Scriptorium Editorial for July 2011

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Contents

• Introduction
• Recent Articles
• Top News
• Scriptorium News
• Scriptorium Article Reviews
• Closing Statements
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Introduction

Welcome to the Scriptorium's Editorial for July 2011! This time around, we bring you all the info you need on the Writing Competition, opened for submission on August 1st and lasting through August 21st. Hope you enjoy this editorial, and we hope to see you in the competition!

Recent Articles

Below is a list of all articles added to the Scriptorium catalogs since the beginning of July 2011.

Recently Added Articles

July 2011 Changing, Adding and Removing Unit Parts Added 01/07/2011 Creating Your Own Unit Card Added 01/07/2011 Changing and Adding a Units Names Added 01/07/2011 Creating a World – Basic mapping from scratch Added 04/07/2011 Creating a World - Mod Install for Steam Added 07/07/2011 Creating a World – Adding detailed Regions Added 09/07/2011 Creating a World – Adding a new Faction Added 09/07/2011 Creating a World - Functional Grape Shot Added 09/07/2011 Creating a World - Replacing Strat Models Added 09/07/2011 Metal Gear Solid 4 Added 23/07/2011 Creating a World - Registry Entries for the Launcher Added 25/07/2011 Creating a World - Name Converter for data\text files Added 25/07/2011

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Top News

The Scriptorium Writing Competition for Summer 2011 is here! This time around, the competition will be more open ended and allow for any variety of works to be submitted. You may choose to submit to any of the three categories, Fiction, Short Fiction, and Non-Fiction, all made to cover a broad range of writing styles to accommodate any writer. Head over to this thread for the official announcement and other details regarding the competition. It is essential you read the rules before making a submission!

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Other News

The Writing Competition is the main attraction for the Scriptorium for the next couple months, and as such all of the librarians' efforts will be focused on administering the competition. However, you may still submit any regular entries to the Scriptorium as normal. The Scriptorium grows constantly with the work of our own forum members, and we have created a truly unique collection of articles covering a large range of topics. More submissions for both the Scriptorium and the writing competition just means more work for poor old Hader next editorial! :tongue:


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Article Reviews

This month we bring you two new article reviews, from our librarians Nyxos and Maximus IV. They cover two different but related tutorial articles for TW modding. Enjoy!

DJ's Beginner Tutorial to Modding: Changing, Adding, and Removing unit parts (by Dee Jay) - Review by Nyxos

DJ's Beginner Tutorial to Modding: Changing, Adding, and Removing unit parts (by Dee Jay) - Review by Nyxos http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2206/moddw3.jpg Author: Dee Jay Original Thread: DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Changing, Adding and Removing Unit Parts This tutorial for Napoleon : Total War is probably one of the best I have read. Dee Jay explains with great patience and clarity how to create and mix uniforms using only the PFM and requiring absolutely no skinning or graphical skills. The only thing one needs to make a new uniform is a little time and a keyboard, perfect for graphically dumb people such as myself and very good for artists that want to get a grasp at how uniforms work in this game before they start making their own and create entirely new and fashionable units. This kind of modding can be very tedious and hard to grasp. As a member of a mod team, I often see my fellow modders or myself struggle with this. But Dee Jay makes it seem easy and the numerous screen-shots taken at each stage of the tutorial make this kind of modding accessible to absolutely everyone. If you want to make your uniform more historically accurate or more pleasing to the eye, or just mess around with the game (come on, you know its fun) then you'll need this tutorial, or else you'll never see Napoleonic era soldiers wearing tutus, and that'd be a damn shame. Now get to work and make me such a mod ! -Nyxos

DJ's Beginner Tutorial to Modding: Creating your Own Unit Card (by Dee Jay) - Review by Maximus IV

DJ's Beginner Tutorial to Modding: Creating your Own Unit Card (by Dee Jay) - Review by Maximus IV http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2206/moddw3.jpg Author: Dee Jay Original Thread: DJ's Beginner Tutorial To Modding: Creating Your Own Unit Card This excellent tutorial ,made by Dee Jay,explains in detail and with clarity how to create your own unit card. It has plenty of pictures to help the beginner modder. He also provides the program you will need and a helpful pack to do your job easier. The writer describes every single step of his work with both pictures and words for better understanding. This tutorial requires the basic knowledge of Gimp since he uses the tools for his work a lot. An interesting and worthy to read tutorial and a must for every new modder that wants to learn how to mod NTW! Did you like this tutorial? Be happy! Dee Jay has a series of tutorials focusing on modding NTW! You can find them here! -Maximus IV

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Closing Remarks

We close this editorial now, and end it encouraging everyone to submit a work to the writing competition! Prizes are available to be won and much fun to be had in the writing environment that the competition creates. Submit yours soon, don't be left out!


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