Hegemonia Recruiting Thread

[Jarlaxe]

Hello to everyone and thanks for keeping an eye to this old wreck mod
Since i find it very difficult to end this on my own ,at least at the present time, i hope for some people
to join the team and give at least a proper Beta without crushes.
How things are and what has to be done...
Thankfully with the help of Aradan the Great i have a plane mod folder with the HEG map
the work that has to be done is to move all the progress from Beta 0.99 to this one step by step
this requires a lot of patience since it is not a creative work but a boooooring work
so any of you who has any modding skill and afcourse time and loves HEG and want to see it one day done
just leave a post below with what can you do on modding and if we gather enough people (4-5 will do)
we will form a team and start working on it.
there are no deadlines no hurry and no agony
Jarlaxe

p.s: any posts that are not for recruit will be deleted

[Antiokhos Euergetes]

Well I've already pledged myself to the cause. Skill are almost non existent - but will work on historical/cultural messages and with guidance will do boring coding stuff.

[morfeasnikos]

Hi to the team
I can make some models, a few not many i dont have much time , if the team needs help to this area.

[Jarlaxe]

Hi to the team
I can make some models, a few not many i dont have much time , if the team needs help to this area.

hello morfeasnikos
the models for HEG are all done , except some new buildings models that will be needed for the rest of the cities after we manage to create a stable BETA
we mostly need to recode all the work that HEG has until now to avoid this "one mistake" that no one can find and crashes the mod all the time
thanks for your offer

[morfeasnikos]

hello morfeasnikos
the models for HEG are all done , except some new buildings models that will be needed for the rest of the cities after we manage to create a stable BETA
we mostly need to recode all the work that HEG has until now to avoid this "one mistake" that no one can find and crashes the mod all the time
thanks for your offer

I thank you for your time

I agree, stability , and the gameplay r the most important things.
i will be waiting for the final Game.

[Sertorio]

My moding skill does not go far beyond editing stats, adding units and implementing RS environments. Still if there is anyway i can help count me in. I am presently betatesting one mod. You got my support.

[georider]

Hello, count me in , as long as we gona stay to Historical accuracy for that era. In the past I had create many custom graphics for Rome along with mix with modyfied cas files for shields and helmes. I know that in Rome II the engine that will followed is similar to NTW and STW , with atlas files dds. I have plenty knowledge in those files, yoy can found my prv mod in NTW sector to see what I have done in the past. If you are aware and you are interesting count me IN , I'll love to work in a Hellenistic project, so I'm assign if you like .
(prv messages in Greek if you may)
Thanks.

[Nelduin]

Some news about the development ?

[CapnDan]

Hey there! How's the project coming?
I'm expecting to have a bit of free time in the next while and could probably help out if there are still things to be done.

[b0Gia de Bodemloze]

any news?

[Dom Pedro II]

I would love to help this mod, despite my lack of modding experience on this game, i might be able to do small tasks.

[Eärendur]

I am in the same boat as Dom. I have a lot of coding and programming knowledge, but no experience modding for Total War games. I would love to work on this mod or another mod should someone be able to set me up with something. I do not know where to start, but I would love to be part of a next generation of modders.

[dvk901]

Although I am still actively working on RS2, I would like to offer my help in finding errors that cause your mod to crash. Just browsing through a few things, I found a number of errors that can be the cause for various types of CTDs.

For example, 'faction_creator' must be the same in both descr_regions.txt and descr_strat.txt. If they are not, you can get random scroll-over CTDs and end turn CTDs which report no error and leave you mystified as to what is causing them.

There are also numerous mistakes in faction ownership of units, particularly in the slave sections, which will cause errors, and there is one in descr_rebel_factions.txt that, if that unit is spawned, you will get an instant CTD.

Also, I noticed this in DMB.txt:

type cretan_guards
skeleton fs_fast_archer,fs_spearman
indiv_range 40
texture cretans, bi/hcs/data/models_unit/textures/unit_crete_guards.tga
texture slave, bi/hcs/data/models_unit/textures/unit_crete_guards.tga
model_flexi bi/hcs/data/models_unit/HEG_crete_guards.CAS
model_sprite 60.0, bi/hcs/data/sprites/cretans_cretan_guards_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

If it is your intention to use one sprite for all units, this is an incorrect way to do it. The model_sprite line in this DMB entry is meant ONLY for a mercenary unit, and it is iffy that that will always work correctly anyway. All other units that would use this model will get a 'game generated' sprite on the fly, and this can cause slow performance and even possibly in battle CTD's. The correct way to do this is as follows:

type bellovaci_infantry ;;;;and Roman auxiliary infantry 1+2
skeleton fs_s1_semi_fast_javelinman, fs_semi_fast_spearman
indiv_range 40
texture gauls, data/models_unit/textures/tone/arverni/bellovaci_infantry_arverni.tga ;;bellovaci infantry
texture germans, data/models_unit/textures/tone/cimbri/bellovaci_infantry_cimbri.tga ;;bellovaci infantry
texture romans_julii, data/models_unit/textures/tone/belgae/bellovaci_infantry_belgae.tga ;;bellovaci infantry
texture boii, data/models_unit/textures/tone/boii/bellovaci_infantry_boii.tga ;;bellovaci infantry
texture thrace, data/models_unit/textures/tone/romans/bellovaci_infantry_roman2.tga ;;;cohors viii belgae
texture slave, data/models_unit/textures/tone/slave/bellovaci_infantry_slave.tga ;;bellovaci infantry
texture romans_brutii, data/models_unit/textures/tone/romans/bellovaci_infantry_roman2.tga ;;;cohors viii belgae
texture merc, data/models_unit/textures/tone/romans/bellovaci_infantry_roman.tga ;;;cohors v gallorum
model_flexi data/models_unit/bellovaci_infantry_high.cas, max
model_sprite 50.0, data/sprites/RS_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite gauls, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_gauls_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite germans, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_germans_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite romans_julii, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_romans_julii_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite boii, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_boii_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite thrace, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_romans_brutii_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite slave, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_slave_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite romans_brutii, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_romans_brutii_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite merc, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_tri 400, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f

This is from RS2 DMB. Note that every faction using the texture also has a sprite entry. It can be all the same sprite, but there has to be an entry for each one. An entry for a sprite that does not exist will cause a CTD. Also note this:

model_sprite 50.0, data/sprites/RS_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr
model_sprite merc, 50.0, data/sprites/RS_bellovaci_infantry_sprite.spr

Both of these entries are to ensure that a mercenary unit for this model gets 'a' sprite, first, and that it gets the 'correct' sprite.
I learned this from experience, that the first line is 'supposed' to work, but doesn't always work right. IOWs, it is buggy. Adding the second line ensures that this works as it should.

I'll see if I can find out what is causing the 'Barbarian Invasion has stopped working' error, but no promises. I have actually seen this caused by something I did myself...but I forgot what!

[Hoplite of Ilis]

2d photoshop stuff over here. Αυτοδίδακτος, ε; Not a miracle worker.

[20ninescene]

Hey, I would love to help with your mod. Things I'm good at are making textures with gimp (I retextured almost the whole RSII enviroment). I'm also good at mapping and improving heightmaps by simulating erosion by using fractals (I did this for my submod for EB, and now the terrain looks very realistic). Another thing I can help with is coding. There are also a few things I can't help with: I don't have much expierience with scripting, and I don't have modeling software.

[b0Gia de Bodemloze]

I also want to help somehow.