Scene Development

[Darth Ellutador]

Hello, players of this great mod.

Let me introduce myself. I've been working on scenes for this mod since a long time, but we never got any of them into the game. Now that Warband is released, we can finally get this to the right path. I will be updating this tread regularly.


The Progress:

Welsh Principalities - Beware: big screenshots

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Dolwyddelan Castle - 99%

Kingdom of England - Beware: big screenshots

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Carlisle Castle - 80%

These 2 are the scenes I've made for now (I've done Dolwyddelan siege scene as well), but to increase this number I'll need your help. Any information or pictures from any castle/city (I'm focusing on castles right now) that is in the game and from 1200 is welcome. However, remember that remaking complicated keeps using the native scene props won't be an easy task. Think before you post any suggestions, but you shouldn't get shy because of that .

[Tsewe]

Niiice!!
Do you have any regional restrictions for now? I mean, do you only wish to start with actual UK & IUreland castles for now?
Or can we dump any castle we want from alll Europe?? 'cause this thread could easily become a mess in no time...full of many european castles pictures... I don't know, I'm just asking, since i don't really have any idea of how much time it makes to create a castle scene. I just thuoght maybe you don't want to be with flooded with castle pics.

[Darth Ellutador]

Niiice!!
Do you have any regional restrictions for now? I mean, do you only wish to start with actual UK & IUreland castles for now?
Or can we dump any castle we want from alll Europe?? 'cause this thread could easily become a mess in no time...full of many european castles pictures... I don't know, I'm just asking, since i don't really have any idea of how much time it makes to create a castle scene. I just thuoght maybe you don't want to be with flooded with castle pics.

I can make any castle from northern or western Europe. Iberia would be the most difficult right now because there's a mix of muslin's and christian's buildings.

[Cruger]

Needless to say it looks great.

Btw, in the current version of the mod you also have brick and chalc sceneprops at your disposal. Not that it is very useful for Iberia.

I'll see if I can find some references for some good non-British scenes There are always so many scenes from Britannia in every mod.

[Darth Ellutador]

Needless to say it looks great.

Btw, in the current version of the mod you also have brick and chalc sceneprops at your disposal. Not that it is very useful for Iberia.

I'll see if I can find some references for some good non-British scenes There are always so many scenes from Britannia in every mod.

Thanks Cruger .

[Cèsar de Quart]

Al-Mansur gave us permission to use his French props, so for France, it's better to use those. There is a special brick architecture for the Netherlands and Poland, but that will come later.

As for castles, current props are OK with Iberian and Italian castles. It's the towns that present a problem. But still, we would need a big chapel like the one in the castle of Loarre.

[Darth Ellutador]

Al-Mansur gave us permission to use his French props, so for France, it's better to use those. There is a special brick architecture for the Netherlands and Poland, but that will come later.

As for castles, current props are OK with Iberian and Italian castles. It's the towns that present a problem. But still, we would need a big chapel like the one in the castle of Loarre.

Great! Cruger, could you put them into the next patch?

Yes, for castles they are OK.

[Knight0815]

looking indeed really great!!!

just a question of intrest. how long do you ca. need for a smaller castle?

however, it will be most welcomed to have more variety in scenes

[quapitty]

Very nice! I found something, that might come in handy. Do You know this site:

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http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=9a6842ebdd21dd439d76e655af4b7c9a&prevstart=0&hl=en&ct=lc

There You get 3D models you can download , like this one:

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http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=91f0daff7ae3d2a4f395454a87a49c8&ct=lc&prevstart=0&hl=en

or that:

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http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6aa83116042c2a1b4b7d0961c2936cac&ct=mdrm&prevstart=0

And this:

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http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=8cc61a98636fb836a57f1b30220ac5a3&ct=lc&prevstart=0&hl=en

If You like it, I can provide some more pictures.
Again: Very nice idea!
Cheers!

[Korinov]

Great work with these welsh and english castles dude. Hope to see more in the future 

[Aliksander]

Those look nice.  Though I must ask is there an actual castle with a windmill INSIDE the walls?  That doesn't seem to make much sense as the walls would block the wind

Also the mod leaders may want to check in with the custom settlements mod team.  Many of the people who contribute to them have made castles and towns that are similar to actual places and they may be willing to share the scenes.

[Darth Ellutador]

Those look nice.  Though I must ask is there an actual castle with a windmill INSIDE the walls?  That doesn't seem to make much sense as the walls would block the wind

Also the mod leaders may want to check in with the custom settlements mod team.  Many of the people who contribute to them have made castles and towns that are similar to actual places and they may be willing to share the scenes.

Hehe, don't worry about that. I will have to remake Carlisle completely anyway.

[Chusquero]

 Nice stuff!

 One of the best and cutiest castles for me is the 'Alcázar de Segovia', wich I think was second residence of 'Los Reyes Católicos'. In the other hand I can't really imagine it in warband.

 Also, the malaguician 'Alcazaba', as far as I know, one of the last almohads keeps in the old hispania. This fortress looks easier to do, the bad thing is that has a pair of walls (maybe the inner one could be enough).

[Cruger]

Those look nice.  Though I must ask is there an actual castle with a windmill INSIDE the walls?  That doesn't seem to make much sense as the walls would block the wind

Also the mod leaders may want to check in with the custom settlements mod team.  Many of the people who contribute to them have made castles and towns that are similar to actual places and they may be willing to share the scenes.

Are the custom settlements people still active?

[tbendis]

Those look nice.  Though I must ask is there an actual castle with a windmill INSIDE the walls?  That doesn't seem to make much sense as the walls would block the wind

Also the mod leaders may want to check in with the custom settlements mod team.  Many of the people who contribute to them have made castles and towns that are similar to actual places and they may be willing to share the scenes.

By the way... walls don't quite block the wind. The faster wind from higher up hits a part of the castle and reflects. If the wind gets within the walls (and it can easily... all those turrets) then it creates some sort of a whirlwind which would move the mill quite quickly. That's why it's difficult to play tennis in a stadium when there is high wind. God knows where the ball will go if you don't hit it properly.