Haiku
05-13-2008, 22:53
HELLO! I am just getting into the Medieval 2 Total War modding community, though I have been striving to discover the secrets of modding strategy games for several years. Finally after stumbling over a tutorial by Musashi, and another by Alpaca, I have begun experimenting with small modifications on the game.
All that time being incapable of modding I came up with quite a few ideas, and those that weren't completely unrealistic as goals I threw out.
The foundation of this mod is to build up a series of small modifications, then move onto a larger bulk of modifications that will expend the timeline of the Medieval 2 game into the beggining of the World War 1 era. So far, this is my gameplan.
Phase 1
-edit arrows to not dissapear once hitting the ground
-add blood-mist for melee blows (only killing blows?)
-add blood-mist for artillery blows (excesive amounts?)
-increase the health of stone walls, especially the larger ones
Phase 2
-add crater/burn-mark textures for artillery when they hit the ground
-set the 'stuck' setting for non-explosive artillery to true
-add in new ambient sounds for battle (current: dull roar of battle. add in things like swords clashing, dying screams 'oh my god!' 'eeagh!')
Phase 3
-increase number of sounds for impact (melee and missile)
-will use recordings of stabbing/shooting/poundings steaks
-increase number of attack/block/dodge animations
-increase number of death animations (drastically! Watching horsemen die the same way 40 times gets old)
Phase 4
-begin experimenting with 'phasing out' units and buildings that are too outdated for the timeline (using swordsmen once muskets are standard is sort of silly)
-begin experimenting with adding new settlement tiers to be more appropriate for more modern combats, progressively
-begin creating models, animations, textures, and files (sounds, weapon, armor) for new units
Phase 5
-begin piecing it all together to be a deep, involving mod!
So if anyone is interested in becoming involved in this effort, or have any hints and tips for someone new who is obviously going in over his head (besides saying don't go in over my head *grin*), that would be great.
Specifics
Things that I particularly would like outside assistance for are all things model. That includes models themselves, animations, and most of the skinning. Thanks for whoever decides to help! :2thumbsup:
All that time being incapable of modding I came up with quite a few ideas, and those that weren't completely unrealistic as goals I threw out.
The foundation of this mod is to build up a series of small modifications, then move onto a larger bulk of modifications that will expend the timeline of the Medieval 2 game into the beggining of the World War 1 era. So far, this is my gameplan.
Phase 1
-edit arrows to not dissapear once hitting the ground
-add blood-mist for melee blows (only killing blows?)
-add blood-mist for artillery blows (excesive amounts?)
-increase the health of stone walls, especially the larger ones
Phase 2
-add crater/burn-mark textures for artillery when they hit the ground
-set the 'stuck' setting for non-explosive artillery to true
-add in new ambient sounds for battle (current: dull roar of battle. add in things like swords clashing, dying screams 'oh my god!' 'eeagh!')
Phase 3
-increase number of sounds for impact (melee and missile)
-will use recordings of stabbing/shooting/poundings steaks
-increase number of attack/block/dodge animations
-increase number of death animations (drastically! Watching horsemen die the same way 40 times gets old)
Phase 4
-begin experimenting with 'phasing out' units and buildings that are too outdated for the timeline (using swordsmen once muskets are standard is sort of silly)
-begin experimenting with adding new settlement tiers to be more appropriate for more modern combats, progressively
-begin creating models, animations, textures, and files (sounds, weapon, armor) for new units
Phase 5
-begin piecing it all together to be a deep, involving mod!
So if anyone is interested in becoming involved in this effort, or have any hints and tips for someone new who is obviously going in over his head (besides saying don't go in over my head *grin*), that would be great.
Specifics
Things that I particularly would like outside assistance for are all things model. That includes models themselves, animations, and most of the skinning. Thanks for whoever decides to help! :2thumbsup: