Potrait modding?

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Dont see any discussion on this yet so figured Id ask. Are the potraits modable? Going by past paradox games I imagine they are.

Dont have the game yet myself (its on the way) but from the screenshots Ive seen so far I just had to cringe at the potrait pictures ... no offense meant to the artist(s) there who did them but as an artist myself I had to put that on my list of things to do as soon as I get the game I did the same thing for all the Medieval Total War potraits too, I guess I just like putting my personal stamp on the games I play.

Myros

 

[Havard]

Check for the "Genetics" thread in the scenario & modifications subforum.

The portraits are pieced together from different body parts based on an inheritable "DNA" code, so there are no complete portraits to mod...

 

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Ah very interesting. Could explain why some of them look so odd

The question then I guess is ... are the 'parts' modable?

Myros

 

[Havard]

The question then I guess is ... are the 'parts' modable?

Yes, they are. I believe it's been established that it's possible to add parts too, to create more variety

 

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Aye thanks, was just reading over that thread mentioned. Cant wait to dig into those files and see what I can come up with, sounds like fun.

Bah on no overnight delivery from Sweden to USA

Myros

 

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The difficulty will be in making any additional parts look consistent with the existing ones.

 

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The difficulty will be in making any additional parts look consistent with the existing ones.

Just make the noses a little smaller. Everyone in the middle ages could not have been that ugly.

I'm sure the sculptors tried to flatter the deceased on some of the sarcophogi I have seen pictures of but some of the folks are bound to have been better looking than most of the portraits in CK. Not that the artwork is bad - just the resulting character portraits.

 

[Galleblære]

The problem is, by adding one extra, all the existing personas will be changed as well, but I guess that's not really a big deal.

 

[Havard]

The problem is, by adding one extra, all the existing personas will be changed as well, but I guess that's not really a big deal.

Well, considering that none of the characters in the game have precise dna modelled to fit known portraits (i.e. they are randomly generated) I wouldn't say taht is much of a problem

 

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also if you double the numbers of portrait parts only half of the íngame portraits would change