Maestro's Augmentation mod for MM7 - begins!

[rampage77t]

hello there!

so almost 2 weeks passed.
any update from community? how did you find the mod? anything you wish to change or not? any mob-height problems?

Greetings, just yesterday I was able to finish the game in its entirety, it seems to me an excellent graphic quality and the residences of the creatures look better than the original ones, I was even able to verify that the design of the manticores that, although they are not in the game, also have a very good redesign. I did not have any errors or anything during the course of the game, I think I only found one bug, when I am on the shoals map the enemies are not seen when they move in real time, that is, they are invisible until they are in front of me and only They are seen when I go to turn-based combat, outside of that it is quite enjoyable. Congratulations for your enormous work, I love how this community continues to work on mods of this game franchise that I really enjoy.


The only thing I ask is if there is a way to translate it into Spanish, if you can't, how can I translate it manually? It is more than anything for comfort but otherwise I have no problem playing it in English.

[vladimir-maestro]

The only thing I ask is if there is a way to translate it into Spanish, if you can't, how can I translate it manually? It is more than anything for comfort but otherwise I have no problem playing it in English.

very good question.

actually i was thinking about it (other languages). well if you got original spanish version of the game - it might work. like if you got main menu in spanish (like poder y magia 4 example or something?) i can copy the style of a main menu if you will send it to me. but you will need to translate all mob's name into spanish variation cause i do not know it myself.
after that will be done - i could create spanish patch too.

[rampage77t]

The only thing I ask is if there is a way to translate it into Spanish, if you can't, how can I translate it manually? It is more than anything for comfort but otherwise I have no problem playing it in English.

very good question.

actually i was thinking about it (other languages). well if you got original spanish version of the game - it might work. like if you got main menu in spanish (like poder y magia 4 example or something?) i can copy the style of a main menu if you will send it to me. but you will need to translate all mob's name into spanish variation cause i do not know it myself.
after that will be done - i could create spanish patch too.

Then I will do a test, I have an installer that translates the game in Spanish, although surely with the mod does not work, or if the mob's name do not be correct, but I can use mmarchive and take out the files that are in Spanish, by I will do the attempt at least

edit: It worked, after using the patch I was able to translate the rest of the game content that was left in English, including the main menu, I also finished translating all mob's name into Spanish.

[Kaltenberg]

Unfortunately, I don't have time to play with it, but from the pictures it looks super cool!

[DaveHer]

One thing you might want to consider is to have monsters behave the same way they do in MM7Rev4mod.
David

[vladimir-maestro]

One thing you might want to consider is to have monsters behave the same way they do in MM7Rev4mod.
David

for example? more complete answer could result to positive consequences.

[DaveHer]

One thing you might want to consider is to have monsters behave the same way they do in MM7Rev4mod.
David

for example? more complete answer could result to positive consequences.

For example, some of the monster use spells. Harps, Gorgoles, and others. Goblins summon other Goblins etc. I believe that having monster summoning other monsters may not work because of the amount of memory already being used by the game. It is a simple matter of copy paste from one monster.text to the other. I did it to "MM7 Redone Ultimate" which I have not published yet. Dragon Flies shot "Acid Burst". Trolls throw rocks at you etc.
David

[vladimir-maestro]

For example, some of the monster use spells. Harps, Gorgoles, and others. Goblins summon other Goblins etc. I believe that having monster summoning other monsters may not work because of the amount of memory already being used by the game. It is a simple matter of copy paste from one monster.text to the other. I did it to "MM7 Redone Ultimate" which I have not published yet. Dragon Flies shot "Acid Burst". Trolls throw rocks at you etc.
David

ok then. i'll keep it for the future
p.s. we fixed summon skill limitations btw. some mobs use it like necromancers and pit lords. so i can add more of them + we;re still working on new spells like Implosion to be applied as mob's spell too.

[DaveHer]

For example, some of the monster use spells. Harps, Gorgoles, and others. Goblins summon other Goblins etc. I believe that having monster summoning other monsters may not work because of the amount of memory already being used by the game. It is a simple matter of copy paste from one monster.text to the other. I did it to "MM7 Redone Ultimate" which I have not published yet. Dragon Flies shot "Acid Burst". Trolls throw rocks at you etc.
David

ok then. I'll keep it for the future
p.s. we fixed summon skill limitations btw. some mobs use it like necromancers and pit lords. so i can add more of them + we're still working on new spells like Implosion to be applied as mob's spell too.

It sounds like the future version of the "Augmentation mod" is going to be most entertaining and addictive. Maybe I can help in some way. All the redones that I did I did not create new palettes. I used the palettes that come with the games. It was accomplished by using corel draw. The program can extract palettes and apply them to the new image. I look for images in the game that have about the same colors as my new image. I extract the palette from the game image and apply it to my new image. It works 99 % of the time. GrayFace made it possible to add more models to MM7 with the new extension 2.3. So I added more models to "MM7 redone Ultimate." that were done with blender.
David

[vladimir-maestro]

It sounds like the future version of the "Augmentation mod" is going to be most entertaining and addictive. Maybe I can help in some way. All the redones that I did I did not create new palettes. I used the palettes that come with the games. It was accomplished by using corel draw. The program can extract palettes and apply them to the new image. I look for images in the game that have about the same colors as my new image. I extract the palette from the game image and apply it to my new image. It works 99 % of the time. GrayFace made it possible to add more models to MM7 with the new extension 2.3. So I added more models to "MM7 redone Ultimate." that were done with blender.
David

nice job. i saw your mods. btw i did the same job with palettes for TCC mod for MM6.

adding new maps and 3d into maps is the hardest part for me now: i dkn why - but editor refused to work under my machine. at all. it's just doen't work. so i'm trying to fix that.
so unfortunately, next patch won't contain something extreame new. maximum - new coding and mechanics. also a dozens of new paper dolls and inventory items. i'll post some teaser soon about it.

[DaveHer]

Thank you for the compliment concerning my mods. I wish you luck on fixing that thing about new maps and 3d into maps. GrayFace might help you with that. He helped me Several times when I was doing the mods. The editor was not working correctly and he fixed the problems.
David

[vladimir-maestro]

small update about future patch v0.2 (i'll translate)

new playable characters, new items and new skill - *Cloth* work in progress final plot could change.
Cloth will be brand new armor skill for mages/monks.
N: no any penalties on use.
E: skill level raise Mana regeneration
M: skill level added to HP (x3 effect)
G: add chance to completely dodge enemy spells (50% maximum)

Unlike it was in Maestro mod (if anyone remembers) - in Augmentation, the same type of armor will look quite the same on the characters, no matter gender or race (dwarves).

+ I plan to correct the century injustice and add dwarves undead (zombies and lich dwarves). in the original, who played dwarves and promote them to lich - heroes grew up. now they shouldn't.

P.S. all this and much more would be impossible without the support of Grayface! He's a very cool dude! Thanks to him!

[DaveHer]

It looks great. Check your email.
David

[vladimir-maestro]

hello!
so a month passes since release. any feed backs? how it was? what about balance, new economy sustem? any bugs and glitches? any fixes need to be done?