Spartan

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="12" id="1941223"] Quoting Spartan, reply 11Also if you link me the original size I'll see what I can do with the reduction sharpness to make it better. I got it from here. If you could make it a bit sharper I would marry you, bear your childrean and... uhm, would be very thankfull I mean. It's Tate from Fire Emblem. And yes, she's as awesome as she looks. [/quote] I tried every trick I know and I could

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="10" id="1941196"]Ah, mine is a little bit too detailed to shrink it so small... But Pegasus Knights! [/quote] I gave you karma for your avatar in the other thread. It rocks! And I dont like anime or toonish stuff as a general rule. Also if you link me the original size I'll see what I can do with the reduction sharpness to make it better.

@Vandenburg - OMG! You karma just for that avatar! It is pure awesome sauce! [e digicons]k1[/e]

Looking better. I would consider adding the colors back to the end letter holders for consistency reasons and not coloring the lower text. Moreover look at a drop shadow to accent the ice effect.

Washed out means faded or low contrast. Here is a real quick hyper contrast processed B&W text element (no pun intended) file I made for you. Colorize it or photo filter it and you should be on your way. It needs some cleaning up but what you need is there.

Hmmm... Still looks washed out. Try a high contrast background image like the official site one below:

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="6" id="1940890"]Longman? *slaps Spartan around a bit with a large trout* [/quote] OMFG! [e digicons]8O[/e] Sorry about that. I do make these posts when I should be sleeping and often the fingers dont move right and the eyes dont see what is really there. Anyway, fixed it. [e digicons]:hugme:[/e]

Nice one. I would consider doing something to the background texture or highlight wise for it as it sort of takes away from the details of the images and I would sharpen the text some to match the images but otherwise nice work. I also like the tribal wolf.

Again the idea is to have the systems components as options one can select at creation time. I for one want a succession system with inherent traits and for the traits of the heir's to be based off of what my avatar had at the time of the birth as well as any genetic variables. On the trade topic, the tax system for caravans would simply rock. [e digicons]:wulf:[/e]

[quote who="vieuxchat" reply="3" id="1940760"] GIMP? That's what I use. And it's free [/quote] That is good but I already have a full AMC license. So best to use it since it cost a fortune.

[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="9" id="1940788"]Btw. speaking of fansite: Could you incorporate a wiki function in to it? (Or make a seperate wiki site for that.) [/quote] Yep planned on it. The server package I pay for has all the bells and whistles software wise and the forum and media software I bought is the best commercial stuff on the market. I spare no reasonable expense for projects. I try to give the guys all the professional quality tool they need to develop s

[quote who="Pancernik" reply="22" id="1940432"]I think the Crusader Kings lineage system was a great idea... as long as your family was relatively small. It was a lot of fun at the beginning of the game, but became a chore once all your time started going to arranging marriages for the offspring of all your fourth and fifth cousins. A good variation on the system might be to limit the player's control only to the head of the family, their spouse, and their children.&nbsp

Outstand job! I hope to see more such work from you. You seem to be a natural . [e digicons]k1[/e]

@Cervomix, ImperialDane - Yeah I have read a few chump things as well. I think Frogboy is failing to clearly communicate what is being shown is an alpha version of the game. I think they should add the words "alpha version" at the beginning and the end of everything released so people don’t get all bent out of shape. As I said in another thread the expectations for this franchise are getting off the chart high and that may cause some premature negative blowback. Image/perception

Warofmagic.com was the primary alt I was leaning towards if Frogboy said no on the .net name.

It should be good methinks.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="1940376"]Drop me a note at [email protected] and I'll get you guys assets and such for such a site. [/quote] Awesome Sauce! I'll get an emai lto you soon - after I finish with my current set of clients. It should be in a few hours. @Martok - sadly not yet. But with Frogboy here it would seem moot methinks.

OK I got several sites I run which combined get well over 1million hits a month and I want to run Elemental banner ads on them. I ran Sins ads on them for some time and I hope they were the result of many copies of Sins being sold. I know of at least 20 that I was told about but I like to think it was much more and I want to do the same for Elemental. I don’t want SD to waste money paying to advertise on sites when there are people in this community that can really step up and

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="23" id="1939826"]Excellent work, Spartan. What program are you using, Photoshop? I've got the hobby of making avatars every now and then, and if at all possible, any chance I could have the base file w/ layers, for any of these avatars? I'd like to rip the border, since it fits these boards so perfectly. [/quote]Of course I used PS for the work. What else would I use? [e digicons]:frogboy:[/e] If you want to make sure

[quote who="Cervomix" reply="20" id="1939713"]Hey Spartan, I am working on an Elemental fansite too, i'm still working on the code and design and i hope we will cooperate! [/quote] Sure lets work on one really nice one together if you are interested. Also for the rest of you that to work on things please go to my mod project site modcraft.net and sign up on the forums then go to the Elemental category and make a post in the welcome thread so I

Not to sound like a fanboy here, but Frogboy's AI work is the best I have ever seen in a game. He is rather skilled at it to say the least.

[quote who="Ron Lugge" reply="16" id="1939523"]Um, done right, auto is good. If I'm going from type A armor 1 to type A armor 2 (light armor to light armor, heavy to heavy) or from iron swords to steal swords, why would I not want to have that occur?[/quote] That question would of course depend on your strategy, econ and unit disposition as well as location at the time of the upgrade. Again if done "right" is the big issue.

[quote who="Karail" reply="10" id="1938689"] I live in hope that one day Stardock will buy out EA [/quote] Me too! And afterwards do the same for Actiblizz! Then and only then would I believe in a God. [e digicons]:cylon:[/e]

[quote who="NineEyes" reply="17" id="1939458"]Great to see this kind of great dedication so early in the game's cycle. I thought about this very thing just the other day and came up with a couple of idea, one that immediately struck me as funny MasterOfElemental(.com) It pays respect to what came before and will resonate with anyone who shares that memory. I also thought of TheElementalSource(.com) or TheElementalNexus.(com) They are a bit more

[quote who="keithLamothe" reply="10" id="1939028"] Really? You can graphics? I said I could make a page if *given* the graphics and told the layout that was desired [/quote] OK knock-off action that will work in a pinch. [quote who="Annatar11" reply="11" id="1939300"]I actually don't see it updated yet Clansofsin that is.[/quote] You are correct. I have asked MrHide to follow up. I think it may because we changed server farms last month. [quote who="Stowe