Revisiting an old project

[prastle]

@Hepps Me Tinks? I'm driving North with a lot of Kieth's soon ...

[Hepps]

So close to being done.

Here's a look at the game specific dice...

3 more units to draw and a handful of name placements.... then the fresh and sexy 270 bc will be complete.

This is going to have to be done as a totally different release since it will not be compatible with the earlier version.

[Frostion]

Nice choice of colors. They really fit the theme. I like it But why do the dice use Roman numerals while the territories use normal numbers? Have you made a version of dice with normal numbers also?

[Hepps]

@Frostion I did a version of the territory marker with roman numerals.... but due to the size of the image it was very hard to distinguish the numbers... so I reverted to a normal numbering system.

[Hepps]

@Frostion also... I reworked an older set of dice which are package inside the game folder... so there are also options.

[prastle]

@Frostion I recommended you to give @hepps some help with the git hub upload curve. looks great guys !

[Hepps]

Down to the last 3 units... mere breaths away from being done.

The Greeks and the Spartans are now complete...

See you in ancient history soon!

[Hepps]

Game is complete... will be testing it tonight when I get home.

Final glimpse... The Roman Republic.

[prastle]

@Hepps me tinks ur getting 2 cases of Kieth's ...

[Frostion]

I don’t know if it is the new colors of the sea or the yellow borders, or both, but I kind of like the original style better then the new look. The new units are game changing nice, maybe because they look so excellent. But as I see it they fit better on a more subtle and not so colorful background, as the units stick out a lot more on a subtle and less colorful background. But I would like to hear other people’s opinions on this.

[prastle]

@Frostion I am color blind a bit. Hopefully i get to play one a bit. i am prob a gd test since generally i play with map details off.

[redrum]

I'd agree with @Frostion some here. I think its that the yellow border is a bit too much. Also it might be better to make the territory PU value a bit larger if possible. The rest looks pretty good to me.

[Hepps]

@redrum and @Frostion Once I have this running it is easily revisited as far as brightness and contrast as I saved all of the different design elements in their own layer while doing the work.

Currently I am stuck as the game will go as far as the loading screen, but no further.

[Frostion]

”I am stuck as the game will go as far as the loading screen, but no further.”

This is the worst time If you don’t have a java popup error, then my advice is to check, double-check and triple-check the folder names and file names of the “flags” dir. See if everything corresponds with the player list in map.properties and in the XML. A singe flag image with the wrong name seems to prevent the game from starting.

If it turns out to be another problem, and you fix it, I am sure we are some that would like to know what it was and what you did. Just so we can learn from this troubleshooting.

[CrazyG]

@Hepps
I would check your place file, I know if it gets formatted wrong, this can happen, and you recently changed it, right?

[Hepps]

@CrazyG Yes I have re-checked it a half dozen times.

[CrazyG]

@Hepps
Have you tried praying?

[Hepps]

@CrazyG Does cursing the Gods count as praying?

[Hepps]

@CrazyG This was much easier when the engine simply flagged the error.

Now it seems like looking for an invisible needle in the dark in a room full needles.

[Hepps]

@CrazyG said in Revisiting an old project:

@Hepps
I would check your place file, I know if it gets formatted wrong, this can happen, and you recently changed it, right?

Formatted how? Not quite sure I know what that means.