Time for some updates

Hello everybody,

A lot of time has passed since the release of my newest models back in March, and I feel it's about time to give some updates.

I recently spent some time experimenting with Reshade and post-processing to give our beloved game a much more modern look. Here comes one comparison of the vanilla game and my current Reshade preset—it even features some kind of fake ray tracing. Doesn't it look nice? The new models really shine with all those lighting effects and shadows and without any aliasing. I will publish my preset here once I am fully happy with it.

Thanks to the Empire Earth community on Discord, I also finally managed to fulfill one of my oldest dreams of modding CotN. I now know how to add effects to buildings that weren't part of them. Want some idea of what that means? Take a look at the picture: Finally, we will see fires burning in our temples to hail the goods and to light all those torches and whatever more!

I hope you are all doing well and keep visiting here from time to time. In the next few days, I will upload a new model for you all as a little Christmas present. The next bigger update with all new models since March will come next year—stay tuned :)

Best Regards, Horus

H.orus M.odel O.verhaul P.roject 1.0 released!

 After half a year of beta testing and fixing out various bugs, I am proud to be finally able to present you:

💥The H.orus M.odel O.verhaul P.roject - or H.M.O.P version 1.0💥

💾 Download here 💾

It feels kind of surreal to publish another big update, after so much time has passed, since I finished working on the H.T.O.P - over 10 years later, it now has a little brother😁

I don't know, how many people are still interested in this game, but if the statistics of my blog are somehow valid, a good 250 people visit this blog every month. I dedicate my work to all those lovers of Children of the Nile. This game has given me so many hours of joy playing it and even more modding it.

Everybody, who enjoys it just like I do, I sincerely hope, that the new models will add to your experience quite a lot and that you will still keep an eye out for updates here.

Thanks a lot to all people involved in the beta test! 

Most of all, I want to thank: 

🙏~ Imhotep Ankhtawy ~🙏 

for all the help he provided me, for all the nice conversations and, last but not least, for the inspiration to continue with this project.

💬 Please leave me some feedback in the comments on how you like the new models! 💬

👉So, what's next? 

I guess, I will just go on modding, when ever I am in the mood to. For now, I have some ideas on my mind. The tables of foreign merchants could need some details added to them, the cobblestone-like roads should be updated for something more historically accurate and the big Sphinx, well... just have a little sneak peak😉