Looking for help with mod icons

[RMan89]

Hello everyone,
I'm currently working on a mod which expands the economy in a similar fashion to Planetfall's exploitation mechanic. I've got it already planned out and I'm somewhat more than halfway through, but one thing that I'll surely struggle with are icons, since I lack the required hardware and experience with graphic tools. I believe it would take quite some time before I learn how to use them, and more importantly to create icons of required quality, and I'd like to release a well made mod. So want to ask if someone would be willing to help me one the matter?

 

[Artfactial]

Hey there,
I think it would help to indicate the scale of your mod. How many icons are you envisioning to be needing?

 

[RMan89]

Hey Artfactial, thank you very much for your reply In the current iteration (the third I'm working on) I'd need somewhat above 100 icons, however plenty of them are variants f. e. 4 types of terrain gold exploitation (or 2 types of fertile plains expl. depending on how you put them). I'd like give you more specifics, but today I left my PC in a shop to have it repaired and I suppose it would take a while before I have it back since it's also waiting for an upgrade.

 

[Artfactial]

Wow, that is a pretty hefty task indeed.
I'm not in the position to help you out at the moment, but I'll check back here when I can!
Good luck and don't hesitate to ask about problems you run in to!

 

[RMan89]

Thanks, I'm happy that someone at all took interest in the worst case I'll try to make something myself, but I'd be very glad if I could release it with nice eyecatching icons.

 

[Rodmar18]

Hello, I think that you could release a beta version of your mod, without those eyecatching icons. If it is deemed of special interest, perhaps then you'll have greater chances that graphic modders are more willing to spend time on it. (Sadly, I'm not one of them!)

Do you intend to kind of copy the economic bonus, cities build in plains had back to AoW2. I mean, if you are surrounded by mountains or a forest, you have less crop fields around your city and gold income is less. I think I remember it was the first non-city ring of hexes, but it could be larger.

 

[RMan89]

Hello Rodnar, that is my intent rights now, to release it and hope that someone takes interest in it.

My intent is to create a terrain economy system similar in a way to the one in Planetfall. Each terrain and climate type will have 2 corresponding resources and you'll have to choose which and how to exploit. In order to reduce overflow you'll be limited to 1 upgrade per tier, so you'll need to analyze the city's surrounding on how to exploit them in the most benefiting way. Besides that mana will be handled in a seperate matter and it'll be tied to mana nodes and their compatibility to the terrain.