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Thread: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

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    Default Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Hi everyone

    First of all, thank you very much uanime5 for making and continue developing such a brilliant mod. Having a blast right now playing 50 turns in
    However, there is something that is really grinding my gear. I'm currently playing as the Aisin Giora (or however you spell it) clan, and having a bit of trouble navigating the world, since the region around me are so massive, but there is no indication of where towns and castles are. This means everytime I go to war, I need to comb through each province trying to locate the enemy castle, which could take 5-10 turns. In vanilla campaign, the campaign shroud has picture of towns and castles (instead of black) for area that hasn't been explored. I understand that it will take a lot of resources for you and your team to recreate similar shroud map, so I do not expect it to be created.

    However, is it possible instead to remove the shroud entirely? I've tried following husserlTW instruction to remove the shroud, but this unfortunately also disable the fog. So my question is, is it possible to remove just the campaign shroud, without disabling the fog of war, so we could see the where everyone's castle and towns are, but also still be able to be surprised by the AI?

    Cheers!

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Have you tried using code to remove the shroud, then readd it? That may result in the shroud being removed without the fog of war being removed.
    Morning Sun (adds Korea and China to the Shogun 2 map)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...28-Morning-Sun

    Expanded Japan mod (97 new regions and 101 new factions)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ew-factions%29

    How to split a region in TWS2
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...split-a-region

    Eras Total Conquest 2.3 (12 campaigns from 970-1547)

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Uanime, If you give me size shroud and location city/farm/resources etc. I can have a try make new shroud customized to Morning Sun map I want help on this mod


    PS. BTW where in the game files is the shroud? I can't find it.

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    The shroud is made up of two files. The texture itself is a 32768 x 16384 file that's 512 MB and the normal map is a 32768 x 16384 file that's 1.5 GB. Both have to be combined into the supertexture using an app called Stupid. As a result you need a powerful computer just to edit the shroud.

    I can tell you how to turn the supertexture into these two files and provide you with an image of the campaign map if you like. Though I will advise that the texture can be difficult to edit as it often won't display correctly.
    Morning Sun (adds Korea and China to the Shogun 2 map)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...28-Morning-Sun

    Expanded Japan mod (97 new regions and 101 new factions)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ew-factions%29

    How to split a region in TWS2
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...split-a-region

    Eras Total Conquest 2.3 (12 campaigns from 970-1547)

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    App called Stupid? o.O
    Okay, I can try do it, I have quite good computer So, how prepare shroud to edit?

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Go to this post and download Stupid. Then upack it in your Shogun 2 fol

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post15386902

    Open a command window.

    To extract the supertexture from the ming_map_extra.pack use the following code:

    Code:
    stupid.exe extract "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\total war shogun 2\data\data.pack\campaign_maps\sho_japan\display\supertexture\supertexture" shogun2_supertexture 0 0 64 32
    Replace the file path with where Shogun 2 is located.


    To convert the supertexture files into a pack file use the following code:

    Code:
    stupid.exe pack "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\total war shogun 2\data\data.pack\campaign_maps\sho_japan\display\supertexture\supertexture" shogun2_supertexture ming_supertexture.pack/supertexture 0 0
    Replace the file path with where Shogun 2 is located and you change the name to something other than ming_supertexture.pack.

    Here's a map of the regions, settlements, mountains, and rivers (everything else is too small to see).

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 


    Here's the same map without the regions.

    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails no region.jpg   region.jpg  
    Last edited by uanime5; December 14, 2017 at 07:51 PM.
    Morning Sun (adds Korea and China to the Shogun 2 map)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...28-Morning-Sun

    Expanded Japan mod (97 new regions and 101 new factions)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ew-factions%29

    How to split a region in TWS2
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...split-a-region

    Eras Total Conquest 2.3 (12 campaigns from 970-1547)

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    It took me most of the night but I do it
    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 



    The code "...shogun2_supertexture 0 0 64 32" not working, I had to "...supertexture 0 0 64 32"

    Can you send my Morning Sun .max map file? I use this to add farm etc to shroud
    And question - the current shroud was generated automatically?

    BTW. This is my first succes in modding xD Recently I tried to add a new province - total failure :/

    PS. Sorry for mistakes - I don't know english to good :/

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Sorry for double-post, I don't see option to edit post in this forum :/

    You know maybe what font was used in Shogun 2? I want add to shroud names provinces and lands.

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    @uanime5 Yes I tried that, but when the shroud is readded, the shroud returns to all area that hasnt been explored (basically returns to normal map)
    @TemerPL Holy I will be grateful if you make a custom shroud for this mod. As for the font, I think they may have drawn it themselves (or use custom proprietary font) I could be wrong though. Anyway, good luck and go go TemerPL!

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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    Okay, I had some time in the last days and I did shroud. This still WIP but I have already marked all provinces capital on shroud
    Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13VP...ew?usp=sharing (Old file ming_map_extra.pack must be disabled)



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    Default Re: Removal of campaign shroud while maintaining fog of war

    I'll have to check it out.
    Morning Sun (adds Korea and China to the Shogun 2 map)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...28-Morning-Sun

    Expanded Japan mod (97 new regions and 101 new factions)
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ew-factions%29

    How to split a region in TWS2
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...split-a-region

    Eras Total Conquest 2.3 (12 campaigns from 970-1547)

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