Extended Era revived - version 36

Post by **Noyga** » December 23rd, 2006, 10:32 pm

wayfarer wrote:It seems we have a small team.

That's realy nice since i seems to suck at graphics (especially dwarves, i've tried a lot of times with no success).

Noyga would you mind giving him a axe instaed of a sword it? Indeed it would look like a more dwarvish weapon for him.

No i don't mind, as long as it is not a big one, and in fact in fits well the unit since it has a little more damage/strike the Thunderguard

@ijuric: errr this one looks more like a duck for me. Probably because the body & head is too large comparatively to the wings ?

ijuric · Post by **ijuric** » December 25th, 2006, 6:07 pm

Here are totally new falcon picts (lef is lev0, right lev1). If those are not good, it's time to admit that I can't help with falcons so I'll work on something else.

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » December 25th, 2006, 10:42 pm

ijuric wrote:Here are totally new falcon picts (lef is lev0, right lev1). If those are not good, it's time to admit that I can't help with falcons so I'll work on something else.

I'm not sure these falcons are quite there yet, but I DO think you're on the right track and should keep up the good work.

But what do the others think?

Fiach Dubh · Post by **Fiach Dubh** » December 25th, 2006, 11:57 pm

They're damn good as some kind of bird, but the..."falcon-ness"...isn't immediately obvious. I'm not really sure how to fix it though.

ijuric · Post by **ijuric** » December 26th, 2006, 12:57 am

Well, it should be falcon. lev0 falcon image was heavily based on photo* by Cal Sandfort (and I know some might not like it) because I wished it to look like, well, falcon. For lev1 unit, I played with colors and size.

* photo was publiced on US Fish and Wildlife Service website where they state images are forpublic use

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » December 26th, 2006, 2:05 am

ijuric wrote:Well, it should be falcon. lev0 falcon image was heavily based on photo* by Cal Sandfort (and I know some might not like it) because I wished it to look like, well, falcon. For lev1 unit, I played with colors and size.

* photo was publiced on US Fish and Wildlife Service website where they state images are forpublic use

In that case, I would say use these latest Falcon sprites, but not for the base frames. They look more like attack frames to me.

Post by **Noyga** » December 26th, 2006, 10:38 am

It looks you're on the right way.
There is perhaps a few improvements to do in the head/beak area.

Post by **wayfarer** » December 27th, 2006, 6:53 am

ijuric wrote:Here are totally new falcon picts (lef is lev0, right lev1). If those are not good, it's time to admit that I can't help with falcons so I'll work on something else.

I like it

ijuric · Post by **ijuric** » December 28th, 2006, 1:38 am

Here is how current version looks on different terrain. I think that lev0 falcon is ok as it is and that beak is visible and of good size. lev1 might have bit too big head and beak tho.
Btw. lev1 falcon has tip of the wing sticking out of the terrain tile, would that represent problem? If so I can rescale it.

Temuchin Khan wrote: In that case, I would say use these latest Falcon sprites, but not for the base frames. They look more like attack frames to me.

Well, it does look agressive, but I think this could be good base frame because posture is good as starting point for attacking.
For attack animation, I was thinking somethinkg like this (explaining in english is not my primary skill so I'm not sure if you'll understand it. If not, I can draw some fast sketch):
1) (beak attack) Wings go more parallel to body and are not so spread, legs go back and head forward (with beak ready to hit).
2) (claws attack) Wings go up, leg bit more in front with claws pointing more to the ground, and head bit more up.

Post by **Noyga** » December 28th, 2006, 12:59 pm

The level 0 looks nice

I think the level 1 needs a smaller beak, i'll try to see if i manage to fix it.
Also i think the stripes for the plums on the wing would look better more horizonal, like in the level 0.

Doppelganger · Post by **Doppelganger** » January 1st, 2007, 4:49 pm

Very nice Era pack, I downloaded it off the add-ons server last night. Although, I posted here to make a suggestion. The unit names for some units are kinda, well, blandish, and don't set them apart name-wise from some other units. Like the Undead's Shadow unit has the same name in Unit Info as the Dark Elf's Shadow hero.

Just thought I'd point that out, but otherwise, I like this era!

K4tz · Post by **K4tz** » January 2nd, 2007, 11:19 am

Just wondering if anyone else has this problem with the extended era:

If I reload a game it will forget that it is the extended era so I can't recruit anything. When I level a unit it will then tell me it can't find the unit and then crashes back to the main menu.

Is this a problem with add ons in general or do I have to go to Tech Support to get it fixed?

Post by **turin** » January 2nd, 2007, 4:20 pm

You have to load the game through the Multiplayer menu, or the extra units will not loaded and it will, as you said, crash. You can't go to "Load game" directly from teh main menu.

K4tz · Post by **K4tz** » January 2nd, 2007, 9:11 pm

I was clicking on that go back to turn x button V_V

Ah well, thanks.

Omega Red · Post by **Omega Red** » January 8th, 2007, 1:09 pm

hi..

is it possible to attach the extended era to this thread, i ve tried downloading it usind wesnoth addons, but no luck, remote host disconected message pops up every time.

THANKS!!!!!!!

oh and how would i install it once i downloaded it