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Shaytana said:
Well Crackd, the thing is I never experienced the memory issue people had, so even keeping a file would not have helped. :( I believe that memory issue was something that happened on some computers because of the 27 frames system (and memory stress), switching to 20 frames was just a shot in the dark. But yep, I agree with you on keeping track, trying to get v7 to work, because this version itself had a conflict with 1.05f drove me cuckoo enough to become very strict on keeping track of everything - I took it step by step and when I finally solved the conflict I could NOT believe it, never in a million years would I have bet on the particular issue I had. :(

Btw I sort of went with your advice on Levantines and Egyptians - made them more restrained than I would have hehehe, even gave Levantine dukes white turbans. :)
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Well, the 27 frames might have been a problem because the game assigns letters (which only go to 26) to the slots. I know I can put 26 (a to y corresponding with 1-25, and z on 0, or the first) without a problem. Maybe the game corrupts things when it has to loop back over 26, which means a DNA slot gets a letter that is technically in two places at once. Just a thought.
 
CrackdToothGrin said:
Well, the 27 frames might have been a problem because the game assigns letters (which only go to 26) to the slots. I know I can put 26 (a to y corresponding with 1-25, and z on 0, or the first) without a problem. Maybe the game corrupts things when it has to loop back over 26, which means a DNA slot gets a letter that is technically in two places at once. Just a thought.
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That might be it... for now I'm very reluctant to add more frames or layers... I'm just working with the implemented stuff that works for now. I was thinking of adding a new set of layers for Bohemians for example, but thought - hey what if I go into memory issues again? So I'm just going to use a mixture of available assets for them, most likely catalan clothes and german headgear for 7a...sigh.

I also need to figure out a way to code another slot - one of the empty ones for clothes - so that I can add another vestment for landed characters for some cultures but not all, also exclude females, and make it work 100% with no issues - portrait_properties file is the most amazing file when it comes to unexpected issues it can generate, such as randomization in stuff without any visible cause. :confused:
 
Working on 7a so far:
-catholic bishops now use their religious headgear when going to war
-switched muslim cultures using western female skin to byzantine female skin
-some tweaks to layers - such as correcting minor mismatches with clothes behind layer
-bohemian gfx now uses catalan clothes and german headgear
 
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new vestment template about to be implemented for 7a.
 
I think I'm going to skip 7a and wait for confirmation that 7 works for people, meantime I'm going to work on a major update, v8 - v8 is going to fill the last 2 clothes frames slots for christians at least, adding 1 more royal outfit per graphical culture and 1 more landed noble outfit. + a host of other tweaks etc.
 
I've started work on the new 2 slots. I await and will consider ALL suggestions for the noble clothes and royal clothes for any culture.

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not sure if this is the right shade of purple.
 
RedRooster81 said:
I like the cloak a lot. What is supposed to be on the broach? Or is it a simple circular one with a pin?
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It's simple broach with a pin, I can ofc change the broach. Probably gonna turn this into 2 different templates I can recolor, 1 with this broach one with a more elaborate broach with jewel. I already am trying kinda hard to figure out what I'm gonna fill those slots with. :wacko:
 
Sujit said:
It look marvelous.
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Thank you still wip, but I'm going to for sure include some more cloak and broach templates.
 
Shaytana said:
I've started work on the new 2 slots. I await and will consider ALL suggestions for the noble clothes and royal clothes for any culture.

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not sure if this is the right shade of purple.
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Proper Tyrian purple was darker: look at the San Vitale mosaic of Justinian for an idea of the right shade to use: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Justinian.jpg .

As for suggestions... I think that the emperor tier crowns for the Italians ought to be laurel wreaths. I think any imperial titles held by individuals of that culture would be consciously mimicking the classical Roman stuff, rather than medieval Roman (Byzantine) stuff.
 
Federalist girl said:
Proper Tyrian purple was darker: look at the San Vitale mosaic of Justinian for an idea of the right shade to use: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Justinian.jpg .

As for suggestions... I think that the emperor tier crowns for the Italians ought to be laurel wreaths. I think any imperial titles held by individuals of that culture would be consciously mimicking the classical Roman stuff, rather than medieval Roman (Byzantine) stuff.
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I am unsure about the colors on the Ravenna mosaic. Is there any other better/less discolored image out there? I do think I'm going to go a bit darker on the purple though.

On laurel crowns - I'll keep that in mind for a future tweak.
 
Shaytana said:
It's simple broach with a pin, I can ofc change the broach. Probably gonna turn this into 2 different templates I can recolor, 1 with this broach one with a more elaborate broach with jewel. I already am trying kinda hard to figure out what I'm gonna fill those slots with. :wacko:
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If you look at the kings of most of western Europe until the XV century on Wikipedia you'll see regal portraits that have cloaks a lot like that one. I wouldn't obsess over broaches, but I'm sure you'll do a great job.
 
RedRooster81 said:
If you look at the kings of most of western Europe until the XV century on Wikipedia you'll see regal portraits that have cloaks a lot like that one. I wouldn't obsess over broaches, but I'm sure you'll do a great job.
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Aye I know, I'm implementing 2 cloak and broach template at the least, maybe 3 or 4 depending on my enthusiasm level hehe.
 
Sujit said:
That purple "melt" better with the rest of portrait.
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Hehe, ok I guess I can fiddle with it some more. :laugh:
 
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