EB Help Required Thread

[khelvan]

I'm sorry, I know that above hasn't been very informative; In the future these listings will be fleshed out. By researcher/writer we mean someone who will take a list of buildings, for instance, for a particular faction, and research how these buildings would have been used by that faction in antiquity, and write descriptions for each building. The person should be highly active, proactive really, and be willing to put some time into it.

So, we'll need someone with time, a reasonably good grasp of the English language, and the committment to join the team and continue to write descriptions rather that write one, download the mod, and then disappear, as some of our recent new members have done.

[Geoffrey S]

What kind of research is expected from individuals, and from which sources is such information to be derived (classical sources, modern commentaries, etc.)? I consider myself reasonably well informed about history, but I'm not certain if I could rise to the standards of EB when it comes to historical accuracy. Is there a chance you could post an example building, how research was done for it, and the description written about it? And what kind of hours put into the work are expected each week? Any information on what's expected from volunteers would be much appreciated.

[Bouchious]

Apologies, I understand my descriptions and information are inbiguous, I am ongoing in improving them, As soon as I recieve an example peice of research and outcome, which I have put in a request for, I will post it to provide you some insight, As for hours, I high level of active with the forum is always wanted, we don't want another dreaded lurker... but ultimately it is the outcomes which are wanted.

A quick note - the types of writing that we need are mostly descriptions. There will be no vanilla descriptions in EB - all vanilla ones have been wiped away. We are rewriting all unit (of course as you've seen) and building descriptions. So we need people who know a fair amount about certain factions and have access to materials that they can use to write descriptions about a certain thing - for example a Carthaginian trading port, or an Iberian market, or a Pontic road (etc.). Some factions are totally done (most celtic ones), but some like Armenia/Hayasdan, Getai, Carthaginians/Karthadastim, and some variants for Hellenic descriptions, Iberia, etc. still could use from a little to a lot of work. We also would need more than a description every four days or so. Not looking just for speed, but it would be nice if it didn't take a really long time to do them.

Hopefully that may answer some of your questions for now. -Lu

[jerby]

write one, download the mod, and then disappear, as some of our recent new members have done.

argh. that's lame...
still need beta-testers?
(even after the open-beta?)

[metatron]

I'm sorry, I know that above hasn't been very informative; In the future these listings will be fleshed out. By researcher/writer we mean someone who will take a list of buildings, for instance, for a particular faction, and research how these buildings would have been used by that faction in antiquity, and write descriptions for each building. The person should be highly active, proactive really, and be willing to put some time into it.

So, we'll need someone with time, a reasonably good grasp of the English language, and the committment to join the team and continue to write descriptions rather that write one, download the mod, and then disappear, as some of our recent new members have done.

That I can do.

Honestly though, you should have two or three people working on it as a whole, so you can pick and choose which you like. Yes, it's a security risk, but it's better in the long run.

[Crazed Rabbit]

What type of skinning do you need? I can skin some, but I don't know how to do UV mapping. Would the skins come with a base, so to speak, or be from scratch?

Examples of what I have done can be found here:
Orc and Armor skins for M&B

Crazed Rabbit

[Byzantine Mercenary]

Id be happy to write a few descriptions for you guys, you can trust me as i can't download the mod at the moment anyway!

[Birka Viking]

The only thing I can help with is if you still need beta-testers????

[Reenk Roink]

Looks like you guys have plenty of volunteers at this time, but if you do need any extra help, or someone leaves on you, just PM me. School is really lax right now so I have plenty of free time and a great interest in history.

Anything to help EB be even more comprehensive and come out faster.

*goes back to silently spectating*

[khelvan]

Please note that the first post has been updated - we desperately need a mapper.

[Bouchious]

yep first post updated... darn you khel, steel my thunder! -Lu

[Mouzafphaerre]

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What skills/tools should a mapper have under his sleeves?
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[Meneldil]

Photoshop and a bit of patience are probably enough

[kayapó]

Photoshop and a bit of patience are probably enough

And the two most important characteristics EB needs, proactivity and enthusiasm.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Photoshop rules me out, sorry.

Kayapó, I've been there.
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[Reenk Roink]

Photoshop and a bit of patience are probably enough

Well I have Photoshop, but dont know if I can do much with it....