Chataphract unit card

[Obelics]

hallo, i dont know if this could be of some use, i was trying to make a unit card for pahlava chataphract. I think you have already done some better one, anyway this is mine:



If it can be of some use i can refine it a bit better

please feel free to say it is completely useless if you have already it, this was just some experimet with MSPaint and im not a graphic artist.

EDIT:
i will use this first post to update my download link to new unit cards

11 unit Cards done (last added 28/8/2006 "hellenistic_cavalry_hippeis_merc" see below)
THIS IS A LINK TO THE 11 UNIT CARDS:

http://rapidshare.de/files/31078042/unit_info.zip.html

they are:
1- parthian_azad_asavaran (PAHLAVA)
2- parthian_zradha_shivatir (PAHLAVA changed with a new one, the previous one was my worst unitcard...hope this is better)
3- steppe_cavalry_pahlavashivatir (PAHLAVA modified to look a bit better)
4- steppe_cavalry_zradhapahlavans (PAHLAVA)
5- steppe_cavalry_scythianhorsearchers (MERCENARY)
6- steppe_cavalry_sarmatian_horse_archers (SAUROMATE)
7- hellenistic_cavalry_hippeis (GREEK)
8- steppe_cavalry_nakhararakanaspet (ARMENIA)
9- steppe_cavalry_ayrudzinetadzik (ARMENIA)
10-roman_equites_early (SPQR)
11-hellenistic_cavalry_hippeis_merc (MERCENARY: for Seleucid, Greece and Macedonia)

HOW TO INSTALL
to play it in your game, just download the file from the link above (use "free" in the rapidshare page) and unzip the file in your "EB main folder"\data\ui directory. This file dont delete and dont change nothink, it just add a new dir called "unit_info", so you can safely install it and continue your campaign.

If you want to delete it, just delete the directory "unit_info" in the same folder (data\ui)
take present those cards are amatorial, not professional, i think they are good to replacing the grey peasant though. Hope with this to give my contribute to EB!

Greets Obelics/Artaserse

EDITED: UPDATED 28/8/2006 - I Added one more unit card, the mercenary Hippeis, if you play KH or Seleucid, you will see them often so hope this unit card is of some use, also finally i get to make a better Zadhra Shivatir unit card, the previous was just awfull, and i modified a bit the Pahlava Shivatir too

PS: if you miss very much some unit card in your campaign, and you dont know how to make it yourself, let me know i could add it here (time allowing me...)

EXTRA FILES 13/09/2006
here UnitCard and Small CArd for Niza Gund, and a Small Card for Zadhra Pahlavans, they look good with the new interface... the original are packed, so if you dont know how to unpack dont download them... i putted them here just as an extra, i dont know how to create an easy install
this is a preview:

And this is the link to the 3 small files (they are zipped, and you should install it manually as i sayd cause i dont know how to create an easy install):
http://rapidshare.de/files/32983667/...UCard.zip.html

[edyzmedieval]

Actually, every one can do a unit card, by just simply making a screenshot and editing it a bit in Paint or other Photo editor.

Very good job Obelics!

Everyone who wants to help EB, but says that I don't know how to mod, follow his example.

[QwertyMIDX]

Nice work, it's very good looking. Did you alpha out the background color so it can work with all the different UI's?

[Obelics]

PS: if some good soul coud explain me how to fit (what format, example png, bmp ecc, what directory ecc) that image in my 0.74 unitcard i will be very pleased. Im totally ingorant of modding so if it is possible please explain it very simple...

[QwertyMIDX]

Very nice work with the alphas too.

[Obelics]

ok ive understand how to edit the trasparency and to add to unit card

i used photoshop with 0 tolerance magicwand, and this is a real ingame screenshot:



i could upload the steppe_cavalry_zradhapahlavans_info.TGA file, but i didn't understand how to upload files in the forum

EDIT:
and this is the Zradha Shivatir info card (it need to be refined)


And this is the Azad Asavaran heavy cavalry (nothing exceptional, but it can go waiting for 0.8):
new version


and this is the last: Pahlava Shivatir (it should be recruitable by Seleucids too)

[Steppe Merc]

As the faction coordinator for Parthia, I thank you Obelics!

[Wardo]

I want to play too but I have no idea how to make the white background transparent, or add the tga to the unit's profile.

Here's a fake cut and paste:

White edges of doom. Oh well since I'm faking it might aswell fix them a bit: https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/...rofile27bj.jpg


And the roman_praetorian_cavalry TGA converted to JPG so imageshack will accept it:

That's a big head on the horse, weird angle.

Obelics how do you do this? You take a screenshot then try to cut the background, or resize to a smaller size first and cut the background off a smaller pic? Hmm, how do you cut off the background anyway ? How do you know what folders to create to put the TGA into? Do you make the background transparent somehow or just leave it white?

[Obelics]

hallo wardo, to make trasparent background i proceed in this manner:
create a blank image with trasparent background, then paste the screen shot of the unit.
After i delete the background (it is the most boring part), i use the gum to do this, if you have previously pasted the screen shot on a blank image, the gum will delete the background with a blank background.

For the grass part i dont use the screen shot grass, i just edit my own grass.

If you have already a white background (as in your case) just use the magic wand, it select all the white part, so you can delete it (with the gum) and obtain a blank background, anyway this are the thread that have helped me to understand the samethinks you are asking:

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=51373

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=51750

there is also explained how to name the TGA files (you must use the dictionary name in the export_descr_unit file)

the unit look very nice, the only problem (and this is also my problem ) is that the screen shot are token from above (is like you look at them from the sky), while the standart units card are token from below (is like you look at them from the ground) so im not sure they will be of some use, but i think they can help now, waiting some real graphic artist make some better. Also our amateur unit cards are better than grey peasant!

PS remember to resize it to 160*210 this is the standard format of the unit cards!
If you want, you can upload the TGA file with rapid share:
http://rapidshare.de/

EDIT: if you want to play it just create a unit_info directory in your "data\ui\" folder. then in the new directory, create a "seleucid" directory and put the TGA file, but rename it "roman_praetorian_cavalry_info". it should work

[Wardo]

Thanks alot for the instructions Obelics!

But I don't think your units look amateur at all, they look very professional to me.

Keep up the good work.

[Obelics]

thanks wardo, i hope you will help me on this eheh (a tip: try to take the screen shot on the edge of a hill, this can make the picture less air-view, since the unit is inclined towards the height)

anyway updated with a new unit:
sarmatian basic horse archer


i uploaded the file with all 6 unit cards in the first post of this thread, so check it if you want to download or to install it!

Arzzarakarakazz!

Message: Ehi you who have graphic skills! Help to make this mod completed and better! This is not a game (so no matter there is M2TW coming out etc..) this is a funny enjoyable encyclopedia! and worth to have it installed also in 2010!

[Spendios]

very nice work on the units cards Obelics ! Arzzarakarakazz!

[Wardo]

The grass is greener on the other side:


It was so hard to make this crap, my respect for the entire EB team, past and present, just raised alot after trying to do these unit profiles. I can't even imagine how crazy it is to make models and textures!

Well, I give up, I'll try the small unit cards instead, those are so tiny you can't actually tell how bad it is.

[Spendios]

Wardo you are harsh with yourself ; you unit cards are not so bad maybe you could try to train on infantry units first ? But please continue !

[Obelics]

Wardo the units look nice it is just a question of taking a good angle, so please continue, anyway if there is somebody that can explain me how to move the camera as i want, please explain! I wish to take some shot from down to hight

Here another unit: hellenistic_cavalry_hippeis



Now the unit are 7, if you want to download and install, there is an updated link with instruction in the first post, and let me know if this deserve to be continued

[Kull]

Please continue!

[Obelics]

Ive done some icons for "EASTERN" custom interface, iF EB modder want to try it here is the link to the STRATPAGE_01 and STRATPAGE_02 TGA files. If you have already it or if you dont think they are of use, please dont care

http://rapidshare.de/files/19310991/INTERFACE.rar.html

here is a Jpeg example


Greetings