Diarium XXXV
Rate my Artist
It has been a while since the last Dev Diary. This is mostly due to both Marco and I having a lot of other things up, as well as having been sick multiple times lately. Nonetheless, we are hard at work, and I would like to show you some things that are new or in work.
ModCon
First of all, you might have noticed a new loading screen. We will participate at this years ModCon on April 26th to 28th. The ModCon is a huge, streamed event where many mods get to present themselves. Apart from CK3 and Imperator Rome, this year’s ModCon is the first to allow Victoria 3 mods to join.
We will (if everything works out) be there with a trailer and a presentation. And there are many other amazing mods that will be featured. It would be great to see you there!
Artist Ratings
Next up are some Quality of Live changes that I started to add in the last few weeks. Starting with the new rating system for Artists. When I played the mod a few weeks ago (I didn’t know it was possible to actually play it and not just mod it ;P ) I noticed that I had a hard time keeping track of good artists. And I know all the systems behind it.
So, I decided to implement a system that lets you quickly estimate how good a specific artist is. Therefore, I added a rating icon that changes depending on various factors. I hope this will provide you a good help with choosing the right artist for yourself.
I also wanted to add additional insight into how the rating gets created, so those ratings have tooltips in them. Additionally, the tooltips again have tooltips if you want some hints.
I also added the rating system for new artists, so you have a chance to compare the new artist with your current one and choose the better.
Obviously, the rating might not be perfect all the time, so I recommend looking at the factors and decide depending on those.
I’m quite excited for this addition and look forward to hear, what you think about it. I might also add a similar rating for the scientists later down the road.
Fossil Overview
Another new addition is an overview of all the special fossils that can be collected. I basically copied the system for the Zoo animals because I liked it a lot. So now you can easily find out, which special fossils you are missing and where to find them (although some might consider that to be cheating
).
(Also note the new fossil I added at the end of the list)
The icons were created by using art from public sources that are either Creative Commons licenced or in the public domain. Ideally, I would love for an artist to create unique icons though, so if you know anyone who would like to do something like that, let me know!
I would like to implement a similar system for dinosaur skeletons and major artifacts as well in the future.
Bears and Wolves
Another small addition is the ability to breed Grizzly Bears in Europe and Wolfs in Asia and North America. So, you can now finally have brown bears in Europe and Wolfs in way more places.
Tiny Additions
Then we also have two very small additions that you might not even notice. For one we added a fancy new icon for all Morgenröte Events. It even gets displayed in the start menu of the game (just sadly not as owned out of technical limitations).
I actually designed that icon myself and was quite happy with it, so I added it as the icon for the Morgenröte concept as well
The other addition is the greatest archaeologist ever. Platyana Jones finally made their way to Morgenröte as our new
error deer snake platypus.
I got an artist to create it for me and now it is my favorite thing as a modder because I can always see it when I mod
You will probably not get to see it that often, but if you want you can use Platyana for yourself (just not for commercial uses). I have two versions of them here, that you can download if you want.
I would also like to thank RedditAlternative (
https://www.deviantart.com/redditalternative) who created the art for me.
Seriously, the ModCon!
So that’s it for today. Make sure to join the ModCon for all the great mods and I hope to be back with a new Dev Diary soon!
