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TA Custom Race Mod 1.9a

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TA Custom Race Mod 1.9a

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http://www.i-mod-productions.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=68
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Version 1.9a is now available at i-mod (no approval time 4 me ;) ) or in the library

v1.9b will activate the terraincolorschemes for asa at some time later.

Goal is, make v1.9 the last release before GC 2.0 has come out ;)

v1.9a:
-unique planet textures and heightmaps, thx to nasty
-implemented the 3 special ships ;)
-implemented the assimilator ship class (attacktransport)
-fixed shiptemplates for colony/mining ship
-tweak all unique weapon's fx, thx to stefan
-fixed bug, where spaceminers were not able to upgrade asteroidbases
-many tweaks to maintainance and costs generally, its a lot harder now
-1 new eco tech branch & buildings
-2 new techs & PI (ZaYsaX Psi generator & Teleporter)
-added 1 techlevel to each weapon type


v1.8
-various tweaks

v1.7b
-fixes a crash when playing any other race
-fixes invisible shipstyles :)
-fixes the evil accessible weapon techs on gamestart
 
v1.7
- introduction of the asa ship style

Does anybody know, how to override Improvements requiring a tech which has some hardcoded ability?
For example: UniversalTranslator & Embassy, BasicStarport, StarDemocracy&PoliticalCapital?
If I change eg the starports image and assign a Techrequirement, the the new starport is there, but tho old supposed to be overridden one, as well, but disappears, once you build your customized building :(
Same for the other mentioned techs...

Edit: in v1.6+ solved


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Reply #51 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well. the racepic is set to the default one, but I forgot to include the script, for copying/renaming, I simply forgot to update from my svn server ;p

here it is ...

**************install*********************

rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png Race_custom.png.orig
rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png RaceLogo_default.png.orig

copy ..\Gfx\Race_custom.png ..\..\..\Gfx\Race
copy ..\Gfx\RaceLogo_default.png ..\..\..\Gfx\Race

******************************************


**************uninstall*******************

del ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png
del ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png

rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png.orig Race_custom.png
rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png.orig RaceLogo_default.png

******************************************

Generally, the problem was not related to the pics path, rather than a shipdef problem.
In short, if you create a shipstyle, be careful that you create & name colonyship, survership and spaceminer as they are defined in the game folder for the other races with the corresponding prefix! If you redefine/change one of those starting ships, then they won't show up, since the starting ship names seem to be hardcoded, and hence all races want to build eg. the colonyfounder instead of just the custom race.



Btw, can anybody send me the original custom_race.png? I accidentially overwrote it :LOL:
Reply #52 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Btw, can anybody send me the original custom_race.png? I accidentially overwrote it
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you want it in green or would you care for a blue one ???

sent check your PM !!! :)

Nasty

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Reply #53 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
small correction...

**************install*********************

rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png Race_custom.png.orig
rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png RaceLogo_default.png.orig

copy ..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png ..\..\..\Gfx\Race
copy ..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png ..\..\..\Gfx\Race

******************************************


**************uninstall*******************

del ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png
del ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png

rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\Race_custom.png.orig Race_custom.png
rename ..\..\..\Gfx\Race\RaceLogo_default.png.orig RaceLogo_default.png

******************************************
Reply #54 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Btw, can anybody send me the original custom_race.png? I accidentially overwrote it
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Related; Sleipnir, Fenrir, 'Tree-of-Life' logo... any comments?
;)

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Reply #55 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes I like the pics, but I like "my" racepic more. The guy looks somehow "evilish", mysterious and not to joke with ;)
However, the racelogo will make it into the mod.
Its nice, fitting the "bio style" :CONGRAT: Guess it is the World Tree "Yggdrasil" ?
Generally, thanks for your effort and +1 Karma for you :)
Reply #56 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Guess it is the World Tree "Yggdrasil" ?
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Yep, and it's okay for the pics since, i too actually felt that they were less "Sci-Fi'ish" than they could have been (German mythology is not of Galactic proportions, that's true!).
Let's see if i can google_up some other *Odin_Aesir_Nor* type of stuff which would somehow feel more like the bio-oriented-weakerish-weapon like that the Asa is made of.
A tiny touch of dark magenta in places, Viking inspired, etc.

You're the boss of your things!
But since you seemed to express a need for a unique set of race images, i answered.

Tell me what you really think could effectively replaced the previous in your own WORDS and maybe, i'll fix something up.


Reply #57 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Well, I think, the raceportrait has already got its pic, since its my standard portrait since GC2 came out. Except you present something really striking.
Unfortunately, I only have some basic gfx editing skills, very little.
If it is possible for you, to get the logo looking with the green-purple color scheme, as well as some shiny effect as the standard logos have, that would be awesome. Maybe I'm asking the impossible.
It was taking me about 15 min now just to switch some colors X-(
Reply #58 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hey MrKorx are you set on the planets and rings ???

I maybe able to do the rings planets are harder !!!

here a couple rings to look at !!!





PS you can look at my other Planets too MY PLANETS
Nasty
Reply #59 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh yes, I'd love to have 4 planet pics, raws and 2 rings.
If you can provide that, it would be fantastic and worth a credit maybe a ship class "Nasty Tang" :D Some greenish purpleish bluish rings would be nice, I like the 2 top rings

Here is what my system looks like at the moment...

Code: xml
  2. <StarSystem Name="Yggdrasil">
  3. <Planet Name="Asgard">
  4. <Class>10</Class>
  5. <Moon>gfx/planets/M11.png</Moon>
  6. <Texture>gfx/planets/Asgard.png</Texture>
  7. <RAWTerrain>Asgard.raw</RAWTerrain>
  8. <PercentOfStarSize>0.50</PercentOfStarSize>
  9. <TerrainPalette>PerfectPlanet</TerrainPalette>
  10. </Planet>
  11. <Planet Name="Alfheim">
  12. <Class>3</Class>
  13. <PercentOfStarSize>0.45</PercentOfStarSize>
  14. <Texture>gfx/planets/Midgard.png</Texture>
  15. <RAWTerrain>Midgard.raw</RAWTerrain>
  16. <TerrainPalette>JunglePlanet</TerrainPalette>
  17. <Moon>gfx/planets/M13.png</Moon>
  18. </Planet>
  19. <Planet Name="Utgard">
  20. <Class>1</Class>
  21. <PercentOfStarSize>0.38</PercentOfStarSize>
  22. <TerrainPalette>IcePlanet</TerrainPalette>
  23. <Texture>gfx/planets/Utgard.png</Texture>
  24. <Rings>gfx/planets/R01.png</Rings>
  25. <RAWTerrain>Utgard.raw</RAWTerrain>
  26. </Planet>
  27. <Planet Name="Midgard">
  28. <Class>2</Class>
  29. <PercentOfStarSize>0.60</PercentOfStarSize>
  30. <Texture>gfx/planets/Alfheim.png</Texture>
  31. <Rings>gfx/planets/R04.png</Rings>
  32. <RAWTerrain>Alfheim.raw</RAWTerrain>
  33. <TerrainPalette>OceanPlanet</TerrainPalette>
  34. </Planet>
  35. <AsteroidField Name="AlfheimAsteroids">
  36. <DisplayName>Alfheim Asteroids</DisplayName>
  37. <Size>4</Size>
  38. </AsteroidField>
  39. </StarSystem>


Btw, do you know why the game loads a say sol star with earth etc.. and my one loads with Asgard instead of Yggdrasil?
Reply #60 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Btw, do you know why the game loads a say sol star with earth etc.. and my one loads with Asgard instead of Yggdrasil?

yeah that in the raceconfig xml you have to make a customrace and edit in the homestar as well as the home planet and make sure all your .ini are new once you are set on everything !!!(AFAIK) that`s how I got it to work for me !!!

Nasty



Reply #61 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Welcome your possible goodie :LOL:

Reply #62 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If it is possible for you, to get the logo looking with the green-purple
color scheme, as well as some shiny effect as the standard logos have,
that would be awesome. Maybe I'm asking the impossible.It was taking me about 15 min now just to switch some colors
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Consider it done... and, i'll do my very best and PM the result @I-Mod as soon as i "think" it may fit the above requirements.

To me, though, the green (as reflected in the initial version) is much more like a Fluorescent trick which will be changed to your wanted "Dark-Cyan" type. Blame this on the way i perceive colors and how i identify the wheel primaries!
And the shiny feel has much more to do with how the usual but indirect glowing shadow develops underneath and through the alpha channeling transparency variations. Btw, the only way to really distinguish the slight effects is to load it into the game itself since, for example, as soon as a Moon passes behind these -- the shaping becomes obvious. Besides, the graph bars are also a good reference to check if it shows the proper way.

All of this for a simple but realistic 128x128_32b Yggdrasil Tree of Life Logo. I like it.
:)

Reply #63 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh, btw, do we really need those clouds that i found in v1.7b?

Hey, Nasty... as usual you've done some nice and appropriate to Asa - Rings!
Reply #64 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hey MrKorx, when i'm through with the Logo task(s)... can i also get a scouty_survey_attacky_largy sortof ZaYsaX ship too? Pwwease?
Reply #65 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
ZaYsaX? I like the name. large hull with all the psi equipment? :)
Reply #66 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Btw, do you know why the game loads a say sol star with earth etc.. and my one loads with Asgard instead of Yggdrasil?yeah that in the raceconfig xml you have to make a customrace and edit in the homestar as well as the home planet and make sure all your .ini are new once you are set on everything !!!(AFAIK) that`s how I got it to work for me !!!Nasty
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DUH !!!! you need to put the start system name in stars.txt too

and I can`t get the game to display it either :( this game drive me NUTZ sometime !!!


Nasty
Reply #67 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
More rings :)





Nasty
Reply #68 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
@MrKorx... ya've got some PM@I-Mod -- it's a surprise.
Psi equipped? Naaa, just whatever you'd wish to become wild and nuts to escort a TS (or destroy other's TS) with some four spikes in the form of an X, or somethin'.
:)
Reply #69 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Although the Asa benefits from a HPQ +50 ability bonus, i recon that Alfheim(3), Utgrad(1) and Midgard(2) could use some extra tiles too!

Must be my own tendency with heavily stacking the X-Worlds starting conditions on nearby Homeworlds' assets of the many Races - creeping up again!

I simply hate the flip-flop eventuality, the wasted potential and the whole strengths evaluation period as it relates to anything already reddishly forbidden and far away. By all means, stack the deck - it's a mod after all.

;)
Reply #70 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
IThank very much for the logos. I really like them, my favourite at the first glance is the AsaBvel_Logo3.png, Really nice :)
The "ZaYsaX" Heavy Escort is gonna roll out of my shipyard, straight after
work.



here it is... the ZaYsaX Heavy Escort ;)

Reply #71 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The ship pic got "lost", maybe you have to wait until the forum decides to throw it in :d

Ok again here it is... the ZaYsaX Heavy Escort ;)

Reply #72 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I thought so! Since you expressed a preference for 'shiny' effects, it was pretty straight forward editing through some key filter-plugin... and, many thanks for ZaYsaX Heavy-Escort!

PS1; Once you're done with the essentials (in fact, it seem like that race is almost complete feature-wise unless you have MORE to add in!), could it possible for you to sortof explain the general method for ship/style/yard/activation/etc creation? So that i could eventually refer to some reliable facts once i *FINALLY* begin the daunting task(s) required for the whole complex XW-Ships armada. Please? :)
No rush or anything, just IF you could.

PS2; Planet qualities?

PS3; SirNastyofTang rendition of Asgard?

Great work, so far.

;)
Reply #73 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes, the basic essentials are done, I think the techtree is (almost) complete, same for the rest of data files. Last tasks will be to "pimp" the race gfx wise. If Nasty provides some planet material, the starsystem will be redone, and finally some tuning and tweakin for costs generally, as well as shipmodule tweaking.
But this depends on the feedback, because at the moment I haven't got enough time to extensively playtest myself :(

PS1:
The easiest way is to cheat for all research and build the ship in the ship yard.
Once you've done the ship(s) leave the game
go to ..\MyDocuments\..\MyGames\GC2TwilightArnor\ships
say you have an Escort.xml & Sx_UD_Escort0.shipcfg (+1 index by upgrading ingame)
1. rename shipcfg to Sx_Escort.shipcfg
2. open the Escort.xml delete the whole userdefined tag, and change the model to the name of the shipcfg in this case "Escort"
3. do basically the same for the shiptemplate, I left a "T" in shipcfg name to distinguish between template and ship. The model tag in the template would read "T_Escort"

Thats all, except you need to make sure that you don't define any coreship in GC2Ships.
This does not apply for the 3 starting ships, ColonyShip, SpaceMiner & SurveyShip
You should not change the name attribute & model, though you can build them in shipyard but the classname=name attribute! Better take SDs naming convention for them, otherwise invisible ships & crash as in v1.7

PS2: I think th PQs of the 3 other planets are fair, since the asa profit from slightly more powerful terraforming techs + some PQ bonuses via research and PI
Basically I tried to design the asa not to rush expand, more a very powerful "minor" at start, sticking in their own system and start slowly to expand by many means :)

PS3: I don't know, but I would like to implement his good stuff
Reply #74 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh I forgot, maybe I also adjust the ingame ui strings for asa.
Reply #75 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
sorry team a little slow today I meant to post earlier for you
PS3 yes you can use the rings amd I`m wanting to work on planets need Ideals of what we want !!!

hey Zyxpsilon i got a planet i need you to test Please(please PM ME)
also i`m trying clouds but in starting phase of that!!


MrKorx I have answer your PM

Nasty