Blake00
20.12.2020, 10:23
(Apologies for English)
While I usually post about other peoples cool Civ mods and indie projects etc that interest me I figured I'd start with a thread about the stuff I'm working on these days...
Back in the 90s I used to muck around with Doom 2 and Civilization 2 modding but never finished any of my projects. Well in recent years I've been getting back into it (call it can early midlife crisis lol) and released a GZDoom enhanced version of my old Star Trek Doom level (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/) and also a new Quest for Glory IV - 3D Hexen mod (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/) too. Much to my surprise both got a lot of media attention with the QFG4-3D one in particular getting coverage on Rock Paper Shotgun (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/i-made-it-to-rock-paper-shotgun/) and in PC Gamer Magazine (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/i-made-it-to-pc-gamer/) which was awesome. The great response inspired me to also get back into my old Civilization 2 editing as well (also 20 years too late lol).
https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41255/thumb_300x150/Screenshot23.2.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/) https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41255/thumb_300x150/Screenshot03.1.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/)
https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41258/thumb_300x150/GScreenshot01.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/) https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41258/thumb_300x150/GScreenshot07.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/)
So over the last year or so I've been playing a lot of classic Civilization series and related games (eg Civ1,2,3, Colonization, Master of Magic, Alpha Centauri, Call To Power etc) and I returned to working on my 20 year old Star Wars Civ 2 scenario and also started a bunch of new projects with some other talented Civ2 modders.
Figured I may as well post about my projects in a thread here for passers by to either enjoy or ignore the nostalgia lol. I'll start with my Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 scenario I'm working with someone else as this really helped me get back into Civ2 modding as the guy helping me taught me a lot of new tricks! My Star Wars, C&C, Red Alert and Master of Magic scenarios will come later!
This project is a total conversion Heroes of Might & Magic 2 scenario for the Multiplayer Gold Edition (MGE) of Sid Meier's Civilization II created by myself and MetroPolis. It was Inspired by Tom2050's amazing HoMM3 mod for Civ3 (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/3075/) the goal is to create the most HoMM2 like experience within the limitations of the old Civ2 engine.
In the first dev diary we look at importing HoMM2 castle/city graphics into Civ2.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 01 - Creating Cities For The Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-cities
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/Temp6.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-cities)
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In this second dev diary we look at ‘HoMMafying’ all those Civ 2 advisor, city and event screens.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 02 - Creating Nice Backgrounds For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-backgrounds
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/upload_2019-8-10_21-5-5.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-backgrounds)
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In the third dev diary we look at changing Civ2’s leader portraits used for diplomacy with HoMM2 heroes and make a bold attempt at replacing Civ2’s original wonder videos.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 03 - Creating Custom Leaders & Wonder Vids For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-leaders-wonders
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/Image10.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-leaders-wonders)
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While I usually post about other peoples cool Civ mods and indie projects etc that interest me I figured I'd start with a thread about the stuff I'm working on these days...
Back in the 90s I used to muck around with Doom 2 and Civilization 2 modding but never finished any of my projects. Well in recent years I've been getting back into it (call it can early midlife crisis lol) and released a GZDoom enhanced version of my old Star Trek Doom level (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/) and also a new Quest for Glory IV - 3D Hexen mod (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/) too. Much to my surprise both got a lot of media attention with the QFG4-3D one in particular getting coverage on Rock Paper Shotgun (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/i-made-it-to-rock-paper-shotgun/) and in PC Gamer Magazine (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/i-made-it-to-pc-gamer/) which was awesome. The great response inspired me to also get back into my old Civilization 2 editing as well (also 20 years too late lol).
https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41255/thumb_300x150/Screenshot23.2.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/) https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41255/thumb_300x150/Screenshot03.1.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/star-trek-doom-project-demo-4-2016-gzdoom-mod/)
https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41258/thumb_300x150/GScreenshot01.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/) https://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/42/41258/thumb_300x150/GScreenshot07.png (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/quest-for-glory-iv-3d-zdoom-hexen-mod/)
So over the last year or so I've been playing a lot of classic Civilization series and related games (eg Civ1,2,3, Colonization, Master of Magic, Alpha Centauri, Call To Power etc) and I returned to working on my 20 year old Star Wars Civ 2 scenario and also started a bunch of new projects with some other talented Civ2 modders.
Figured I may as well post about my projects in a thread here for passers by to either enjoy or ignore the nostalgia lol. I'll start with my Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 scenario I'm working with someone else as this really helped me get back into Civ2 modding as the guy helping me taught me a lot of new tricks! My Star Wars, C&C, Red Alert and Master of Magic scenarios will come later!
This project is a total conversion Heroes of Might & Magic 2 scenario for the Multiplayer Gold Edition (MGE) of Sid Meier's Civilization II created by myself and MetroPolis. It was Inspired by Tom2050's amazing HoMM3 mod for Civ3 (https://blakessanctum.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/3075/) the goal is to create the most HoMM2 like experience within the limitations of the old Civ2 engine.
In the first dev diary we look at importing HoMM2 castle/city graphics into Civ2.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 01 - Creating Cities For The Civilization 2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-cities
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/Temp6.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-cities)
.
In this second dev diary we look at ‘HoMMafying’ all those Civ 2 advisor, city and event screens.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 02 - Creating Nice Backgrounds For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-backgrounds
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/upload_2019-8-10_21-5-5.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-backgrounds)
.
In the third dev diary we look at changing Civ2’s leader portraits used for diplomacy with HoMM2 heroes and make a bold attempt at replacing Civ2’s original wonder videos.
HoMM2 Dev Diary 03 - Creating Custom Leaders & Wonder Vids For The Civ2 Heroes Of Might & Magic 2 Mod:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-leaders-wonders
https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/44/43973/Image10.png (https://www.moddb.com/mods/civilization-2-heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-mod/news/creating-leaders-wonders)
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