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Post by Sorzo on Dec 24, 2017 23:23:55 GMT -8
This thread is meant to showcase any minor changes I make to the Sunrider games that I feel like sharing but don't think warrant their own threads. This initial post will be updated should I come up with additional small alterations, but for starters I have two changes that are showcased in the video below. As I tried to humorously point out in the skit, I'm well aware that these changes aren't perfect, and they certainly aren't for everyone. They were simply made to address issues I personally had with Mask of Arcadius, and I figured I had might as well share them in case anyone else was annoyed by the censored version of the game still containing a bit of nudity or was unsatisfied with the design for Arcadius. The files for these tweaks can be found via the link below. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pxy9rAX6FKxbTFvdznscls1gn4kUBU8x?usp=sharingCensored Asaga Shower Scene Installation:Under the ModPromo1 folder, take the two asagashower images and paste them into the cg folder of the game directory for Mask of Arcadius. Override as necessary. Arcadius Design Replacement Installation:Paste the ModPromo1 folder into the game folder for Mask of Arcadius. After that, either replace the existing graphic inits.rpy file in the game folder with the one I've provided or just replace the relevant parts of the file (lines 74-152 in Notepad ++). In either case, code for the original Arcadius design is still present in the file; it's just commented out. If you want to change the design back, just move the # signs in that part of the file one line down. For the shower scene, you'll need to make a backup of the original files (again, located under Sunrider/game/cg) if you want to restore them without downloading the game again or having to search for them online. That's it for now. I'm hoping to have the project Sola alluded to in the skit out around late January, but that's subject to change. In the meantime, have a merry Christmas. |
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Post by MrNickUniverse on Dec 25, 2017 7:12:09 GMT -8
Not mods that appeal to me personally but I still love the video.
Asaga's "beautiful Body of Justice" is pretty much the greatest thing I've ever heard. emoticon_asaga2_small
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Post by bigfoot on Dec 26, 2017 9:17:12 GMT -8
Absolutely, that made me laugh! I agree Arcadius needs to look a lot less like a colourblind butler but I think the art would fit a lot more in LD than MoA because LD's is a bit more detailed
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Post by Sorzo on Jun 8, 2018 17:48:24 GMT -8
I now have completely censored versions of the two scenes with nudity in Liberation Day, as well as their corresponding thumbnails in the Gallery menu. Link: drive.google.com/open?id=1ExEa-1-R7R_GzbqOIY1o4D8DMi8M4oqeInstructions: Drag the contents of the "Tweaks 2" folder into Liberation Day's Game folder. You'll have to overwrite the two rpy files, so consider making backups of init_cg.rpy and screens.rpy first. They aren't the best cases of Photoshop work in the world, but I like to think that they get the job done well enough without breaking immersion too much. |
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Post by sayonara on Jan 12, 2019 7:00:34 GMT -8
As I tried to humorously point out in the skit, I'm well aware that these changes aren't perfect, and they certainly aren't for everyone. They were simply made to address issues I personally had with Mask of Arcadius, and I figured I had might as well share them in case anyone else was annoyed by the censored version of the game still containing a bit of nudity or was unsatisfied with the design for Arcadius. Hi Sorzo! I have been inspired by your shower censorship patch to go and create a mod that puts in the bedroom scene with Ava (as in the 'restoration patch'), but without nudity or sexually explicit text. (You fade to black, then wake up in bed with her wearing a sheet.)
I thought this was worth doing, because otherwise you miss the short bit of conversation where Kayto promises to go adventuring the galaxy with her on their own ship... it adds to the story.
Instructions: Put it in your 'game' directory
Alternative: download it as a .zip file if you want to read the code or do further modding based on it.
One of these days, when I actually get LD, I'll add a version of this for the MoA port... in the mean time, my project is to package up this scene with your censored shower graphics and turn it into something more proper where you can actually control via menu options how much censorship you want. (That's going to include things like some of the details of Claude's "medical examination"... and maybe an option for turning down some of the more violent bits too, while I'm at it.)
Because why not? lol. Modding is fun, and it's even more fun when you have the source code.
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Post by sayonara on Jan 22, 2019 3:43:20 GMT -8
One of these days, when I actually get LD, I'll add a version of this for the MoA port... in the mean time, my project is to package up this scene with your censored shower graphics and turn it into something more proper where you can actually control via menu options how much censorship you want. (That's going to include things like some of the details of Claude's "medical examination"... and maybe an option for turning down some of the more violent bits too, while I'm at it.) Well, I've got it done! 
But now I've got all these ideas for an expansion/extra story and more interesting variations of combat "mod"... I'm not at all sure I'll ever finish it though. I'm bad at starting and not finishing things.  Plus I should probably get LD and write it for that, since original MoA is so old... ah well. |
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Post by Sorzo on May 9, 2019 18:21:04 GMT -8
I've put together a couple of custom image packs using tweaked character art. One's of main series Sola wearing a sweater over her uniform, and the other's a new female PACT officer. I have plans for both in the story content I'm slowly chipping away at, but since there's no telling when, if ever, that stuff will ever see the light of day, feel free to use these images in your own mods. Sola with sweater:
Expression Pack Link:
PACT officer:
Expression Pack Link:
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Post by sayonara on May 25, 2019 3:12:05 GMT -8
I've put together a couple of custom image packs using tweaked character art. One's of main series Sola wearing a sweater over her uniform, and the other's a new female PACT officer. I have plans for both in the story content I'm slowly chipping away at, but since there's no telling when, if ever, that stuff will ever see the light of day, feel free to use these images in your own mods. Nice. I'm also in the situation of "story content that I'll probably never actually finish"... but if I do, I think I might have a slot lined up for that officer. If I do though, I'll let you know so I can try not to conflict too much with anything you write, character-wise. (I would just feel wrong if I completely contradicted the personality written by a character's author... even if no-one else cared.) |
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Post by Sorzo on May 25, 2019 3:30:33 GMT -8
I don't mind at all; do whatever you like. While I have ideas and a name in mind, I haven't even started writing for her yet.
Your version will surely have a different name anyway, so they wouldn't be the same character.
And besides, the Sunrider series is officially a multiverse, thanks to Academy and [RE]turn, so even if she had the same name you could just handwave it by saying differences in characterization are the result of the two versions of the character belonging to separate realities.
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Post by sayonara on May 25, 2019 3:39:19 GMT -8
I don't mind at all; do whatever you like. While I have ideas and a name in mind, I haven't even started writing for her yet. Your version will surely have a different name anyway, so they wouldn't be the same character. And besides, the Sunrider series is officially a multiverse, thanks to Academy and [RE]turn, so even if she had the same name you could just handwave it by saying differences in characterization are the result of the two versions of the character belonging to separate realities. Well, true; my story pretty much starts from a... shall we say, temporal anomaly, or something, so it's explicitly not quite the same as anything else. Though it still just feels weird if there's a character that looks identical yet is a completely different person. I'll have to think some more about that. Maybe it's her identical twin who never existed in the other universe. |
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Post by Sorzo on Jun 18, 2019 10:14:22 GMT -8
I've reworked the Arcadius redesign in the original post, painting over it to make it better fit the game's art style and give Arcadius PACT's colors and symbol. Still not perfect, but it's an improvement in my eyes.
The link in the opening post has been updated with the new design. If you still want the old one, for whatever reason, those images are still there. You'll just need to remove the "_Old" part of their file names and either remove or rename the new images in order to get them to work.
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Post by Sorzo on Jun 22, 2019 16:08:33 GMT -8
My sprite pack for Sola has been massively updated and now contains a whopping total of 193 images (for comparison, MoA Sola only has 27 full sprites), featuring a variety of expressions from front and side poses for her sweater, plugsuit, and swimsuit variants. The additional expressions have already been a massive boon to the project I'm working on, and hopefully at least a few of you other modders will find some use for them.
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Post by Sorzo on Aug 27, 2019 12:27:08 GMT -8
Another sprite pack for a new PACT character: 
Plus a bonus mini pack for another new character:
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Post by Sorzo on Sept 15, 2019 16:28:41 GMT -8
I've created a sprite pack for Kryska, giving her her updated LD face and plugsuit coloring, plus a new uniform more appropriate for an Alliance officer. Credit to Snickett for the idea. More sprites will be added eventually, as the templates I've made allow for a massive amount of combinations, but for now these should be enough to replace every sprite she has in MoA with something at least somewhat close, though there are a few details lost in conversion in some cases.
As a bonus, I also have another new character, an elderly Ceran admiral, with a couple of different expressions.
drive.google.com/open?id=1oD0Ph_TWsmC29DOd4acGJ1Y0PR2S0TaD |
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Post by Sorzo on Sept 29, 2019 21:23:09 GMT -8
Another day, another sprite pack. This time, it's an alternative take on Kyoko where she survives Ongess and joins the Sunrider as the crew's adorable collectively adopted daughter. Now with 50% less PTSD for traumatized ship captains.
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Post by Sorzo on Jan 6, 2020 17:47:23 GMT -8
Double sprite pack time. The blonde ensign only has a couple crossed arm and salute expressions at the moment, but I'll add the rest later if anyone wants them.
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Post by Sorzo on Apr 4, 2020 20:09:32 GMT -8
Another sprite pack, this one of Sola when she lived as a humble peasant, prior to her conscription. Only the expressions shown in the above image have been added to my Sola sprite pack, but additional ones are available on request.
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Post by Sorzo on Aug 12, 2020 12:00:49 GMT -8
Double Sprite Pack: A.I. Sibling Edition
I've had this idea in the back of my head for over a year of Chigara having built a couple of A.I. "daughters" at some point before meeting Kayto, but I kept going back and forth on whether to incorporate it into Refitted until recently, when I decided to just go for it. I'm hoping I'll be able to use them to add a few more layers of depth and nuance to Chigara (and, to a lesser extent, Asaga, their "aunt") while making them fun characters in their own right.
In addition to serving as research assistants for Chigara, Luna and Pyra respectively help operate the Liberty and Black Jack in Refitted, playing a support role similar to astromech droids in Star Wars or Lockon's Haro unit in Gundam 00. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lycZ-xal7DnKIMUYw_UP1y6TazHbQkrT?usp=sharing |
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Post by Sorzo on Aug 26, 2020 23:25:48 GMT -8
Came up with a couple "Future" versions of Sola that could be used in stories set after the conclusion of the main series. I haven't made proper sprite packs for either, as I currently have no plans on actually using them in my modding, but if anyone wants me to add some expressions to them I will happily do so.
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Post by Sorzo on Apr 28, 2021 17:34:26 GMT -8
After a bit of a hiatus, it's time for the biggest sprite pack yet! I've reworked the flight suits for all six main pilots, giving them armor, accessories, and optional helmets with personalized decals.
All sprites are already defined in the included .rpy file.
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Post by Sorzo on Nov 7, 2021 10:36:34 GMT -8
I've made some more new character designs based on Sola's backstory, though they don't have expression sets. From left to right, we have Sola's father, her mother, her half-sister, and the shipmaster of her flagship while she served as Sharr.
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Post by Sorzo on Dec 13, 2021 18:59:34 GMT -8
A redesign of Claude's medical officer uniform for Refitted.
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Post by Dukat Von Shumer on Dec 31, 2021 6:05:18 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Apr 17, 2022 18:48:12 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Nov 29, 2022 20:47:46 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Feb 12, 2023 10:06:26 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Mar 16, 2023 16:43:53 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Mar 19, 2023 17:51:57 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Apr 12, 2023 15:43:27 GMT -8
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Post by Sorzo on Oct 7, 2023 14:31:59 GMT -8
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Plus I should probably get LD and write it for that, since original MoA is so old... ah well.
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