Ekmek Tile

[Ekmek]

I was able to borrow some time on a computer and promptly got tilededit and my tilefile and did a quick update by adding new river graphics, changed the hills to look more hilly since that was a complaint, and kind of did the railroads.

Please post a screenshot if you try it because I dont have access to ctp2 and would like to see if i need to make a changes to these graphics (if I get another chance)

thanks...

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=2610_newbeta.zip

[Maquiladora]

Your zip file contains the wrong tile file i think. Only 565 can work by itself IIRC. At least i tried it and got the error.

[Ekmek]

Ack! Ok, I'll dig up the other one...

[Ekmek]

try this...

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=2610_newbeta.zip

[Martin the Dane]

No need to dig, just use TileEdit to convert it to the right format. That is: open it, select 'save' and press 'OK' twice

[Ekmek]

I did just that, thanks Martin...and I dont want to disract you from your sprite editor work

[Maquiladora]

No need to dig, just use TileEdit to convert it to the right format. That is: open it, select 'save' and press 'OK' twice

Far too much work for lazy me

Ill post some screenshots in a sec, if no one beats me to it.

[Maquiladora]

A couple of things i noticed. First the kelp still looks blurry (1st shot), but i guess you settled on that now. Second, the border on the glacier there looks too straight (3rd shot). Third the tundra beach border looks a bit weird (4th shot).

[Ekmek]

THanks Maq...those are other issues I'll address, but I guess the rivers and new hills look good enough unless there is something I cant see in the screen shot.

I also intend doing a cradle-friendly version where the "worker TIs" are actually finished TIs

[Maquiladora]

Absolutely the rivers fit better and hills look good now.

Another thing that does niggle me a bit is the strong contrast of the tundra detail compared to the new tiles. Its like the original ctp2 tiles were all very strong colours and dark. The civ3 ones are paler and generally contain less detail. If you dont know what im talking about then it probably isnt a problem.

[EPW]

That looks great E!

[Ekmek]

updated again! THis time I'm redoing the borders instead of making the tiles big. let me know what you think and if you spot any errors.

[Martin the Dane]

Looks mostly great, but the sea, hills, and some desert tiles still look a bit squarish. Another minor issue, is that some of the grassland tiles with trees on can be a little hard to distingwish at a first glance from the forest tiles with few trees on. But I guess it's only untill I get used to it.

Great work

[Ekmek]

Working on fixing my rifts. In between attempts at code I'm really trying to fix te borders and other stuff and then I'll feel its truly done...

[Ekmek]

Re: Ekmek Tile

A NEW UPDATE!

Just copy both files into your CTP2 data directory (save your originals):

Call To Power 2\ctp2_data\default\graphics\tiles

download is here (3 Feb 2005 ):

download E's new tiles for Ctp2





Special thanks to a lot of guys (most who did the terrain for Civ3):
Sn00py (most graphics)
Firaxis (for some Civ3 graphics)
BHG (for some Rise of Nations graphics)
Telgar (Telgar's forests)
Incubus0223 (hills in Desert Modification)
thamis (sand dunes)
Kryten (round dunes)
Pounder (new reefs, kelp)
Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations stuff)


Thanks for help testing the Tiles:
Maquiladora
BigMC
Martin the Dane
EPW
OnePresent