Resource requests?

Rambuchan... OK, I will finish the Philosophers Stone today and get it Uploaded.

I use the "Global" Resource to "Represent" World Knowledge, and Trade which was brought about by shipping.
I gave it Great Value...8 Shields and 8 Commerce but I reduced the appearance Ratio to 20 which only allows about 4 to 5 on a Hugh Map. I also made it necessary to have Global Strategic Resource in order to Build Nuclear Weapons.

Here is my rather short Civilopedia Entry:
#GOOD_Global
^
^
^[Global] represents a $LINK<Strategic Resource=GCON_ResourcesS> required to build ICBMs and Japanese ICBMs.
^
^Global Icons appear when your civilization discovers $LINK<Map Making=TECH_Map_Making> and can be found
on $LINK<tundra=TERR_Tundra>, $LINK<plains=TERR_Plains>, $LINK<grassland=TERR_Grassland>.
#DESC_GOOD_Global
^
^
^Global resource Icons represent world knowledge and trade. Ship building allowed early civilizations to discover the
world and gain both knowledge and resources that furthered their development. As civilizations evolved, those that had
knowledge of the world and contact with other civilizations for trade, grew to become among the strongest and most
advanced peoples of the world. It is Only through world knowledge and trade that most modern countries of today can
build weapons of mass destruction. The most feared weapon of modern times is the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or
ICBM. Indeed, it can be said that the Global resource is the greatest resource any civilization could have in order to
advance, compete and flourish within our world from early civilizations of old to our modern world of today.
 
Thanks Vuldacon. I haven't seen the "global" in game. You think it would be appropriate as a medieval / early renaissance resource for those units I mentioned (cartographers & fast non-military ships)? Maybe you've got variants from the creation phase which would be more of that age? I think it would be sweet as it is. Oh and I look forward to seeing your magic with the stone in question.
 
Rambuchan... well the Global Resource is one of my favorite Resources and does look very good on the map...even if I do say so myself. It is a 16th Century Globe and sure it could be used for what even you like, just as all Resources can serve as what ever we want on a personal basis. :) I have the Global Resource available with Map Making because in my MOD it represents world knowledge, Contact and Trade...from Shipping...and ships have been around since before the medieval / early renaissance period.
 
...here you go Rambuchan. this Resource was made from the Stone you uploaded as you requested. I managed to get some small indication of the lettering on the Map Resource and hope it meets with your approval. As usual, be sure to apply the Shadow to your "resources_shadows.pcx" sheet.

Included files in the Zip:
PhilosophersStoneResource.pcx
PhilosophersStoneShadow.pcx
Civilopedia Resource Icons: philosophersstonelarge.pcx and philosophersstonesmall.pcx
Philosophers Stone Text.txt
Read Me file

I will Post the Preview next post.

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A very fine job Vuldacon! DLed with pleasure and happy to credit you. In fact I shall be back with more requests. Did I mention the smiths, as in makers of chainmail and platemail? I was thinking along the lines of anvils, hammers, maybe that sort of thing. Something like the European weapons resource earlier in the thread. Any ideas on this? Big thanks on this.

EDIT: That's a neat bit oftext with it too. Is that yours? Here is some alchemy stuff I posted in History discussing the scenario. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3218492&postcount=64
 
Rambuchan... Glad the Resource will work for you. The included text is from Kris Weber Sherwood. It is listed at the end of the text and posted on this page.
Concerning the "smiths"...are you looking for Tech Icons or as a type of Resource?
 
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Vuldacon said:
Rambuchan... Glad the Resource will work for you. The included text is from Kris Weber Sherwood. It is listed at the end of the text and posted on this page.
Concerning the "smiths"...are you looking for Tech Icons or as a type of Resource?
Click to expand...
Just didn't know if you were Mr Sherwood or not :blush:. 'Smiths' is requested as a type of resource (will probably use an old medieval painting for the tech icon, as I am not a fan of custom made 'game graphicy' icons). There would be two different varieties of resource, perhaps corresponding with techs of the same name: a) Chain mail and b) Plate mail. Names for the resources are not fixed but something along the lines of 'chain smiths' and 'plate smiths', something like that. Point being that the resource represents craftsman who can make these things, not just some substance, similar to how folk have used an 'allies' resource in their mods and scens.

My thoughts on it are thrown up in my previous post but happy to discuss the ideas and options available.
 
Good thinking there Spacer. I like it a lot. The plyers for chainmail can perhaps be accompanied by little rings of metal, work in progress as it were. Maybe even the round bar they used to shape the rings. Either way I am sure you can make a nice still life type arrangement of those elements. The pliars alone look a little strange. And fwiw I liked the quirkiness of the second plate suggestion.
 
Rambuchan... If you want Pliers with a sort of sample of Chainmail for the "ChainSmith Resource", I will do that for you. I have experimented a little and find that the lighter silver/grey shades do not show up very well at one pixel width for the loops on the map. If you don't mind the Chainmail being just a subtle shade of brass type color, it looks fairly good. Due to the more desirable smaller size and the resolution requirements, keeping resources more toward a simplistic design is best. Details are lost at that size and also the game palette colors are limited. What looks good at Civilopedia size, greatly differs from the Map Resource size. Even the type of terrain the Resource will be used on will affect the look.

Spacer One... Good ideas and pictures but if you reduce the suits of armor to the needed Resource size, it will appear nothing like it should look. Perhaps a Helmet of Armour would still be recognizable and serve as part of the "PlateSmith Resource". An Anvil and Hammer may be usable to add to the Armor Helmet as well.
 
Chainmail

This is the kind of &#8216;still life&#8217; layout I was suggesting earlier. Not very attractive this pic, but gives an idea.
I see your point Vuldacon about the detail being lost when it&#8217;s shrunk small. That&#8217;s quite right. So&#8230;


Do you think something like these could work? Definitely good for tech icons but not so sure on the resource front.






I believe that the anvil is common in both processes / techniques so that would be misleading or not specific enough IMO. If tools are being selected then the pliars vs the hammer but it's not floating my boat actually. The product of the process seems more attractive, emblematic and iconic.

Platemail > click the link and take your pick!
http://www.bestarmour.com/zbroje22.htm

I think a chest or helmet of armour is a good way forward for this resource.

EDIT: Perhaps something like this? The whole thing I mean.
 
This Chainsmiths Resource was rather tough to have the Loops of the Chainmail sample and the pliers show well on the Map but I managed.
Hope this will work for you guys.

Game Tested.

Included Files:
(Chainsmiths Civilopedia Resource Icons)
Civilopedia chainsmithslarge.pcx and chainsmithssmall.pcx files.

(Chainsmiths Resource and Shadow)
ChainsmithsResource.pcx for your "resources.pcx" file,
ChainsmithsShadow.pcx for your "resources_shadows.pcx" file.

I will post a preview next post.

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