The Mount & Blade Modding Contest - October 2018
Theme: Shields of Nobility
A man in plated boots and chest armour walks into your fathers' shop, carrying a sharp one-handed sword around his belt, with 2 tough looking guards entering behind. You don't recognize the man but it puts a smile on your fathers' face. He bows to the man and says: "G'day milord, how may I help you today?" The man takes a look around your fathers' shop, touches some of the warn out shields that hang on the wall and looks back to your father: "I've fought Sir Rodrick in a duel today. I've won, of course, however, the prick broke my shield with his morningstar and now I need a new one. Sir Johann said he had his shield made here for a fair price and I trust you would do the same for me?" Your father bows again and replies: "Certainly, milord." The man, content with your fathers' answer smiles and says: "Good, I leave the design of the shield to you. Let my squire know when you're done and I'll make sure to chip in a few coins for your boy here if the work is good of course!" Having said that, the man turns around and disappears through the door, leaving you and your father to begin with the work!
[size=18pt]Announcement & Survey
Greetings everyone!
We have transformed the previously named "TaleWorlds Forum Modding Contest" into "[MBMC] Mount & Blade Modding Contest" for better recognition. Rosslington was also kind enough to take the time and create a logo for the contests. Thank you very much for that! I hope everyone likes it as much as we do. We will also be doing snippets of roleplay for each contest (where applicable) to get everyone in the right mood and further explain the theme of the contest. Overall we are thrilled that the community has taken up the call to participate in the contests and are looking forward to what the future will bring!
We would also like to gather the opinion of our community on how the modding contests have been going so far. It is for that reason that we would like to kindly invite you to participate in the survey we've prepared. The anonymous survey will take only a few minutes of your time and will produce valuable feedback which will be taken into consideration for the future.
Contest Information
Theme: Shields of Nobility
Submission Start Date: October 1st 2018 00:00
Submission End Date: October 31st 2018 23:59
Sponsored By: Nexus Mods, NPC99
Rules:
- You may only submit your work during the submission time period specified above.
- Submit only your original work, no derivatives of another asset or asset theft is allowed.
- You may submit up to three works for the contest, they'll be treated as separate submissions.
- Your assets have to be Warband compatible and implementable. The required texture maps are diffuse, specular, and normal. Unless you specify otherwise, we'll use the specular_shader_noskin_bump_high shader for in-game implementation.
- The texture resolutions must be square, and a power of 2 - e.g. 512x512, 1024x1024.
- The mesh must be provided in a .obj format, with the faces triangulated.
- You have to post screenshots of your work in progress in at least two different stages of completion, to confirm it is your creation. You are free to post more.
- By submitting your work to the contest, you agree that it will be shared as open source with all the submissions at the end of the contest, according to the open source license provided here.
After the contest is over we will be publishing the compilation of all submissions to Nexus Mods.
You're also free to upload your work on Sketchfab or similar preview sites if you wish to do so.
Evaluation System
The submissions will be evaluated using a points system, based on their performance in the following three categories: Visuals, Originality and Performance. Once the submission end date is reached and the submissions are closed, the judges and selected testers will review the submissions. The submissions will be reviewed exclusively based on their properties in-game. Read the note in the 'Submitting Your Work' section for more info.
Each of the three judges will submit up to 10 points in the Visuals category and up to 10 points in the Originality category. Performance is an objective category based on optimisation and performance which can bring you up to 16 points.
Explanation of the categories:
Visuals (30 points)- The visual appeal of a submission, how well the different shapes and features fit into the overall look, and theme of the contest.
Originality (30 points)- The use of new and original concepts while designing your submission. Generic submissions entirely copied from existing references will be given fewer points. Be creative!
Performance (16 points) - An objective evaluation of the performance and optimization of a submission:
- 4 points will be awarded if the submission contains three levels of LODs (either custom or OpenBrf generated, as long as they work visually and functionally in-game).
- 6 points if your texture sheets are 512x512 or under, 3 points if your texture sheets are 1024x1024 or under.
- 6 points if your submission's triangle count is under 1200, 3 points if your submission's triangle count is under 1800.
Total points: 30 (Visuals) + 30 (Originality) + 16 (Performance) = 76
Judging Committee
The judging committee is comprised of three veteran artists - Sacred Stone Head, Jacobhinds, and John.M.
- Sacred Stone Head - Experienced 3D artist and creator of various OSP packs such as Samurai armour set and Nord armour set.
- Jacobhinds - Lead developer and 3D/2D artist of the Sayazn mod for Mount & Blade: Warband.
- John.M - Lead developer and 3D artist of the upcoming mod for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Kingdoms of Arda.
Contest Rewards
- Medals to showcase your achievement across the forums (by Efe Karacar)
- Eternal place in the Mount & Blade Modding Contest Hall of Fame
- €60 prize pool sponsored by NPC99
- €60 prize pool sponsored by Nexus Mods
Submitting Your Work
You can use the below form to submit your work. If you make any edits or changes after your first submission, it'll be accepted if it is re-submitted within the submission deadline. Name your submission as you see fit, and please try to use a stable file hosting service(Google Drive, Dropbox etc.). Compress your mesh, and the textures into an archived file and upload.
Note: The submissions will be rated and judged exclusively based on their in-game properties. The organizers will implement the submissions in-game as per the rules specified in the rules section. You are not required to use openBrf to send or configure your files. However, you may want to use OpenBrf and implement your work in-game to see how the final result will look like before you submit your work. If you do not know how to do this, you can follow that or any other tutorial in the tutorial section, if you have any questions you can post them here, on the Modding Discord or PM the organizers.
Code:
[b]Forum username:[/b]
[b]Submission name:[/b]
[b]WIP screenshots:[/b]
[b]Download link:[/b]
By submitting this work I agree to the rules and regulations of this contest.Forum username: BNS Marko
Submission name: Sir Johns' Coated Heavy Shield
WIP screenshots:
Submission download link:
By submitting this work I agree to the rules and regulations of this contest.
Submission name: Sir Johns' Coated Heavy Shield
WIP screenshots:
Submission download link:
By submitting this work I agree to the rules and regulations of this contest.
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