Knuckles 904 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I've been working on a project the last few weeks that has been time consuming and to be honest much tougher than I initially thought. What I've been doing is trying to find all the 'generic' sets available to all classes. I've had a hard time finding the right combination of level and Bargaining; figuring out how many sets there really are and the color variations contained in each unique skin. I've found each class has 9 unique skins and each skin has 4 color variations. To make it tougher, some color variations are actually from green sets, while other sets will only have 4-6 pieces. Sometimes the sets' color variations are so minimal you cannot tell the difference in the merchant window and sometimes can barely tell once you've equipped that item. Some parts rarely show up in the merchants window...so many hours were spent finding one or two pieces to complete each skin. I modified my balance.txt file so many times but I finally found a line that enabled me to increase the number of items offered. At this point I would like to thank a few people for helping me a long with the project. First and foremost I would like to thank Lazy Tomcat for his assistance and his prior work on completing the sets. Having guidelines and pics really saved me a ton of time and took a lot of guess work out of figuring what piece went with what skin. Also gogoblender for helping me mule money over to numerous characters so I could have a much easier time gathering all the items. And lastly Dragon Brother for his help navigating the balance.txt files and also making this project much easier I will be adding all the set pics to the wiki though I haven't come up with a final presentation idea yet. I will also be adding these sets to the download section but that is still a week or so away for the 1st couple characters. I was hoping some of you might have some suggestions on how to display this on the wiki. I have a few ideas but nothing really jumps out at me as 'this is the perfect way' yet. Now for a few photos of what some of these generic sets look like First is a skin from a Dryad collection. This set was especially hard as the color variations are minimal between a few of them. And now a few from a Shadow Warrior skin And lastly a few from the High Elf Link to comment
DM Naga 3 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I have three to four chest for each character with armor sets I collected. I even went for the different color variations. They are level 200 or better. Intended to post them for the blank 200 characters posted. Link to comment
Dragon Brother 619 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Amazing work knuckles, to me you embody the adage: "if a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well" and in this case extremely well. It's great to see the depth behind alot of the content created for this game. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Our money laundering bears fruit! Another one of your massive projects... how do you get into jams like this! Course, getting this stuff to look it's best is comparable to a fashion show. I think though that once you have a few test pages up, we can help with ideas on where to go with this. Either that or we call in Christian Dior for tips. gogo Link to comment
Spunky 16 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Great work Knuckles I remember I had trouble myself with completing only one of these sets, took me almost 2 hours until I found all the pieces Link to comment
Ysne58 236 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I've been afraid to go looking. Nice work Knuckles. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I've been afraid to go looking. Nice work Knuckles. ha lol, that's what I was going to say And it makes me think. Damn shame that all these beauties seen like this when only put together... could not Ascaron have just put a smattering of bonuessness on collections like these? I keep asking myself the question... how come I never saw anyone ingame peacocked? Pity gogo Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Some of the skins are really cool looking...it would have been nice if there was a hidden bonus waiting for you when it was completed. I'm going to try and have all skins at level 15 just in case anyone wants to see what they look like on their characters. Project might be delayed a little as I'm watermarking a whole bunch of pics right now...probably a couple hundred anyways. Shame I got to do it, but it's either that or all the work gets ripped off and there's nothing I can do Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Some of the skins are really cool looking...it would have been nice if there was a hidden bonus waiting for you when it was completed. Yeah. Making it interesting to collect and actually use all the sets would have added value. Look at all the work they've put into design, skin... a bear suit for Shadow Warrior! ... all kinda wasted, at least in game time world. It's actually lasting attribute you're paying to the designers by putting their work on display like this. Project might be delayed a little as I'm watermarking a whole bunch of pics right now...probably a couple hundred anyways. Shame I got to do it, but it's either that or all the work gets ripped off and there's nothing I can do Yes, be careful, other sites out there have tried to steal editor contributions and images without attribution. gogo Link to comment
grimwold 28 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Wow great work Knuckles. Iam currently collecting armour sets for my shadow warrior. Hopefully your pics will help me out finish up my collection. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thx grim Project has been delayed a few times, but pretty close to having the first character up. Once I find a couple pesky arms that have been hiding, I'll be uploading some pics for the Temple Guardian. Will use him as my test subject and try out a few things so I can figure out how best to display them. I'll start on the Shadow Warrior next since you're also collecting them Link to comment
Schot 407 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Faaaaantastic work Knuckles. It's nice to see those seemingly random items from the shops come together as a whole like you've done. If only we got bonuses from doing that. Shame Ascaron. Shame shame shame. Link to comment
Silver_fox 397 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I just saw the first wiki page for this project. It's so cool! Really, it's very interesting to see these sets displayed in all the detailes. It makes the ordinary armour look beautiful and interesting. 'Ordinary' things can become 'cool' when served right - and you serve them just right! The only small imperfection of this page is that it doesn't fit my screen horisontally. Maybe the armor pics can be a bit less broad. But anyway, it's so nice to see Knuckles creating new pages again. They are always interesting to check out. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Not to worry Silver.....I'm making that page my 'Test' page. It will probably go thru quite a few changes before I'm happy with it. Spent the last month gathering all the different sets, and have enough now to start uploading some. Still missing a piece or two here and there for each character though. The Iron set I'm working on now actually has a 4th color variation that I can't find the boots for yet. So there will be another version up on that page soon (hopefully) I'm open to any suggestions on how to display them. Eventually I'll have it sized so a screen with 1024x768 resolution will display it nicely. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Here's another attempt. Let me know what you all think Link to comment
Silver_fox 397 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 The character really stands out more on this background - it looks neat and doesn't distruct from character's appearance (not to mention that golden version would look much better on this background than on yellow sand). But the picture is quite broad (overall amount of the empty space exceeds the character). How about making one pic with all three views of this SW (front, side, back) on the background that consists of two images like the one you used here. It can be done without moving this one, just use a bit less space for the figure in the middle. Placing all the views on one pic would make a 'set variation' look complete and the views would really look like different angles of one item, not like different items. But maybe you have a better idea. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Tbh having a few probs figuring out how to do some of the layers but have this pic to display... Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Double post Got one pic for the Shadow Warrior "Iron" set up on the wiki http://www.sacredwik...arrior_Iron_Set Link to comment
Dragon Brother 619 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Thats a sweet looking set of armour, truly impressive details. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thx DB Got another set up http://www.sacredwiki.org/index.php5/Sacred_2:Shadow_Warrior_Special_Set Link to comment
grimwold 28 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Hmm I was just wondering, did they have armour sets like this in sacred underworld? And do you think there was as much content they didn't put in, bit of topic. Edited April 9, 2011 by grimwold Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Hmm I was just wondering, did they have armour sets like this in sacred underworld? And do you think there was as much content they didn't put in, bit of topic. ooooh, I'm sure the sets must have been there as well, to be organized and documented. oh no...Poor knuckles! gogo Link to comment
Schot 407 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Loving the collection Knuckles! The way you took the shots and framed them is spectacular. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 @ gogo...I don't do S1 Thx Schot...changed up the pics per your suggestion and yes they do look a lot better...ty I have two Shadow Warrior pages completed: Iron Set Crypt Set Will have 1-2 more done by tonight Link to comment
grimwold 28 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 (edited) Nice. At least I can now see I have my crypt set all mixed up. A question about the generic armour set. Did you just put them together because they where left over or are they in the correct set. Edited April 10, 2011 by grimwold Link to comment
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