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[Estelindis]

I didn't vote for pirate stuff, but I'd be happy to make pirate stuff. Probably clothes. :-)

[Jez_fr]

Vote is closed for September, Winning theme is "Bucaneers/Pirates custom content" with 7 votes (against 6 for commoners clothes)! Everyone walk the plank! =)



I'll do a separate September CC thread asap! Thanks everyone =)

[Morikahn]

Cool.



I like to make a suggestion that next month (or the next afterwards as October really should be Halloween no matter what), that there be 2 votes. One that ends on the 21rst, and the other that ends at the last day of the month.



The first vote is just like the one you had, but the second is between the top two winners of the first vote. This will allow those that voted for a non-winning category to help decide the final vote.



This will allow us to get all the categories in people suggested, but then focus it down to the two most favored and let everyone pick the best.

[Fester Pot]

I agree with Morikahn on the October entry - Halloween.



That should really spruce it up.



Cauldrons, pumpkins, gravestones, dead trees, rotting logs, candles, dark magic, coffins, spider webs, creepy hanging pictures that are not perfectly centered, blood stains, bloody altars, torture equipment that look like torture equipment - hanging chains with barbed hooks, hanging torn body ripped at the waist with hanging spine and dripping insides.



FP!

[Eradrain]

Do we really need more halloween stuff? There's plenty of it in Project Q already.

And it isn't necessarily something that a ton of people would always use, all the time.  While I think the "commoner clothing" category is pretty boring (just my opinion, no offense to the suggester/voters), at least it's something that people will definitely use if it wins.

Modifié par Eradrain, 05 septembre 2010 - 12:57 .

[jackkel dragon]

Commoner clothing is lacking in NWN, I might be tempted to finish my uber-project for NWN if I had some commer clothes... or just more clothes...



Some other month, I guess. Maybe I'll be done with my other projects in a few months and be able to participate.

[Drewskie]

Do we really need more halloween stuff? There's plenty of it in Project Q already.

Of course we do. It's the best holiday of the year and could mean additional undead and other things... like pale master garb. I've been looking for a pale master exoskeleton breastplate for years.

[_six]

I think we could do with a lot more generally creepy content. Blood stains and whatnot aside, a lot of what went into Q's halloween pack was explicity halloween related (masks, pumpkins etc) and while useful for all sorts of out of character or festival related things, isn't as versatile as some of FP's great suggestions.

I wonder if I could twist mori's leg into making more creepy trees - the one he made last year is pure brilliance.

Modifié par _six, 05 septembre 2010 - 05:31 .

[Jez_fr]

@Morikhan: thb I don't see the need of a 2nd vote, as if a theme isn't chosen it just postpone it to the next month, unless a better theme is proposed in between. But in all logic, a close contender would be chosen next.

Also I'm not too keen on adding "paperwork", there is enough, and 1 week isn't really enough time for interested people to vote or comment.



Anyways, I'll add a Halloween/Creepy stuff theme to the October Theme list!

[Jez_fr]

Ok here is Poll for October 2010 theme Vote now! =)

Note: I removed Holy symbol since there was no vote at all and the list start to be long. I will routinely remove 0 voted theme because we don't need polls with like 1 vote for each theme. Anyways, feel free to propose a discarded them at a later point. Once more popular ideas will be covered, there may be more interest then.

[Jez_fr]

Maybe we should discuss acceptable technical limitations about the submissions. Or at least see how everyone feels about such limitations or their need. So I put up a poll at least to see what kind of trend we have about that: please vote here

It's not a "law" vote, but rather a test to see if there's a need for that. Thanks!

[Jez_fr]

Just a heads up, we need more votes for October theme choice. So if you didn't, please vote here: Poll for October 2010 theme
Vote now! =)

[Bannor Bloodfist]

A Halloween theme is a bit late don't you think?



I mean the contest is destined to run the entire month of October, so the content won't even be available until AFTER Halloween... and by that time, no one will care about Halloween stuff anymore, until next year. A Halloween theme might have been useful for September, so builders could get their hands on the content in time to actually use it for a Halloween themed mod or area on a PW...

[_six]

I don't know about anyone else but my module project is dark, bloody and full of horrific beasts no matter what time of year it is...

[olivier leroux]

_six wrote...

I don't know about anyone else but my module project is dark, bloody and full of horrific beasts no matter what time of year it is...

Yeah, that's the stuff I'd like to see and play! Please don't say these kind of mods are only produced once each year, specifically for Halloween... What a ghastly thought!

Modifié par olivier leroux, 28 septembre 2010 - 10:24 .

[Jez_fr]

We need more vote, because right now we have draw. So people, lets force everyone you know to vote or kill'em! =)



or we'll have a doubled theme month, that's twice more work for everyone! 8D



Vote please =)

[olivier leroux]

Not such a bad idea though, a combination of both themes. Could be Commoner Clothing with brownie points for Halloween related costumes, creepy masks etc.

On the other hand, if the theme is limited to clothing wouldn't that make it harder on CC 'newbies' who haven't worked with body parts / dynamic NPCs before (and possibly result in their reluctance to join the contest)?

Modifié par olivier leroux, 30 septembre 2010 - 03:41 .

[Fester Pot]

Yes, please continue voting. I don't want clothing to win.

FP!

Modifié par Fester Pot, 30 septembre 2010 - 04:08 .

[Jez_fr]

olivier leroux wrote...
On the other hand, if the theme is limited to clothing wouldn't that make it harder on CC 'newbies' who haven't worked with body parts / dynamic NPCs before (and possibly result in their reluctance to join the contest)?

Yes its harder (well not really harder, but more tedious). Only thinking of doing inventory icons for clothing parts really make think of committing suicide XD

and clothing ARE winning... go find voters!! XD

Modifié par Jez_fr, 30 septembre 2010 - 04:21 .

[The Amethyst Dragon]

As far as commoner clothing goes, I think it's needed, just a little limiting as far as a theme goes. There are lots of other things commoners might use besides clothing. More tools (as holdable items, mops are already done ), more work facility parts (mill works, granaries, tannery parts, brewer's vats, etc.), more small buildings (huts, stables, open barns, chicken coops), or anything else a commoner might need.

Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 30 septembre 2010 - 05:49 .

[Estelindis]

Jez_fr wrote...
Only thinking of doing inventory icons for clothing parts really make think of committing suicide XD

Fear not!  It can actually be really easy.  All you need is NWExplorer and Gimp with the PLT plug-in.

1) View the model in NWExplorer, select the "black to white gradient" colour for all materials, and then Print Screen. 



2) Paste this into an image file and select around the clothing.  (Give a little border so it has a proper edge that can be seen even after scaling down.)



3) Scale that down to fit in the top 66 pixel-rows of a 64x128 pixel-sized PLT.  Open up a standard icon for reference in Gimp and you'll see what I mean. 



4) Set that PLT so it's completely pure white in the skin layer, and has no other image data in any other layer.  (Easiest way to do that is to fill the top layer, tattoo 2, with pure white; save, close, and reopen; then select all in the tattoo 2 layer, cut it, and paste it into skin.)  Save, close, and reopen.  Paste your your clothing image into, say, the cloth layer.  Save.  Close.  Open. 



5) Select the sections of your clothing image that you wish to be in the various different layers.  Never use anti-aliasing or fuzzy selection; if in doubt, sharpen your selection.  Cut.  Paste it into the layer where you want it.  Repeat until all areas are in the layers you want.



6) View the icon in NWExplorer and it should look awesome!



This took about ten minutes.  It's a very rough icon that needs to be smoothed out around the edges (due to a certain unavoidable amount of fuzziness when you scale down; PLTs don't handle fuzziness well) but that can be fixed with a bit of tweaking.  Ultimately, this isn't something anyone who can work with PLTs should be afraid of.  And if you need help with PLTs in general, just ask me. 

[Jez_fr]

ooh nice tutorial Este, straight to the point and clear, like I love them. Thanks!

This should be kept somewhere safe and easy to access, maybe as a pdf even.

[TheSpiritedLass]

This is most likely too specific for the NWN community at large, just incase is isn't... I'd love to see more mythology type things. For instance there are some nice custom tilesets and placeables for Egypt but nearly nothing for a player to wear so they look like they are from Egypt. There are a handful of outfits, helms, shields and one-handed spears for Rome, Greece and Vikings. A couple of monsters (a VERY nice Anubis). Some wonderful columned buildings. A very nice viking ship. You get the idea, bits and pieces here and there.

-- Mistress, who has her fingers crossed but is not holding her breath.

[Jez_fr]

ok, votes for October are closed, Commoners won!

You can start to vote on November Theme here

[s e n]

Weapons, I say! I do plan to make some improvements to kukries, assassin knives and -maybe- other so if we decide to go for it, I think I will join nevermber challenge!