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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2014, 09:34:44 pm »
To tell you the truth i was going to re-use a bunch of art that i found on line that someone had made a mod for modern warfare and battlefield. I had them somewhere saved, they were user created so i think copyright is not a problem since it was posted on a forum. but i do not remember where, I will have to look at them again


Or we can take actual medals from many countries and use them, i can take pictures of mines if necessary. If you want i can compile the nicest looking medal from multiple armed forces around the world.
« Last Edit: January 20, 2014, 09:57:49 pm by xracer »

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #46 on: January 20, 2014, 11:01:06 pm »
I think those service-ribbons are just about perfect... not too complicated, therefore very in-style with xcom; small enough to be easily displayed on screen in low resolutions; definitely no copyright problems (I doubt there's a copyright for colored stripes, as it's too generic)

and there's lots of them, just look at https://www.google.com/search?q=service+ribbons&tbm=isch

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #47 on: January 21, 2014, 09:05:40 am »
I found some thing that i did a while back, i did it based on a few things but i did it on my own, so maybe your mod can use it.

i have a couple of them done. But i didn't finish them because i didn't have the actual medals and i didn't think the mod will ever be implemented :)


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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #48 on: January 21, 2014, 01:54:58 pm »
That's cool ;p the "more info" window for medals will take a bit of a back seat either until I start/finish the battle log, or until your mod makes enough progress to really benefit from it. For now I will stick to just the 30x8 ribbons, and unless you have suggestions, I will probably use this for reference : https://www.wiz-worx.com/366th/medal000-1.gif

Or this one, from BF2142 : https://i.imgur.com/3CV1Y.png

That one includes little stars so that I can further decorate the ribbons when soldiers get multiple awards.

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2014, 07:45:59 pm »
Ahhhh good old Marine Corps medals

"Give me that good ol' Marine Corp spirit
Give me that double time and rhythm
Give me..."

Brings back a lot of good memories :)

Yes i understand, i am still looking for the ribbons i had some similar to those, but they were a little higher resolution just like the one i had. And yes the one with the stars is exactly what i was going for like when i mentioned this to you a few months ago.

I really like your mod, and it is really shaping up. Keep it up :)



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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #50 on: January 22, 2014, 11:04:37 am »
hey

something i found :) i know it is not what you are looking for.

as well as the stars, that you mentioned.

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #51 on: February 17, 2014, 08:16:38 pm »
Nice job !
I like this idea to introduce awards.

Some suggestions I have in mind (sorry but no idea how to model it) :
- amount of x kills in a limited number of missions (e.g 25 kills in 10 first missions) -> kill medal
- x missions in a country -> country medal
- give a retribution depending on kind of medal
   -> kill medal type => stat bonus e.g. +1 Health
   -> country medal type => bonus of +5000/medal to country budget
   -> ...

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #52 on: February 17, 2014, 10:58:23 pm »
Nice job !
I like this idea to introduce awards.

Some suggestions I have in mind (sorry but no idea how to model it) :
- amount of x kills in a limited number of missions (e.g 25 kills in 10 first missions) -> kill medal
- x missions in a country -> country medal
- give a retribution depending on kind of medal
   -> kill medal type => stat bonus e.g. +1 Health
   -> country medal type => bonus of +5000/medal to country budget
   -> ...

Limited number of mission kills can be done easily enough; I already have it's mechanics in mind. It would be slightly different than the rest, but just a few lines of code.

X missions in a country is in :) I am very pleased with that one, as it is modular, so you can have a "Canada Campaign Medal" and a "Egypt Campaign Medal", etc.

Bonuses per medal, however, I haven't looked at. Main reason is because it would be unlikely to be merge into the core game, so it is on the back burner. However, it would not be difficult to add. It could even me doable via the ruleset, once the code gets written. I also like the idea of bonus money and stuff, because I had never thought of bonuses beyond soldier stats.

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #53 on: February 17, 2014, 11:24:41 pm »
So, this mod is only for github version? >_<

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Re: Achievements mod
« Reply #54 on: February 18, 2014, 01:15:39 am »
I am new at this "sharing" thing, and since I am modding the source code, it's trickier than just uploading a ruleset.

https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=1718.msg17633;topicseen#msg17633

That thread has some links in it, but I don't think any of them work! :D

Seeing the influx of interest, I am working on getting something ready that I can share with others.