All,
This thread will serve as an all purpose "roll up" of all the things I am doing to update the CoAS series to HD until the eventual release of POTEHO in English.
Currently, here is the list of my projects / statuses that substantially improve graphic / gameplay:
1) HD GUI Mod - Currently Work in Progress, 95% Completed
1.5) HD Font Mod - Released, v1.0
2) Script Text Fixes for Quests and Interfaces - Current Work in Progress, 90% Completed
3) 3X New HD Ship Models from my personal modelling archives (HMS Leopard, FR Conquerant, FR Griffon) - Currently Work in Progress, 90% Completed, I need to fix the demast functionality
4) HD Seagull Animal Improvements - Work in Progress, 95% Completed, Will be released with HD GUI Mod
5) HD Ship Portraits - Currently Work in Progress, 75% Complete
6) HD Character Portraits - Currently Work in Progress, 25% Complete
7) HD Character Models - Currently Work in Progress, 10% Complete
This is a long term project, the starting "entry level" changes to the Edward Teach model was an example of many I have to upgrade and fix to modern standards, and is also dependent on future improvements and changes to GOF Eras.
The biggest problem I am having with upgrading models is their size and textures are causing TOOL to crash because it was not designed to handle what I am doing with 3DS Max.
I want to use multiple textures for individual components (character, clothes, weapons) not just one texture file for characters for maximum quality.
8) HD Widescreen / Improved Spyglasses - Released, v1.1
9) HD Flags and Colors - Released, v1.03 (HIGHER quality version will be included with the HD GUI Mod)
10) HD Inventory and Weapons (Eras ONLY) - Released, v1.0
11) HD Skill Books, Released, v1.3 (Will be updated again with even higher quality books after other items above are finished)
12) HD Card Deck (and associated files) - Released, v1.3
13) Extended Music Mod - Released, v1.0
14) Improved Crosshair - Released, v1.0, I have another upgrade already completed, just need to get it posted
15) HD Flag Movies - I will get around to tweaking this at some point for release, but its really a low priority, because I don't use flag movies (or any movies for that matter) in my installed game because I think it is an annoyance and breaks immersion.
Final Note:
I will be beta testing the future GOF Eras Module #2 Patch 1 when released for quality control to make sure the final released version on MoDDB has no quest issues and all functionality is assured for new players.
My mods will remain baselined here on PA! for the current development timeline.