PPQ Flavor Module

[PPQ_Purple]

I don't actually have that mod installed at all. Same with your mod. So like I'll have to download instal and check.

 

[black_imperator]

There's apparently an issue with the mazatl great merchant (in the version uploaded on svn, not sure if you've fixed it). The nif entry in the artdefine_unit is pointing to the wrong folder :

the correct one should be :

<NIF>Modules/NormalModules/PPQ_Flavor/Art/civs/mazatl/greatpeople/great merchant/greatmerchantancient.nif</NIF>

 

[PPQ_Purple]

What version are you basing the SVN one on? I published a revision a while back.

 

[black_imperator]

still the first one, i think. Is there anything else in the revision that i need to update ?

 

[PPQ_Purple]

IIRC it's a fix for a broken unit model or something. I mentioned it on the download.
I did the XML fix you said to my own development version and will add it to the next big release when I fix the ships and stuff and the skin bits you mentioned long ago.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

I need opinions on this model. Is it any good?

Spoiler Also if you guys can guess what it's supposed to be I'll know I did a good job. :

 

[black_imperator]

looking at it from a phone, but, from the light color scheme and the lanun flag on the sails, i'd say the Maiden's Delight

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Are you happy with it in that role? I think I managed to make something serviceable. Especially with the bow ornament.

 

[black_imperator]

I'll look at it in more details when i have a proper screen in front of me but a priori yes

 

[PPQ_Purple]

I am working on reskinning the Queen of the Line to use a more sensible animation set. So far it's going good but there are still some minor bugs I have to work out. The fact that the file is the wrong version of .nif and thus I have to redo the texturing nodes, skeleton, materials and effects certainly is not helping.

Anyway, while you wait here is some Calabim related eye candy.

Spoiler Frigate and Trireme :

 

[Alsark]

Looks good! I love the dark tones of the ship.

Thanks for all of the art work that you do!

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Fun fact. Remember that ship pack I mentioned I was using for sources? Well none of those ships are actually properly rigged to the actual skeletons. So I have to manually go through them to do that as well. Which is why it's taking this long.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Just for the record, this ain't dead. It's just that ship packs take a while to assemble and I like big releases.

Spoiler WIP: More Vampire navy, not all ships done yet. :

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Spoiler Sneak peak - Mechanos :

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Spoiler Since the mechanos are all about mechanical stuff I decided to go all out and take inspiration from 19th century steam ships which, due to steam power being unreliable still retained their sails. This is my design for their trireme. :

And yes, the paddle wheel does move.

 

[black_imperator]

Nice job on those

 

[<Nexus>]

Pretty nice

Just a random idea: Bat wings as sails for the vampire ships?

 

[PPQ_Purple]

I thought my caravel texture for the calabim evoked that image decently enough?

 

[black_imperator]

I don't think there's actually any link with bats in lore for the calabim vampires ( I'll check though, just saying this from memory ^^)

 

[Joey Diamond]

Nah, don't stereotyping it. Vampires in FFH aren't even undeads, they're like bloodmages or something. Just darkened the texture is enough, keep it non-explicit. Too much would be overdesigned.