UMBRA_TSSI,

What is the difference between the table top mod and the boardgame vibe mod?

Thank you



The Tabletop Gaming mod is for the 3D "isometric" map view as if you were playing a miniatures game. The Boardgame Vibe mod is for the 2D top down map view in the style of Squad Leader or ...

That sounds great, Crossroads.

I'm happy to contribute to this game and community.

That's fantastic, berto!

When I work with graphics, I'm very OCD about it because you can fine tune things down to a pixel if you want. Those before shots are crazy making for me!!

Great job, keep up the good work!!

Scud wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:44 am Wow! Downloaded and activated. Love it! Really nice job.

Dave

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you like it.

Crossroads wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:33 am Thank you Umbra_TSSI, this is a neat addition to map options for the game! Too late to include this for the imminent 1.11 UPDATE, but if you approve it would be most cool to add this to the Community mods for next UPDATE when ever that is due.

I'm really glad you like, thanks!

throttle8 wrote: Sat Mar 26, 2022 2:45 am

Umbra_TSSI wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 6:10 am Thank you all for your input and interest.

Very nice!

Thanks for sharing it with us!

You're very welcome, I needed this mod for me and I'm pleased others like it as well!

When I was playtesting the mod I noticed it really allowed the contour lines to show what they can do.

Thanks again, I found I just wasn't using the 3D map because it was visually hard for me to understand the terrain. But now I use it to get a very quick understanding of the terrain elevations and can use it in conjunction with the 2D map.

Yeah...

Thanks Jason.

Thank you all for your input and interest.

Here's the link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/4ef94zk2 ... d.zip/file

Thank you everyone for the kind words and encouragement.

I believe I've finished getting the mod together, I'm just doing some playtesting at this point.

Here are a couple Dak To pics...

If possible, I'd recommend adjusting the colour of the marshes/swamps to a just a tad darker blue than the other water features.

I think that would look better.


For a first test I went with a close approximation to the rice patty water... I think the sage was a little too vivid for the 3D map ...

Yeah, I took note of the marsh/swamp vibrancy, in the 2D mod it isn't as striking because the overall color saturation level is high for that boardgame feel. But in the 3D environment it stands out a bit too much because the color of those assets are somewhat muted comparatively.

Thank you for your ...

Jason Petho wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:38 am That looks really cool! What a good idea!

Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

I think for me and maybe others that grew up with Risk and Panzer Leader, stylized graphics in a game board environment hits the sweet spot.

Looks like I got them in the post, Jason.

Jason Petho wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:10 am Unfortunately, I don't see the images in the last post. They are all broken for me.

Yeah, tried to imbed view links from Mediafire instead of attachments... guess that's a no go.

I've been exploring "proof of concept" concerning a 3D companion mod to my 2D Boardgame Vibe mod. The concept being simplicity of graphics to focus attention visually to what is important to know at a glance while remaining aesthetically pleasing to look at. I used this concept with the 2D mod and ...

Another example:

I wasn't quite satisfied with the 3D graphics, mainly because it was somewhat hard for me to get a feel for the terrain. So I wanted to simplify it a bit like playing tabletop gaming only in 3D.

This is the idea, something like playing miniatures on a 3D surface.

Here's an example, what do you ...

Yes I hope I can buy it sometime. I will try again in the future or maybe it will show up on Steam and make it easy to buy.
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