I've made a mod that has some really basic "stock photos" for other FP authors to use. I figured if I wanted to use the Local Rep in a FP, someone else would too. As it is, that would mean each of us would need to package and load our own "uixTxrConv_localsrep" icon in to the game, which is wasteful if we don't happen to give it the same filename. If we did, one of the mods would overwrite the other's and this is also a potential problem. So, what if I just packaged some universal icons for everyone to use? Then they just need to require this pack to load their FP.
FLASHPOINT STOCK PHOTOS v1.0
I've got just 5 images, I want to keep this lean and useful. A blank image, because we can't turn off the screen. A Locals Rep that HBS didn't think we'd need to chat with. An "Audio Only" signal feed to differentiate from the "lost signal" icon. Then two maps, the Aurigan Reach and the Inner Sphere, taken from the old KS updates and formatted for the Holoscreen. All of these images come to a lean 1.7mb and are in the .dds format preferred by the performance fix oriented modders. I don't want to clutter your PC's memory with a hundred slightly different MW portraits for every nicha faction and unit crest known to sarna. The individual FP's can have that for themselves as they are likely only to be used once or twice for an entire playthrough. I feel these 5 images are general enough that they can get some usage once others start making FPs.
Ignore the text not matching the image context. Just threw it in the convo I was working on to see how it looks.
I'm about 60% done with my FP
"The Raid" which will put your companies combat capability to the limit. Or at least I hope it will. The combat and missions are done. I've got the opening conversation about 90% done and I have about 5 more conversations to write once branching is factored in. I'd say by the end of the month, but don't hold me to that.
Afterwards, I want to take my training wheels FP and turn it in to a living trainer FP so other players can enjoy creating challenges and telling stories as well.
If you're already trying to find your own path with creating a FP, just let me know and I can help out answering questions. I've broken just about everything along the way and I still got more to break before "The Raid" is done. I know far more now than when I started and a proper text/video guide is going to take a long time.
