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About this mod
Something to make Strauss's invitation a little more magical. (A Russian version is available!)
- Permissions and credits
- Mirrors
- Donations
You thought you were getting lucky.
You got anything but.
You got:
The invitation arrests your attention. It's not light catching on the gilding, though there is quite a lot of gilding; the light is coming from the invitation. You try to take everything in: the "mission" you've been given, the new place, the laptop you'll no doubt need to stay on top of the details of your new life, all while the horror of what's happened to you threatens to overwhelm you, but the gentle shimmer of the card overrides it all for the moment.
You open the card to find a message.
Neonate, it begins.
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Update 2021-04-05: The Russian language texture has had some formatting improvements.
Update 2021-04-03: There is now a Russian language option! Спасибо, gisaru111! :)
Update 2021-01-20: A version much closer to the vanilla has been added to the optional files!
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Strauss is curious about you. He writes you a message, complete with a little poem, on a card with his monogram to nudge you to visit him. For some reason, it looks like garbage.
I thought it'd be interesting if the card looked magical itself. Be sure to read the details carefully, especially if you play a non-English version of Bloodlines.
A note: If you are using this with the X20 mod, you need to overwrite it. Alternately, go to materials/models/scenery/misc and delete the folder monogram before installing the X20 mod.
Regarding colors and lighting options:
There are two color variants: red (which, of course, fits Strauss best) and purple (because I like purple).
There are instructions in the image gallery for disabling the sine wave. If you wish to disable the light coming from the invitation completely, change the "1" after
$selfillum to "0".
Regarding the message and font choices:
I've tweaked the message to look and feel better, including the punctuation of the poem. I added the message to the texture and disabled the hover text, though I edited that, too. If you don't like the changes to the message at all, delete the vdata folder from the mod folder before installing; it should revert back to vanilla without a problem.
There are two versions of the script. I chose something elegant, something I could imagine as Strauss's handwriting. For those that find it difficult to read, there is a simpler script font I thought looked good enough that you wouldn't miss out on the improvement. If you play in a language other than English or Russian,* or find the font choices difficult to read, there is a plain version of the paper texture included with each color variant so you can still use the vanilla text.
For the Russian version, I used a font called Nickainley (thanks to FontSquirrel.com, which made it easy to find fonts that support different languages).
To change back to the vanilla message, do the following:
*There is now a Russian language version thanks to the help of gisaru111!
I would like to create other language options. If you want to send me a translation, you can PM me or email me at vampire.nonsense[@]gmail[.]com. Due to some formatting problems, it is best if you convert regents_invitation.txt in Vampire/vdata/signs to an .rtf and attach it to an email. This part is important for languages that use a completely different alphabet than English, such as Russian. I can manage German, for example. :) In that case I only need to know the translated text, as I only read English and Swedish.
If the file is packed away and you don't know how to unpack it, send a screenshot of the message in-game and type the message out in the body of the PM or email. Please include line breaks and punctuation so I can match it to the game correctly for your language!
You got anything but.
You got:
- turned into something you don't understand.
- used for a political statement you understand even less.
- "recruited" into some kind of underground society.
- the key to a crummy apartment.
- an invitation.
The invitation arrests your attention. It's not light catching on the gilding, though there is quite a lot of gilding; the light is coming from the invitation. You try to take everything in: the "mission" you've been given, the new place, the laptop you'll no doubt need to stay on top of the details of your new life, all while the horror of what's happened to you threatens to overwhelm you, but the gentle shimmer of the card overrides it all for the moment.
You open the card to find a message.
Neonate, it begins.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Update 2021-04-05: The Russian language texture has had some formatting improvements.
Update 2021-04-03: There is now a Russian language option! Спасибо, gisaru111! :)
Update 2021-01-20: A version much closer to the vanilla has been added to the optional files!
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Strauss is curious about you. He writes you a message, complete with a little poem, on a card with his monogram to nudge you to visit him. For some reason, it looks like garbage.
I thought it'd be interesting if the card looked magical itself. Be sure to read the details carefully, especially if you play a non-English version of Bloodlines.
A note: If you are using this with the X20 mod, you need to overwrite it. Alternately, go to materials/models/scenery/misc and delete the folder monogram before installing the X20 mod.
Regarding colors and lighting options:
There are two color variants: red (which, of course, fits Strauss best) and purple (because I like purple).
There are instructions in the image gallery for disabling the sine wave. If you wish to disable the light coming from the invitation completely, change the "1" after
$selfillum to "0".
Regarding the message and font choices:
I've tweaked the message to look and feel better, including the punctuation of the poem. I added the message to the texture and disabled the hover text, though I edited that, too. If you don't like the changes to the message at all, delete the vdata folder from the mod folder before installing; it should revert back to vanilla without a problem.
There are two versions of the script. I chose something elegant, something I could imagine as Strauss's handwriting. For those that find it difficult to read, there is a simpler script font I thought looked good enough that you wouldn't miss out on the improvement. If you play in a language other than English or Russian,* or find the font choices difficult to read, there is a plain version of the paper texture included with each color variant so you can still use the vanilla text.
For the Russian version, I used a font called Nickainley (thanks to FontSquirrel.com, which made it easy to find fonts that support different languages).
To change back to the vanilla message, do the following:
- Overwrite with the files in "plain paper texture"
- Go to the folder into which you installed it (Vampire, Unofficial_Patch, tfn, CQM, etc.), then vdata/signs.
- Open regents_invitation in a plain text editor.
- Delete the double slashes before the message (you will see them at the start of the line before "Text"; check the screenshot above or in the mod folder)
- Save
*There is now a Russian language version thanks to the help of gisaru111!
I would like to create other language options. If you want to send me a translation, you can PM me or email me at vampire.nonsense[@]gmail[.]com. Due to some formatting problems, it is best if you convert regents_invitation.txt in Vampire/vdata/signs to an .rtf and attach it to an email. This part is important for languages that use a completely different alphabet than English, such as Russian. I can manage German, for example. :) In that case I only need to know the translated text, as I only read English and Swedish.
If the file is packed away and you don't know how to unpack it, send a screenshot of the message in-game and type the message out in the body of the PM or email. Please include line breaks and punctuation so I can match it to the game correctly for your language!