[BtS] DIPLOMACY: a mod for Diplogames!

[The Capo]

I started on the Siamese Rifleman. It is nowhere near finished, and obviously there are glaring texturing issues, but I think it looks pretty decent so far, at least the hat and everything (I am still going to put a point on top of the hat). I have to retexture the shirt and the head still, but this gives a good general aproximation of what it might look like. What do you guys think so far?

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

Looks nice, I like it. And he doesn't have a boner!

 

[The Almighty dF]

I started on the Siamese Rifleman. It is nowhere near finished, and obviously there are glaring texturing issues, but I think it looks pretty decent so far, at least the hat and everything (I am still going to put a point on top of the hat). I have to retexture the shirt and the head still, but this gives a good general aproximation of what it might look like. What do you guys think so far?

I like it, but now I wish I could invade the world with my neon lit cotton candy army.
Kidding, asian Bismarks > cotton candy army.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

I think that I'm going to write some diplotext for Ptolemy. I think he should be an intellectual who likes books, since he built the Great Library. Any clues to his personality?

 

[IgorS]

The Siamese units so far look good!

 

[The Capo]

I think that I'm going to write some diplotext for Ptolemy. I think he should be an intellectual who likes books, since he built the Great Library. Any clues to his personality?

They'd be scrolls in Ptolemy's day. Not books. Other than that, I completely agree with you...

EDIT: He was a cavalry commander under Alexander of Macedon, so he's probably a bit arrogant/prideful (with reason), assured, intellectual (he was also a student of Aristotle), and industrious. This was easily one of Egypt's greatest Pharoahs. He should be understanding yet shrewd.

 

[Dithmarscher]

Downloading now the main-file and give this mod a try .....

....the module-links seem to be broken. No files at File-Front !

 

[The Capo]

....the module-links seem to be broken. No files at File-Front !

I know, I just re-uploaded them for the third time a couple of weeks ago. Filefront is getting annoying. The files are pretty big, so give me a few days and they'll be up.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

This diplotext is for Henry VIII of England.

First Contact Text:
I'm [OUR_NAME], I am, [CT_NAME]. I can speak all languages, debate all topics, and indulge in all foods. I can best any man in wrestling or jousting, and I am a fine commander in the field! Will you test me? Or shall we make peace?

Refuse to Talk:
Sorry, can't talk to you right now. My mistress is waiting for me...

No Peace:
There will be no peace until you are hanged, drawn and quartered, [CT_NAME]!

Friendly Greeting:
It's jolly good to see you, [CT_NAME]. Would you like to go jousting?

Annoyed Greeting:
I'd rather be with my mistress right now, [CT_NAME], so make it quick.

Demand Tribute Weaker:
I won our last joust, [CT_NAME]. I believe you owe me this.

Demand Tribute Equal:
You know I can have you hanged for treason, right? Then give me this and I'll leave you alone!

Demand Tribute Stronger:
Hand this over or you'll end up like my other wives!

 

[The Capo]

I couldn't manage to finish up the Rifleman unit tonight unfortunately. Apparently the skinning is taking a lot longer than I thought it would (I am not very good at skinning, as you'd know if you've visited my leaderhead gallery and read some of my posts on it). But I should, hopefully, have it finished tomorrow and have a nice preview up for you. Thursday at the latest.

Anyway I stumbled upon this unit that I simply MUST use. I will probably use this as the barbarian swordsman, although the "Conan" barbarian sworsdman I am using now is pretty cool (since its Conan, and no Madman not Conan O'Brien), but I think this unit looks great and has a really awesome barbarian look to it. I am going to redo all of the barbarian units to make them look a bit more intimidating. Anyway here is the unit:

Unless I can find another use for it for a module or something this will probably be the Barbarian Swordsman in the new mod.

 

[The Capo]

Just so you know, I have everything finished for Siam (including the XML and everything), its just that I am not too great at texturing. So basically if anyone is out there who would like to help me do textures (not right now of course, but maybe later on) that would be awesome. I am horrible at doing textures, and that would be such a great help to me.

But anyway, so once I finish the skin for the Siamese Rifleman I'll put up the unit preview. I basically just used the units made by Zerver. I might reskin these units a little bit, but in the preview it will be as they came. It should look pretty good though. The "Mahout" (as it is called in his pack) will be reskinned slightly (the Elephant will be reskinned) but I was going to finish that prior to the preview. I have some awesome ideas for Puerto Rican units. I know most people would rather have civs other than Puerto Rico for their games, but I think this civ is going to rock becuase it has a new leaderhead that nobody else is going to use, the units are going to be really good (if all goes according to plan), it will have awesome flags and color combos (thanks Madman), and I think the UU and UB are both going to look awesome. So it will be a cool civ to play as.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

Yeah, I know that unit is Conan the Barbarian. If it were Conan the Comedian it would be a Finnish unit, not a Barbarian unit.

Glad you think Puerto Rico is an awesome civ. There's actually a guy who's famous for writing books on the history of Puerto Rico and stuff. He calls himself "El Boricuazo".

I know a lot of Puerto Ricans would like to play as themselves. I'm Puerto Rican myself, from Caguas. You know, hometown of Miguel Cotto and Luis Jimenez!

 

[IgorS]

I know most people would rather have civs other than Puerto Rico for their games, but I think this civ is going to rock becuase it has a new leaderhead that nobody else is going to use, the units are going to be really good (if all goes according to plan), it will have awesome flags and color combos (thanks Madman), and I think the UU and UB are both going to look awesome. So it will be a cool civ to play as.

I think there is nothing wrong in making a civ that is not for everybody. I will obviously not make Puerto Rico part of my game, but for Puerto Ricans it is great to have the opportunity to have their country in the game. This is exactly the reason why I am currently working on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. I think I might even upload them to the forums. Capo, if you think you are bad at skinning wait till you see my work...

 

[The Capo]

Any idea what a Puerto Rican Rifleman and Cavalry would look like? I can manage the other units.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

Rifleman and Cavalry would be what era?

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

You like this for Ptolemy?

First Contact:
Hail [CT_NAME]! I am [OUR_NAME], companion of mighty Alexander and Pharaoh of [OUR_CIV_SHORT]! If you wish to challenge me I am more than happy to accomodate you, but I suggest you sue for peace!

Refuse to Talk:
Leave me alone! Go read a book or something.

No Peace:
I've won battles on the very edges of the Earth, so I am not afraid of you.

Friendly Greeting:
Welcome back to [CT_CIV_SHORT]. Have you visited our library yet? Pretty awesome, huh?

Annoyed Greeting:
What is it now? I was in the middle of publishing my new book "[CT_NAME]: The Little Idiot who Could!

Weaker Demand Tribute:
Surely you wouldn't dare dissapoint a companion of Alexander the Great, now would you?

Equal Demand Tribute:
Hopefully, you've smartened up by now and realized it would be a really stupid idea not to give this to [OUR_CIV_SHORT].

Strong Demand Tribute:
Give me this, [CT_NAME], or I shall gore you with my sword and commission somebody to write a book about it!

 

[The Almighty dF]

Rifleman and Cavalry would be what era?

Industrial Era.

 

[The Capo]

The Rifleman and Cavalry from the mid to late 1800s to the year 1900 (or so). So around the U.S. Civil War era for example. I could use cavalry and riflemen from the Spanish-American war era as well. It doesn't matter much honestly, the cuirassier, musketman and grenadier will probably be from the colonial era (so like 1600s to 1700s). The cannon could go either way, whichever looks better.

 

[The Capo]

After using GIMP (which is an overstatement, more like "stumbling through GIMP") I finally got a half-decent texture for the uniform. Its not as white as I wanted to get it, but this is as good as I can make it look without it looking weird. So the uniform is done, now the part I didn't want to deal with; the head! Anyway this is what the uniform will look like. Hopefully its easier to fix the head.

 

[The Capo]

Well, that went better than I thought it would. I reskinned his head so it now looks like a proper rifleman, all I have to do is add some decorations (a badge up front and a spike on top) and a chinstrap to the hat and this guy should be good to go. I think the face and head came out perfect, what do you guys think of this unit?