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Coolio's Tech Beacon Replacements.

airhead

By airhead,
Posted on: 2010-06-10 04:57 in Multi-Media Fan Creations

 

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As inspired by and now available on 'http://unbidden.fantasyalternative.org'



Click the Image above to be taken to my MediaFire Account where the Beacon Replacement .zip is located.

Simple Instructions:

Unzip into your ‘City of Heroes’ directory and the next time you start CoH you should see the changes on all Tech teleport beacons, well all except ‘Pocket D’ as that still shows a broken beacon sadly...

Notes:

As this ‘modification’ only changes the Tech Beacons locally like the VidiotMaps mini map updates do, only players who extracted my .zip will see it.

Everyone else will still see the default Tech Beacons unless they installed a similar modification. (In which case they will see that version of it )

Additionally this is NOT PC specific. (Therefore it does not have an installer, or self-extracting .exe)
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Hope you like these,
EU @Coolio

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Coolio Wolfus leader of Coolio�s Crusaders on Union.
Tekna Logik leader of Tekna�s Tormentors on Defiant.
AE arc 402506, 'The Rise and Demise or Otherwise of Tekna Logik...'.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Ether View Post
Nifty! That could be handy for the newer folks, especially.
Oh, thank you,

My thoughts exactly, not forgetting that it makes identifying the locations for each beacon that much easier and quicker from a distance...

I was looking at the ones on the 'http://unbidden.fantasyalternative.org' site and was inspired to make some of my own...

If anyone is interested in an Arcane Beacon Set in a similar style...
I'm working on it

EU @Coolio

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Coolio Wolfus leader of Coolio�s Crusaders on Union.
Tekna Logik leader of Tekna�s Tormentors on Defiant.
AE arc 402506, 'The Rise and Demise or Otherwise of Tekna Logik...'.

 

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Personally, while I'd find helpful, I tend not to monkey with games like that. No offense though, I'm more afraid of me screwing it up somehow than of anything else!

 

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These sorts of things don't actually monkey with the game at all - they're skins that reside only on your computer, like the Vidiotmaps and the like. They don't change any game files - they just overlay the graphics in the game, basically.

My Deviant Art page link-link

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I get that... What you don't get is my ability to screw up the simplest of tasks.

 

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Originally Posted by Caemgen View Post
Personally, while I'd find helpful, I tend not to monkey with games like that. No offense though, I'm more afraid of me screwing it up somehow than of anything else!
Simple install:

Step 1.
Unzip to your desktop

Step 2 - PC.
Copy the 'Data' folder/directory from your desktop into your 'City of Heroes' folder/directory

Step 2 - MAC.
Go to applications, control-click on City of Heroes and pick "show package contents".
Then copy the 'Data' folder/directory from your desktop into your 'Contents\Resources\transgaming\c_drive\coh' folder/directory

Step 3.
Start CoH/Restart CoH (If running)

Done.

EU @Coolio

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Coolio Wolfus leader of Coolio�s Crusaders on Union.
Tekna Logik leader of Tekna�s Tormentors on Defiant.
AE arc 402506, 'The Rise and Demise or Otherwise of Tekna Logik...'.

 

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Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
You know, things like noses, art, posting on forums?
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Question:
Can you necropost your own thread, when said thread is still valid?

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Coolio Wolfus leader of Coolio�s Crusaders on Union.
Tekna Logik leader of Tekna�s Tormentors on Defiant.
AE arc 402506, 'The Rise and Demise or Otherwise of Tekna Logik...'.

 

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Originally Posted by Coolio View Post
Question:
Can you necropost your own thread, when said thread is still valid?
I guess we'll find out now, won't we?

@Oathbound & @Oathbound Too

 

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better hurry and post something worthwhile otherwise...
in before the lock, also you can not talk about the rules.

Roxy On DA...Finally!

 

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Like the idea, two things (just my own impressions) though, there must be easier-to-read-at-a-distance fonts to use and I never had trouble making out the tech beacons even when I was new (they are essentially color photos of distinct features or landmarks)... it's the magic ones that look like poorly drawn and faded scrolls that need to be redone.

That said there are a few of the tech pics I would change if I had the say, like of the examples you have showing above the Faultline and Boomtown ones are too similar for someone not familiar. Why not just make the Faultline one a picture of the big donut with sprinkles on top of the shop that is unique to that zone (something everyone would instantly recognize) rather than a shot of the rubble which many zones have in common?


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Originally Posted by airhead View Post
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A clever three way pun goes by nearly unnoticed.


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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coolio View Post
Question:
Can you necropost your own thread, when said thread is still valid?
In Screenshots & Fan Creations, if you necro your own thread with content, then you certainly may. However bumping the thread for the sake of bumping it is still prohibited.

Since this subforum is to showcase users creations, though, it's fine if you use the same thread to post new works, even if it's been awhile.