' contacting you. Would lead to much earlier religions, and probably more at once.

Can't answer that. Maybe you're in the wrong thread?;)

man my posting sucks today. and you are too fast for me to slyly change it. :(

man my posting sucks today. and you are too fast for me to slyly change it. :(

Hehe, gotcha!

more detailed than vanilla civ, but some might be hard to tell what they are.

Yes maybe I'll try enlightening some of them a bit but I'm not sure if that works for all.

Ooh looks great. I gotta ask though, second pic, third row, 5th button from the left - what is that guy with sunglasses doing there?! :D

Ooh looks great. I gotta ask though, second pic, third row, 5th button from the left - what is that guy with sunglasses doing there?! :D

Staring into the open sea:)

I was thinking of including him into a Mod like Chuck Norris but on the second thought I noticed he should train his muscles first.

Thanks, I can definitely use some of these for my soon-to-be-started mod.

Thanks, I can definitely use some of these for my soon-to-be-started mod.

You're welcome.

What kind of Mod would this be?

You're welcome.

What kind of Mod would this be?

Well my initial thoughts are yet another fantasy mod. With Kael's permission I am going to be using Fall From Heaven 1.0 as a base since they've done some great legwork there. However, I'll be changing almost everything it contains to create an entirely different world. I'll use their promotion and spell system, with a few changes. The tech tree is going to be streamlined, but almost all of the techs will be different and hopefully I can work it so I have more techs in there (I like long, long games). Religions are going to have their own miniature tech trees with a Light and Dark side. I don't yet now if it's possible, but I'm hoping that I can set the game to realize that once you research a 'Light' tech, you can't research it's counter on the 'Dark' side of the religion. If not, I'll probably eliminate the conflicting sides of each religion. Using ideas I've gathered over the years and some books/movies/games I have a ton of back story that is going to be included in the Civilopedia for the world.

For now initial builds are simply going to be for myself as I have no modding experience and have a lot of details to iron out, but if it progresses well I'll consider releasing it. I think I can learn XML decently enough to put in the basic changes, but advanced work and any python stuff is what I'll need help with down the line. I also have no graphic experience. If I think my basic work is good enough, I'll start trying to draw in outside help.

It's going to be interesting trying not to screw it up. :suicide:

Also, I'm not known for my patience with pet projects like this. ;)

Well my initial thoughts are yet another fantasy mod. With Kael's permission I am going to be using Fall From Heaven 1.0 as a base since they've done some great legwork there. However, I'll be changing almost everything it contains to create an entirely different world. I'll use their promotion and spell system, with a few changes. The tech tree is going to be streamlined, but almost all of the techs will be different and hopefully I can work it so I have more techs in there (I like long, long games). Religions are going to have their own miniature tech trees with a Light and Dark side. I don't yet now if it's possible, but I'm hoping that I can set the game to realize that once you research a 'Light' tech, you can't research it's counter on the 'Dark' side of the religion. If not, I'll probably eliminate the conflicting sides of each religion. Using ideas I've gathered over the years and some books/movies/games I have a ton of back story that is going to be included in the Civilopedia for the world.

For now initial builds are simply going to be for myself as I have no modding experience and have a lot of details to iron out, but if it progresses well I'll consider releasing it. I think I can learn XML decently enough to put in the basic changes, but advanced work and any python stuff is what I'll need help with down the line. I also have no graphic experience. If I think my basic work is good enough, I'll start trying to draw in outside help.

It's going to be interesting trying not to screw it up. :suicide:

Also, I'm not known for my patience with pet projects like this. ;)


Know what you mean, same with me I'm not patient enough for learning pythonstuff. Xml is understandable though, though I havened mastered it yet.
What's the Setting, I mean the gamesworld?

Old World vs. New World idea with magic and technology coexisting. I'm thinking of using more steampunk ideas rather than following human technological advances, but I don't know much about steampunk worlds. Plus that would involve unit creation for real polish and I don't know anyone who can get new unit models into Civ4. Technology is going to get to at least an 18th century level, maybe 19th, but no further.

Long back story short (err, as short as I can get it), the Old World has been settled and civilized for thousands of years with a number of empires and they've run out of room. The races there are constantly at war with each other and upon hearing of a rich new land they all jostle for position to conquer it. The New World has had civilization for a much shorter time and really have only known one empire and some barbarians on the fringes. The empire is growing weaker, the barbarians are splintering away and they all know nothing of the coming invasions. The Old World invades, the New World actually throws them back and a new power there rises.

All actual gameplay is going to be geared towards just playing a game with no relation to the story, but the back story in the Civilopedia and descriptions and quotes is hopefully going to be extensive.

If I can get my technology tree idea of one branch of research disallowing another branch, religion is going to play a large part in the game. If I can't, then we'll see.

Sounds interesting,

let me know if you need 2D Art for it. I'm starting to get routine at that.;)

I probably will need some. Right now I'm fleshing out my world and ideas and waiting for FFH 1.0 to be released. Once that gets done I can dig into those files and work out what I want to change.

Excellant buttons Ploeperpengel! :goodjob: I am going to add all of these to what you have already provided for the Wheel of Time scenario/mod!

Excellant buttons Ploeperpengel! :goodjob: I am going to add all of these to what you have already provided for the Wheel of Time scenario/mod!

That's fine with me,

make sure you get the flags! They may need a little reworking maybe but it's better than nothing I think.

I probably will need some. Right now I'm fleshing out my world and ideas and waiting for FFH 1.0 to be released. Once that gets done I can dig into those files and work out what I want to change.

We all are waiting aren't we?;)

I can't even play regular Civ anymore. I need me some FFH.

I can't even play regular Civ anymore. I need me some FFH.

haha,

know what you mean. But to pass the time or even more the ancient mediteran is HOT too!

Another good set of buttons in set 3 Ploeperpengel. Some of the icons though don't have much contrast in the colors so it will make it difficult to see when they are shrunk.

I hope someone makes some nice 3d dragon models that do justice to these nice dragon buttons. :)

Another good set of buttons in set 3 Ploeperpengel. Some of the icons though don't have much contrast in the colors so it will make it difficult to see when they are shrunk.

I hope someone makes some nice 3d dragon models that do justice to these nice dragon buttons. :)

I'll fix this in future posts. Just didn't have the time to check them all in the game while making them. Hope that anyone else tell me which ones are usesless so that I can remove and maybe rework them.

Set 4 is very nice, much better color contrast on the button than in set 3 (which will make them easier to see in game). Thanks!

Personally I need lots of fantasy buildings. I have a lot of new buildings coming in phase 2 and it extremly hard to find many decent fantasy building pictures.

Set 4 is very nice, much better color contrast on the button than in set 3 (which will make them easier to see in game). Thanks!

Personally I need lots of fantasy buildings. I have a lot of new buildings coming in phase 2 and it extremly hard to find many decent fantasy building pictures.

What kind of buildings do you need? Can you pm me a list then I'll try finding some for you!:sniper:

very cool :D- you included my favorite model as the High Elf Ranger!
thanks
j

very cool :D- you included my favorite model as the High Elf Ranger!
thanks
j

Glad you like it:)

The third is mainly WarhammerFB stuff and some Dragons and Buildings

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/WARHAMMERandMore.zip

the 4th set(2.image) is more units mainly:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Set4.zip

the 5th set is Palaces, Castles and Temples solely:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Buildings.zip

screenshots Set 5 here:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/screenbuild.jpg

others below(I hate Imageshack and the files are to large for my account):

Those buildings are perfect, and I really like the contrast on the pictures. siloettes are so nice for button art because they are easy to identify. Thanks Ploeperpengel!!!

Those buildings are perfect, and I really like the contrast on the pictures. siloettes are so nice for button art because they are easy to identify. Thanks Ploeperpengel!!!

Glad you like'em. Maybe you noticed I reworked one ofthe dwarvenbuilding to have better contrast. If you like the motive of some buildings of my earlier sets but that doesn't have a good look on screen tell me and I'll rework it. That's just a couple of minutes work.

Great buttons. Those of us who are artistically-challenged really appreciate it.
How about some angels/demons buttons? There are some models of angels (winged swordsman) on the forum but no button to go with it?

Roger Bacon

Great buttons. Those of us who are artistically-challenged really appreciate it.
How about some angels/demons buttons? There are some models of angels (winged swordsman) on the forum but no button to go with it?

Roger Bacon

Yes, good idea! and should be possible as soon as my i-net connection runs stable again(it's quite a pain right now searching for motives:mad: ) and after the next version of Warhammer is uploaded of course until then I'm pretty occupied.

edit: and thx glad you like the buttons:)

DL'd, they look great! But some of them seem somehow familliar... *cough* WC3 *cough*)

DL'd, they look great! But some of them seem somehow familliar... *cough* WC3 *cough*)

yes I know I wrote from where I got them;) but they where just perfectly prepareted:mischief:

yes I know I wrote from where I got them;) but they where just perfectly prepareted:mischief:
:blush:
oh I didn't even see that :P
ah well

Ploep - Are you taking any requests yet? :D

Ploep - Are you taking any requests yet? :D

Sorry still very busy with warhammerflags:p

Ploep - Do you have a listing anywhere from right to left of what buttons are named what in the pics? I try to look at them with the dds converter and it crashes.... :(

Ploeb - Do you have a listing anywhere from right to left of what buttons are named what in the pics? I try to look at them with the dds converter and it crashes.... :(

Sorry no list. The pics are mostly but not all in alphabetical order from left to right. maybe this helps. strange you can't look at them normally should work. do you use dxtbmp?

I'm just using my dds converter utility, but not converting. Normally I can look at them i a preview. Not these. I just noticed that they are alphabetical. Duh! :p

Thanks

I'm just using my dds converter utility, but not converting. Normally I can look at them i a preview. Not these. I just noticed that they are alphabetical. Duh! :p

Thanks

aha, fine. but please tell me if any of the buttons doesn't work on the game if you encounter one:p

You should use the dds thumbnail viewer (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_thumbnail_viewer.html)
way useful :goodjob:

You should use the dds thumbnail viewer (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_thumbnail_viewer.html)
way useful :goodjob:

Thx for that tip! didn't have it yet.:)

You should use the dds thumbnail viewer (http://developer.nvidia.com/object/dds_thumbnail_viewer.html)
way useful :goodjob:

Thanks man. That'll come in handy. :)

Take whatever you need;)


Hi could you do some buttons for all the new jet fighters and bombers as were stuck with the originals and when you got more than 7 jets it takes a while to find the one u want:goodjob:

Hi could you do some buttons for all the new jet fighters and bombers as were stuck with the originals and when you got more than 7 jets it takes a while to find the one u want:goodjob:

Sorry but I intend to keep this a fantasy related thread and planes are not quite my speciality. And besides there are simply tooo many of them:p

How about some buttons for the new fantasy units coming out? Your cyclops for example. ;)

How about some buttons for the new fantasy units coming out? Your cyclops for example. ;)

Ups, yes forgot that one:mischief:

And believe me I swear, I will continue to flood you all with Buttons until you python freaks get me a Mod out of it

That´s the way to go!

I love this quote!

You should use the dds thumbnail viewer
way useful

nice tip, should save a lot of time (the photoshop plugin is even better!)

Your buttons rock. I just used one for a new nationhood-only promotion in my Ultimate Strategy (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=161961) mod.

http://www.naf.cc/civ4/nh.jpg

Didn't expect that one being in the game so fast. Glad you like it:)

Didn't expect that one being in the game so fast. Glad you like it:)

I like it too. I use that one for a spell that adds plot culture in a 3x3 square grid.

Roger Bacon

I like it too. I use that one for a spell that adds plot culture in a 3x3 square grid.

Roger Bacon

You are working on a mod that uses spells! I always love your mods I cant wait to see what you're making if your next one will be fantasy based!!! :D

You are working on a mod that uses spells! I always love your mods I cant wait to see what you're making if your next one will be fantasy based!!! :D

Thanks. It's nothing as ambitious or nice as Fall from Heaven. It started as a test platform for learning how to use the “action buttons” mod and as an excuse to use the really cool looking winged swordsman. I made a unit that can cast a few spells. One of the more interesting ones is a teleport spell (also done by The Great Apple). There’s nothing special about teleport but it can be used to create a gunship that can fly over land and water which I know is something that people have wanted for a long time.
I don’t think I’ll ever release any of the things I have that use buttons though because I have yet to find a way to teach the AI to use it. Anyway, those things will probably be easier to do a different way once the SDK comes out.

Roger Bacon