[MOD] Arkopack Armoiries & Interface

Arko · Dec 12, 2017

Just to illustrate a bit an item in the latest version changelog :

--2017-12-09 for CK2 2.8.1 changelog---

ARMOIRIES :
[.....]

Minor :
[.....]
-various addition for christian random coa (a few templates and emblems for now - more to come later on)

So this is just to new emblems available through the CoA customizer under "Crusader kings" CoA style.

As you can see, you have now a "two gold leopards passant on gules" as coat of arms "heart", and "three gold leopards passant on gules" as coat of arms "chief".
You can add them as additional layers.

This customizer part will be improved in the future, as well as some regular CoA patterns and options I am working on.
Also, when i know that giving access to CoA DLC stuff through the customizer what somehow a demand from players, I wonder if this need to be maintained, because I'd like to do some cleaning and in the meantime giving features more clear. Let me know your feelings about it, you players.

G.Strategos · Dec 14, 2017

Nice work Arko.

PS
A quick question if I may.
I want to remove this wooden background.

I think they are the only ones having them, so it's a bit out of place for my taste.
Could I make their religious panel background similar to the other religions ?

Cheers.

Arko · Dec 14, 2017

@greek strategos
You'd have to look into the religion icons strip ~named deco or such. I can check the exact file name later if needed.

Other mods your are using definetly breaks the outliner.

G.Strategos · Dec 14, 2017

Arko said:
@greek strategos
You'd have to look into the religion icons strip ~named deco or such. I can check the exact file name later if needed.

Other mods your are using definetly breaks the outliner.

Should i delete or modify this icon strip then ?
Well it's even in one of your pics posted earlier. So it shouldn't be a conflict I guess.

PS.
I'm not 100% sure cause I rarely play with Pagans buy I think this wooded background, wasn't present in the previous versions of religio_deco.dds Right ?
So if I just copy paste the religio_dds file from the previous version should I be ok ? or I could loose something important etc ?

Arko · Dec 14, 2017

greek strategos said:
Should i delete or modify this icon strip then ?
Well it's even in one of your pics posted earlier. So it shouldn't be a conflict I guess.

PS.
I'm not 100% sure cause I rarely play with Pagans buy I think this wooded background, wasn't present in the previous versions of religio_deco.dds Right ?
So if I just copy paste the religio_dds file from the previous version should I be ok ? or I could loose something important etc ?

-Modify or you'll get a CTD
-texts are misplaced and with wrong colours in the outliner in your screenshot.

-yes it's new until 2.8
-not exactly, vanilla added some new religions in latest patch. You'd need to copy paste only the part(s) you need.
I rarely play pagans aswell, mostly because they all used norse themed interface even if mongols or aztecs or africans...

G.Strategos · Dec 14, 2017

Arko said:
-Modify or you'll get a CTD
-texts are misplaced and with wrong colours in the outliner in your screenshot.

-yes it's new until 2.8
-not exactly, vanilla added some new religions in latest patch. You'd need to copy paste only the part(s) you need.
I rarely play pagans aswell, mostly because they all used norse themed interface even if mongols or aztecs or africans...

Yes my outliner is a bit off, due to Gothic tool tip and some interface editing I did.
I'll try to modify it, I'm not good with graphics though. I just want to make it blend in, nothing special really. If you'll find the time could you take a look and try to make it a bit like the others ?
Thanks for you help and advice.

LordPeter · Dec 14, 2017

No need to disturb the master, Arko has more important things to do!
Nah srsly, that's pretty easy. If you can live with two minor things, I included a file for you in this post. Had to put it in a .zip so it would upload - just extract it and overwrite the normal ARKOpack version of the file with this one.
The issues:
a) I have chosen no compression. Frankly I dunno if this has any consequence, but I have problems saving it with compression in GIMP, and it works fine in my games. I also can't see what the original compression of the file was, so might well be that this is no issue at all.
b) I indeed just swapped out the graphics for the religions in question (Slavic, Baltic, Finnish) to their old versions. But this means they won't have the fancy new "glow" around their edges (yellow for main, red for heresy) that the latest mod version has introduced. Just a minor cosmetic issue really, as I didn't bother to update the icons, I just copied them.

Arko · Dec 15, 2017

greek strategos said:
Yes my outliner is a bit off, due to Gothic tool tip and some interface editing I did.
I'll try to modify it, I'm not good with graphics though. I just want to make it blend in, nothing special really. If you'll find the time could you take a look and try to make it a bit like the others ?
Thanks for you help and advice.

I'll what i'll do with these. It was prettty much experimental since i found a nice wooden texture.

LordPeter said:
Nah srsly, that's pretty easy. If you can live with two minor things, I included a file for you in this post. Had to put it in a .zip so it would upload - just extract it and overwrite the normal ARKOpack version of the file with this one.
The issues:
a) I have chosen no compression. Frankly I dunno if this has any consequence, but I have problems saving it with compression in GIMP, and it works fine in my games. I also can't see what the original compression of the file was, so might well be that this is no issue at all.
b) I indeed just swapped out the graphics for the religions in question (Slavic, Baltic, Finnish) to their old versions. But this means they won't have the fancy new "glow" around their edges (yellow for main, red for heresy) that the latest mod version has introduced. Just a minor cosmetic issue really, as I didn't bother to update the icons, I just copied them.

This mod is all about Cosmetics haha !

G.Strategos · Dec 15, 2017

@LordPeter I appreciate you help buddy. I'll test it ASAP.
@Arko can't wait to see what you'll do with them, in your next update.

Thank you guys.
Cheers.

LordPeter · Dec 15, 2017

Arko said:
This mod is all about Cosmetics haha !

True. That's why I immediately noticed it and included a warning ^^
But yeah, longer term you can just revisit the textures. I generally like the special backgrounds, they give the religion icons uniqueness. However, that wood thing really does not fit so well, probably because it is more "nature texture", while the other backgrounds are more "ornamental".

Arko · Dec 15, 2017

LordPeter said:
True. That's why I immediately noticed it and included a warning ^^
But yeah, longer term you can just revisit the textures. I generally like the special backgrounds, they give the religion icons uniqueness. However, that wood thing really does not fit so well, probably because it is more "nature texture", while the other backgrounds are more "ornamental".

Yes it is a bit difficult since the ornemental side is supposed to be laid on some parchment, but the wook recalls the wood of regular pagan texture.

G.Strategos · Dec 16, 2017

It works @LordPeter thanks again buddy.
As for the missing cosmetic thing, I have faith in Arko's artistic taste, so I'll be waiting for his update.

Satcharna · Dec 16, 2017

Go for a carved wood look, with some nature motif.

LordPeter · Dec 16, 2017

Since we were just talking about how cosmetics and details are everything: The "Shia heresy" icon within the decorated strip is positioned exactly one pixel lower than the regular "Shia" icon.

Arko · Dec 17, 2017

LordPeter said:
Since we were just talking about how cosmetics and details are everything: The "Shia heresy" icon within the decorated strip is positioned exactly one pixel lower than the regular "Shia" icon.

If actually Paradox could fix all more than 1pixels wrong alignements or positioning...

So since today I woke up with a welcomed reminder from @Ese Khan to fix the wiki link icon issue (where it was often hidden), I fixed that issue, accomplishing an old wish of mine, even besten by latest 2.8 patch content...
So here is what it gives as a side-panel button.

I've also made a cleaner version of CoA frame with less black & white reflections . Mind that it is still work in progress since bigger size looks good but smaller sizes are not that good ATM.

Screenshot taken with Anime portraits and L3T.

ngppgn · Dec 17, 2017

That idea of "siide panel buttons" is pure genius!

G.Strategos · Dec 19, 2017

Arko said:
If actually Paradox could fix all more than 1pixels wrong alignements or positioning...

So since today I woke up with a welcomed reminder from @Ese Khan to fix the wiki link icon issue (where it was often hidden), I fixed that issue, accomplishing an old wish of mine, even besten by latest 2.8 patch content...
So here is what it gives as a side-panel button.
View attachment 321659

I've also made a cleaner version of CoA frame with less black & white reflections . Mind that it is still work in progress since bigger size looks good but smaller sizes are not that good ATM.

Screenshot taken with Anime portraits and L3T.

Could we have these fixes with the next HIP's update ?

ngppgn said:
That idea of "siide panel buttons" is pure genius!

Indeed.

Arko · Dec 19, 2017

greek strategos said:
Could we have these fixes with the next HIP's update ?

Likely (sidepanel button, not sure about CoA frames yet)

G.Strategos · Dec 19, 2017

Arko said:
Likely (sidepanel button, not sure about CoA frames yet)

Good to know. Thank you mate.

Arko · Dec 19, 2017

NEW STANDALONE VERSION AVAILABLE

Link in first post
Latest changelog is now to be found in post#2

Mind that this includes a few more new stuff than in HIP's Hydra2, but al this be include in next HIP's version.

LATEST Changelog

MOD/DATE/NAME VERSION : 2017-12-19
standalone version : 2017-12-19
GAME VERSION COMPATIBILITY : 2.8.x for COApack
GAME VERSION COMPATIBILITY : 2.8.x for GUIpack
CURRENT DEV/BETA : v2.8.x

see included readme's for details

--2017-12-19 for CK2 2.8.1 changelog---

ARMOIRIES/CoApack
Major :

2.8.1 upgrade
specific sets of random CoA for Finnic pagans, Slavic pagans, Baltic pagan (so they won't used anymore Norse specific stuff)
the sets of emblems that were only available for customization fake religions ("CRUSADER KINGS" - "SAIF AL ISLAM") are now available as custom options in their regular religion sets.

Minor :

some dynastic names improvments by ese-khan
updated some colours for random coats of arms
made army banners CoA-shaped for christian world
some new France flags (Valois, Orleans, Vexin, Paris and such, based on de France/Capetian lillies)
adds a new CoA frame for chinese stuff (taoist)
old flags cleanup
stole some CoA from SWMH and vice-versa
redrew some others CoA (Ireland, Aquitaine, Normandy, China...)
various addition for christian random coa (a few templates and emblems for now - more to come later on)
adds some CoA template for taoists
some few improved versions of coa templates for random CoA
various dynastic names improvments
new "d'Anjou" dynastic CoA (early Plantagenêt arms)
new flags for Anjou (county and duchy tiers)
new flags for Jerusalem (All tiers)
new flags for Susa and Savoie duchies
vanilla flags properly centered/coloured for Amalfi, Salerno (county and duchy tiers)
new flags (or properly centered/coloured vanilla ones) for Anjou (county and duchy tiers)
cleaner christian CoA frame (biggest size only ATM)

Fixes :

nothing specific here

INTERFACE/GUIpack
Major :

2.8.1 upgrade
new event type available (you can see a preview here : https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...oiries-interface.603251/page-81#post-23599428 )

Minor :

some improvments and new stuff around in religion icons background in character sheet
on-map land tradeposts are les enORMOUS
fixed vanilla rally point icons being too shiny in an out of place way
made the Wiki icon into a sidepanel button
slightly reduced the height of treasury view
improved Jade Dragon DLC icon colours in lobby screen
title history and focus windows made unfloatable
re-introduced an old loading screen removed with 1.05 patch

Fixes :

various graphical and positions tweaks
wrong favor icon used and fixing its positions
long events options are now displayed correctly
character modifiers zone size in character view
fixed vanilla uglyness and misalignements in realm view
indian military view oddities
claim coa frames dimensions were a bit off
off-map power window having a too short space to display long chima empire names
wiki icon being semi-hidden in some cases
title history pop position

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