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24x24 version of the tileset
looks amazing, so well defined. I'm used to square tiles by now but I wonder whether I'm missing out on the nonsquare. Do you have a reason why you prefer it?
Anyway thanks for the tileset!
Aaaand again, some more tiles. This time I've been doing some more weapons (man, those are fun to make), cabinets, table and chair and weapon racks (yeah, plural. See? I tend to do a lot of variants of some things...)Spoiler: Original size and 2x Zoom (click to show/hide)
Well, I think it's time now that I start to think on working with a bit more... organization. Meaning to pick one of the multiple "sets" a graphic pack needs (text, graphic, races, creatures...etc) and make the tiles for it from start to finish.
I will be using Gemset raws and tiles as a template, as I intend to do a graphic set as complete as possible. I already spoke with DragondePlatino and he gave me permission. He has done the hard part and an amazing job that I think will mark a before and after in doing graphic sets for DF (which has been made possible thanks to mifki and TWBT) and has a lot more knowledge than me on the modding part. I'm just a graphics guy and a newly arrived to the game at that, and have a lot to learn.
Another little update, this time with walls. I think this is one of the most important things to get right. You spend a lot of time looking at this and the "coolness" factor of your fortress depend on them. Can make or break a tileset. The important bit for now though is perspective. The designs are not final, just the basics. Some of them are basically the same design I had for the 24x24 on the first post. I haven't done the engravings and such.
I'm leaning to #3 I think as they match better the perspective I have for the objects and constructions (see the well to the side for comparison). Don't know if the upper or the lower one though. The upper one seems really soft, not "hard" enough for the style and feel I'm leaning towards. Perspective is a bit higher in that one.
Anyway, as I said, I have to add the engravings and some more decorations in the walls (don't want to overdoit though, they'd look noisy at small zoom levels).Spoiler: #1 "Classical" Topdown view (click to show/hide)Spoiler: #2 "Fake" perspective (click to show/hide)Spoiler: #3 Oblique perspective (click to show/hide)
See? This was exactly what I was talking about.
In DFHack, mined-out stone is called BOULDER while the pebbles you find in Adventure mode are ROCKs. If you swap out ROCK for BOULDER it should work. Oh, and make sure you do separate overrides for cinnabar/cobalt and bituminous coal since they use different tiles.
