20-06-2003 03:28									#1
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I have created a new terrain set for Civilization 3 PTW, though there is no reason why it can't be used with regular Civ3 as well. There are four files.

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To Install for PTW:
1. Unzip the contents of the P0 file to the Civ3 PTW scenario folder.
2. Unzip the P1 file to the Smudge Terrain|Art|Terrain folder that was created after you unzipped the first file.
3. Unzip the P2 file to the same location as the P1 file
4. Unzip the P3 file to the Smudge Terrain|Art folder
5. Start the Game and select the Smudge Terrain Scenario.
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To Install for regular Civ3:
1. Back up your Terrain folder, Cities folder, and Resource.pcx file.
2. Unzip the P1 and P2 files to the Art|Terrain folder
3. Unzip the P3 file to the Art folder
4. The P0 file is not needed for this install and you can now start the game as normal.
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I have included screenshots below. The links to the files are listed below.

If one of the mods could allow me to upload a single zip file (5.17 MB) that would be great.


P0 1.02 KB : http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Sh...geTerrainP0.zip

P1 3.05 MB : http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Sh...geTerrainP1.zip

P2 1.72 MB : http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Sh...geTerrainP2.zip

P3 398 KB : http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Sh...geTerrainP3.zip

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	20-06-2003 03:31									#2
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Screenshot #1:

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	20-06-2003 03:34									#3
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Screenshot #2: (Low Quality)

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	20-06-2003 03:36									#4
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Screenshot #3: (Low Quality)

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	20-06-2003 03:37									#5
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If you want some more screenshots that are closer up or better quality just ask.

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	20-06-2003 03:51									#6
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first watercolor, then smudge... whick is the next photoshop filter to go terrain set?

nice work sheik

cheers

	20-06-2003 04:20									#7
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quote: first watercolor, then smudge... whick is the next photoshop filter to go terrain set?

I was thinking either Paint Daubs or Dry Brush

	20-06-2003 19:08									#8
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don't say that, warpstorm would be insulted. simple watercolor-filter didn't work (tiles didn't fit nicely next to eachother)

still missing the inverted filter

	06-07-2003 10:03									#9
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Perhaps someone with a flair for photochoping could make an 'embossed metal' version of the game images. They would be somewhat mono-chromatics but could be nicely added to the 'gold' edition!

	06-07-2003 10:10									#10
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Perhaps someone with a flair for photochoping could make an 'embossed metal' version of the game images. They would be somewhat mono-chromatics but could be nicely added to the 'gold' edition!

	19-07-2003 13:33									#11
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Actually, that dosen't sound like a bad idea -- but how would you tell the water types apart?

	19-07-2003 22:04									#12
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Hmm the water types may be difficult if taken straight from the game but I am thinking texture would be the key.

A coastal tile would have a rough texture for the coastline and a medium texture for the water.

The sea tiles could have an all medium texture.

Finally the ocean tiles would have a very gentle (smooth ripples?) texture.

This would give the impression of the metal tiles being rough, then smoother and smoother until you reach the open sea where it is gentle and roling.

What do you think??

	19-07-2003 22:25									#13
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That would be really, really cool.

	19-07-2003 23:09									#14
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I once did change the UI with the gold filter of Paintshop Pro... looked quite nice.

	20-07-2003 19:37									#15
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screenie?

	20-07-2003 22:02									#16
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I lost the files (damn hard drive!), but could do it again... give me some time...

	21-07-2003 18:37									#17
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That's a great idea Caliban... I sure hope you can find the time to work on it!

Meanwhile I might actually take acrack at it myself... please don't anyone get their hopes TOO high on my skills though!

	21-07-2003 18:45									#18
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Gold Terrain would be fairly interesting. The problem I encountered in making the terrain below was that at this point the terrins are not very distinguishable. The screenshot below shows hills, mountains, grassland, and some coast. I might decide to post some more ideas here and if people like them maybe I will choose one and make a full set out of it.

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	21-07-2003 19:25									#19
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I was thinking about increasing contrast and using emboss and a metal simulating filter, that way the tiles would look like hammered metal instead of just being colorized. Gold is quite difficult to do in monochomatic schemes without losing detail as you can see!
My skills are not up on the necessary level BUT I will try!

	21-07-2003 21:42									#20
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Okay, I found some time to change the foreign advisor screen background. It's not a big deal, though...

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	21-07-2003 23:08									#21
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Here is another screenie that shows how I imagine the terrain changes. I only did one mountain by now, so palette colors are limited. But when I finish changing all mountains, they will have a much brighter and more 3D-like look.

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	22-07-2003 02:31									#22
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It's way easier than I thought! Look at that city screen...

EDIT: Ignore that small black box, it's an error my TV card program produces.

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	22-07-2003 02:54									#23
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that's cool looking

*thinks of terrain using that filters* *slobbers*

	22-07-2003 04:27									#24
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Caliban, are you using Photoshop or Paintshop Pro?

	22-07-2003 05:32									#25
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Nice work so far Caliban...just up the alley i was pointing to!

	23-07-2003 22:42									#26
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I'm using Paintshop Pro 6.0...

Terrain changes are way more difficult than these interface issues... will need more time...

	24-07-2003 01:00									#27
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Hm... Not what I had in mind... What do you think?

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	24-07-2003 02:15									#28
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That's... really really weird looking. Interesting. Though I think having all the terrain in that filter could get really hard on the eyes after a while.

Unfortunately, you also probably can't distinguish between grassland, plains, tundra, and desert with it

	24-07-2003 02:20									#29
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It is difficult to make a terrain set that is one color scheme and still worth using. textures are the key to being able to distiguish one terrain from another.

btw, the user interface looks good.

	24-07-2003 05:27									#30
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I agree with Sheik... the idea was to have an all gold graphics for the Gold Edition but it seems to me that for the sake of looks and class that a better idea is the conversion of the user interface and city, background, civilopedia, etc. screens to have the golden touch look. Great work and experimenting for us Caliban... I think making the controls and backgrounds gold is great!