Meet the Bannies

[catty-cb 4,392]

On 10/01/2024 at 1:59 AM, Brad said:

who do I ask to increase the limit?

you need to ask @Cyclone Boom, if he does increase your file storage area its worth trying to keep the file sizes down in future, I resave PNG files as JPGs then attach them, also cut files down so its just showing the relevant bit and so on, it takes a bit more time but its worth it

  Edited February 5, 2024 by Cyclone Boom  
Increased Brad's storage quota and sent PM to confirm. Thanks!

[Brad 343]

they are as JPG's. says I had 250 MB and have less than 1 left. Im saving the pics at 80% size. want me to drop it to 50%? won't they be too small and harder to see?

[catty-cb 4,392]

6 minutes ago, Brad said:

they are as JPG's. says I had 250 MB and have less than 1 left. Im saving the pics at 80% size. want me to drop it to 50%? won't they be too small and harder to see?

It sounds like you are doing all you can to keep the file sizes down so now its just a case of wait till next time CB visits the site  the "meet the bannies" topic has probably pushed you over the limit alot faster than would have happened under normal usage

[Tamijo 2,030]

There is the option to upload them to a free picture host and use the link, I do that with all my photos. 
I use Imgur works well for me. Guess it is just as fast as using the inbuilt feature.

[Brad 343]

let me see if I follow that correctly. You are saying that if I post the pics thru another site, then the pics will show up the same way? that you do not post the pics but a link and we see the pics as pics and not the link? if so, that is an interesting workaround. I'll have to think on this idea. as it stand now, I could post 1 more pic and never post any others for Banished or SC4. was hoping they would have fixed it by now. thank you for the input.

[Tamijo 2,030]

Yes, that is exactly what you do.

If you need my help i can make some illustration on how it works.?

[Brad 343]

finally, they increased the pic limit. was about t give up and clean up the file folders.  i'll use the new limit to finish this map and then decide what to do after

[Brad 343]

YEAR 90 AND 91

The fort added a Parish church, tavern, and a uniform tailor. They finished work on the walls. the farms expanded farther north. To handle shipping the many items, 3 trade posts were buit, 1 RK and 2 DS.

The west side of the city aded more food processors, a winery, and a CC glassworks. Then another row of Angainor's colonial houses were constructed, this begins a huge housing boom.

[Brad 343]

YEAR 92 and 93

The DS mine mountain build more of RED's colorful houses and some storage barns. A train station transports and stores many goods.  To move the heavy coal and iron, rail carts are used .  So much was constructed that we ran short on lumber, stone, and iron.

The RK side of the city has 2 types of Boston houses, meat processors, a large creamery,  a root cellar, and meat lockers.  The bannies have a school, barber shop, clinic, dentist office, amd a bathhouse to serve their needs. there is also a theater for entertainment. RED's lighthouse helps merchants and travelors locate our city.

[Brad 343]

YEAR 94

1ST play thru  crashed. appears the limit is about 1750-1800 Bannies. it happened toward the end of the year. I had a lot done that it wiped out.

The city roads were completed for the westside of the city. Another row of Angainor's houses were built. They had been comepletd earlier. The RK side added a townhall, hospital, and a wood butcher. 

I concentrated efforts to working on monuments and churches. None have been enabled yet. Notre Dame Cathefral is a huge monument. EB's fountains and some flowers and trees surround it. The Canadian Sherbrooke church,a CC church, KIDD's Colonial, and RED's wood dock church were finished. 2 DS anvil and the Viking statue were also built. I debugged in  RK's Cathedral.

limit is 1780 Bannies. can not play year 95 through spring.

[catty-cb 4,392]

It's looking really good it's a shame that you have hit the limit for your computer as i would have liked to have seen the finished map, mine has barely made it to 600 bannies before my computer started to struggle.

It would be interesting to see how far someone could get on a gaming computer, thru I'm probably never going to know as I looked at them the last time I had to buy a new computer and they were triple my maximum budget

[Tamijo 2,030]

Too bad with the limit, all the mods must also put some stress on your system.

[Brad 343]

YEAR 95 END

population 1780 hits the limit. there are only 427 houses counting lodges, guest houses,  and barracks. With the city, I end up with way more Bannies than work places. 356 laborers supplying 50 builders.

This map showcases a lot of the mods available. There are many more. with all the work from the modders, Banished went from a rough survival game to a city builder game. It now stretches from the beginnings of mankind to the steam engine era. With the train mods, the game falls just short of the invention of electricity.

 

[Brad 343]

city end pics

 

 

[Brad 343]

didn't fill the whole map.

[Brad 343]

the # of mods does push the computer. this map has 157 mods and was using about 97% at the start before the comp was upgraded. the limit seems to be more about the # of calculations  that have to be ran for each Bannie. the game locks up as soon as the last bannie is born.

 

the site attachment limit was raised to 4 times what it was originally. SC4 game pics are on average double the size of the Banished pics. so it buys me a few years of playing. 

the main goal to this map was to showcase the many mods available for Banished players.  this map does that quite well. there is a good mixture of mods from many of the Banished modders over the years.  plus it shows that many of the pre-1.07 upgrade mods will still work. the mod system has its challenges but is much simpler than the SC4's to understand. Banished does play at a much slower pace and is a nice relaxing game.

[Brad 343]

with this map over, I can finally do the housekeeping that should have been done with the start of the new year. I have Banished backed up bout 4 times,  only a couple mods were added or upgraded last year. it won't take much time to double check and move the write up. not sure what the next map will be or if I will post a blog with it or not yet.

I do have a project with SC4 at some point. when I had this computer repaired and upgraded, I also had an XP done. am thinking of moving the SC4 over to that 1 and re-organize it. thankfully I had started organizing and adding mods before the other mod site went down and had to be rebuilt. the issue is how the mods depend on so many others. to move 1 mod to a folder, you have to move all the others that it depends on and then the mods they also depend on. 1 mod becomes 10. lot more complex than Banished is. plus before I even start it I need to consider the other options such as NAM and CAM. the upgraded system may handle them.  it's a huge project that won't be just a day or 2 but will take months. not sure when I'll get to it.

we shall see what happens with the new year. 

[angainor88 33]

I'm glad you had some fun using my mods @Brad! I haven't really spent much time here, but I hope you all are doing well

[Brad 343]

am doing alright.  been waiting and watching for your mod update.  did have some computer issues a while back and haven't yet rebuilt SC4. will b a huge project. BANISHED is working. hpe life is going good on your end.