Smoke and Blood Mod Thread (Last Update: 28.02.10 - Blood Mod for NTW ;) )

[Freelancer_UK]

I didn't even copy it. I downloaded the mod using WinRar, then extracted the .pack file to the empiretotalwar/data folder. Am I supposed to copy it instead of extracting and how do I do that? Thanks.

If the .pack file you just downloaded is now in the data folder you dont need to do anything else. Just run the game.

[Bryapatch]

Thanks, great mod. Any chance you can add the blood effect for canister/shrapnel shot? And maybe for the percussive shells for the mortars and howitzers? That would be truly awsome.

Cheers

[Aykis16]

Small blood sprays for muskets would also be amazing if that's possible. I like blood merely as a better way of actually showing that I did some damage.

[therifleman]

If the .pack file you just downloaded is now in the data folder you dont need to do anything else. Just run the game.

Works now, thanks guys! Turned out I was installing the wrong files.

Was enjoying the music until my drummer took a musket ball to the head.

Is the first link that you provided an update that you can simply copy into the data folder as well?

[GoodKnight]

Thank you!!!
Your amazing!

Can you post a link for the blood only?
And what if I want to change to different music modes? (or smoke modes?)

Also if you want I can add download links to megaupload and Rapidshare.
and others..

[MadBoris]

Hey Mech, good work.

Is there a way not to over brighten the cannon shots?
Just by the pic, looks like too much white (flash).
I like seeing the deform effects, so having something less pronounced and farther away from the cannon fire would look cool I think. I know black powder has alot of smoke but it's one place where I would actually like to see some flame color rather than an abundance of smoke.

I'm not asking for this: LOL


But something more in line with the colors of this and shooting out in distance:



And maybe a tuft of smoke farther away and a little less pronounced than this:


Just some ideas.

Thanks for the work, I'm sure it will only get better with time.

[centcom]

Jolly good show old boy. Grabbing it with both hands.
Keep up the good work,
CentCom

[Mech_Donald]

If you want some drums for the Frenches I founded a lot here in this youtube list, but these are Napoleonic :-/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpqT0...017633&index=0

The song is great, unfortunatly there are to many people in the background you can hear. Is there another, clearer version?

MECH thanks again your mods rock!!! I never rep anyone before but... +rep! hehe hope that works. EDIT... the blood is crazy!!!!! makes it like the real thing

Thank you for the +rep

Way to go MECH, the mods just keep getting better and more spectacular!.

One quick question, is the Blood mod tied into the full smoke mod? I currently use the light version of your smoke mod and dont want to install the full version of the smoke mod just to use the Blood mod. Can this be made as a seperate mod?

The blood mod is also in the light version. Have fun!

Thanks for the quick reply Mech. I have tried in several battles, but I will try again and I'll get back to you. Are your files unpacked when you test or is it in the patch pack files you have uploaded?

The files were always packed, as i tried it. So it seems allright to me.

Thanks, great mod. Any chance you can add the blood effect for canister/shrapnel shot? And maybe for the percussive shells for the mortars and howitzers? That would be truly awsome.

Cheers

It is not possible yet. But i'm on it.

Is the first link that you provided an update that you can simply copy into the data folder as well?

Yes of course. You have just to delete the old version of the mod first.

@MadBoris

Thanks for the screens! The mod is still not finished yet. The next update will include better mid air explosion effects and cannon fire. I trie to make the smoke as movielike as possible, but it takes much time. Finetuning is not as easy as it seems.

@PorkyJack Thanks for your +rep!

[therifleman]

Here are some mp3 files of great marching fife and drum tunes:

Lakes of Sligo (British):
http://files.filefront.com/YALESVILL.../fileinfo.html

A French Fife and Drum March, don't know the name but it's a good tune:
http://files.filefront.com/emp+cus+s.../fileinfo.html


Let me know if you want me to provide a few more.

[aorda14]

so blood is also included in the smoke and sound mod?

[waronmars]

Any luck getting the musket hit blood to work?

[GoodKnight]

sorry if I'm being annoying .
but if you want I can add download links to megaupload and Rapidshare.
and others..

Plus any how\where did you learn modding?
I played around with hex editing myself but didn't get far with it .
Anyways your work is amazing! I don't understand why CA didn't add
this things when the game was released.. Maybe you could join the CA team I heard they did that to modders in Oblivion and Marrowind..

Anyways once again thanks for the hard work and take your time.
I waited around about 8 months for the game + 2 weeks for shipping
I can wait a bit longer for you to "improve" the mods .

[jaguar8311]

thanks for the great work

[boerekovic]

sorry if I'm being annoying .
but if you want I can add download links to megaupload and Rapidshare.
and others..

Plus any how\where did you learn modding?
I played around with hex editing myself but didn't get far with it .
Anyways your work is amazing! I don't understand why CA didn't add
this things when the game was released.. Maybe you could join the CA team I heard they did that to modders in Oblivion and Marrowind..

Anyways once again thanks for the hard work and take your time.
I waited around about 8 months for the game + 2 weeks for shipping
I can wait a bit longer for you to "improve" the mods .

Im sure noone will find it annoying if you provide mirrors for their mod

Btw, are there other sounds than the "british grenadiers" or do atleast only brits play them? i dont want to see russians marching with that march, i will only install Smokemod then, not sound.

AND: Are there other Sounds changed than the Marches?

[GoodKnight]

Last post promise .
Any tool out there that allows us to choose the music the drums play?
Could be an idea for a mod..

[Arksa]

This is great. Brings battles to a new level (the level IMO was very high in vanilla too ).

I laughed hard when my drummer played the british grenadiers and suddenly got hit by a cannon ball and blood splattered all over and the music stopped .

Any chance we'll see bullets do blood?

[removeduser_052420]

Wait, i downloaded the sound and smoke mod for low end computers...does it come with the blood effects?

and does the mod for high end computers lag the game?

[Lamentor446]

how do i get it to work i downloaded it i dont know what to do know? i have vista if that means anything

[Mech_Donald]

Here are some mp3 files of great marching fife and drum tunes:

Lakes of Sligo (British):
http://files.filefront.com/YALESVILL.../fileinfo.html

A French Fife and Drum March, don't know the name but it's a good tune:
http://files.filefront.com/emp+cus+s.../fileinfo.html


Let me know if you want me to provide a few more.

Thank you a lot for these files! But i want wait for a mod, that makes it possible, to choose march songs for each faction.

so blood is also included in the smoke and sound mod?

You can get blood with the smoke mod only. The light version also includes this effect.

Any luck getting the musket hit blood to work?

Not yet. I've tried a few things out, but it seems CA has turned off the effect for musket hits.

sorry if I'm being annoying .
but if you want I can add download links to megaupload and Rapidshare.
and others..

You are NOT annoying! You may add these files to any uploaders, you think, who helps people here to downlaod this Mod. Maybe someone have trouble with filefront or mediafire.

Plus any how\where did you learn modding?
I played around with hex editing myself but didn't get far with it .
Anyways your work is amazing! I don't understand why CA didn't add
this things when the game was released.. Maybe you could join the CA team I heard they did that to modders in Oblivion and Marrowind..

I haven't learned modding. I've just play with some entrys in the landbattle.xml. CA did very well with it! It's very easy to use and modify. The vanilla landbattle file was already fine. I have just make some finetunings to make the look of battles more movielike. Nothing special...

Anyways once again thanks for the hard work and take your time.
I waited around about 8 months for the game + 2 weeks for shipping
I can wait a bit longer for you to "improve" the mods .

Thank you very much for your statement! Have fun!

[ManUnitOn]

Edited for nubbery....

Great work and thanks for contributing for our enjoyment! I'm definitely keeping my eye on this mod.