Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

I was fooling around with making little banners for signatures, but it seems that even when I turn on viewing signatures that they don't pull up. Oh well, if you want to use this for a website or a signature on another forum feel free. I might add a few more.

Banners:
<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig1.png" alt="Dominions Banner 1">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig2.png" alt="Dominions Banner 2">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig3.png" alt="Dominions Banner 3">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig4.png" alt="Dominions Banner 4">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig5.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 5">



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig6.png" alt="Dominions Banner 6">
(Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.)



<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig7.png" alt="Dominions Banner 7">
(Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.)

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/domsig8.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 8">

Shrapnel Compatible Banners:

Dominions Banner 1 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 2 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 3 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 4 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 5 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 6 Shrapnel Version
Dominions Banner 7 Shrapnel Version

Desktops:
<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Standard%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 1">

800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 2">

800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024

Solid logo version of Desktop 2:
800 x 600 solid logo
1024 x 768 solid logo
1280 x 1024 solid logo


<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 3 (Widescreen)">

1440 x 900
1680 x 1050

Solid logo version of Desktop 3 (widescreen):
1440 x 900 solid logo
1680 x 1050 solid logo

<img src="http://semirandom.dom3minions.com/vladikus/Banners/Dom3%20Maps%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 4">

Test
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024


Cursor sets (see post on page 4 for hints on installation for your OS):
Lich set:
Lich normal select cursor
Lich working in background cursor
Lich link select

Re: Dominions Banners (user-made)
 

But where's all the hot models? :)

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Wow that is *really* awesome vlad.

Would you be willing to do the artwork for a couple of mods I'm working on?

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If I had hot models I probably wouldn't share :-P

Perhaps, I could do a few. I can't make promises because I am on a break for a little bit and will get pretty busy shortly. Let me know what you need and I can try.

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig2.png" alt="Dominions Banner 2">

Here's a second one I threw together. Not as pretty.

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig3.png" alt="Dominions Banner 3">

Another... I personally like this one.

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These are really great!

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Too cool!! :cool:

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Great take on the "dividing world" thing. Maybe I should use that at the top of my maps page. And the click on Dom3 icon one would work really well on my aboutDom3 page.

Keep em coming. :)
How about something with Tux about to hit the Dom3 icon for my HostingGames or ServerInfo pages? (tux is the linux mascot). Who are the mascots for Windows and Mac? Gates and Jobs? Having all three sitting around a Dom3 icon might be cool.
(sorry, I get carried away with ideas)

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Windows' mascot is that damnable paper clip from Word. :re: Alternately, they were going to use the old guy in the top hat from Monopoly, but couldn't get the rights cheaply enough.

Apple's mascot is Barney. Pure hellspawn. :eek:

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig4.png" alt="Dominions Banner 4">

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Great work. I really like some of these ideas. Would you mind if I did something inspired by your layouts?

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Go for it.

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig5.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 5">

Animated.

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nice one

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig6.png" alt=" Dominions Banner 6">

Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.

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Nice, I liked all of them.

You should edit your main post with all the new banners.

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Hmm that one gives me the impression that Tux cant play Dom3.
Its a linux game, ported to windows and mac.

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Haha, yeah it does. Hold on... I'll have one a little more linux loving.

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My personal favourite is the 4th one, with the map and the Pretenders. But they're all truly exceptional. You're very skilled :)

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig7.png" alt="Dominions Banner 7">

Variations on Tux, which is property of Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Anja Gerwinski.

Thank you.

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops
 

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20standard%201024%20x%20768.jpg" <alt="Dominions Desktop 1">
1024 x 768 Desktop

Other resolutions:
800 x 600
1280 x 1024

Special thanks to Gandalf for critiques.

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So I gave you a standard Dom3 desktop... well here is my spin on it. Enjoy your new desktop.

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Darkmap%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 2">

800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024

If you have any requests for small scale changes let me know. For example, I can get rid of the transparency on the logo to make it stand out better. Note that the shadow was a practical choice so you can see your icons easier (I assume most people keep them on the left side of the desktop like myself).

I also want to give much credit to Kristoffer Osterman who made the sprites, probably the terrain, the map, the cover, etc. He is very talented and this is really a collage of his work. In other words, he did the hard part.

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That's beautiful. I almost feel like changing my Pratchett desktop away. Actually, I think I'll have to do that, even though I really like that.

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Wow, great work, that is pure poetry to a Dominions fanatic's retinas. :D

Don't suppose you had considered doing a widescreen (specifically 16:10 aspect, or 1680x1050) resolution?

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Awesome!

I chime in JimMorrison's request for widescreen dimensions like 1440X900.

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That is fantastic. Its a dominions advertisement unto itself.
In fact, Im going to ask Scott Krol to look at this thread if you dont mind

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For those of you with widescreens...
<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Dark%20Desktop2%201440%20x%20900.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 3 (Widescreen)">

1440 x 900
1680 x 1050

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Important: For all those who have used the Dominions Desktop 2 (not for widescreen) you should set the image as your desktop again because I noticed a small white line in the upper right and have gone back and fixed it for all resolutions.

Since I can't go back and edit my previous posts, I am going to add a couple links. These are the same as the desktops above except there is no transparency on the logo.

Desktop 2:
800 x 600 solid logo
1024 x 768 solid logo
1280 x 1024 solid logo

Desktop 3 (widescreen):
1440 x 900 solid logo
1680 x 1050 solid logo

Notice: The server I host these images on will be down on January 11th, likely for only a couple days.

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<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominion3%20Banners/domsig8.gif" alt="Dominions Banner 8">

An attempt at some animation.

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops
 

Man, you work is amazing.

Just to throw an idea, why don't you do a screen saver?

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops
 

So awesome, thank you again! 8 )

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Another great one! :up: (maybe your next animated ones could use having shorter "logo times"? Just a thought :) )

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It gave the impression. But I think only if someone already knows Dominions. Im not sure that the choices, or the speed, would work for someone who doesnt know the game.

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Alright... just for fun (and to complement your new background). Check them out, they are cursors. These two are meant to be used together.

Lich normal select cursor
Lich working in background cursor
Lich link select

(On Windows XP, to use these go to control panel, then to mouse, then pointers. Click normal select and if you double click you will have a chance to browse folders. Find lichcursor.cur and select it. Then follow the same steps to set working in the background to lichbusy.ani. The spot for clicking is the lich's staff.)

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I had actually thought about it, but it seems that there is coding involved (unless I do a power point type screensaver or pay for a program). I found a program to create screensavers but it worked a lot like Windows MyPictures and I could not make the images fullscreen. I then thought about gathering a compilation of screenshots that users could run through using my pictures in Windows, but that probably wouldn't be available to people on other OS.

As a standard question, are people happy with the signature sizes and such? Are they too big or too small? I would make some mega desktops but my own monitor resolution only goes up to 1280 x 1024 (which I usually stop there for resolutions).

By the way, critiques are always welcome. If you think something could be improved in the future then let me know. Unfortunately, my break is ending shortly and then I will not be able to produce near as much.

Also, please excuse typos in previous posts because after a certain point I cannot edit them.

Now you can have your whole dominion on your desktop. Make sure to check out the test link below (it was only a test, but it turned out pretty interesting. If you would like me to make a version using the test just let me know).

<img src="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/dduckett/Dominions%203%20Desktops/Dom3%20Maps%201024%20x%20768.jpg" alt="Dominions Desktop 4">

Test
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1280 x 1024

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

I've never heard of a cross platform screen saver engine. So your options are either not make one at all or make on for the different platforms, or just for windows.
Can you use power point to create a screen saver?

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I can use powerpoint, but the way it works is it exports a bunch of images as .bmp and then the user would use the screensaver "My Pictures Slideshow." So, in that case, a collection of screenshots would be all that the user would need. It wouldn't be very pretty, but it would work (likely only on Windows).

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I'm not too sure about all the options out there, but pretty much every GUI has an option to go through a bunch of images as backgrounds out of the box.

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Well, then I'd say its possible. The only other problem is hosting space. Unfortunately, my hosting server only allows me about 30 MB. I could pack screenshots together (probably .zip), but I am going to need a better alternative shortly.

It would be nice to have a kind of screen shot repository so we could get a wide variety from everyone. Any ideas?

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Always space available for another Dom3 project on my servers.

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Maybe make some banners that are forum friendly so users can use them in the signature :)

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Upon further searching I found the signature compliance guidelines and now understand why my signatures have not been working. I will see what I can do to make the signatures forum friendly. Although, I have not seen any signatures on the forums at all despite having signatures enabled. I only see avatars.

Edit: I have confirmed this. Based off of these guidelines. I changed one of my banners to meet specifications, which you can get here. The banner did not show up for me and I have yet to see any graphic signatures on the forum--I only see text.

Did I find old guidelines. Do other people see images in signatures?

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

Signatures works fine for me. A forum bug? Tried diffrent browser?

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Okay I see your signatures now Dom, but only after I enabled:
Show Images (including attached images and images in [IMG] code)

I'm taking a guess on this but that probably means that adding a signature through the forum is the wrong way to go about doing it. My banners will probably only work as code in the signature to the link. I'm going to try that now.

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

Try flush the cache and reload/refresh the forum in your browser.

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Yep, used [IMG] tags rather than the forum's way of setting up a signature. It's a shame that most of those options (enabling signatures and [IMG] tags are disabled by default.

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

Im going to sound like a fanboi again but..
many of the larger forums have it off by default. As new small forums they have the settings really high then gradually learn that its not a great idea. They have to cut back later which ticks off users.

Altho this new software they switched to does things in a very good way for that. Better than many forums handle it.

Re: Dominions User-Made Banners and Desktops and Cursors
 

Your logic may be sound, but you don't just -sound- like a fanboi. ;)

I still miss the old forums, very much. "Thank Gandalf Parker for this useful post." - That about sums up what I like about the new forum, and I'll never agree that it was worth what we gave up.