The Capo's LH Gallery and Self-Help Thread!

[Vortilex]

Well, I'm sure if you loaded a huge map with only the Capo's largest leaderheads, something would probably cause a MAF. Even in DipII, that's never happened.

 

[cool3a2]

Hmmm... the fpk, yeah? Never liked them personally as always if I want to edit some art, I'd have to unpack them. Well, I heard that it speeds up loading of a mod or of civ4 or of both or something, so you may have your reasons to use fpks though. BTW: my cityset is out, but don't await too much...

 

[avain]

Hmmm... the fpk, yeah? Never liked them personally as always if I want to edit some art, I'd have to unpack them. Well, I heard that it speeds up loading of a mod or of civ4 or of both or something, so you may have your reasons to use fpks though. BTW: my cityset is out, but don't await too much...

Ok, I'll rephrase: when the size of the additional graphics/art reaches a certain size, MAFs are inevitable in my experience, especially in late game.

 

[cool3a2]

Yeah, I understood and believe you!

 

[The Capo]

I have used and currently use all of my LHs in my mod and haven't had an issue with them, except for some slight lag when they appear, but other than that I'm not sure what to tell you. There isn't much I can really do about the file-size, I feel they'd look worse if the textures were smaller.

 

[The Almighty dF]

I have used and currently use all of my LHs in my mod and haven't had an issue with them, except for some slight lag when they appear, but other than that I'm not sure what to tell you. There isn't much I can really do about the file-size, I feel they'd look worse if the textures were smaller.

This could be the cause of the late-game MAFs, since the leaders contact you more during this period.

 

[avain]

I have used and currently use all of my LHs in my mod and haven't had an issue with them, except for some slight lag when they appear, but other than that I'm not sure what to tell you. There isn't much I can really do about the file-size, I feel they'd look worse if the textures were smaller.

I agree - if you resize, you loose quality.
But: there are stuff like e.g. feathers with 1Mb textures. There are textures that are used only partially, or in extreme cases just a very small part is used from a huge texture...
Also: there are not needed textures and files, probably from work-versions...

Sloppy things from a great LH and unit maker such as you.


For MAFs:
There is also an indication: when I'm checking all the units for e.g. >10 civs with a script for DiplomacyII, and try to run the WorldBuilder, I get a MAF. If this happens there, I'm pretty sure it'll happen in-game too.

 

[mechaerik]

Also, you have (had?) a tendency to upload the Leaders with everything, including blends and nonfinal nifs that don't work. Apart from increasing file size, its also fairly confusing.

 

[The Capo]

Also, you have (had?) a tendency to upload the Leaders with everything, including blends and nonfinal nifs that don't work. Apart from increasing file size, its also fairly confusing.

I try not to, but I suppose I have. Especially some of my earlier LHs.

The next set of LHs I make (Chiang Kai Shek, Arpad, Mursilis, Cavour, and Subcomandante Marcos) should not have this issue.

 

[cool3a2]

You are making an Árpád??! Great news. Why didn't you told me? And on what sources will you base him? When will he be ready?

 

[The Capo]

You are making an Árpád??! Great news.

Sure am.

Why didn't you told me?

Didn't I sort of just do that?

And on what sources will you base him?

Rather than use popular artwork, which I find to be quite anachronistic, I am going to look for sources and images of what his people looked like from that era and then make him look a bit more regal/important.

When will he be ready?

Not sure right now. Kind of busy, but I am releasing all of them together, so probably a couple of weeks. I COULD be convinced to release Arpad earlier though.

 

[cool3a2]

Didn't I sort of just do that?

Hmmm... I guess you are right!

Rather than use popular artwork, which I find to be quite anachronistic, I am going to look for sources and images of what his people looked like from that era and then make him look a bit more regal/important.

Not sure right now. Kind of busy, but I am releasing all of them together, so probably a couple of weeks. I COULD be convinced to release Arpad earlier though.

I agree with you on what to base it. Drawings aren't good. And I'll do my best to convince you to release him earlier First of all, I suggest you take a look at two of Bakuels early hungarian units: his archer and his worker. You can view a preview of them on my threads first post. I believe those two units show pretty well the clothing of those days. Also, here is a collection of statues of him that I believe to be rather historic plus a drawing of a hungarian rider of the time of the conquest (I'm sorry that the pictures are so large, I just don't know how to limit their size...):

Spoiler :

And a page with further pictures. Drawings, but of them seem to be accurate. There are two well-known pictures on that side, that show Árpád - I suoppose those are the ones that you believe inaccurate. I second this view, so rather don't use them IMO. http://www.langstrofsche-stubentiger.de/heimdallserben/magyaren/magya.htm

As a helmet, I'd suggest something like this:

Besides of this, I recommend the following things:
- give him a beard
- use fur instead of making him too much armored
- regarding his ethnicity, try to make him look alien from an Europeans point of view - mongoloid would be by far too alien, but still, he shouldn't look too european; dark hair is a must have IMO, the teint may be sort of brown
- if you like to give him some stuff, think about a composite bow; I already converted one from google warehouse for nitram, I could hand it over to you, but the texture needs work
- if you need a logo, use the turul bird
- as background I'd recommend yurts

Did I convinced you to release him earlier?

 

[smeagolheart]

I try not to, but I suppose I have. Especially some of my earlier LHs.

The next set of LHs I make (Chiang Kai Shek, Arpad, Mursilis, Cavour, and Subcomandante Marcos) should not have this issue.

Sweet sounding set, can't wait to see them

 

[avain]

Did I convinced you to release him earlier?

I second this as it'd be just in time for my updated Hungarian civ, too.

 

[Nitram15]

The Capo! Create that Arpad immidately! We really need it!

 

[avain]

The Capo! Create that Arpad immidately! We really need it!

I really like the subtlety how we are handling this

 

[Vortilex]

You are making an Árpád??! Great news. Why didn't you told me? And on what sources will you base him? When will he be ready?

The Capo! Create that Arpad immidately! We really need it!

I second this as it'd be just in time for my updated Hungarian civ, too

I should have expected that to come earlier

 

[cool3a2]

Well, The Capo almost invited me to convince him. So I didn't want to miss the chance and called for help

 

[The Capo]

I suppose I can release Arpad first, why not?

Anyway, I had an idea in mind for what he is going to look like already, well a general idea. I am assuming that the majority of depictions of Arpad have been glorified, which is pretty much the case for any leader. Particularly in those days, and particularly one that is generally considered to be "the father of Hungary" in a sense. Although, IIRC he didn't found the Kingdom of Hungary, that was Stephan I right?

Anyway, because of this he won't look as glorious as his statues and paintings make him out to be. If anything he's going to look more like a warlord than a monarch (if that makes sense). So he'll be a little "scruffy" looking. He will have a beard, although I'm not sure if I am going to use the chainmail on the helmet, primarily because I think it would wind up looking too much like the helmet on the Tamerlane LH I made with Igor and the Mindaugas LH I made before that. I do have a pretty good idea for what to do about the helmet though. The rest of the clothing is the part I'm still thinking about.

I haven't even considered the background yet.

@ Cool, from your suggestions here is what I was already planning on doing....

He will have dark brown or black hair.

There will certainly be fur on this LH.

Most likely he will not have accessories (i.e. I probably won't give him a sword or a bow or anything, just because it is frivilous and I have been getting crap for putting out "big" LHs).

I don't know what you mean by a logo, but he'll have the feathers he is always seen wearing.

He'll definitely have a beard, and I'll do my best to try to make him look less European, although he will pobably look European more than anything else.

 

[The Almighty dF]

If you're making Chiang, but not replacing Cixi with him, suppose there's hope he'll show up in some sort of modular Taiwan civ?

Also, for Arpad's facial hair, I hope you're going with the awesome bikerish mustache he has in most statues.