D&D mod: tjedge1-Mystara

[The Last Conformist]

That steppe looks pretty good.

 

[Arghis]

a nice photography

 

[Arghis]

Here is a LM desert variation (based on desert dunes by thamis) with a chasm variation to better illustrate desolated areas. This will also permit obviously to minimize repeating terrain effect.

 

[Arghis]

another exemple. this work well in small area. in large areas, well, LM terrain are a pain to work with ...

 

[Arghis]

i've corrected this interesting area south of Cestia / west of Davania (cf. Voyage of Princess ark part 5).
This desolated area took his name from the form of the peninsula (a vulture head). i've done my best to represent this, and add things to represent that if it was once a rich land, it is no more the case (chasm, pollution, desert).

Well, as we have nothing which is rocky and not green, it's not "perfect", but it should suffice (for now).

I imagine it will be a good area for colonies, and perhaps some small village, cause in the ruins of an old kingdom must still lie some rich ressources

Don't be afraid, the locals, called Nagpa, are just some kind of neutral necromant "created" by an especially mighty demon

 

[tjedge1]

Nice work Arghis. I like the new LM Desert you have there. What should it be called? Maybe Dunes? OR we can just call it Desert with an extra space at the end so it will be the same as Desert. I like Dunes myself. Or Desert Dunes.

I've been thinking hard about those chasms. You think there is anyway they could be altered to not be bottomless? Maybe a rough interior showing the bottom? Or just a bottom?

 

[Arghis]

thx

we can call them just Dunes or Sand dunes. It sounds good. I think the chasm are still to big; so i'll shrink them later.

Trying to add a bottom; hmm, ok i'll try to see what it gives.

 

[tjedge1]

Shrinking the chasm is a good idea. Only add a bottom if turns out good. If it just doesn't look good enough for you then don't worry about it. Just an idea.

For an update:
I'm in the process of adjusting units in the editor and writing out a list of unit producing small wonders and some Great Wonders while I'm at work. If anyone has any ideas for Great Wonders they would like to repeat or add, please do. So far I'm just giving generic names for the beta, where more flavor will be added, but anything added now, makes less work later.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that I like the new look for the Vulture Peninsula.

 

[tjedge1]

Just to let everyone know, this project is progressing well, but not as fast as I would have liked. Still working on units. This is one of the most time consuming parts. I'll soon be putting together the units_32.pcx soon. I will post a preview of it as soon as it is done. Once units are done, then just putting in the small wonders (tons) and Great Wonders then making the tech tree. I'm going to ask for help when I get to the Tech Tree. After that is the text files and then it will be ready.

I give up on setting a release date because when I do something always goes wrong and I fail to meet it. And yes, it will be done before Civilization 4.

 

[CamJH]

and after that, it's over to WoT right?

 

[tjedge1]

Yes. I'll be assisting the WoT and try to help with the DragonLance as well. I'll probably give more to the WoT since it is closer to my heart. Almost as much as Mystara.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

What is the WoT? I thought you and I were gonna make a Mythology-Themed mod next my friend? Its ok if you don't want to now.

 

[tjedge1]

We can still do that. WoT is Wheel of Time. I forgot about the Mythology mod. Packer-Backer had discussed it with me before, but then he kind of vanished, so for some reason I was thinking it was still him that had wanted to do it. Now I remember you had brought up the same idea a couple months after he stopped mentioning it. Yes we can do that. Myth and Wot will be priority. And yes I'm ADD, I can do more than one thing at a time. I have to or I get bored. Seriously. I actually play my Gamecube sometimes while I play my computer as well. Don't ask how though, it's a secret.

 

[CamJH]

Sorry SoG, didn't mean to steal TJ away. I just keep soliciting (nagging) him to help out in hopes that he'll get tired of my constant barrages and hop on board WoT full-time.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I don't mind as long as Tjedge can handle more than one mod at a time.

The WOT mod looks interesting. I'm so glad I found this site. Great Fan Community. I think Civ3 would be collecting Dust if I never found Civfanatics..

 

[tjedge1]

Mine would have been collecting dust because I'm a terrible artist and I would never have been able to really mod with the graphix that came with the game.
I don't think anything left on my game is original except a handful of units. I even replaced many of those with better versions or flavors.

 

[tjedge1]

HELLO!!! I'm back woth a vengence. All units are added into the editor (almost 500). I will be adding more after the beta is started. For now I am working on updating or fixing graphix for various things. Then I will enter the Wonders into the editor. After that the tech tree and then going over all the little things in the editor and then I will type up the PediaIcons and Civilopedia texts after that. Civilopedia won't be fleshed out until the beta is started. That way I can enter details for the game and testors can find all the bugs and balance problems.

Meanwhile here is a latest preview of leaders for the mod:

 

[Vanadorn]

Very nice. Headway and progression. Please keep it going.

V

 

[frenchman]

I'm more and more impatient to play to your mod !!

 

[tjedge1]

Thanks Vanadorn!

I'm more and more impatient to play to your mod !!

Me too! It drives me nuts it takes so long to do.