[CLASS] "Valkyrie II" Mod

[MetaSieg]

Thank you very much spacepirate it's working now.

[Phanjam]

Thanks Spacepirate! Didn't catch that right away as I use DarkFireBird's charactercreate.layout generator to generate the classes and the pets menu .
And thank you both Spacepirate and MetaSieg for checking out the mod! Would love any feedback, issues, anything!

[MetaSieg]

As far as general feedback goes, I'd have to say I love this mod. The animations are really nice and fluid I might go so far as to say I like the Destroyer animations more on the Valkyrie then on the Destroyer. Issues wise everything is fine now aside from a minor sound problem. I am not sure of the cause but when the Valkyrie says some of her lines her voice sounds off, like it's high pitched or something. This only applies to things like her "low on mana" dialogue or her "I can't do that" line. However her voice when she uses her skills seems fine so go figure.

[Phanjam]

As far as general feedback goes, I'd have to say I love this mod. The animations are really nice and fluid I might go so far as to say I like the Destroyer animations more on the Valkyrie then on the Destroyer.

We both have SixShotOverDrive to thank for that!

Issues wise everything is fine now aside from a minor sound problem. I am not sure of the cause but when the Valkyrie says some of her lines her voice sounds off, like it's high pitched or something. This only applies to things like her "low on mana" dialogue or her "I can't do that" line. However her voice when she uses her skills seems fine so go figure.

Haha! Back in version 1.0 I put in custom sounds for the Valkyrie, including that voice you're hearing now I wanted the contrast of a little girly voice on a bloodthirsty fighter.

If it really bothers you I can send you a tweaked valkyrie.dat file that'll revert her voice back to the Vanq's

[spacepirate]

Haha! Back in version 1.0 I put in custom sounds for the Valkyrie, including that voice you're hearing now I wanted the contrast of a little girly voice on a bloodthirsty fighter.

I gotta admit, it's slightly off-putting at first. But that's because we're looking at it and thinking "I'm playing a vanquisher with a different skill set" and you keep expecting to hear the normal vanq voice. And when you do hear that vanq for the skills you think "yea, that's how its supposed to be" and anything else is strange.

The more I played it though, it seems more like she's supposed to be a young and inexperienced fighter, rather than the seasoned vets like the wandering destroyer or palace guard vanquisher, and so she brings a lot of enthusiasm to the fight. And I came to expect that light-hearted voice when doing things.

I'd be willing to bet that if you removed the remaining vanq sounds, it wouldn't be as jarring to switch between the inexperience/vet voices.

[MetaSieg]

Thanks for the offer Phanjam but it's really a minor thing, nothing you need to trouble yourself over.

[Phanjam]

The more I played it though, it seems more like she's supposed to be a young and inexperienced fighter, rather than the seasoned vets like the wandering destroyer or palace guard vanquisher, and so she brings a lot of enthusiasm to the fight. And I came to expect that light-hearted voice when doing things.

Thanks! Glad you find it adds to the class experience

I'd be willing to bet that if you removed the remaining vanq sounds, it wouldn't be as jarring to switch between the inexperience/vet voices.

hmmm... thought I'd changed all the voice sounds. Lemme play some more and see what I've missed

Thanks for the offer Phanjam but it's really a minor thing, nothing you need to trouble yourself over.

okay MetaSieg. Hope it grows on you

[Phanjam]

Okay since the mod is so large, I'm providing a patch-file to fix the charactercreate.layout code error discovered by MetaSieg and fixed by Spacepirate, instead of making people DL the mod all over again !

[DarkTails]

Did you update the normal download too?

18 MB isn't big, even on dialup. Who's complaining about it? lol.

[Phanjam]

Hi Darktails! No haven't updated the main DL yet, but I will in a bit hope you're enjoying the Valk so far!

[Phanjam]

Okay the mod archive on RGF has been updated to version 4.1

Version 4.1 fixes a bug in the charactercreate.layout file that prevented the class from showing in the character classes menu, as reported by Metasieg and Spacepirate (thanks guys!).

The .animation file has also been re-worked to put the custom sounds back into the animations. They were lost in moving to the new meshes since those meshes came with a new .animation file. I've been getting mixed reactions to this new Valkyrie voice, but I think they add to the class experience a lot

Thought I'd throw in this pic of the complete wardrobe ...

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Hope you enjoy and any feedback is welcome!

[Omnicide]

Okay the mod archive on RGF has been updated to version 4.1

Version 4.1 fixes a bug in the charactercreate.layout file that prevented the class from showing in the character classes menu, as reported by Metasieg and Spacepirate (thanks guys!).

The .animation file has also been re-worked to put the custom sounds back into the animations. They were lost in moving to the new meshes since those meshes came with a new .animation file. I've been getting mixed reactions to this new Valkyrie voice, but I think they add to the class experience a lot

Thought I'd throw in this pic of the complete wardrobe ...

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Hope you enjoy and any feedback is welcome!

Looking good, Phanjam! I'll be adding this one to my list...

[Phanjam]

Thanks very much Omnicide ! Do let me know if you have any feedback about the mod

[Phanjam]

Okay the RGF download has been updated to version 4.2 with the following changes:

1) Bug fixes to the special_execute, special_slam and special_summon .skeleton files causing "duplicate animation named" errors reported in the ogre.log file. Necessitated fixing the Valkyrie .animation file and all skill .dat files using these animations.

2) Minor tweaks to the sound files, to match them better with the animations which use them.

3) Changed character intro splash screen.

[Omnicide]

My girlfriend wanted to play another hack-and-slash character, but she was complaining about how 'dorky' the Destroyer's appearance is, so I down-loaded the Valkyrie II mod for her and now she's really going to town with it!

[Phanjam]

Hey Omnicide, glad your girlfriend's having fun with the mod (bet you can't miss when she's playing it - those valkyrie yelps can get loud )!

[Omnicide]

Hey Omnicide, glad your girlfriend's having fun with the mod (bet you can't miss when she's playing it - those valkyrie yelps can get loud )!

Yea, especially when she's got the speakers cranked up...

[Phanjam]

Hi All. The Valkyrie II mod has been updated to Version 4.3

1) Fixes a code bug that prevented the version 4.2 sound for the Slash Attack skill from playing.

2) Adds a new skill: Whirlwind, a low-level knockback + stun (no damage) skill which can be activated at character level 1.

If anyone would prefer to just get the patch-files for this update, just PM me

[N3MES1S]

Hi, is this mod working with other class mods?? i have already installed the vindicator mod, but i cant get this to show up in the character selection screen, any ideas?

[Omnicide]

Hi, is this mod working with other class mods?? i have already installed the vindicator mod, but i cant get this to show up in the character selection screen, any ideas?

Since both the Valkyrie II and the Vindicator have to add their own icon to the character select screen, you run into an issue where only one will load its icon due to they way they get added in.

So go to your mods folder and then navigate to "[CLASS]Vindicator\media\UI" or "[CLASS]Valkyrie\media\UI" and you will find a file called "charactercreate.layout"

You can open the Vindicator's file with notepad and add the Valkyrie block below the Vindicator block (copy-and-paste from the Valkyrie charactercreate file to the Vindicator charactercreate file) then exit/save:

<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Vindicator">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,280}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindiconselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindiconlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindicon" />
<Property Name="ID" Value="3" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Vindicator" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1" />
</Window>

<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Valkyrie">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,280}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:valkyriecharicon image:valkyrieiconselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:valkyriecharicon image:valkyrieiconlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:valkyriecharicon image:valkyrieicon" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Valkyrie" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1"/>
</Window>

Since I don't actually have the Valkyrie II class mod installed on my computer currently, I simply added the 'Valkyrie' name to the second block of text above, so it may not be exact.

You can do this with multiple class mods by just following the above steps.

Here's what my entire Vindicator charactercreate file looks like just so you'll have a better idea of how I have everything organized (you'll see all of the base and mod classes somewhere in the middle of everything):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GUILayout>
<Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Root">
<Property Name="UnifiedMaxSize" Value="{{1,0},{1,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedAreaRect" Value="{{0,0},{0,0},{1,0},{1,0}}" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="TopBarB">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,0},{0,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,1024},{0,140}}" />
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="TopBar">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{-.5,0},{0,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,1024},{0,140}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:topbar" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Property Name="ClippedByParent" Value="False" />
</Window>
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="TopBarLeft">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{0,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,225},{0,88}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:topbarleft" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="TopBarRight">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{1,-225},{0,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,225},{0,88}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:topbarright" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="BottomBarB">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,0},{1,-89}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,1024},{0,89}}" />
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="BottomBar">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{-.5,0},{1,-89}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,1024},{0,89}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:bottombar" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Property Name="ClippedByParent" Value="False" />
</Window>
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="BottomBarLeft">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{1,-89}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,225},{0,89}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:bottombarleft" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticImage" Name="BottomBarRight">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{1,-225},{1,-89}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,225},{0,89}}" />
<Property Name="Image" Value="set:Logo image:bottombarright" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticTextOutline" Name="CharacterClassHeader">
<Property Name="Text" Value="1" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-300},{0,110}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,600},{0,32}}" />
<Property Name="Font" Value="SerifBig" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="Select Hero Class" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Property Name="AlwaysOnTop" Value="True" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="CentreAligned" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticTextOutline" Name="CharacterClass">
<Property Name="Text" Value="1" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-300},{1,-175}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,600},{0,60}}" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="Destroyer" />
<Property Name="Font" Value="SerifHuge" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Property Name="AlwaysOnTop" Value="True" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="CentreAligned" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticText" Name="CharacterClassDescription">
<Property Name="Text" Value="1" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-150},{1,-140}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,300},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="Font" Value="SerifSmall" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="The Destroyer excels at melee combat and channels the power of his ancestors" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Property Name="AlwaysOnTop" Value="True" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="WordWrapCentreAligned" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StandardButton" Name="Back">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-400},{1,-64}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,246},{0,44}}" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="Back" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiBack" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StandardButton" Name="CreatePlayer">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,154},{1,-64}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,246},{0,44}}" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="OK" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiNewGame" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/ItemText" Name="PortraitBox">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,30},{.4,-200}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,145},{0,550}}" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Destroyer">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,0}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:destroyericonselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:Logo image:destroyericonlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:destroyericon" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Destroyer" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Vanquisher">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,70}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:vanquishericonselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:Logo image:vanquishericonlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:vanquishericon" />
<Property Name="ID" Value="1" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Vanquisher" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Alchemist">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,140}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:alchemisticonselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:Logo image:alchemisticonlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:Logo image:alchemisticon" />
<Property Name="ID" Value="2" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Alchemist" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1" />
</Window>

<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Vindicator">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,75},{0,210}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindiconselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindiconlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:LogoVindi image:vindicon" />
<Property Name="ID" Value="3" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Vindicator" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1" />
</Window>

<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Jedi">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,210}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:jcharselect image:jediiconselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:jcharselect image:jediiconlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:jcharselect image:jediicon" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Jedi" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1"/>
</Window>

<Window Type="GuiLook/RadioButton" Name="Sith Lord">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,5},{0,280}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,64},{0,64}}" />
<Property Name="SelectedImage" Value="set:sithcharicons image:sithiconselected" />
<Property Name="HoverImage" Value="set:sithcharicons image:sithiconlit" />
<Property Name="UnselectedImage" Value="set:sithcharicons image:sithicon" />
<Property Name="Tooltip" Value="Select Sith Lord" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiSelect1"/>
</Window>

</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/ItemText" Name="PetBox">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{1,-170},{.5,-20}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,220}}" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticText" Name="PetTitle">
<Property Name="Text" Value="Pet" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{0,5}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,24}}" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="CentreAligned" />
<Property Name="Font" Value="SerifBig" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StandardButton" Name="Dog">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,-5},{0,45}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,152},{0,28}}" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="Dog" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiPet1" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StandardButton" Name="Cat">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,-5},{0,75}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,152},{0,28}}" />
<Property Name="Text" Value="Cat" />
<Property Name="onClick" Value="guiPet2" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticText" Name="PetName">
<Property Name="Text" Value="Pet Name" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{0,140}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,24}}" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="CentreAligned" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/ItemText" Name="TextBoxPet">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{0,170}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,32}}" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/Editbox" Name="EditBoxPet">
<Property Name="Text" Value="" />
<Property Name="MaxTextLength" Value="12" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{0,0},{0,170}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,32}}" />
</Window>
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/ItemText" Name="TextBox">
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-70},{1,-60}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,32}}" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/Editbox" Name="EditBox">
<Property Name="Text" Value="" />
<Property Name="MaxTextLength" Value="12" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-70},{1,-60}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,32}}" />
</Window>
<Window Type="GuiLook/StaticText" Name="Name">
<Property Name="Text" Value="Character Name" />
<Property Name="UnifiedPosition" Value="{{.5,-70},{1,-88}}" />
<Property Name="UnifiedSize" Value="{{0,140},{0,24}}" />
<Property Name="HorzTextFormatting" Value="CentreAligned" />
<Property Name="MousePassThroughEnabled" Value="True" />
</Window>
</Window>
</GUILayout>

Thanks go to spacepirate for teaching me how to do this.