Final Fantasy Mod Progress Thread, Part III

[Stormrage]

for the Archon Towers, i like the top two on the left...i mean, if theyre producing Aeris like units then the top one in the second column is the most appropriate for the culture group that AVALANCHE is in, and the top left in the first column makes sense for asian rather than european

as for the yevon temples, i like all of them, they fit pretty well

Ditto?

ten-chu

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Ok, I'm thinking maybe this:

R1, C2 = European
R2, C1 or C2 = Mediterranean
R1,C3 = Mid East
R1 or R2, C4 = Far East

As I said before, I'll be making something based on the seashell tower in the Ancient Capitol for the FF VII/VIII group.

 

[Minime67821]

sounds good to me

 

[Stormrage]

R1, C2 = European
R2, C1 or C2 = Mediterranean
R1,C3 = Mid East
R1 or R2, C4 = Far East

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Thanks for the feedback, however, I've looked at some of Ninna's previews and have gotten... Ideas... As soon as I get done rendering my latest unit animations, I'll feed them through Paint Shop Pro (trying to do what I want do in Photoshop is painful, compared to PsP), and I'll post a latest "culture group specific" list of buildings.... I'm also planning on including the shrine and possibly the Church as well in the "culture specific" buildings.... there are enough in Ninna's collection to do just that. The only problem is convincing her to part with some of the blanks so's I can use them.

As of right now, I already have the asian shrine (its the default), and possibilities for all the culture groups (including a stonehenge-like one for the Europeans, some standing stones for the mediterraneans, a totem-pole or somesuch for the FF VII/VIII group, which may use the asian one, and of course, the japanese shrine for the asian civs).

Anyways, while you wait, here's a few funny clips for you (all by Joseph "Legendary Frog" Blanchette):

Why I made Yuffie the Trade Advisor

Why playing a round of Craps with Cait Sith is a VERY bad idea

Tifa's "Goods"

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Ok, due to my taking off work today due to a bout of influenza that I happen to have picked up at my friend's wedding, I was able to get some stuff done today.

Here's the updated concept previews of the buildings I was talking about. All buildings are arranged European-Mediterranean-Mid Eastern-Asian-Native American (FF VII/VIII)

First one is ideas for culture-group specific shrines... As you'll notice my Shinto Shrine is the Asian one (and currently the one being used in the FF mod). The others, while only in the planning stages with Ninna, can easily be made in Bryce, so if you like the concept, I'll get started on them right away.

Second pic is the Archon Towers. Unfortunately, most of these graphics are only in the very early planning stages (although I COULD fairly easily make all the required building graphics off the released large pedia icon preview that ninna made of the Mid eastern one), and must await Ninna releasing her building packs (unless I can find alternate sources for them)

Last one is the Yevon Temples. The Native American one can be made by me, since I happen to own AoK, and I can even get close to the default Civ III grass color using the scenario editor and some mad l33t screenshot sk1lz.

I just hope the goofy animation clips I linked in my previous post didn't scare everyone off.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

OK, I don't know if nobody's interested in the latest building previews or what, but I've decided to go ahead and work on the culture-group-specific shrines:

If you don't like them, speak now or forever hold your peace.

 

[Minime67821]

those make plenty of sense to me

 

[Chris85]

They look good to me.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Thanks for the feedback guys! BTW, I didn't quite like the European Shrine, and made a few minor changes to it.. Basically I changed the altar stone a bit (flattened it and gave it a new texture), and made the whole shrine more symetrical.

Edit here's the pic (didn't mean to post without it):

 

[Stormrage]

Looks good

 

[Quinzy]

Yes, I agree with them choices! I dig the new European one too.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Those are all very nice. I hope you make all the ones you previewed.

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

I'm working on it... Although at the moment, I'm doing some cleanup/re-uploading of deleted files...

I'm working on re-vamping/culture-specific-ing my old temple and church graphics as well.

 

[Ogedei_the_Mad]

I've noticed that you're using my Nalanda graphic. I have another version of that with Civ grass; it's in the first "Asia Buildings Pack."

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Thanks for pointing that out... I may end up using the Nalanda univ building icons (but not the splas) for either the mid-east or Mediterranean Archon tower, if noone likes the current choices....

...Speaking of which, here's the latest and greatest for the Archon towers... The four in the middle are all candidates for either being the mediterranean or Middle Eastern one:

 

[Blue Monkey]

Thanks for pointing that out... I may end up using the Nalanda univ building icons (but not the splas) for either the mid-east or Mediterranean Archon tower, if noone likes the current choices....

...Speaking of which, here's the latest and greatest for the Archon towers... The four in the middle are all candidates for either being the mediterranean or Middle Eastern one:

Well, you know me, I'd vote for either...

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

What's funny is that the Mediterranean one you have an arrow pointing to is the Torre del Oro (The Golden Tower), which is a RL Spanish MILITARY structure. Although I always thought it would make a good wizard tower or such.....

Personally, I'm kinda leaning towards the Kremlin as the Mideastern version (based on some of the colorful, onion-domed architechture in FF X and XII), but We'll see.....

 

[Blue Monkey]

I knew looking at it that it had enough Moorish influence to work as a Mughal era building. Then I followed your link: "...is a military watchtower built in Seville, Spain during the Almohad dynasty".

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

so... Maybe I should use the Torre del Oro as the Mediterranean one and the Kremlin as Mideast OR vice-versa OR Theodoric's tomb (the one above the Torre del Oro) as the mediterranean and the Torre del Oro as the mideastern one...

Edit: also, here's the two potential final versions of the Cetra Magus (or Archon):