The Last Days v2.4 (for .808) ---Next Release Date Unknown!

[Ancientwanker]

Im not sure If I can include custom backgrounds for each city. Also, they are direct stills from the movie, which id rather not use. If it is possible Id rather use sketches and artwork, but I dont think it is...

Thorgrim is working on something for icons but it likely wont make this update. The graphics update after this one will be in a couple weeks though with luck. There is stuff that is close to done but still needs work.

Heres that Dol Amroth shot. Credits to dablade, prof and raptor 65





http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7884/dolamroth23pn.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9673/dolamroth64ew.jpg
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7421/graphicsupdatethengel33ia.png
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5527/eorlgear5rg.png
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2996/graphicsupdategondorknight55tq.png
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5690/graphicsupdatefolcwine23my.png
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9182/graphicsupdateraiders21em.png

 

[okiN]

Oh, man. Those are nifty. Only gripe is that the horses are still the wrong colour; it was specifically stated that the DA boys rode grey horses.

 

[Ancientwanker]

They used to be gray, during a texture update dablade must have started a new horse. Theyll be gray for release.

 

[okiN]

Okey dokey. Can't wait.

 

[Blade]

No information on how it's progressing sadly. I haven't seen that Ancientwankier guy post in this thread in ages.

Geez, this is the best post ive read in a long time, especially With a post made by AW the same day a few hours earlier!! LOL!!!!

By the way, just because i havent said it for a long time AW: Your Mod is GREAT!!! thnx for it!

 

[Merentha]

Very nice Dol Amrothi! By the way, to Gondor knights still upgrade to Dol Amroth knights, with them being the tier six? Or can you upgrade a gondorian youth to a dol amrothi squire?

And I hear new horse textures too? This update is going to eat my life.

 

[sheek]

AW, are you going to release your source code?

'Cos there are some features I'd like to get:

-Hero wounding system
-Strategic War
-Faction Influence

If you can't give out the whole code what about just the code for those features?

Thanks.

 

[Ancientwanker]

Sorry, dont plan on releasing any source. I want this mod to be as unique in its way as possible. If I give out the source then there will just be 5-6 exact clones of Last Days with different skins and names. For individual routines I pretty much feel the same way, unless its some really minor bit. Though I certainly appreciate the specialty mods that can be incorporated into any mod, I dont consider this mod to be one.

In general now wouldnt be the time to relase source anyway. It doesnt use all of the .731 new stuff yet, like visiting towns or sneaking in. Ill do that as part of the next graphics update in two weeks or so. There are just too many AI routines dependent on the current town system to do it quickly.

But short answer: nope.

Very nice Dol Amrothi! By the way, to Gondor knights still upgrade to Dol Amroth knights, with them being the tier six? Or can you upgrade a gondorian youth to a dol amrothi squire?

Glad you like it, dol amroth is still part of the gondor mounted knight line.

Thanks for all the positive feedback, it should really be directed to dablade, professor420 and Raptor65. If it wasnt for dablades texture work the update likely wouldnt be happening now.

 

[Weaver]

sorry, couldn't find it in the thread.. is this mod compatible with ver. 0.730? if not when shall it be?

 

[Lu Bu]

AW, are you going to release your source code?

'Cos there are some features I'd like to get:

-Hero wounding system
-Strategic War
-Faction Influence

If you can't give out the whole code what about just the code for those features?

Thanks.

Just wait till the right tools are out, or try to take it from the txt files.

And Weaver no its not compatible...

 

[okiN]

sorry, couldn't find it in the thread.. is this mod compatible with ver. 0.730? if not when shall it be?

Couldn't find it in the thread? How about in the title?

 

[Ancientwanker]

Well, my version is compatible, but yours isnt. heh.

Couple of days.

 

[Weaver]

aww.. to bad. can't wait to play it. but don't wanna download the old version again. thanks for answering guys.
p.s. okin.. you sarcastic brat.

 

[okiN]

p.s. okin.. you sarcastic brat.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

 

[sheek]

Just wait till the right tools are out,

What do you mean? A tool that is going to be able to get the source code from the compiled files? Somebody working on that?

or try to take it from the txt files.

No thanks.

AW, I can understand wanting your mod to be 'unique'... but somebody else using the wounding system is not going to stop that. You still have all the textures, the dialog, the NPCs not mentioning the whole plot which will make Last Days unique.

 

[Lu Bu]

There will be such a tool. The question is only when its ready. And yes there is someone working on that.

I myself dont see anything bad when the good parts from an mod are reused in another great mod. The normal player is the one who would benefit from that the most and i dont see any bad in that.

Also i think it would just be dumb when someone had to reinvent something that is already working correctly.

There may be a darkside, but...

 

[Merentha]

Yeah, but he spent how much time getting his to work, and the next person can just copy it and clone it? I agree with his decision. As far as I know, the Hundred Years mod is trying to create their own war system, but it will not simply be a clone of this one, because it will be made in a different way. Good work, a truly unique mod.

Going back to the Dol Amrothi, it seems wierd that they go from gondorian *insert cavalry name* to suddenly be DA. Why not just change the name of the first mounted unit to DA____, then make the tier six Imrahil's Guard, or Swan Knights, or some such. Rather than gondorian, gondorian, gondorian, dol amrothi. Your call, though.

 

[Ancientwanker]

The easiest reason they are on a line together is that it would be a pain to change it around and I have more gondor shields than dol amroth. Isnt Dol Amroth essentially a city-state part of Gondor? Beats me...

Heres a screenshot of various gondor foot types charging up the slopes of Mount Doom! Ok, its just a small hill near linhir but its a boring shot, have to spice it up.



old ones:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/8453/graphicsupdateinfantry20jb.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7884/dolamroth23pn.jpg
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9673/dolamroth64ew.jpg
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7421/graphicsupdatethengel33ia.png
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5527/eorlgear5rg.png
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2996/graphicsupdategondorknight55tq.png
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5690/graphicsupdatefolcwine23my.png
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9182/graphicsupdateraiders21em.png

 

[Merentha]

Yeah, sort of. The idea is a coalition of city-states all under Minas Tirith, so yes, they are gondorian. Dol Amroth seems to be almost a different culture though, most noticably in their treatment of elves, as they are far more tolerant than even the Minas Tirith folk.

I'm fine with the current system though. And those look nice.

 

[nahirean]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I am quite fond of foot combat as opposed to mounted. It's my understanding that most of the "major" factions in the LOTR universe did not focus on Cavalry. If this is incorrect, I apologize. Is it possible to remove Cavalry altogether aside from Rohan and perhaps Easterlings to produce more unique fighting, and less emphasis on Cavalry?