Best add-ons for EB? [Archive]

Redigo

08-28-2006, 03:05

I've slogged through several campaigns in EB 0.74, and I'm about to start another. I've noticed by lurking the forums that there are some damned nice individual mods that can be added on to 0.74, things like Prom's grass, some excellent trees from the Blue Lotus mod (possibly as adapted by Iberus Generalis), and IIRC Darth Formations.

I think it'd be worthwhile to see a list of possible third-party add-ons to EB, provided the team doesn't object.

Any suggestions?

tk-421

08-28-2006, 03:37

tk's Elephant and Chariot Minimod, Bonny's sprites, edyz's map mod

Ypoknons

08-28-2006, 08:32

I'm not so sure about Darth's formations - I've never used them, but EB has it own formations that may or may not be as good, but certainly more interesting than vanilla. Prom's grass is really quite necessary, assuming the prerequsite system requirements.

Markus_Aurelius

08-28-2006, 13:53

i also made a mod, but it may not be what your looking for, its Called Not so Siege total war.

eadingas

08-28-2006, 14:04

I wouldn't recommend Darth's Formations. We have our own historically accurate formations that are, I daresay, better than those in DarthMod.
We should have Prom's vegetation in one of nearest official builds, hopefully (after 0.8 things like this should move a bit faster :)

Redigo

08-28-2006, 17:25

Hmmm, looks like there are fewer than I'd thought. I've also seen something about upgraded sprites (making the 3D>2D transition on zooming out less noticeable). Is that worthwhile?

Obelics

08-28-2006, 18:34

yes, it's Bonny sprite Pack, here's the link:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=51323

it is really worthy to install

EDIT EB has not a big number of add-ons cause it is still in the Beta phase, so it is hard to mod i think, wait untill it is finished and i think there will flourish minimods as bacterias...

eadingas

08-28-2006, 18:39

Of course, the other reason for the lack of addons might be that EB is so perfect it doesn't need improvements :laugh4: ~;p

Redigo

08-28-2006, 18:42

Hehe, there is that.

I had thought there were quite a few cosmetic touches that could be added; I guess my recent graphics card upgrade got me all excited-like.

Obelics

08-28-2006, 19:13

Hehe, there is that.

I had thought there were quite a few cosmetic touches that could be added; I guess my recent graphics card upgrade got me all excited-like.

well, i think EB is not for a suddendly "WOW!", it is like a female orgasm, deep, internal, and very long...

Redigo

08-28-2006, 20:04

well, i think EB is not for a suddendly "WOW!", it is like a female orgasm, deep, internal, and very long...

That is, simultaneously, the most accurate and the most disturbing description of EB I've ever heard.

Tuuvi

08-28-2006, 22:49

well, i think EB is not for a suddendly "WOW!", it is like a female orgasm, deep, internal, and very long...

How the hell do you know what a female orgasm is like? If your a girl, please tell me before I start having bad opinions about you.:sweatdrop:

Obelics

08-28-2006, 23:05

ehi man i can prove with photos (even of my hairy breast:viking:) that im a man 100%:sweatdrop:, OMG what have i done:wall: , i only hope in the time between the two posts (this and the one above) there weren't some strange thinks on me...:fainting: ), i never had a femal orgasm myself...:sorry: it was just "explained" me from one of my fem friend.

Tuuvi

08-29-2006, 04:06

no it's alright I was mostly joking. :laugh4:

CountArach

08-29-2006, 09:16

well, i think EB is not for a suddendly "WOW!", it is like a female orgasm, deep, internal, and very long...

Best...analogy...ever...

eadingas

08-29-2006, 09:31

To extend the analogy, developing 0.8 is like trying to please a woman: a long, arduous, exhausting process... but oh, the reward! :)

(hmm better not extend the analogy further, or we'll have to deal with the fact that we need so many active .. ekhm.. members to achieve full ..ekhm.. release ;)

Musopticon?

08-29-2006, 21:00

This thread delivers.

Lavastein

08-29-2006, 22:28

it most certainly does deliver. Wow, i want your female friend, come hold me tight all through the night. btw, you gotta be more decriptive when talking about eb as an orgasim. Are we talking about masterbation or sex? :juggle2: Cause I can come up with a few reasons why it could be both. :laugh4: Im actually waiting for my first shot at this mod cause it's for 1.2 and by then i upgraded to 1.5 to play platinum rtr. Back on track, women are far too expensive and hard to deal with. :shame: bye for now

paullus

08-30-2006, 04:21

isn't this forum supposed to be kinda, ya know, family-friendly?

Teleklos Archelaou

08-30-2006, 04:37

At least it isn't about "Best *****-ons for EB". (exits, stage left)

Dooz

08-30-2006, 04:40

At least it isn't about "Best *****-ons for EB". (exits, stage left)

Lmao. TA, you naughty lil' devil.

iberus_generalis

08-30-2006, 18:01

i've installed the bonny sprite pack in my eternal pursuit for eye cand, but somehow, they don't seem to be working...i keep seeng the old sprites....anyy help, on what i might have done worng? i copied the files to their place, and adapted the DMB file to my specific build, so as to acommodate the horses, new skins i integrated from other mods... but nothing works...i tried in a fresh EB install, and the same problem persists, so i guess i'm doing something wrong...any help?

Moros

08-30-2006, 18:24

You're using 0.74, right?

Lusitani

08-30-2006, 19:09

Speaking of add-on's is anyone doing anything to get rid of the stinking rats warcrie's and greeks speaking latin....seleukids having battle speaches concerning the glory of rome and stuff like that???

iberus_generalis

08-30-2006, 19:39

of course i use 0.74..i could never go back to 0.72..too many bugs...=) i'm running 0.74...yes..so any help is welcome...

Bonny

08-30-2006, 20:22

@ iberus generalis

If you had done all right, your data\sprite folder should look like this:

https://img131.imageshack.us/img131/4272/help2es2.th.jpg (https://img131.imageshack.us/my.php?image=help2es2.jpg)

iberus_generalis

08-30-2006, 20:24

i know how it should look...mine is just like that, but somehow it is not working...im going to xtract the pack files and see if it works then...sometimes it works for me...

Bonny

08-30-2006, 20:36

iberus_generalis

08-30-2006, 20:48

i saved the changes in the backup DMB...and kept the old one in the Root rome folder...silly me..just a question of swaping the files, and it worked...=))

soibean

08-31-2006, 03:01

is EB including any of these add ons in the next release?

Redigo

08-31-2006, 03:39

Just above, Ead said the team was looking to integrate Prom's grass mod, definitely a welcome addition. Something to deal with the km-wide trees in northern europe would be nice as well, but who knows.

Incidentally, I've got the grass mod installed, looks great. To boost the look a bit I changed the "GRASS_DISTANCE" to 1000 and I don't see much of a difference. Is there another step I need to take, or am I expecting too much?

I've also set "UNLIMITED_MEN_ON_BATTLEFIELD" to true. Are there any other little tweaks I can take to push things a bit?

Bonny

08-31-2006, 07:23

i saved the changes in the backup DMB...and kept the old one in the Root rome folder...silly me..just a question of swaping the files, and it worked...=))

Good to hear :2thumbsup:

is EB including any of these add ons in the next release?

No, it's not neccesary for them to include them into the next build, because these things are already done by the team themselves. The Only exception is the grass addon.

iberus_generalis

08-31-2006, 10:40

in relation to the trees there are already workarounds, and replacements....

https://img312.imageshack.us/img312/4694/0017pg9.jpg

https://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2034/0002ya3.jpg

they are from the Blue Lotus mod, and im working on a mini mod pack, containing trees, Proms Grass(as well as new types of grass, and in the future, specific grass for forests),features from the realistic landscapes mod, new horses with reins from pinarius mod, and Blue Lotus, and Signifers. standard bearers, and corniceans from ResGestae... all i need to make a 0.5 release is the permition from the respective authors, but until now, none of the answered, and i cannot release any of the reskined trees, nor any of the new grass...but i guess it is just a question of time...

CountArach

08-31-2006, 11:29

Wow! Great grass there. Also the trees are very nice!

eadingas

08-31-2006, 11:32

Nice, IB. We should be able to get you a permission for these.

iberus_generalis

08-31-2006, 14:34

NTW2 is out...let me go check their milestone vegetation and see what i can scavange into my EB build....=)

edyzmedieval

08-31-2006, 16:25

My MapMod, with the new version, 0.2, includes Bonny's Sprite Pack + map fixes.

So if you want some slight changes, you should definitely download it. ~:)