Pounder's Conquests Wonder Splash

[Pounder]

forbidden palace preview

 

[Pounder]

Seems that there are a few people that like the previous mods for these splashes (so did I). I am new at modding and this was my first attempt.

I still like the fact that less of the picture is covered in my first mod.

I put together a sample of an alternative for the splashes, but before I start working on these, I want to get a little bit of feedback and acceptance/suggestions.

 

[Civrules]

It's pretty good...I like both. The part that I like about the second version is that the words are always visible no matter what the background.

 

[Pounder]

I am wondering whether to type tourist attraction in the message like in the sample or use a TA button as I previuosly used.

Using a button would leave more room for message.

 

[Civrules]

Hmm, I donno but what if you put the culture on the left side (as you have above) and the "TA" on the right side?
I donno, it's just what I think...

 

[Pounder]

Actually, I decided to go with a cleaner format that is closer to Il Mafioso's (this is as close as I can get to copying Il Mafioso's as I can get). I re-did the buttons.

Il Mafioso, I hope you don't mind if I try to re-do the splashes with format that is very similar to yours. I actually started from scratch and tried to reproduce the format.

So we have the culture on the left, T for tourist attraction on the right and traits at the bottom. Leaves room for 3 lines of messages.

I there any thing else that would be of use ?

 

[Pounder]

This was one last option I was looking at.

 

[Pounder]

This is an in game test of the first splash shown on the background I modified.

I won't post again until I get some feedback.

 

[Pounder]

Here is an alternative Secret Police HQ for Conquests.

Again because Firaxis used the same wonder splash for both the Forbidden Palace and Secret Police HQ, I have been searching for a separate splash.

Unexisted was kind enough to make one for us. I have attached the additional info to it.


1)For Forbidden Palace use the one the I included in the zip file.

2)For the Secret Police HQ, you can use the SecretPoliceHQ file attached here if you make the following changes:

Go to the Pedialcons file below and make a copy of this file for backup:
C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III\Conquests\Text\Pedialcons

Find this entry:
#WON_SPLASH_BLDG_Secret_Police_HQ
art\wonder splash\forbidden city.pcx

And change it to:
#WON_SPLASH_BLDG_Secret_Police_HQ
art\wonder splash\SecretPoliceHQ.pcx

Place the attached SecretPoliceHQ file in this folder:
C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III\Art\Wonder Splash

 

[Pounder]

preview

 

[Pounder]

I figured out a way to add the information to the wonder splash without covering the picture.

I think that this would be my preferred way of doing the splashes.

I hope I can get some feedback/suggestions before I carry on.

I put the trait that could trigger a golden age down the right side, as well as the additional culture generated and whether the wonder can become a tourist attraction.

At the bottom I put the technology that will obsolete this wonder and left 2 lines for wonder affects.

 

[Ankka]

That last version really looks the best!

At least into my eye.

 

[Nite Owl]

IMHO the one that is most similar to Mafioso's original (post #48 in this thread) looks the best. Of course that could just be the fact that I am most familar with that layout having used it since it was first created. (I am currently using your latest updated version for Conquests which looks great as well.) The only other suggestion I would make is that you double check if 'Obsoleted' is actually a word. I've checked my dictionary and could not find it, but I could be in error. The correct usage might be 'Made obsolete by'. Once again that's just nitpicking really. I'll be more then satisfied with whatever decisions you make.

[dance]

 

[Pounder]

You had me worried.

I checked websters web site..

Main Entry: 2 obsolete
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -let·ed; -let·ing
Date: 1640
: to make obsolete

 

[Pawel]

I really liked your background! One very minor detail, though. The name of the file in the zip is Wonder~1.pcx. Of course, it is very easy to rename it wonderBackground.pcx.

 

[Pounder]

The Wonder Background has some misinformation for some of the CIV traits in the side window.

I have corrected it.

Here is the corrected background.

corrected wonder background