Great Person Mod

I actually have images for all of them right now, though some may not be completely fitting (mostly due to the majority being "militant" in nature, and that isn't quite right for merchants, priests (well.. sorta right for them) and sages (engineers are another "sorta fits" category). But I'll try to take a gander at your choices as well sometime soonish :)


The raised look is a beveling. I use photoshop so can't give you much advice on precisely how to get it, but basically find your bevel tool and play with the numbers till it looks somewhat like the others, then rinse/repeat :)
 
Went ahead and uploaded a new version. I learned a few things when implementing this in Fall Further to enhance how it works (now you get a pop-up for ANY great person, rather than just those popped by GPP). Unfortunately I massively prefer how things are accomplished in Fall Further (You get the name included in the popup, and who gained the person is stated clearly. Haven't checked out how easy that would be to do with this rudimentary setup)
 
xienwolf said:
I actually have images for all of them right now, though some may not be completely fitting (mostly due to the majority being "militant" in nature, and that isn't quite right for merchants, priests (well.. sorta right for them) and sages (engineers are another "sorta fits" category). But I'll try to take a gander at your choices as well sometime soonish :)
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Saw your new version - a number of pics you chose match ones I was suggesting, if not always for the same characters. I found that when I was browsing an artist, I would often recognize an image and realize it was already in your mod or FFH already, so I know most of my choices match the style already.
So I pared down my list to the best ones, ones that are great artists/images/fit the lore well. Perhaps some may strike you as a good match.
Anyways, thanks for the mod.
 
Aye, haven't had a chance to look over your list, but I do intend to harvest it to improve a couple of images. One thing that really bugs me is when there is no background (some AMAZING character portraits out there I wanted to use, but a pure white backdrop!). I think I am down to only a single white-field image in what I use, so at the very LEAST I want to replace that one.
 
Have at it. Overall a pretty simple setup, the only trick was getting quotes and images, but I made other people do most of the work on those two :p

If you are going to modify the DLL, I would reccomend that you use the setup designed in Fall Further instead though. Much easier to add new elements and handle translation.
 
I allowed myself to import your work, too(FF version - even better than the one posted here).
Simply love it :)
Thanks! Too bad I was to busy with Orbi update to work on the pictures...
 
I have a couple of suggestions if you don't mind.

Abellio (Prophet) is a fine image. However, you can't really see the horns on his head showing he's a satyr, so many people may not realize he is. You might want to resize/move it some.

Same thing for Pramas Olds (Bard). He's a centaur, but you can't really see it from the size of the image. You might want to resize that one as well. If it won't resize well you can try this image possibly.

Clairone (Bard). There's nothing wrong with this image. However, I had an event the other day while playing FFH. There's a harpy that has been raised from an egg as a citizen's daughter, named Clairone. If you let her live, you get a Great Bard (plus some disorder in the city - it's in CIV4GameText_FFH2.xml if you search for Clairone). So I think Clairone is meant to be a harpy. At least that would be cool. So maybe an image of a harpy instead? I found this one, using the one on the right, to be decent, especially since she could be yodelling like her text says. Or this one.
 
I know there's a number of Brom images in the game already, but there's a few more here that could fit for Great People. Specifically Grave Expectations, Loveless, War Wind, Wild One (the last for the King of the Squirrels).
 
If I remember right I had attempted to resize both Abellion and Pramas, but there just wasn't enough stretch to the background. I would have the same issue with the one you linked. (Main reason I initially intended on a different format for the images, so I could use a more standard image ratio)

Harpy would be cool, but finding a good pic will be quite difficult I imagine. Your first won't open for me right now, and the second wouldn't work very well I think.

For the Brom link... Would be better to link directly to specific images and mention a specific GP you think it fits better than their current image :) It's just rare that I have enough time lately to glance through an entire gallery, and I can't remember which people images I wasn't happy with.
 
I really like this mod. More flavor is really what FfH2 needs now that the gameplay is getting so much tighter. More pictures, more sounds, more "videos".

Two things.

1. It would be nice if the person's name was at the end of the quote, just to tie it in with the specific great person more.

2. It would be nice if the pop-up informed you of what type of great person it is (engineer, artist, etc...), since this is the first thing to announce their arrival.
 
I had those in once upon a time. I suppose you are still told all that information in the normal manner though if you look at your message list in the top/center of the screen. Will see if I can add all of that back into the text file in an unobtrusive manner.
 
xienwolf said:
If I remember right I had attempted to resize both Abellion and Pramas, but there just wasn't enough stretch to the background. I would have the same issue with the one you linked.
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Ahh, I see then. I resized those images myself for personal use, but I can understand wanting a standard size.
Also, using patch V I'm only getting the text in the popups, and a small colored square instead of any image. I've messed around with some of the images, but most are still as you created them. Anyone else have this issue on this version?
 
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