P_L's Guild of Architects

[woodelf]

Once you get them posted I'll put them into the game P_L, or at least a few of them.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

thanks a bunch Woodelf , click here to DL them:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/71834/Woodelf_City_Art_0.1.zip

 

[woodelf]

Are there any dds files at all P_L?

 

[woodelf]

They look gorgeous, but I don't want to export them as a nif without a material attached. Sadly I don't have the time right now for a rough unwrap or skin job. I'll put one in game as is and see how it looks.

 

[woodelf]

Works fine P_L , just needs some finishing.



Swapped your house 5 for the obelisk at 0.6 scale. Very Elven. My daughter said it reminded her of LotR.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

Awsome!! thanks Woodelf! do you want me to make the skins as a dds? i didnt know i needed to. just tell me what sizes and all those details and i will do them ASAP.

 

[woodelf]

Yeah, unwrap them, save as a bmp with the Texporter plugin, GIMP or PS them, save as dds, and then attach as a material. The sizes take care of themselves and details are up to you and your texturing.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

umm, sorry, i understand up until attach as a material. do you mean apply the dds texture to the building or what?

 

[woodelf]

Sorry. Yeah, hit M, and go through the Duke's tutorial about attaching the dds to your model. From there you export it as a nif and that dds and model are joined, so to speak.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

Sorry again what do i do with the Alpha channel? do i leave it white?

 

[neener]

A full white alpha channel would make the whole thing opaque. If that's what you want, then yes. If you're messing with transparency, then you paint the parts you want transparent black.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

awsome, thanks neener

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

Well, i have finished as many Woodelf buildings as i can.
heres the link to Dl the files:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2765

i tried to put them into the game, but i still cant figure that out i think all of them have .dds textures applied to them instead of just BMP textures. i hope they work

@ woodelf, would you be able to put some ingame againto see if they work, and if not could you, or anyone else direct me to a good tutorial on how to? ta

 

[woodelf]

I'm rushing home after work to watch Celtic vs ManU, but if I have time I'll put them into the game. Are they max models or nifs?

And if I get time I'll try to write up a guide to adding buildings or I'll zip up my Test mod and you can look at the few added folders and 1 XML file that gets editted.

 

[Psychic_Llamas]

Awsome! thanks, that tut would be very handy

they're only max modles, because i couldnt figure out how to make them into nifs

 

[woodelf]

Do you have the Civ4 plug-ins? If so when you go to file and open up the drop down menu there is an export option. Open that and scroll down the extentions possible until you find .nif, .kf. It might Gamebryo or something close. I'm sure there's a tutorial on that somewhere.

I didn't have time last night to even open max or Civ. Maybe tonight...

 

[neener]

I'm rushing home after work to watch Celtic vs ManU

I didn't know you were a footy fan! Hopefully you're not a Scum fan though!

 

[woodelf]

I didn't know you were a footy fan! Hopefully you're not a Scum fan though!

I just started watching CL during the last year and a half so I'm not a fan of any one team yet. What's a Scum fan though? I'm guessing ManU...

 

[neener]

I just started watching CL during the last year and a half so I'm not a fan of any one team yet. What's a Scum fan though? I'm guessing ManU...

Hehe, yes. In England they're commonly called Scum because they're so widely hated, especially by Leeds United fans like myself. But to be honest I'm just happy when anyone Stateside gets into football, regardless of the team.

But anyway, enough derailing of P_L's thread!

 

[woodelf]

I'm going to start rooting for Celtic since I'm a huge fan of that area. I may as well pick someone.

P_L will survive.