EB Help Required Thread

[Bouchious]

Welcome Europa Barbarorum Fans!

Firstly I would like to introduce myself;
I am Bouchious, duely volunteered as the EB welcoming recruitment man. This thread is aimed as a place for fans and talent alike to see what positions are available and wanting with the EB group. Don't be put off though if the job or thing you thought you could help us with isn't there. Contact me anyway; EB is always happy to see people showing interest and offering help, and perhaps you never know, the job you wanted may be available!

Currently, the positions EB are looking to fill are:-
-Skinners- This folks is self explanatory isn't it, We need some who can skin, as always some who can put in the hours so to speak, Work fast and keep a high level of activity.

-A person/persons to make new resource icons for the map. - We are looking for someone familiar with 3D modelling and texturing to do low-detail work on resource icons. Other work will come on a when-needed basis; as usual members who can be highly active an ebthusiastic are wanted.

- Reseachers/Descriptive writers - Many descriptions have now been writen from scratch within EB, but that does not mean they are all there. We require someone who can research and produce building descriptions at a good pace. Access to sources/libaries are always good and healthy athough not essential as a person can always have their knowledge to fall back on! People with an interest or those who are knowledgable towards Armenia, Carthage, Pontos And the Getai are most welcome. As is the norm, the person will have to be active and show enthusiasm.

- As Above - We are in need of members with extensive knowledge of Parthia, Armenia and/or Pontos desparately, To do a job similar to the one above; Descriptions for units and buildings would be done. Knowledge is the key requirement, and as always high activity and enthusiasm are needed. Nayone who is interested please contact me ASAP.

- 3D Building Co-ordinator - We are in need of someone who is familiar with the text files surrounding building placement etc in cities/ on battlemap. This person we need to be able to implement and co=ordinate 3D building work. As per usual high activity and enthusiasm are welcomed openly.

See something you are interested in? Perhaps not? Get in contact if you are interested; Firstly you may wish to just use PM's to get in contact, or you may prefer a more direct approach although not always quicker, email me at bouchious@europabarbarorum.com.

I eagerly await any signs of interest and hopefully many potential new members. -Lu

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

I have a lot of interest in EB. I wish I could join it but I'm terrible at modding.

[Byzantine Mercenary]

me too

[metatron]

Now, I could do the writing part. How long and indepth are you looking for?

[Zero1]

I'm an aspiring semi-proffesional writer, myself...what sort of descriptions do you need?

[Reverend Joe]

If I get some time on my hands, I can be a writer. Just send me what you want me to write (notes, whatever) and tell me what to do with it. I can be a very good writer when I really put my mind to the task.

[Geoffrey S]

Looks like you're not lacking for writing volunteers, but that's the only thing in which I could be of any help. Here is something I wrote for the writing contest a couple of months back.

[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.

[SirRethcir]

- Mapper - We need someone to do manual map work, not such as drastic as create a map from scratch but to edit heights, borders, provinces, along with similar descr_strat.txt adjustments; this will need to be done with the actual graphicc files as using editors sometimes provides unwanted changes within some files.

I could do some map work, if you want.

[Jebus]

If you need a new team leader - I'm available.

[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....

[Crazed Rabbit]

Um...any answer on whether you need my help? An answer, be it yes or no, would be welcome. Or should I take silence as its own answer?

Either way, good luck.

Crazed Rabbit

[Bouchious]

Appologies CR, I would have expected a Pm and as so your post slipped my radar (I think I need a new one) but i'll get to the EB members see what they think of your work and also, that thing you said about working from a base, check your PM soon you'll probably get one from me regarding this -LU

[jerby]

how do you filter the dissapearing-"helpers"(apply, download, leave) form the real stuff?

[Bouchious]

we weed out the one-time-one-download-one-what-the-hell-happend-to? people with long boring monotonous incredibly difficult 'prep' task before they are even members. Let It Be A Warning To You All!!!! Only messing... there not that boring

quote myself from the twc

[jerby]

well..i got a very lame task atm...and i'm not even a member!