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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 08:32 AM |
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Edited by ddpro at 14:43, 11 May 2010.
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My New Objects (Based On New Objects 1.09)
These new terrains don't replace the original ones.
Terrains Containing (Two new terrains added on Feb 23):
New Lucid Pools (From HoMM III)
New Fiery Fields (From HoMM IV)
New Rock Lands (From HoMM V)
New Magic Plains (From HoMM IV)
Cracked Wasteland (Decorative) (From HoMM II)
New Swamp (Decorative) (From HoMM V)
Objects Containing:
New Dragon Utopia (From HoMM IV)
My New Objects
Terrains Download (DEF Files & ZEOBJTS.TXT)
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Warmonger
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posted February 22, 2010 09:07 AM |
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 09:16 AM |
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@Warmonger: No, I added them in the ZEObjt list after the original terrains.
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Ayreon
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posted February 22, 2010 09:20 AM |
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The first three look great
But that last one, I'm not so sure lol
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Salamandre
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posted February 22, 2010 09:23 AM |
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Nice. Before going nuts and making 10 more, maybe wait a week or two, because when I will release Atlantis, you will find inside about 20 new terrains, including animated water. So we don't duplicate them for nothing.
But I must say, while having fun making them, I used them very little, as nothing can really be placed on and look right.
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 09:36 AM |
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Edited by ddpro at 09:37, 22 Feb 2010.
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Thanks everybody.
I don't know how to make animated objects - The ones I made look strage indeed . And yes, the last terrain I made is not quite satisfying.
Glad to hear that the new mod will contain a lot of new objects. I'm looking forward for that!
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Salamandre
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posted February 22, 2010 09:40 AM |
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For water is not hard, but long. Take 10-15 water screens, create a layer 128x128, split it in equal parts and change the parts between them for each layer, looking closely to connections. Once you have 10-15 layers you are done. Then use the terrain brush to cut the right size and compile the pics in deftool.
I needed that animated terrain because my city is on water and the hero must "walk" on. The gif screws colors but this is (almost) how it looks:
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 09:51 AM |
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Quote:
For water is not hard, but long. Take 10-15 water screens, create a layer 128x128, split it in equal parts and change the parts between them for each layer, looking closely to connections. Once you have 10-15 layers you are done. Then use the terrain brush to cut the right size and compile the pics in deftool.
I needed that animated terrain because my city is on water and the hero must "walk" on. The gif screws colors but this is (almost) how it looks:
Wow, that's pretty nice. I know why the ones I made are strange - I only used 3~4 screens. 
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Salamandre
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posted February 22, 2010 09:53 AM |
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In your third terrain, delete the gray line in the middle, save and redo it starting from the new source (without light line diagonal). You will see that connections will be much better. I am too a newbie in graphics but I worked a lot last months on them.
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 09:59 AM |
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Edited by ddpro at 10:00, 22 Feb 2010.
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In your third terrain, delete the gray line in the middle, save and redo it starting from the new source (without light line diagonal). You will see that connections will be much better. I am too a newbie in graphics but I worked a lot last months on them.
Sorry but - which gray line? While watching that pic again my eyes became blurred!
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Salamandre
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posted February 22, 2010 10:03 AM |
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In your rock lands there is a diagonal gray line which makes the connections bad, because it is placed only on the big size, not on the smallest ones. Get rid of it (blur/delete/duplicate in Photoshop) and save the new source.
I made it in 10 seconds.
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 10:14 AM |
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In your rock lands there is a diagonal gray line which makes the connections bad, because it is placed only on the big size, not on the smallest ones. Get rid of it (blur/delete/duplicate in Photoshop) and save the new source.
I made it in 10 seconds.
Thanks a lot for the instruction. I will check it out once again.
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ddpro
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posted February 22, 2010 12:57 PM |
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I've updated the image and the rar package. Is it better now?
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Salamandre
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posted February 23, 2010 04:28 AM |
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ddpro
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posted February 23, 2010 04:35 AM |
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Edited by ddpro at 04:41, 23 Feb 2010.
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Thanks for the compliment, Valery! Your terrains are really great IMO.
I've made two more new terrains today, one from HoMM II, one from HoMM V.
PS: Any case in adding these new terrains to the next New Objects pack?
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Salamandre
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posted February 23, 2010 04:41 AM |
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Of course they can be added, but would not be a good idea. How to inform all people who already play with 1.09 that it was updated? And then if they play some map which use your terrains, game will crash. What I suggest is to wait for bigger update (russians working on) and then add everything in. Every patch update must have at least 200 new objects, not 4-5 (1.09 had 400).
The objects I use in Atlantis are not in the patch neither.
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ddpro
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posted February 23, 2010 08:38 AM |
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Thanks. In my next edit I will delete water terrain because it's obviously worse than your animated one.
I really love your gold terrain and the ones with grass! The trees are beautiful as well. And it's amazing that the "sand" terrain can develop so many different effects only with colors changing! 
Oh, sorry for my weird English.
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ddpro
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posted February 23, 2010 10:02 AM |
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How many maps or campaigns will the StarGate Atlantis Mod include?
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Salamandre
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posted February 23, 2010 03:56 PM |
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I lack very technical details to make a campaign, as how to store and read variables from external source. I already thought at a several maps campaign, but I don't know how to carry all achievements/custom stats in next scenario yet. ATM is one map which works as a 12 maps campaign.
PS: Your english is perfect and much better than many here. For a chinese you rock.
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ddpro
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posted February 24, 2010 06:15 AM |
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Thanks for the praising my English.
I saw on Chines Forum that the map for the new Atlantis mod will contain heroes like SongFX & Yunings... Is that true?
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