Wazzup Beijing.
Looks like we're doing the shiny building series again, this time featuring the Chinese buildings. Now, Chinese wife Youtube man in your recommended might be telling you that "Ohh, China is collapsing literally and structurally (in terms of buildings) in 0 days as we speak. See-see-pee panicking.100 morbillion dead tomorrow. Gone."
I can assure you that the inadequate construction is not a unique issue in just one country a random person decided to hyperfocus on and sensationalise the topic because of their chauvinistic agenda. This, in fact, happens around the world because, well, sometimes people just suck and the system allows it to happen without severe consequence (most of the time it's a slap in the wrist.)
Don't know what I'm talking about? Good for you, buddy, honestly lol.
Anyhow with that out of the way, at first glance, you might be thinking that the roofs of the Chinese buildings are made out of wood, surely. Nope, it's actually either made from clay or ceramic. So with that, that gave me an excuse to use shiny ceramic roofs and hence the shiny roofs in this instance. After all, it's a well known fact that scientifically speaking; shiny/reflective surface = good graphics.
Have you ever seen those posters of Xi Jinping with catchy phrases in China before? I sure haven't as I've never been to China before and I don't watch TV nor do I speak coherent Chinese. That would probably make the trip be even more difficult to navigate.
Instead of going there and get the first hand experience, through the magic of the internet, I just search some photos from Google.
As it turns out, there are plenty of variety to be found in numerous of places, it seems. As funny as it would be add overload the buildings with posters, I've decided to restrain my hands and retain my sanity in the process (I wouldn't be able to finish the mod otherwise.)
So, I say let's add them posters to some of the remastered buildings specifically the important buildings such as the Command Center, Propaganda Center, Weapon Research Center, etc.
vZH had already done this to a certain extent but very poorly with very pixelated picture of Mao, slogans from the "Cold" War days and some in Japanese?!
That is, certainly, an Angloid moment.
With that, I say add MORE photos of the glorious leader, in CHINESE and with the latest updated slogans.
Does that mean I'm getting rid of all the Mao era aesthetics completely? Well, not exactly. Some posters are really cool looking compared to modern ones so it would be a shame just to ditch them. That's why I'm keeping some while trying to update it to current and mechanic-based contexts.
Cool ass poster that would make great cameo
PLA Command Center The same old PLA Command Center with shiny roofs, animated tarps, animated fancy factory door night light, posters, rounder fans, 3D doors and even more clutter.
PLA Nuclear Reactor The same old PLA Nuclear Reactor with shiny roofs, rounder cooling tower stack, rounder green tanks, connector between cooling unit - control unit and non-alpha wires.
PLA Barracks The same old PLA Barracks with shiny roofs, 3D metallic roof, animated tarps, animated factory door with fancy night light, animated fire pit light, rounder fans and a shit ton of boxes.
Well, I guess that's it.
Finally
Friends, if the overall style of your module is in the 90s-2010s, you may not need xi-related promotional content. It is best to search Wikipedia to look at the Chinese leaders at that time, and look for photos of Chinese urban life similar to that era. You should will be helpful to you
The best way to describe current ZHE style is "contemporary geopolitics (or politics in general) and warfare with ZH theme stuff" as in I tend adapt ZH content in irl-esque "realistic" content and vice-versa (Chinese flamethrower tank, toxin tractor, modern nuke cannon, etc.)
This, however, doesn't limit inspirations from previous or future era at times as good back story lore stuff needs a good history and some futuristic stuff is fun to see and keep in the game.
A small suggestion is that it is best not to put the image of the China's current leader country in the game, which may cause some problems, whether it is for Chinese players to promote your MOD, or for the political views of ordinary people in the East and West. A good idea.
However, this is your mod, you can do whatever you want, we expect the overall effect and fun, and the rest are just embellishments in the details.
Wish it could be completed soon
And based on ZH’s background story, Taiwan has been peacefully liberated in 2010 in the ZH world. Although the first poster is very cool, it is not a propaganda poster that should be placed in China that does not conform to the ZH world view.
But I have to say those posters are pretty cool
That's right, the dynamics and expressions of the characters are very powerful. There are many artistic posters with the same style and tension, and perhaps more can be found.
ZHE won't be based on vZH's story because as I worked on it and time passed, it didn't click in my head anymore with what I was going for (NATO vs PLA, GIN.) So instead, this is more of a contemporary commentary of sort with my spin on it. It won't be 100% true to irl so no fights in the comments needed lol.
As for the old posters I will be using, they won't be used in their entirity. They're used in cameos (button images) particularly upgrades which I will be showing some time after.
y000 mah boy Vector with the truth bombs, that actually matter more than the shiny rooftops and this, imho 80's cringy and boring artistic direction of the Chinese buildings.
My take on this matter is, you don't take NAFO trolls or any other kind of trolls seriously. Ever. You just block em, and move on.
As for the texture update, it looks better and much refreshed than the originals, but to me, this was just a wasted opportunity to finally break away from this artistic style. Would much prefer to see the Generals 2 art direction finally show up here..
Anyhow, much much love as always Vec. <3 <3 <3 Keep up the great work!!!
While not really directly related to NAFO and the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, I can see how they might intersect with anti-China sentiment. But, rest assured, I won't be talking about that as it's a very touchy subject and I don't wanna start a comment section war (I only talk about what's related to the current update blog. People can see what they see.)
Truth is I never intended to go into Generals 2 style architecture anyway. I just wanna glow up the old buildings, giving them new visuals and effects, and keep remakes at minimal to save time. Working on buildings in general and Generals is not fun unless you're a masochist.
Thanks for the comment! <3
So how about the differences between generals? I mean add some decorations for the buildings like Shock Wave or Contra have done?
I haven't really thought about that yet as that is very far away future content.
release in 2023????