Visual Enhancement - Good and Evil menu packages released

[Olifantenstaart]

Dude...

excellent job!

[Dazo]

Hello ^^,

The five levels of northmen taverns descr:

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Northmen
- tavern 1-5 (longhouse / tavern / gambling joint / inn / relay station)
Longhouse
1) A one room building with wooden walls and turf covered roof large enough to accommodate a small northmen community for celebrations. As it's the main mansion around, it's inhabited by the village head but hospitality rules also make it the home of any friend or foreigner seeking shelter for the night. Though it's a warm and secure place offering sufficient food to fill anyone up, lack of privacy can be a real hinderance for people not accustomed to it. However, there is always some ale to softer any troubled guest and get him enjoy the welcoming banquet.
Tavern
2) As northmen villages become towns and festivities can't be sustained anymore by a longhouse alone, villagers need a place to gather informally and talk while drinking. Thus, the tavern offers various beers and basic food used in custom dishes or takeout meals for day laborers. The common room is usually built around the main hearth and give access to the kitchen and a dormitory equiped with straw mattresses. There is also a small stage in a corner where journeying singers and story tellers can amuse the customers and earn the right to stay some days for free.
Gambling joint
3) The gambling joint is nothing more than a tavern with permanent entertainment activities like card games, dice throwing or music. However, the usual friendly brawls arn't tolerated here since there are other ways of having fun. The owner can always count on the townwatch to keep an eye on merry guys in exchange of some beer tankards since the bored garrisson often drop by to kill time between two patrols. This place remains a northmen's den in greater cities where costly inns and relays tend to attract foreigners or wealthy people.
Inn
4) When settlements grow, the old northmen hospitality rules can't apply in the same way anymore and tired travellers need a decent hosting facility to provide commodities like bathtubs and individual rooms with clean sheets. An inn usually have two to three levels with a cellar in the stone basement where are stored victuals and casks. However, such a family run business can't afford to maintain specific services like stables and horses are just tied under a sloping roof or taken care of by the blacksmith farrier for the night.
Relay station
5) Always located near major northmen crossroads, this imposant building has all the high standing facilities and professional crew an inn is lacking. The watched stone porch opens on an enclosed courtyard where can be found a laundry, a bathhouse, stables and even a small forge. All rooms are upstairs and cleaned daily by housemaids while the large kitchen keeps several cooks busy. Such a place proposes refined courses fitting all tastes including a few elven delicacies and many quality liquors from selected dwarven ales to rare Dorwinion wines.

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[evinmulligan]

Hello ^^,

The five levels of northmen taverns descr:

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Northmen
- tavern 1-5 (longhouse / tavern / gambling joint / inn / relay station)
Longhouse
1) A one room building with wooden walls and turf covered roof large enough to accommodate a small northmen community for celebrations. As it's the main mansion around, it's inhabited by the local chieftain but hospitality rules also make it the home of any friend or foreigner seeking shelter for the night. Though it's a warm and secure place offering sufficient food to fill anyone up, lack of privacy can be a real hinderance for people not accustomed to it. However, there is always some ale to softer any troubled guest and get him enjoy the welcoming banquet.
Tavern
2) As northmen villages become towns and festivities can't be sustained anymore by a longhouse alone, villagers need a place to gather informally and talk while drinking. Thus, the tavern offers various beers and basic food used in custom dishes or takeout meals for day laborers. The common room is usually built around the main hearth and give access to the kitchen and a dormitory equiped with straw mattresses. There is also a small stage in a corner where journeying singers and story tellers can amuse the customers and earn the right to stay some days for free.
Gambling joint
3) The gambling joint is nothing more than a tavern with permanent entertainment activities like card games, dice throwing or music. However, the usual friendly brawls arn't tolerated here since there are other ways of having fun. The owner can always count on the townwatch to keep an eye on merry guys in exchange of some beer tankards since the bored garrisson often drop by to kill time between two patrols. This place remains a northmen's den in greater cities where costly inns and relays tend to attract foreigners or wealthy people.
Inn
4) When settlements grow, the old northmen hospitality rules can't apply in the same way anymore and tired travellers need a decent hosting facility to provide commodities like bathtubs and individual rooms with clean sheets. An inn usually have two to three levels with a cellar in the stone basement where are stored victuals and casks. However, such a family run business can't afford to maintain specific services like stables and horses are just tied under a sloping roof or taken care of by the blacksmith farrier for the night.
Relay station
5) Always located near major northmen crossroads, this imposant building has all the high standing facilities and professional crew an inn is lacking. The watched stone porch opens on an enclosed courtyard where can be found a laundry, a bathhouse, stables and even a small forge. All rooms are upstairs and cleaned daily by housemaids while the large kitchen keeps several cooks busy. Such a place proposes refined courses fitting all tastes including a few elven delicacies and many quality liquors from selected dwarven ales to rare Dorwinion wines.

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These are all good, though I don't like the first one. Chieftain?
your descriptions are very ... descriptive. +rep

[Dazo]

These are all good, though I don't like the first one. Chieftain?
your descriptions are very ... descriptive. +rep

Hello evinmulligan ^^,

Thx and for the first descr is it only the word chieftain or the longhouse idea ? I made it from the viking longhouse so I thought it would fit. "Local chieftain" can be changed for "village head" or "local lord" .

[evinmulligan]

Hello evinmulligan ^^,

Thx and for the first descr is it only the word chieftain or the longhouse idea ? I made it from the viking longhouse so I thought it would fit. "Local chieftain" can be changed for "village head" or "local lord" .

good idea. I like it.

[evinmulligan]

delete please.

[Coxy]

Hi Louis

Love the update!!!

Quick question though... I've been picking and choosing which pictures to copy from your update (the ones I like over vanilla basically) but can't find your 'loading screen' the one with the big 'eye'. Where would I find that from your download?

Thanks again - you've done some great work mate

[MaxMazi]

If this is the one you are talking:

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the file is called:

Loading_screen_3.tga

[Devils_Advocate]

If this is the one you are talking:

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the file is called:

Loading_screen_3.tga

... Man would be so nice if that white Tengwar would be away...
I know I am getting anoying. But it is just so unfiting.

[Coxy]

Thanks maxmazi - I didn't realise the screen was a loading screen during the actual games - I thought it was the loading screen right at the beginning of the game when you load it. I now realise that is the 'splash' screen.

Thanks for the help

[Dazo]

Hello ^^,

The last missing descr \o/ :

Rohan
Mearas stables
4) More an inn for horses than mere stables, this is where you can find the descendants of Felarof, the Meara tamed by Eorl, first king of Rohan. This extraordinary breed is the exclusive mount of royalty but they can teach a lot to other horses. Thus, any rohirrim admitted to train here need to be one with his own mount beforehand if he wants to benefit from the lords of horses' wisdom. Cavalry units coming from this unique place are so ferocious they can rout outnumbering foes with a single charge. Furthermore, in close combat, horse and man will watch each other making them a deadly warmachine.

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[Fev]

@Louis
You forgot me in the creditlist

[Louis Lux]

@Louis
You forgot me in the creditlist

I haven't included your work yet. When I do I'll be sure to include you in the credit list.

[vietnoboy]

Ah silly me. Enhancement.

[totalwarpirate]

I'm gonna work on Harad and Rhun. I'm gonna remove all Arabic and Islamic references.

Here's a list of things to change:
- Descriptions of some buildings (like Shisha bar which references Islam): I'll remove the whole sentence where it's referenced.
- Name of some buildings (like Dar-al-Imara): I'll translate them to english
- Name and description of a guild (the Hashashim) and its buildings: I'll use the name of the Harad ambushers (Ashari I think)
- All names of characters: I'll tweak them a bit so they don't sound arabic anymore.

Can anyone tell me what files to edit?
I'll post the edits so you can include them in the mod.

[A1_Unit]

@totalwarpirate
Did you ask for a list of the files concerning your wanted changes?
These are in the text folder:
export_buildings
export_names

[totalwarpirate]

Thanks a lot
edit: I can't find export_names, it's just names isn't it?
edit2. Actually it seems to be descr_names in the data folder. But I probably have to change the names in both files, right?

[Louis Lux]

I think you only have to modify the export_building.txt
names.txt and descr_names concerns only the names of generals, princesses etc.

[axnsan]

you need to modify descr_names.txt in data folder.
then you go to text/names.txt and add the name you added/modified in descr_names between {}, and write it again next to it
for buildings, you go to text/export_buildings.txt
there you find building names/descriptions for all cultures

List of cultures

northern_european - Northmen
greek -Elven
southern_european - Dwarven
middle_eastern - Evil Men
eastern_european - Orcs
gondor - Gondor

[vietnoboy]

I just encountered an unspecified problem and Im not sure whats the cause of it.
I am about to destroy Baren dur with Gondor *please excuse my spelling
But the game refuses to allow me to play that battlefield.
Any ideas what could be the problem?