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Sharona Curves
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CTP R1 - Tileset Documentation for Builders

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I have finally posted the completed 28 page .pdf document with enough information for builders deciding to utilize the Community Tileset Projects Release 1 product effectively in their own modules.

Each tileset chapter includes complete information about who worked on the tilesets, a description of which load screens are included, what size each tile is, what terrain is required for each tile, a description for each tile, plus other assorted info.

I hope this document is useful to builders who want to know which tiles are available to them in each tileset.

Sharona Curves
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Post by Sharona Curves »

i have started work on v1.1 of this document. i needed to add some people to the credits and also make some miscellaneous changes. i have also added another 2 page chapter describing the many different doors provided in release 1.

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Door Name                     Action        Description
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Metal:
Curtain of Gold Mesh          Pull Aside    Golden Mesh Curtain          
Curtain of Iron Mesh          Pull Aside    Silver Mesh Curtain          

Other:
Area Transition               Clickable     Blue Area Transition
Curtain of Evil 1             Pull Aside    Black Cloth w/Spider Emblem
Curtain of Evil 2             Pull Aside    Brown Cloth w/Black Spider Web Pattern                            
Curtain of Evil 3             Pull Aside    Red Cloth Curtain w/Pattern
Curtain of Ivy                Pull Aside    Hanging Ivy 
Curtain of Scaly Hide         Pull Aside    Stitched Animal Hide Curtain                   
Curtain, Dark Cloth 1         Pull Aside    Brown/Tan Cloth Curtain
Curtain, Dark Cloth 2         Pull Aside    Light Brown Cloth Curtain
Curtain, Heavy Cloth 1        Pull Aside    Light Tan Cloth Curtain                   
Curtain, Heavy Cloth 2        Pull Aside    Gray/Tan Cloth Curtain
Curtain, Light Cloth 1        Pull Aside    Gray Cloth Curtain                
Curtain, Light Cloth 2        Pull Aside    Tan Cloth Weave Curtain                 
Curtain, Old Stained          Pull Aside    Water Stained and Mildewed Curtain 
Curtain, Patterned 1          Pull Aside    Light Tan Weave Repeatting Pattern Curtain
Curtain, Patterned 2          Pull Aside    Orange/Tan Cloth Curtain w/Black/Gray Spot Pattern                  
Curtain, Patterned 3          Pull Aside    Red/Black Cloth Layered Style Curtain                 
Curtain, Patterned 4          Pull Aside    Tan Patterned Cloth Curtain                 
Curtain, Rich 1               Pull Aside    Red Cloth Curtain w/Black Pattern                  
Curtain, Rich 2               Pull Aside    Green Cloth Curtain w/Gold Pattern                  
Curtain, Rich 3               Pull Aside    Persian Star Pattern Cloth Curtain                  
Curtain, Rich 4               Pull Aside    Red Velvet Curtain                 
Curtain, Sun Motif 1          Pull Aside    Stone Looking Cloth Curtain w/Large Sun                  
Curtain, Sun Motif 2          Pull Aside    Tan Cloth Curtain w/Sun Burst                 

Stone:  
Evil Stone Door 20n0          Hinged        Brightly Colored Illithid Door                       
Stone Door 08h                Hinged        Dark Gray Door w/Ring Handle                      
Stone Door 08i                Hinged        Light Gray Door w/Ring Handle
Stone Door 08j                Hinged        Gray Door w/White Mineral Stains
Stone Door 08k                Hinged        Gray Door w/White Mineral/Black Mildew Stains                     
Stone Door 08l                Hinged        Gray Door w/Mildew Stains                      
Stone Door 20m0               Hinged        Carved Door w/3 Bronze Glyphs                      
Stone Door 20m1               Hinged        Dark Gray Door w/Large White Glpyh
Stone Door 20n1               Hinged        Red Dragon Tile Patterned Door
Stone Door 20p0               Hinged        Tan Marble Door w/a Light Tan Glyph                    
Stone Door 20p1               Hinged        Light Tan Marble Door w/Green Glyph

Wood:   
Fancy Door 01b                Hinged        Rich Wood Door w/ Frosted Glass Panels                      
Fancy Door 02b                Hinged        Rich Wood Carved Door 
Fancy Door 05i                Hinged        Wood Panel Door w/ Upper Glass Window + Ring Handle
Fancy Door 05l                Hinged        Wood Panel Door w/ Overgrown Ivy + Ring Handle 
Gothic Door 21r0              Hinged        Grey Wood Door w/ Upper Glass Window + Doorknob
Gothic Door 21r1              Hinged        White Wood Door w/ Upper Glass Window + Doorknob          
Gothic Door 21s0              Hinged        Tan Wood Door w/ Upper Glass Window + Doorknob           
Gothic Door 21s1              Hinged        White Wood Door w/ Doorknob           
Gothic Door 21t0              Hinged        Red Door w/ Doorknob          
Gothic Door 21t1              Hinged        Older White Dust Stained Door w/ Doorknob           
Gothic Door 21u0              Hinged        Green Wood Door w/ Doorknob           
Gothic Door 21u1              Hinged        Gray Wood Door w/ Doorknob          
Oriental Door 23x             Sliding       2 Tatami Oriental Doors w/ 2 Doorknobs                    
Oriental Door 23y             Sliding       2 Solid Wooden Door w/ 2 Doorknobs           
Oriental Door 23z             Sliding       2 Solid Wooden Door w/ 2 Door handles          
Oriental Door 24x             Sliding       Tatami Door w/Doorknob           
Oriental Door 24y             Sliding       Solid Wooden Door w/ Doorknob          
Oriental Door 24z             Sliding       Wooden Panel Door w/ Door Handle 
Strong Door 01a               Hinged        Steel Reinforced Door w/Door Handle         
Strong Door 01d               Hinged        Steel Reinforced Door w/Door Handle  + Red Glyphs        
Strong Door 01e               Hinged        Wooden Panel w/ Outer Ring of Raised Frame Glyphs             
Strong Door 02a               Hinged        Steel Reinforced w/ Door Handle  + Barred Peep Window            
Strong Door 02d               Hinged        Steel Reinforced w/ Door Handle  + Green Peep Window                       
Strong Door 02e               Hinged        Wooden Door w/ 3 Red Glyphs + Door Handle             
Strong Door 05k               Hinged        Steel Reinforced w/ Door Ring and Wood Peep Window            
Strong Door 20q0              Hinged        Steel Reinforced + Studded w/ Center Door Ring             
Strong Door 20q1              Hinged        Light Solid Wood Door w/ Carved Double Axe Design             
Strong Door 22                Hinged        Barred Window Door w/ Key Hole No Handle            
Wooden Door 01c               Hinged        Rich Light Wood Panel Door w/ Door Handle            
Wooden Door 02c               Hinged        Light Wood Panel Door w/ Door Handle            
Wooden Door 05h               Hinged        Rich Large Hinged Panel Door w/Key Hole + Door Ring            
Wooden Door 05j               Hinged        Large Hinged Panel Door w/Key Hole + Door Ring            

OldMansBeard
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Post by OldMansBeard »

CTP Generic Doors is already fully documented.

It is not a good idea to repeat information because it makes for twice the work maintaining it.

Still, if you want to waste your time, go ahead. It's your time.

A few suggestions :
  • Do not use w/ as an abbreviation
  • Use words ("two", "three") not digits in phrases
  • Learn to use tables
  • Spell-check your typing (example: "Repeatting")
  • Use capitalization correctly
  • Adjectival phrases should be hyphenated (example: "pull-aside")
  • keyhole is one word
Describing the area transition as "Clickable" is meaningless and incorrect. All doors are "clickable" except that one. That one is only clickable if it has a transition defined.

20n0 is not an Illithid pattern.

None of the doors is reinforced with steel. They are wrought iron.

Sharona Curves
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Post by Sharona Curves »

yes it is.

there is a file included with the release 1 of CTP expertly detailing how to use these doors, their textures and tags. a picture of each door is also included in that file.

i have of course included a credits chapter heading and made sure to include that this detailed file exists for those looking for more info about the incredible doors in this release.

input i might be looking for on this is my descriptions. should i change something about the way i describe the doors?

OldMansBeard
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Post by OldMansBeard »

[QUOTE=Sharona Curves;8491]yes it is.

there is a file included with the release 1 of CTP expertly detailing how to use these doors, their textures and tags. a picture of each door is also included in that file.[/quote]

I know. I wrote it ;)

[quote]input i might be looking for on this is my descriptions. should i change something about the way i describe the doors?[/QUOTE]

See below, but really, verbal descriptions don't add anything useful to the pictures. The pictures are what the doors are. Verbal descriptions are what people perceive them to be and they are not only subjective but everybody sees them differently. You look at blackish metal fittings and see steel because you live in a world where that's what things are made of. I look at them and see wrought iron, because I know that's what was used in the medieval period that NWN is generally set in, when steel hadn't been invented. But the door is covered in a bitmap which doesn't show steel or wrought iron. It just shows a blackish color. So who's to say ? People can look at the pictures and decide for themselves. After all, the whole game is just an illusion. A fantasy. It is whatever people imagine it to be.

Sharona Curves
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Post by Sharona Curves »

[QUOTE=OldMansBeard;8492]
See below, but really, verbal descriptions don't add anything useful to the pictures. The pictures are what the doors are. Verbal descriptions are what people perceive them to be and they are not only subjective but everybody sees them differently.[/QUOTE]

a picture is worth a thousand words.

i just did not think it would be necessary to repeat those in this document. a picture for each tile and door would be nutz. :crazy:

so i take it my descriptions(no steel though) are fine then?

i still have quite a few more adjustments to make based on feedback so any ideas on these descriptions would be great.

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Post by Sharona Curves »

just thought i would let everyone know after some thinking on this matter i will not be adding this chapter on the doors to the the tileset as was suggested by somebody else. instead of wasting pages on documenting something that is already well documented i will simply be adding a brief introductory chapter on the CTP and included information about where to find more complete info on these doors.

to me at least it just makes more sense to direct someone to an already available pictorial document instead of rehashing this info with simple descriptions. the post above with the info can be used in way you wish but i have no plans to include it in the tilesets documentation.

sorry to confuse anyone and while i normally do requests when i can this one just feels like wasted time and space.

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