Visual Enhancement - Good and Evil menu packages released

[HaveFallen]

Ok, I shall wait for the new update! Save game compatible?

[Gonxas]

Hi Louis Lux, sorry to be so absent, but this week was very sad and dificult for me and some friends.
About the work you made, IT'S FANTASTIC, but I think we could separate men into the two cultures, for example in the mission failed there is a god frame for gondor with denethor thinking while he's sitting on steward throne in minas thirith and you could leave the one with theoden for the northern culture. For the nobel death of the northmen you could use the frame from theoden's son funeral in the two towers movie. For the council mission of northmen you could aso use two towers frame shot of grima speaking to the ear of theoden.
I'm going to brainstorm a little more for new ideas.
Cheers

[Louis Lux]

Wow, this looks really awesome. Is it savegame compatible? Which download do I get to have everything you've done so far? Will I miss anything if I download the one that doesn't affect desc_strat?

Apologies for all the questions, now I will brace myself for the hard thrashing i'm going to take.

You will be able to play your saved games and most modifications will be apparent in it. The modifications that will not be seen in your saved game are the ones that change the descr_strat like unique portraits for starting generals. I wish to make a few more portraits since I've been more focused in event pics and let Maxmazi do more factions, I will probably make a big update this weekend.

Hi Louis Lux, sorry to be so absent, but this week was very sad and dificult for me and some friends.
About the work you made, IT'S FANTASTIC, but I think we could separate men into the two cultures, for example in the mission failed there is a god frame for gondor with denethor thinking while he's sitting on steward throne in minas thirith and you could leave the one with theoden for the northern culture. For the nobel death of the northmen you could use the frame from theoden's son funeral in the two towers movie. For the council mission of northmen you could aso use two towers frame shot of grima speaking to the ear of theoden.
I'm going to brainstorm a little more for new ideas.
Cheers

For now I won't be changing Gondor event pics, I will just add the new ones. Look carefully and you will see that I am using theoden's son funeral and I will keep the current men council pic to all human good factions to keep an unity.

[Radboud]

The backgrounds in the first post were made by yourself, right ? I hope that one day I will get close to achieving your skill (or DG's).

[pnbjunior]

Do I need to download Allmods.rar, Northern.portrait.rar and Alternative.rar files or the Alternative.rar file already contains others file in it??

[Ellin Athinaios]

I just noticed a bug. I was playing with High Elves and sent my diplomat to the Dwarves, and Gloin's portrait appeared different every time I clicked on him. Any portrait, from any faction. In fact, any kind of portrait (also diplomats, spies, Nazgul, anything.. occasionaly even building pics. )

Speaking of diplomats, will there be any custom portraits for Elven diplomats?

[SigniferOne]

Louis, if I could ask one thing, would it be possible to remove all references to famous personages? Whenever I see Legolas I see Orlando Bloom on my screen, and it ruins the whole effect. When I see Elrond I actually see Hugo Weaving.






Event images need to be anonymous and refer generically to the faction, such as what these do perfectly:


or

[Louis Lux]

Do I need to download Allmods.rar, Northern.portrait.rar and Alternative.rar files or the Alternative.rar file already contains others file in it??

I thought my first page instructions were quite clear. The latest update includes all modifications, you only have to download the visual_enhancement.rar or the alternative download if you don't want to change your descr_strat.

I just noticed a bug. I was playing with High Elves and sent my diplomat to the Dwarves, and Gloin's portrait appeared different every time I clicked on him. Any portrait, from any faction. In fact, any kind of portrait (also diplomats, spies, Nazgul, anything.. occasionaly even building pics. )

Speaking of diplomats, will there be any custom portraits for Elven diplomats?

Anyone else having this problem? I tested it and it doesn't happen with me, do you mind telling me how you installed? I think it is an installation problem and not a bug. If I find any suitable image for diplomat I'll include it.

Louis, if I could ask one thing, would it be possible to remove all references to famous personages? Whenever I see Legolas I see Orlando Bloom on my screen, and it ruins the whole effect. When I see Elrond I actually see Hugo Weaving.
Event images need to be anonymous and refer generically to the faction, such as what these do perfectly

Not a possibility, having known faces is better than having no faces. I would understand if they were known actors from other movies, they portray the characters in the movie so I don't see any problem. Are you also bothered by portraits of characters taken from the movies? The majority of people want the characters from the movies in the game.

Seeing as there is no pictures of Harad/Rhun Women in LOTR, I made this one.

Already have a bride presented event pic lined up for harad/Rhun, but I'm keeping it secret because I'm that sneaky.

edit: next release will be made for version 1.1 and I will remove all previous versions of my sub mod.

[Punisher1024]

Have you thought about having for gondor when you capture a settlement it shows boromir capturing osgiliath?

[2-D Ron]

I thought my first page instructions were quite clear. The latest update includes all modifications, you only have to download the visual_enhancement.rar or the alternative download if you don't want to change your descr_strat.Anyone else having this problem? I tested it and it doesn't happen with me, do you mind telling me how you installed? I think it is an installation problem and not a bug. If I find any suitable image for diplomat I'll include it.

Not a possibility, having known faces is better than having no faces. I would understand if they were known actors from other movies, they portray the characters in the movie so I don't see any problem. Are you also bothered by portraits of characters taken from the movies? The majority of people want the characters from the movies in the game.

Already have a bride presented event pic lined up for harad/Rhun, but I'm keeping it secret because I'm that sneaky.

edit: next release will be made for version 1.1 and I will remove all previous versions of my sub mod.

I like Sneaky!

I don't think you should remove all famous actors. It's going to be more difficult to find appropriate pictures, and they'll most likely be less interesting. But you are free to have an opinion that differs from mine (until I meet you in real life )

Ron, I don't think your wife fits in with the others pictures, no offence to Mrs. 2-D Ron.

She wanted to be in Britain's got Talent, she was too over-ambitious.

[pnbjunior]

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edit: next release will be made for version 1.1 and I will remove all previous versions of my sub mod.

Please, forgive my misunderstanding but do you mean that patch 1.1 released already contains this submod?? Or can I install this submod over the patch 1.1??

Pleeeeaaase, don't be anger with me.

[JonSnow]

I like seeing the actors... well besides Orlando Bloom... the majority were pretty good actors and really aren't THAT similar in their other roles.

[2-D Ron]

Seeing as there is no pictures of Harad/Rhun Women in LOTR, I made this one.

I like seeing the actors... well besides Orlando Bloom... the majority were pretty good actors and really aren't THAT similar in their other roles.

I have to agree, the 'concerned look scene' when Boromir's dying and the one with Gandalf outside Moria brought the inner Face Palm out of me.

[Danny_K_1]

She looks Jamaican.

[2-D Ron]

She looks Jamaican.

They Specifically promised me East Asian!!!

[MadTiest]

I don't think you should remove all famous actors. It's going to be more difficult to find appropriate pictures, and they'll most likely be less interesting. But you are free to have an opinion that differs from mine (until I meet you in real life )

Ron, I don't think your wife fits in with the others pictures, no offence to Mrs. 2-D Ron.

[Louis Lux]

Haven't thought much about gondor yet, boromir taking osgiliath seems fitting.

[LeBons83]

Dear Louis,

1). If you still have more 'wicked men' portraits for Harad/Rhun generals and more eventpics for every factions, would you please submit it to this forum? I've alredy attached 20 wickedmen portraits and several eventpics from you, but I still want a little bit more. I really want to use and edit them on my own for my TATW mod.

2). Several unit infos, card and skins for the 'Bandit faction' still shows the vanilla object. Could you help us to change with something new?

Thank's a lot bro

[Gonxas]

Louis, for the enemy army routs I was thinking about the scene where the goblin ords massed around minas tirith start to retreat after seeing the rohan knights in the third movie.
And for the players rout army I was thinking about the gondorian soldiers at osgiliath retreat.
For enemy general killed maybe the death of the uruk-hai leader in the forest (first movie) and for player general killed the death of boromir pierced by the 3 arrows (first movie).
For building captured maybe the scene at hornburg with the ram for the evil factions and the rohan defence of the castle gate for men.

[colm_ose]

Is there any way you could make it possible to manually select the mod folder when you're installing 1.1, LL?

I've changed my mod folder to allow me to play the game through Steam and when I manually installed the mod, I think I did something wrong, so I'm getting irregular CTDs on loading screens.