Ancient TW: GRAPHICS discussion

[dimitrios the samian]

Awesome news Macsen .... this is huge & Inspiring .
I too had read Stazi's threads & you may have noticed ?.
Imagine the difference/richer the Mods would have been a decade ago if this was implemented
Wow ! Im just reminiscing back to the old "Bronze Age" mod days , what could have been hmmmm
Had I had progressed on from just that one simple Brothel Icon

Anyway my queries .

I have succeeded in creating a combined plate of 640x640px >>>
Of course everything came out smaller than usual, but that was quickly fixed in the unit_prod by adjusting the 'SCALE' column x1.25 (now you should see why I chose 640px as the new size....) >>>

...... 640x640 brilliant
but !! .... Is it the next size down from the difficult 1024x1024 ? .... confirm this mac its crucial .


I noticed a couple of very similar plates whilst skimming through my archive of BMPs .....

Me too when my graphics journey began & similiarity is very very good !
Lets use it to our advantage
eg all Hoplites Plates & even the Generic Hellenic ( & Barbarian Slinger less 4 rectangles ).

but ....>> These 2 Bifs need some "pre-adjustments" before you/we finalise putting the co-ordinates in place.

[ I will elaborate on these adjustments a bit later today , its a simple procedure & we should do it first .
Before we invest more precious time & effort on this aspect ]

(As briefly the Gen-Hellenic Bif will soon spawn > the Biblical Archers , better Indians , new Egyptians & Thracians )
& with this discovery , I will incorporate a brand spanking new Slinger into all of the above ]


The real pain in the rear is that all the shield and weapon co-ordinates need to be reset .

....... true it is , so don't set any co-ords in concrete yet mac ..
First we make these simple adjustments to the 2 bif plates ...
So its done once from the start & those co-ords become the blue-print for the rest of them to follow .

I'll prep some pics to post , then elaboarate further .



ps ..... the remaining Bronze Age Bifs from the Hellenic Team all come into these equation also