An update on my progress with the Distro upgrade.
Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:27 am
It has been a while since I posted an update. I have done quite a bit and I will attempt to list some of the things but it is definitely not a complete list.
Added the crafting system from the 098 Distro.
Added carpentry to the new crafting system.
Added tinkering...
Added bowcraft...
Added cooking...
Added blacksmithy...
Added tailoring but still needs some work.
Added inscription...
Added containers pkg from ThisIsMe's shard.
Added lighting pkg from ThisIsMe's shard.
Added a new keys pkg (I think that came from ThisIsMe as well).
Added a new containers/storage area pkg from ThisIsMe.
Added the evil home decor items.
Added the rustic theme pack.
Added the shadow theme pack.
Added the Gothic theme pack.
Added Tokuno furniture pkg.
Added curtains, Elven furniture, decorate weapons, tapestry, and more.
Added a lot of other new items.
Upgraded the control pkg to the 098 Distro version.
Upgraded the cartography skill to enable mapping all of the facets (realms).
There have been many rabbit holes I have gone down to integrate everything. Many times this required me to adapt and improve upon what is already present, and in some cases, scrap one pkg in favour of a new pkg which involved more rabbit hole excursions.
At one point I was so frustrated I was going to abandon this whole idea because there were so many problems but I kept trudging on. Now I think I can see a pin point of light if I look down the tunnel and squint my eyes.
I just finished the cartography upgrade and I wanted to post images of the maps but I decided to post links to the images rather than wrestling with the limitations of image size imposed by our forums.
So here are the links:
Felucca
You will notice the map looks squished horizontally. This is because Felucca is wider than it is tall. I was unable to get the map gump to allow a proportional scaling of the image. Apparently it wants height and width of the map to be the same number of pixels. If anyone has overcome this issue I would appreciate it if you would tell me how to get a proportional display.
I did not create an image for Trammel as it is a copy of Felucca.
Ilshenar
Malas
Tokuno
Termur
Various local and regional maps
The local maps are the smaller gumps.
Anyway, that is what I have been up to and roughly where I am in this, longer than I had hoped for, upgrade.
I want to thank ThisIsMe for his help and for providing his packages and items, Austin for all of the work he put into the 097 and 098 Distros from which I have borrowed much, MuadDib for his work on the crafting system and anyone else I may have forgotten to mention.
Hopefully I will get this done reasonably soon. I have other POL related projects I want to work on.
I would not have even posted this if I didn't feel optimistic.
Added the crafting system from the 098 Distro.
Added carpentry to the new crafting system.
Added tinkering...
Added bowcraft...
Added cooking...
Added blacksmithy...
Added tailoring but still needs some work.
Added inscription...
Added containers pkg from ThisIsMe's shard.
Added lighting pkg from ThisIsMe's shard.
Added a new keys pkg (I think that came from ThisIsMe as well).
Added a new containers/storage area pkg from ThisIsMe.
Added the evil home decor items.
Added the rustic theme pack.
Added the shadow theme pack.
Added the Gothic theme pack.
Added Tokuno furniture pkg.
Added curtains, Elven furniture, decorate weapons, tapestry, and more.
Added a lot of other new items.
Upgraded the control pkg to the 098 Distro version.
Upgraded the cartography skill to enable mapping all of the facets (realms).
There have been many rabbit holes I have gone down to integrate everything. Many times this required me to adapt and improve upon what is already present, and in some cases, scrap one pkg in favour of a new pkg which involved more rabbit hole excursions.
At one point I was so frustrated I was going to abandon this whole idea because there were so many problems but I kept trudging on. Now I think I can see a pin point of light if I look down the tunnel and squint my eyes.
I just finished the cartography upgrade and I wanted to post images of the maps but I decided to post links to the images rather than wrestling with the limitations of image size imposed by our forums.
So here are the links:
Felucca
You will notice the map looks squished horizontally. This is because Felucca is wider than it is tall. I was unable to get the map gump to allow a proportional scaling of the image. Apparently it wants height and width of the map to be the same number of pixels. If anyone has overcome this issue I would appreciate it if you would tell me how to get a proportional display.
I did not create an image for Trammel as it is a copy of Felucca.
Ilshenar
Malas
Tokuno
Termur
Various local and regional maps
The local maps are the smaller gumps.
Anyway, that is what I have been up to and roughly where I am in this, longer than I had hoped for, upgrade.
I want to thank ThisIsMe for his help and for providing his packages and items, Austin for all of the work he put into the 097 and 098 Distros from which I have borrowed much, MuadDib for his work on the crafting system and anyone else I may have forgotten to mention.
Hopefully I will get this done reasonably soon. I have other POL related projects I want to work on.
I would not have even posted this if I didn't feel optimistic.