Rhye's of Civilization - the fastest loading mod Expanded

[ibcoltscrew]

Hi Rhye, i just want to report my work on the leaderhead. I add hair for fun but i will make it myself in 3dmax like the cloth and the hat. It's gonna take some time sure but i don't think it's a probleme for you .

There is the preview.

BTW. Making an FLC in poor quality is easy... making FLC in high quality is a VERY long process so it's up to you if you want something in high quality or poor quality.. there is also a big different for the final result. I'll let you choose.

The final product should be like the Civ3 standard leaderhead if you choose the poor quality and better if you choose the high quality.

There is a preview with long hair in high quality without the Dynamic Hair... these dynamic hair are overtaking my CPU so much, it's unbeleivable.

 

[Rhye]

Jaybe is right, I didn't remember well. I'll keep those ideas in mind in case of another patch.
By the way, have you any ideas of how can I make early rush more difficult for the player? "No worker" seems that isn't enough...

ibcoltscrew-> ignore better quality. If the result with poor quality is like civ3 leaderheads, that's ok.
Remember that people will have to download it, and file size is very important. Maybe an even poorer quality?

 

[Iggy]

Rhye. I have just installed C3C onto a new computer and have yet to add any patches for C3C. I would like to try your mod before I install anything else. Which C3C update patch is the most suitable to run your mod on?
(Apologies if this has been mentioned earlier in the thread, but it is a rather large thread to look through)
Thanks.

 

[Rhye]

Install the full patch 1.22 before the mod.

 

[Iggy]

Install the full patch 1.22 before the mod.

Many thanks Rhye.

 

[bjorn]

Has anything changed in the South America map in v2.47? Im playing the English - was the first of the European civs to discover the New World in the 1600s (late again like discussed before), but when I got to South America the Incas had already settled Brazil with 6 cities. Was this just a fluke (as its never happened to me before) or has something been changed?

 

[Rhye]

bjorn, there a "500 turns" version in the site, the one you requested with the old timeline. Didn't you see it?

About the incas - their "escape" has always happened from time to time

 

[bjorn]

Yea i did see and downloaded the 500 turn version - thnx for that But its still in v2.4 isnt it? (and I want to go along with the updates)

Np about the Incas then, first time Ive seen it happening

 

[Iztvan]

Playing the Random map. Quite enjoyable!

 

[ibcoltscrew]

ibcoltscrew-> ignore better quality. If the result with poor quality is like civ3 leaderheads, that's ok.
Remember that people will have to download it, and file size is very important. Maybe an even poorer quality?

I will do a lot of test to make sure the file size will not be bigger then 2meg... The one i've made (FLC) is 1.7meg and it's a poor quality with no background and no hair. I just install 3dmax studio and i will start working on the cloth and the hat tonight.

 

[Rhye]

Yea i did see and downloaded the 500 turn version - thnx for that But its still in v2.4 isnt it? (and I want to go along with the updates)

Np about the Incas then, first time Ive seen it happening

It's 2.47 with the timeline back to 2.4.
Every time I've posted an update I've updated the Random map and the 500 turns, and I'll keep doing this.

 

[Anarki]

iboltscrew, Napoleon is looking better. Could still do with having pinker Lips though and slightly darker Hair. Also, I'm not too sure about the Eye colour. What else are you planning on changing?

 

[bjorn]

ah ok cool, thought it was back to the quick timeline. Ill dl the 'slow' 2.47 then.

 

[ibcoltscrew]

iboltscrew, Napoleon is looking better. Could still do with having pinker Lips though and slightly darker Hair. Also, I'm not too sure about the Eye colour. What else are you planning on changing?

I am learning poser at the same time. I want to make the animation, the FLC and the expression before redoing something in the face. It very easy to messup with a program like that

 

[Rhye]

Any news from Iztvan and Horton about the strategy guides?

Any news from habee about posting the screenshots page of the site?


ibcolt-> isn't the picture a little dark?

 

[ibcoltscrew]

ibcolt-> isn't the picture a little dark?

Yes but it's just because it's a rending picture and the light effect is a little bit too dark, easy to fix.
I have done my FLC test and it's 2.21meg

 

[Horton]

Sorry Rhye, I meant to work on guides this weekend but I got kind of busy. I'll make some time tonight to do at least a few.

 

[Anarki]

If the Leaderhead file is too big then just put it in the Leaderhead Library and whoever wants it can download it and perhaps edit there Rhye's of Civilization Mod.

 

[ibcoltscrew]

If the Leaderhead file is too big then just put it in the Leaderhead Library and whoever wants it can download it and perhaps edit there Rhye's of Civilization Mod.

I think it's not a bad idea, cause the file will be at least 2meg for sure, i can't really make it smaller without cutting a lot in quality. It's not easy to make a good FLC file like the game without the same program that Infogrames Interactive use. I'm sure they aren't using Poser 5 LOL, i really would like to know what they use to make the leaderhead.

 

[Rhye]

I think that if it's 2MB each....zipped will be max 1.5MB.
1.5 x 8 = 12 MB. I think that if the leaderhead is worth, 12 Mb can be afforded by anyone and I could put it together with the mod (mandatory)