Inca - Total War

[belisaire]

Hello Rex

i am very interested by your idea of developing a precolumbian mod for R:TW. since i use photoshop and illustrator for my job ( i'm a freelance graphist ) i can start working with loading screens, faces, and graphics for all the buildings. Sorry to don't have abilities ( and time ) for 3D modding. But if someone could send me some standard .Tgas textures i can start working with them.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

i am very interested by your idea of developing a precolumbian mod for R:TW. since i use photoshop and illustrator for my job ( i'm a freelance graphist ) i can start working with loading screens, faces, and graphics for all the buildings

Very good, you are in !
I am going to ask Ramon from IBDF in the near future to give me one of its units, wich i studied for QUITE A LONG TIME and wich suits perfectly to create a Inca unit just trough basic skinning...

If you know how to work with photoshop, then skinning is no problem for you

We could have just trough skinning at least 10-20% of the mods units...

If there would be a way to skin the walls, or so... that would be awesome, i will ask at the Scriptorium

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Also, another guy, Sanders619, says he'll be a historical advisor for us, if we need one or want one. He made a topic on the Mod Discussion page, so someone can talk to him if they want.

[Filibustería]

NAMES (for the ones in wich we have info about the language, the ones belonging to groups with extinct languages will be left for later times when we get the necesarry info )

We need to name the provinces, we need to name the cityes.... and add the resources. After we got a working map, we could ask permission from the FATW members to implement the "regional lore" system.

I have some info right now...

DIAGUITA

Provinces:
Antofagasta, Chalingasta, Elqui, Sotaquí, Atacama, Calama, Toconao, Ticnamar, Combarbalá, Tucumán.

I think that is enough, we are not going to have 546 Diaguita Provinces, are we?

Names:
Alballay, Campillay, Sapiaín, Talinay, Chavilca, Tamango, Michimalongo, Tucmán

MAPUCHE

Provinces:
Manquehue
Angol
Elicura
Temuco
Curicó
Vitacura
Millaray
Callihue

Names:
Antümañke, Melipangi, Lefchoike, Millalwan, Leftraru, Pelantaru, Loncomilla, Galvarino, Caupolicán, Colo Colo, Loncopan, Mawunko, Nauelpan, Panguilef,
Remolcoy, Wechumanke, Yankvleufu, Epullanca, Foyelkay, Coyopay, Cheuqueman, Catrihual, Ayllapan.

That's all I know by now.
I hope you find it useful.

[Tuuvi]

do you guys think I should skin on vanilla models or wait until we finish some of our owne models? I think it would be better to skin on our own models, that way they will be more accurate and will look better. Maybe until then I could do 2d art.

[Murfios]

Hello Rex

i am very interested by your idea of developing a precolumbian mod for R:TW. since i use photoshop and illustrator for my job ( i'm a freelance graphist ) i can start working with loading screens, faces, and graphics for all the buildings. Sorry to don't have abilities ( and time ) for 3D modding. But if someone could send me some standard .Tgas textures i can start working with them.

Great, help me out with banners and loading screens. You actually being a formal expert, what do you think of my faction icons_?

[Murfios]

GREAT NEWS!!!!!

A MODELER HAS JOINED OUR TEAM EVERYONE!

Richard!!

We need:

Inca looking Officers(masive amount of plumes on back)
Inca heavy warrior THere are some images at the first page on how they should look like.

[Tuuvi]

woohoo

[Filibustería]

Thats good news!

[ByzantineKnight]

GREAT NEWS!!!!!

A MODELER HAS JOINED OUR TEAM EVERYONE!

YAY!!!!

Welcome Belisaire, good to have you on the team!

Update: The Chachapoyas units are almost done, only a couple left to do.

[ByzantineKnight]

I have finished the Chachapoyas units, and they are availible on inca_total_war@yahoo.com!!

@New Members: I will PM you the password as well as a welcome message.

@Murfios: Could you post the name of the modeler, I need to PM him.

ByzantineKnight

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

GREAT NEWS!!!!!
A MODELER HAS JOINED OUR TEAM EVERYONE!
Richard!!

IT IS A DREAM, I CANNOT BELIEVE !!! IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFULL DREAM , PEOPLE !!!!!!!! !!!!

[belisaire]

Great, help me out with banners and loading screens. You actually being a formal expert, what do you think of my faction icons_?

Hi murfios
Well, your icons looks good but why the tacopan is so pale?

[richyg13]

Guess im the moddler your looking for.
I should remind you that im freelance at the moment, I can help as much as i can but it has been a very long time since modding rtw. I cant guarentee quick results but i will do my best. I am also primarilly a Texture Artist so my best skills lay there. Also, rigging isnt my strong point as i pointed out to Murfios in a PM but i need to learn if im to make into the industry. Give me a reference image and a week to build it, UV and rigging another week perhaps (i have uni projects to complete also and are priority).

I'm assuming this project still resides in RTW??

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

Give me a reference image and a week to build it, UV and rigging another week perhaps (i have uni projects to complete also and are priority).

Hy, and welcome to our team !!!
There are some images of Inca Warriors on the first page of this thread... you could start making one of those guys

Again, thank you for joining us ! You made my day bright !

About the mod, it will remain for RTW 1.5, no change

[richyg13]

I'll probably start tomorrow afternoon since I'll be home then.

Glad to be onboard.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Yay! One step closer for the mod!

[Filibustería]

And there are some mapuche images on page 5 or 6

[Caius]

If we got tons and tons and tons of cities, we can make a "capture 300 provinces" campaign .
Byzantine and the team:The map it isnt finished yet.

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

Byzantine and the team:The map it isnt finished yet.

How much time it is until is finished (an estimate) ? How much of it was made ?

How can we help, Caius ?

Hopefully, we will manage to establish a list of provinces , cityes and local tribes

[Filibustería]

Hopefully, we will manage to establish a list of provinces , cityes and local tribes

I posted a list with diaguita and mapuche provinces and leader names, in case nobody noticed it.

[Caius]

How can we help, Caius ?

Hopefully, we will manage to establish a list of provinces , cityes and local tribes

Give me some time.I need a good tutorial.

[Filibustería]

Will the campaign map be provincely balanced?
I mean, will there be only 3 provinces coverig brazil or chile-argentina while there are 4567 provinces in peru alone?

I didnt like that in rome total war: there were 675 provinces in europe and 17 for middle east and Africa....

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Well, it kind of made sense in Rome how Europe had more cities since they show more of Euorope, but it is frustrating to see cities almost right next to each other in Italy and Greece then looking at the corners of the map and seeing them so far apart. Having cities a little far apart in a region where there aren't that many cities makes sense, but i think they overdid it in Rome.

[Murfios]

Hi murfios
Well, your icons looks good but why the tacopan is so pale?

My pc settings are a bit unbalanced

I'll probably start tomorrow afternoon since I'll be home then.

Glad to be onboard.

Whoohoo!

Well, it kind of made sense in Rome how Europe had more cities since they show more of Euorope, but it is frustrating to see cities almost right next to each other in Italy and Greece then looking at the corners of the map and seeing them so far apart. Having cities a little far apart in a region where there aren't that many cities makes sense, but i think they overdid it in Rome.

you got that right

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

In ITW, there will be fewer cityes in places with bad climate, or much forrest...
very few settlements in the Atacama Desert, very few in the Amazonia... the rest will be balanced.

I posted a list with diaguita and mapuche provinces and leader names, in case nobody noticed it.

I know, and it is very good what you did...
Also, we would need not just male name, but also female name... people get married in RTW

I didnt like that in rome total war: there were 675 provinces in europe and 17 for middle east and Africa....

but it is frustrating to see cities almost right next to each other in Italy and Greece then looking at the corners of the map and seeing them so far apart. Having cities a little far apart in a region where there aren't that many cities makes sense, but i think they overdid it in Rome.

All games ussualy missrepresent the East and the South... the main reasons is, that it is considered that the people of south-eastern europe, or from the islamic countryes, does not buy so much the game, etc, so they dont need to have historically accurate representations of their faction...

[Filibustería]

In ITW, there will be fewer cityes in places with bad climate, or much forrest...
very few settlements in the Atacama Desert, very few in the Amazonia... the rest will be balanced.

Im afraid youre wrong. The Atacameño people(theres a tribe name for rebels)
and the chilean diaguita lived in the atacama desert for thousands of years, working copper. There were many settlements located in numerous oasis (Chile has a lot of rivers), like San Pedro de atacama, Tulor and others.

IAlso, we would need not just male name, but also female name... people get married in RTW

The mapuche, as they still exist, have a lot of female names that can be used, but the kakan (diaguita language) has died so those are the ONLY names i found googling for ages..

[Rex_Pelasgorum]

The Atacameño people(theres a tribe name for rebels)
and the chilean diaguita lived in the atacama desert for thousands of years, working copper. There were many settlements located in numerous oasis (Chile has a lot of rivers), like San Pedro de atacama, Tulor and others.

We will have them in the mod

[richyg13]

Weapons Render


These are 4 weapons I built base on what i could see in the first image, from left to right.
Hammer, Mace, Spear with feathered staff, Spear with knotted staff and plumed neck.

Poly counts arent huge.
Hammer - 111 Faces
Mace - 70 Faces
Spear 1 - 39 Faces
Spear 2 - 67 Faces

The detail comes from the textures as Belisaire probably knows. You can plug and rescale these weapons as need be, as long they are labeled primary weapon or secondary weapon when saved into .CAS format within Max.

If you specifically want to see them textured i can knock up a texture for each within 2 hours tomorrow.

[Caius]

I need a link to download the trial version of 3dsmax.
And it is possible to mod with other program than 3dsmax?