19 replies to this topic

[Irbis]

here gose nothing ^^ this "req. form" for bams looks more like "req. *.itm"...

1. What do you need? Item, animation, description...?
spells icon(for now). just memorised.
like this:

2. Describe the item/whatever in detail! Shape, style, colors...?
Artist(s) have quite a free hand in creating them. as long as they stick to the form aka that icon will somehow be conected to actual effect of the spell. Details will be passed to the artist(s) when such will show their interest

3. Does it have bonus factors? (+1 thac0 - +5 thac0)
-how- a BAM file can have "bonus factors"...? if you mean the SPELL yes with 60 of them in hand we preety much cover every singiel effect, status and condition there is + some custome ones

4. What about elemental damage? (Acid, Fire, Ice...)
as above...

5. What material is the item made of?
its not an item >< just copycat original BG memorised spells backround or feel free to invent your own

6. Any deadlines?
i am not planing to stand above you with whip - just keep the quality okey and i can endure any lazzynes
7. What game and what mod is this for?
BG2 + Tob
8. Anything else you'd like to mention?
yes. well me and Icen recently discovered that we totaly lacks of graphic-worker or any graphics skills
so we are looking for somebody talented in this area (spell icons BAMs) who would create up to 60 icons for us (yeah i just unhidden number of our spells yey T_T ... ).
Ofcourse his/her name will go straight into credits when the mod is finished and published. The mod have quite fresh and unique content, which will spice up the game very much (Bh2+ToB) so its not another generic kit mod. lol i dont have any new kits at all (we have better solutions hehehe >:3 )
i would ask the interested persons to post one or few BAM examples of their work so we can see ourselfs is it the thing that we lust for =)
i havent wrote all this in typical "request form" as we are willing to contact and work with interested graph-designers secretly and the needed numbers is quite high. well, at least not for anybodys eyes until we're finishes.
Chosed artist will have a free hand of the icon design as we are not very strict about their look(as long as it will not be to crazy ofcourse, we really dont need an overkill spell with bannana picture ), will be given spells description (as long as he'll promise to keep them to himself - reason: read above, this is a CIA project lol ) to provide needed info to create icons which will fit the spells best, will have his name in credits and well... a VIP preview of upcoming MOD is something that, personaly i would always go after (to know/expirience something before anyone else does), and have the highest posibility to be one of our "beta-testers".


Fits is?

Edited by Irbis, 03 December 2008 - 11:02 AM.

[Icendoan]

I would throw this into Resource Request, and follow the guidelines there.

Also, should I have a skills to do this, PLAYTESTING?! F--- NO!

Icen

Edited by Icendoan, 03 December 2008 - 10:55 AM.

[vilkacis]

60 icons

60 icons

...JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST ON A POGO STICK.

I would throw this into Resource Request, and follow the guidelines there.

I would agree with this; that's what the section is there for. If you just edit the post to fit the guidelines, we can move it there when you're done.

[Irbis]

...JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST ON A POGO STICK.

lol wut ?

I would agree with this; that's what the section is there for. If you just edit the post to fit the guidelines, we can move it there when you're done.

will do then. ^^ idk how but i will lol

[Icendoan]

Most of the 60 will be very similar, really.

Icen

[vilkacis]

Just use the .bam form, something like this

1. What do you need? Item, animation, description...?
Spell icon bams, we have gone insane and need 60 OF THEM!

2. Describe the item/whatever in detail! Shape, style, colors...?
Secret. Apply by posting examples of your work, don't call us, we'll call you.

3-5
All either "n/a" or "varied".

6. Any deadlines?
Yesterday.

7. What game and what mod is this for?
"CIA Attacks!", a TC for Spy VS. Spy on the C64.

8. Anything else you'd like to mention?
Your mother was a hamster, etc etc, and the rest of your post goes here.

Edited by vilkacis, 03 December 2008 - 10:42 AM.

[Icendoan]

1. Yeah, an insane amount of BAMs (60) but most are similar. No scrolls or anything needed.

2. Top secret. It's a surprise. We will let you in on it if you post your work for evaluation.

3-5. N/A

6. Whenever, really. I haven't coded THAT much yet, so you have time.

7. BG2

8. Not really. It's SEEKRET! NO QUESTIONS!

Icen

[Irbis]

Most of the 60 will be very similar, really.

why so? O.o Icen you forget that we -cant- have original "spellbook" for our needs. i dont request Maddona painting but if i would like to have another generic icon i would simple tweak and mix and play with original BG ones. and there is a form for our needs... i just dont want to reavel it here :3

Just use the .bam form, something like this

lol done. i follow the form obidiantly (btw the form is bad....)
anyway the topic is ready to be moved i think ^^
and thank you for help vilkacis =)
and hey 60 is not that BAAD. i dont work for Pixel Arts Studios but i know about graphics enough to know that spawning 34x34pixels pics is not quantum physics. specialy that there will be a pathern... but shhh!

[Icendoan]

What I mean, is that due to the layout of the spells and various needs (being as cryptic as I can), it is likely that they would all look the same-ish. (

Spoiler

C1S1,2,3 will all look a little similar, with P then C, then S. Also, abbreviations rock.

)

Icen

[Irbis]

oooooh =o yeah ofcourse =D i mean like

Spoiler

PoC should have like purple backround, PoD red maybe, PoR blue and PoS idk metalic, golden? but i am opend for ppls inovation ^^ i mean i cant transfer pictures that i have in mind to the artist anyway so why not to give him a free hand in most of it? ^^ he/she should have some kind of "payment" for his time.
and as i said - i dont want to see a bannana phone icon under PoD C5 spells.... -__- i just dont. and remember that at once player can have only be one PoX.

i mean something like this or this i really can do by myself...

Edited by Irbis, 03 December 2008 - 11:21 AM.

[Icendoan]

Are we cryptic enough?

Spoiler

Yeah, what I meant is that you would have a little mini-icon for PoD, PoC ect, then the C*, perhaps only for index spells (and that has them thinking ;p)

Icen

[Irbis]

Spoiler

i just discovered that pink is in harmony with my socks so i will use it from now on. this shall be a punishment for anybody eye-picking here >=D and back on topic:
Weeeeeell. so you made the subcategories working...? O.o so we can go with PoX - icon X, PoX C1 - icon Y and so?
well it would be much less of work but as i said - iam adresing this req. to those who actualy know what they are doing. otherwise i really could fetch us all the icons myself... just random cruze around the net and resize lol. but we are professionals and we bet on quality right....?

[Icendoan]

Spoiler

Well, they are bloody simple to make. You need a 2da and a .spl. However, I don't yet have the spells. IE, the indexes come last

Perhaps all this should be PM...

Icen

[Irbis]

Spoiler

nah i mean to make them work with our "counter". thats the first. and secund was that we would need to make to many variation of it. like
C1
=>blabla1.spl
=>blabla2.spl
=>blabla3A.spl

C1

=>blabla1A.spl

=>blabla2.spl

=>blabla3A.spl

C1

=>blabla1.spl

=>blabla2A.spl

=>blabla3.spl

and so on. each time when the pattern changes a diffrent subcat spell would be used. or maybe you found a way around it hmmm?

and yeah definitly back to PMs hehe ^^

[Irbis]

come one ppl help us poor un-graphical MODERS =(
or you will be forced to "enjoy" icons like this:


is the population of gfx artist so low here that a MOD writer need to do icons in windows paint and ACDSee enhancment? come on....

Edited by Irbis, 03 December 2008 - 02:56 PM.

[leahnkain]

60 bams is a lot of work, wouldn't it be better to use the classified section and have a new team member who will eagerly help out? From my experience if you don't want to have a new team member for graphics you might want to make this into manageable chucks, maybe 5 bams at a time.

[Irbis]

well i wanted from the very begining - i new team member who will do what we cannot - graphics, but this guys above started ranting about "req form" and yadayadayada ^^
btw all this sectons are kind a confusing... i need "modding help"... but then again its a "request" for bams, then again classfields got this "In the process of creating a mod, but need some help? " as its description... so what to do? spaming ALL of that section with the same thread will just pull moderators eyes on me lol ^^
and everybody says it belongs somewhere else U_U *sob*

Edited by Irbis, 04 December 2008 - 08:14 AM.

[Icendoan]

Well, Resource Request is for one-off type things, with not too much detail on anything else. Classifieds, however, is asking for a new person to help make the mod, and modding help is when you go wrong, but only need advice, see?

I say both Classifieds and Resource Request, as anyone could want to drop in because they are bored, but not want to have another project, and resource request topics are more approachable.

If someone really wants a new project to do, Classifieds is best, but noone who would only want to drop by and contribute when they feel like it, with no ties or anything browses there.

Icen

[Kaeloree]

This is more suited to ResReq, I think, since it is a one-off thing--even if it is 60 icons.

Good luck, guys, though I'm not sure someone's going to be willing to do 60 entire icons for you!

[Irbis]

i would O.o if i could. to be honest i had lots of fun doing that crappy ones above and belive me we would use it... but we aim for quality. i see people creating huge, detailed BMP for new areas for mods. and heres just (lol) 60 of them with many share parts as we have a patter.
wrrrr do i really need to steal some MMO games icons ? i would use tweaked BG ones, or IWD ones (as i rate them more cool) but our content here really is quite unique and so we try to make unique all the elements which the whole is made of. ;__;

Nevermind... i'll do that myself

Edited by Irbis, 09 December 2008 - 03:26 AM.