Graphics Modification Requests Thread

[The Capo]

Your Turul statue button looks very beautiful. Too sad that I use it as unique art for regular monument, not as UB, so don't see how I could add your button to my mod...

All you have to do is place the button in with the Turul statue's art files, and then in the line for the button in the Turul's artdefines XML direct it to that file. That's it, so whenever a civ is using the art for the citystyle using the Turul (I assume the Magyar/Hungarian set that I saw around) the button SHOULD, in theory, appear.

I think that will work. It works for units.

EDIT: I hope cool3a2 sees this.

 

[cool3a2]

I've seen it, but I think you missunderstood me. I defined the turul statue in the CIV4CityLSystem.xml to make it the unique art of monuments for Hungary, so it is not a UB. If I'd alter the buttons line in the CIV4ArtDefines_Building.xml, I think I'd change the button of the monument in general, thus for all civilizations instead of only for Hungary. In the CIV4CityLSystem.xml I haven't spotted a line for buttons yet, although it could be that such exists but haven't been used by Firaxis...

 

[Gaius Octavius]

Has anyone made a wonder graphic for the Empire State Building? I've looked and looked but couldn't find one in this subforum or the DB. Oddly enough, I did find a button for it.

 

[-sr]

I would like to request a model for following building: Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima/Japan.

This is probably the best picture of it: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fileome_against_modern_Hiroshima.jpg
Other pictures: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_(Genbaku_Dome)?uselang=de
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial

Also please create an art define tag for it. I can integrate the building myself, but not the art define tag.

 

[generalstaff]

I have been looking for a few Wonder graphics (and meaning to post this for a while), which I have not been able to find. If any of these already exists, please provide a link where I can get it.

Apadana Palace

Charminar Gate

Red Fort

Ringstrasse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringstraße
(I am picturing this one to like the Public Transportation city improvement)

Thanks.

 

[Afforess]

Is there an igloo improvement graphic somewhere, and if not, can someone whip one up for me?

 

[cool3a2]

@Afforess: It's probably not really what you was thinking about, but maybe better then nothing: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=10577

 

[Afforess]

@Afforess: It's probably not really what you was thinking about, but maybe better then nothing: http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=10577

Not really. I was hoping for a stereotypical igloo.

 

[MadmanOfALeader]

I think Civ Gold has one.

 

[cfkane]

This may be a pretty hefty undertaking, but I'm requesting a model of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Here are some more reference images

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HogwartsMap.jpg
http://wizardingworldharrypotter.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Hogwarts.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3601210583_5b962e2ca2.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NpINLHeo8rM/RwTdpQc-ClI/AAAAAAAAHl0/GSgc37h2J8I/s400/Hogwarts.jpg

 

[Afforess]

I think Civ Gold has one.

I just wasted 2 hours of my life downloading the behamoth, only to discover, it does NOT have an igloo improvement graphic. Does anyone have one, or can make one? It doesn't need to be very advanced...

 

[The Capo]

This may be a pretty hefty undertaking, but I'm requesting a model of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Here are some more reference images

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HogwartsMap.jpg
http://wizardingworldharrypotter.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Hogwarts.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3601210583_5b962e2ca2.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NpINLHeo8rM/RwTdpQc-ClI/AAAAAAAAHl0/GSgc37h2J8I/s400/Hogwarts.jpg

That looks relatively generic. You sure you can't just use/find another model and retexture it. Or you might be able to take two different models and just put them together or something. Since its from a book initially you could probably get away with a lot of artistic liscence on this one I'd think.

 

[mechaerik]

I just wasted 2 hours of my life downloading the behamoth, only to discover, it does NOT have an igloo improvement graphic. Does anyone have one, or can make one? It doesn't need to be very advanced...

This has an igloo-type shape.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=5462

I suppose with some reskinning it could look like an igloo.


I also wouldn't really say wasted.... I don't play it, but i do search through its massive art archives.

 

[cfkane]

That looks relatively generic. You sure you can't just use/find another model and retexture it. Or you might be able to take two different models and just put them together or something. Since its from a book initially you could probably get away with a lot of artistic liscence on this one I'd think.

I tried that a while back. It just came out looking dinky and half-assed.

And yes, it's from a book, but it's from a book with a considerably large, devoted and meticulous fanbase who care about the detail given to their franchise of choice. The links I posted with it show a pretty carefully made floor plan, and heaven knows there are enough exterior shots of the school to study, so it's not like there's a lack of reference images to use.

So why not? Accio Hogwarts wonder model

 

[The Capo]

I didn't really look at the links, I thought they were just different images.

It looks pretty cool though, I'm sure it could be useful for many fantasy mods.

 

[Methyl Orange]

Does anyone know how to convert collada (*.dae) files into 3ds or blend? There are SO many models in the Google's 3d Warehouse. I checked, Hogwarts is in too.

 

[cool3a2]

Puh, Methyl, I can remember that there was a thread here on civfanatics (even in the Graphics Modpacks section) about buildings that have been taken from Google Warehouse and converted for use with civ4. The procedure was not trivial I think and the texture got 'damaged' as far as I remember (it could be that you would have to set up a new texture, don't know). Unfortunately I can't provide you a link nor do I know who was involved in this nor whether the guy is still active... You'd need to do it the painful way: read the graphics modpacks section page per page to find the right thread...

 

[cfkane]

You're right! I just downloaded a pretty decent model of Hogwarts. Unfortunately it has way too high of a poly count to be used in Civ, but I can definitely use it as a guide for a lower poly model.

 

[GeoModder]

Is there an igloo improvement graphic somewhere, and if not, can someone whip one up for me?

Walter Hawkwood offered me a native-textured graphic which had more or less the dome part of an iglo. I included it as a native granary in Cultural Citystyles. I suppose this could be of use to you retextured, and reshaped a bit in Nifskope to make it look more round instead of oval (in height I mean).

 

[mechaerik]

I know how to get sketchup files into blender. If you can, download them as *.dae, but if you can't (.skp), then open them in Sketchup, export them as .kmz, then use winrar or winzip or whatever to extract them like a Zip archive. Out will pop out a dae, which you then use the Collada 1.4 import script. The textures usually mess up though, and a lot of the models are really high poly.