Ancient Mediterranean Civs - Greek Epic (by Numitor and ambrox62)

[Manifold]

i made a little search and i found the tharacian king Lagaros who was a allie of Alexander the greathttp://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82

is that a trusted source? sounds like one of these wikipedia jokes

 

[PAVLOS_GR300]

at the wikipedia there is a ancient text that supports his existance.if thos is real he is also

 

[Numitor]

What is going on? *update*

I am sorry for the delay, but RL need my attention. All I did, is compiling the tumulos into the background pic. Here is a low res preview from actual background pic.

Spoiler :

The guy is just a placeholder and need to be replaced. Any further coments? Is this looking *thracian* enough?

 

[ambrox62]

Any further coments? Is this looking *thracian* enough?

Very nice

I would prefer a river BG instead of a sea one (i.e an inland BG more than a coastal one), but it's just an humble opinion...

 

[AbsintheRed]

Not rushing at all, just curious:
Any news on this?

 

[Numitor]

Sorry Absinthe, there are no news in particular. All I did, is replacing the placeholder guy, add the thracian lyra on his shield and shoulders and I made the BG fit to him a bit better (compare sheeps and some other details). All the DDS-work still is to do. Sorry for the delay, RL really bugs me sometimes.

Here is the preview again.

Spoiler :

 

[Kyyp]

This mod looks really great, but whenever I try and embark any unit while playing as the Minoans, the game just crashes. Works fine for the other civs I tried.

 

[ambrox62]

This mod looks really great, but whenever I try and embark any unit while playing as the Minoans, the game just crashes. Works fine for the other civs I tried.

Please, apply the attached fix, start a new game as Minoans, then report
Thanks

 

[Gedemon]

ambrox, do you plan to update/upload your mod to steam workshop ?

 

[Patcheresu]

Numitor and ambrox62, I don't know how to make proper Civ V Dawn of Man Images. Could you help me? I couldn't find any tutorial on it, and surprisingly beyond programming Kael's was the LEAST helpful.

Man this mod looks amazing. I barely even recall some of those names? Though I wish it was a bit clearer who is who because I can just tell that some have Queens and some Kings.

 

[ambrox62]

ambrox, do you plan to update/upload your mod to steam workshop ?

Hi Gedemon,

sorry but I've no more interest and time to spend into CiV atm

 

[ambrox62]

I don't know how to make proper Civ V Dawn of Man Images. Could you help me?

Numitor made the amazing arts contained into the mod, and there are no tutorial for them. You just need to skillfully manage tools like gimp/photoshop and to find the right pictures to merge

 

[Pouakai]

Hi Gedemon,

sorry but I've no more interest and time to spend into CiV atm

Would you like someone else to upload them to Steam Workshop?

 

[ambrox62]

Would you like someone else to upload them to Steam Workshop?

Afaik, Numitor is still working on the mod. He should says the last word, imo.

 

[Patcheresu]

Numitor made the amazing arts contained into the mod, and there are no tutorial for them. You just need to skillfully manage tools like gimp/photoshop and to find the right pictures to merge

I just don't understand how though. :C

All I know is:

It has to be divisible by 4. (1024x768x24 BPP /4 = 256x192x6) OK

It has to be 1024x768x24, at least according to Kael, and his checked out when comparing his DDS to mine. OK

That's all I know. I don't know what compression to use, what layering, if there should be a second layer, transparency, I don't know any of that because there is no tutorial. And every time I try it fails. I'm not giving up, but its starting to get a little disheartening, especially alongside my TXT_KEY error, the one where all the text is replaced with the TXT_KEY definitions for them. Instead of the civ name its all TXT_KEY_CIV_YOUTUBE_SHORT_DESC. I would try a PM but I don't know how on this site.

 

[thadian]

i love this mod. hope to see it for G+K

 

[ambrox62]

I just don't understand how though. :C

All I know is:

It has to be divisible by 4. (1024x768x24 BPP /4 = 256x192x6) OK

It has to be 1024x768x24, at least according to Kael, and his checked out when comparing his DDS to mine. OK

That's all I know. I don't know what compression to use, what layering, if there should be a second layer, transparency, I don't know any of that because there is no tutorial. And every time I try it fails. I'm not giving up, but its starting to get a little disheartening, especially alongside my TXT_KEY error, the one where all the text is replaced with the TXT_KEY definitions for them. Instead of the civ name its all TXT_KEY_CIV_YOUTUBE_SHORT_DESC. I would try a PM but I don't know how on this site.

I'll try to explain the best I can using my poor english

You've described two issues: one related to dds and one related to xml. To solve the latter, I strongly suggest you follow the pattern of a running mod, just to learn how to manage it. Copy/paste it within your modbuddy tool and try to modify/build/install on your PC. To solve the former, try the same way, just replacing images and atlases with your own creations.

To be more specific about the dds files included in this mod:
- atlas files are dds saved with "no compression"
- dom and map files are dds saved with dxt3 compression
- diplo files are dds saved with dxt1 compression

About how to manage dds you may search for internet tutorials

I hope this can help you

 

[Pouakai]

What about your other mods - Wonders and AMC etc?

 

[ambrox62]

What about your other mods - Wonders and AMC etc?

Because of I've been away from CiV for a while, what is the matter?
Gamespy online DB is no more available for users?

 

[Pouakai]

Yeah, Gamespy's DL Database is no longer accessable, it's been replaced by Steam Workshop.