Asterix Rage
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Sébastien Le Prestre de VaubanVauban isn't present
G. General or G. Engineer?
Sébastien Le Prestre de VaubanVauban isn't present
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
G. General or G. Engineer?
That's a good and quick start. Thx
@All VPfanatics :
Tell me what GPs you want to see in VP (Artists, Musicians, Generals, Admirals, Merchants, Engineers, Scientists and mostly Diplomates)
Format: GP type . GP name . Date of birth
Must be really great and multinational. Focus on industrial (1840+), modern and post-modern era please.
Nathan Rotschild
Many GPs are not only GS or GA or GW or GD or GG but Great on many things.Noam Chomsky as a great scientist
Vauban will be your favorite GGHe was both (he made the port of Dunkirk a strong military port by using water canals to wash out the sand barriers blocking it for example), but was mostly known as a master of poliorcetics (siege and counter-siege warfare), so a G. General would be more thematic.
Done. With all the others you suggest before.Fritigern for GGeneral
Great General. Antonio Luna. 1866
Great Diplomat. Adam Malik. 1917
Great Diplomat. Narciso Ramos. 1900
Thx.Typo here, should be Rothschild
A quote must be recorded for each GWs. All is already very well done by @HininGreat Writer suggestion: Georges Prosper Remi
Me too, I don't know much ! I (try to) use the same setting as Vanilla does. It's hard to find technical informations about it. I never saw 'DontCache' set. What the default value is?On a technical note, why are the audio clips 'DynamicResident'? I know nothing about this area, but from the name, I assume that means "load on first use and keep in memory". 'Streamed' would seem a more appropriate choice given that the clips will almost always only be played once. Also, is there a reason that the 'DontCache' field isn't set?
That's interesting. Feel free to send me code lines and dds if the result looks good.On aesthetics, perhaps the musician's backdrop of an orchestra could be changed for works from later eras. As an experiment, I'm using a shot of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury for artists from the last two eras and I think it feels better. I might also look for some sort of theatre stage shot for some of the works from eras 5 & 6.
You're probably right. I'll think about that. The Beatles is not a "Great Person" that's true.I personally don't think putting groups and duos in the list feels right; I think it should be individuals only.
Ideally, the generic image should be replaced for all GMs but the weight of moreGP is already so heavy. Soon heavier than VP itself !On aesthetics, perhaps the musician's backdrop of an orchestra could be changed for works from later eras. As an experiment, I'm using a shot of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury for artists from the last two eras and I think it feels better. I might also look for some sort of theatre stage shot for some of the works from eras 5 & 6.
Me too, I don't know much ! I (try to) use the same setting as Vanilla does. It's hard to find technical informations about it. I never saw 'DontCache' set. What the default value is?
That's interesting. Feel free to send me code lines and dds if the result looks good.
You're probably right. I'll think about that. The Beatles is not a "Great Person" that's true.
I focused on 20th century musical trends more than individual GW when I selected 'The Beatles', 'The Temptations', 'Ram Jam', 'The Sugar Hill Gang', 'UFO' and 'Peaches and Iggy Pop' with good ~20'' sound tracks
thxMy list of possible musicians
Interesting...When I was investigating the artwork problems, I found that I could replace the dds file and see the result in-game immediately, without any reloading. When I was later messing about with mp3 files (considering replacing a few) I found this wasn't the case, so the sound must be loaded into memory/cached somehow. I saw there was an entry in the database 'DontCache', zero by default, so I tried setting it to one and found it then would then pick up a new file without reloading. It made me wonder if that would be a better setting in general, if it helps save memory or even cache space, but really I have no idea if it would actually help
INSERT INTO Audio_Sounds
(SoundID, FileName, LoadType, DontCache)
INSERT INTO Audio_2DSounds
(ScriptID, SoundID, SoundType, TaperSoundtrackVolume, DontCache)
I know what you mean. Now, the question is: Does a good perfomer is an artist or not... ?Personally, I would put more emphasis on great Songwriters, and not great Performers
SoldI'm using:
Code:INSERT INTO Audio_Sounds (SoundID, FileName, LoadType, DontCache) VALUES ('SND_GREAT_MUSICIAN_M__010', 'M__010', 'Streamed', 1),
and it's working fine. Whether it helps...
Great Writer suggestion: Georges Prosper Remi, better known as Hergé, creator of the famous Tintin graphic novel series.
(Although it's worth noting he was criticized for using racist tropes in the early part of the series, his attitudes/approach have changed by the later books, plus many "Great People" weren't always morally sound by today's standards...)
I know what you mean. Now, the question is: Does a good perfomer is an artist or not... ?
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