Get your own symbol in VFE-Medieval 2!
Added 2024-12-30 17:14:50 +0000 UTCHey folks!
Medieval 2 is growing in scope and content, and one of the mechanics we plan to add is called Heraldy.
Heraldy is essentially represented with a set of structures and items that have customizable colors and symbols, allowing you to create your own coat of arms.
When selecting a heraldic object, you can press a special button to access the customization screen. In there, you can select one of the available patterns, as well as the colors and a symbol.
The heraldic objects are as follows:
Tabard - Apparel that provides no protection but can have customizable symbol. It can be equipped on top of any other apparel, including outer layer armors.
Standard - A held large item with the coat of arms displayed on it. Provides moderate buffs to nearby colonists in the form of an ability similar to combat command.
Rug - A large, decorative heraldic rug with the symbol displayed in the middle of it. There are three variants: Grand, which is bigger than the biggest table, Large, which is a 4x4 one, and Long, which is a 3x1 one.
Standing Banner - A large, standing banner displaying the heraldy.
Since you're my Patrons, I think it's only proper if I ask you for ideas for actual symbols. This is your chance to have your favourite symbol in the mod, and you'll be able to equip it as your coat of arms!
Now, I will of course RimWorldify these, which means that if you ask for biblically accurate spaghetti monster, I will draw a simple meal with some pasta on it, because we want to make sure it still fits the RimWorld universe.
So, go ahead and write what sort of symbol you'd like to see. Lets limit it to one submission per person. If you attach a link to some photo - that's even better!
Comments
Persian Motiffs, Iron Cross, etc
Gustavo Righetti
2025-01-14 21:42:57 +0000 UTCTo give some love to Sanguophages I'd like a sort of open mouth motif with the pointed fangs of a vampire. Something similar to this https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/teeth-abstract-logo-symbol-vector-260nw-2465333607.jpg Assuming it's not too late for suggestions.
Nevinex
2025-01-14 02:58:45 +0000 UTCI would like dragon heads and dragons as well as laurel wreaths and a sun
Kdog
2025-01-13 20:37:51 +0000 UTCNow that you explained it i can probably fiddle around with it and figure it out. Thanks for the help.
Frank Cotton
2025-01-10 00:36:16 +0000 UTCUnfortunately adding such a feature would be a tremendous task. It won’t be hard to add your own banners and symbols - you just put the png in a specific folder and then add a Def for the new png so that the game knows it’s there), but it won’t be as user friendly as some ingame importer.
Oskar Potocki
2025-01-06 11:22:37 +0000 UTCCan you have the ability for the player to add a custom jpeg in-game to make their own custom banners?
Frank Cotton
2025-01-06 01:37:42 +0000 UTCHow about classic heraldry? Animals i.e. eagles, lions, Symbols i.e. laurels, hammer (or any other tool), coins
Wojcislav
2025-01-03 16:22:16 +0000 UTCi love the idea of a violin
Lennaert van der Houven
2025-01-03 14:06:32 +0000 UTCFreemason’s guild logo. I also think it would be cool to have a simple layering mechanism so you can recreate real coats of arms (mine is a rabbit on its hind legs with a horn draped over its shoulder)
Mason Cleland
2025-01-03 07:15:48 +0000 UTCIf you ever played Chivalry, I think the Heraldy from those games would be popular. The three factions in that game is the Mason Order, Knights of Agatha, and Tenosian Empire https://chivalry.fandom.com/wiki/Tenosia https://chivalry2.fandom.com/wiki/Agatha_Knights https://chivalry2.fandom.com/wiki/Mason_Order
The Guy in Your Closet
2025-01-03 04:35:18 +0000 UTCThis is a symbol that a friend of mine made for a writing project of his. He gave permission to send it here: https://ibb.co/W6Z9fvg
8-Bit CornDog
2025-01-02 18:16:08 +0000 UTCA moai-type stone head that is farting (or moving very fast, depending on perspective) like this: https://imgur.com/a/qJ3pJHa Or just a moai head
Kantor
2025-01-02 04:53:54 +0000 UTCA winged harp symbol would be incredible, example of existing one is as follows https://logodix.com/logo/1249786.jpg
Sylph
2025-01-02 03:43:08 +0000 UTCAwe, thats a shame! I would have loved to see the faction/ideology icons included in the heraldy system to give the colony some more identity and personality during a play-through!
Dom Speziale
2025-01-02 00:59:57 +0000 UTCSince Vikings are also in Medieval 2, I'd like to suggest their iconography - Norse runes, the Valknut, maybe a stylized version of Yggdrasil...
Kristian West
2025-01-01 14:01:18 +0000 UTCHuge Marathon/Halo fan, would love the marathon logo as an option! https://www.halopedia.org/images/0/05/Marathon_logo.jpg
Codemonkey
2025-01-01 08:42:55 +0000 UTCA heart with a horizontal sword through it </3
n9876
2025-01-01 08:37:37 +0000 UTCMaybe an Eye of Providence? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence
Evan henderson
2024-12-31 21:53:13 +0000 UTCHonestly, Hamburger-Knights sounds exactly like something Randy might throw at you.
Peter Dolin
2024-12-31 17:06:30 +0000 UTCYeah, Ideology symbols are white with a black border. Heraldy symbols are white with no border. Plus, 99% of Ideology symbols don't look heraldic enough and won't look good on randomly generated knights. Unless you want to see knights with circles, hamburgers and planet logos on their tabards.
Oskar Potocki
2024-12-31 14:43:45 +0000 UTCIdeology icon is different than the icon we actually use in Heraldy, so unless I remake all Ideology icons to work for heraldy, it won't work. And I don't want to remake all Ideology icons.
Oskar Potocki
2024-12-31 14:42:37 +0000 UTCNope, Imperial insignia are unique as they are sactioned by Empire and always need to depict the imperial symbol.
Oskar Potocki
2024-12-31 14:41:45 +0000 UTCWill there be compatibility with the imperial insignia you have to make for the royal chambers?
Mielga
2024-12-31 12:40:23 +0000 UTCI would love to see a simple double cross. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchal_cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine
Marian Vencel
2024-12-31 10:35:24 +0000 UTCA Skep! :D (the image of a beehive when you think of beehives)
bee
2024-12-31 10:34:58 +0000 UTCA ‘Manticore’ or, if a lion with scorpion tail isn’t fancy enough, possibly a ‘Griffon’. (The Manticore is the first choice though, as you asked for one submission only.) Honoring “Honor Harrington” (Hero of her own series of books), I created this banner for other SciFi-games that made such things possible and would love to see it in RimWorld as well.
Deggial
2024-12-31 10:26:46 +0000 UTCIt would be good to be able to use your ideology icon, kinda like an "ideology icon" option. Something similar for the faction icon could work as well. Some mechanoid or insectoid-related icons would work well as well!
Cr0ssley
2024-12-31 08:12:00 +0000 UTCThe home symbol from Stargate perhaps? Basically an upward pointing chevron with a circle above it.
Falco
2024-12-31 06:33:28 +0000 UTCIs there a technical reason the ideology-symbols cannot be used, if one has ideology? Or is that a separate mod? I would suggest some classic heraldic animals. Lion, Eagle, Horse, s... I'd also suggest a hippopotamus.
Peter Dolin
2024-12-31 05:45:15 +0000 UTCWould love to see Dune house regalia such as the Atrejedes symbol and yhr Harkonen symbol among other houses in Dune
Noisy Koi
2024-12-31 05:00:27 +0000 UTCbunch of grapes :)
Maenad Games
2024-12-31 03:13:58 +0000 UTCWould love to see a roaring lion! "A Lannister always pays his [Vanilla Trading Expanded] debts." https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Lannister
Pawn
2024-12-31 01:59:48 +0000 UTCReusing some ideology symbols might be nice for a crusader king of playing
Whirr91
2024-12-31 00:31:32 +0000 UTCBeen playing a lot of Balatro a jokers head would be sick
Slayercare
2024-12-30 23:50:30 +0000 UTCI'd like to see the empire symbol, a morbid ideology style skull with spikes/bones, and the RW symbol itself.
Lennybolt7
2024-12-30 23:43:24 +0000 UTCI'd love a stylized take on any of the RimWorld specific creatures; muffalo, thrumbo, boomrat
EremiticFool
2024-12-30 23:40:13 +0000 UTCA tomato? A devil strand mushroom would be cool too
Captain Crunch
2024-12-30 23:24:54 +0000 UTCA Potato! Humble House Potato might seem small but much like the plan their efforts have held up Nations with farming work!
Polar Potato
2024-12-30 23:17:07 +0000 UTCI would love a rabbit symbol, it relates to my last name.
Will
2024-12-30 22:58:54 +0000 UTCCapybaras!!
Wheatly Core
2024-12-30 22:36:17 +0000 UTCA lobster! Specifically the one from Vanilla Fishing Expanded would be perfect as reference
LoggerC4
2024-12-30 22:23:53 +0000 UTCNorse runes and/or wolf head would be awesome.
Robert McPherson
2024-12-30 22:08:23 +0000 UTCWell, I sure had a symbol for myself long ago, but it's probably too specific so a stylized eye is something this game needs
Stim
2024-12-30 21:38:17 +0000 UTCHi, not sure if appropriate, but i would love something runic like an Algiz or a Vegvisir. Thanks for your work.
Ministrator03
2024-12-30 21:25:56 +0000 UTCI'd love to see your take on the Fox family crest/heraldry. https://photos.app.goo.gl/VKSNyUMgz1mbRsmt9
JamesTwice
2024-12-30 19:34:59 +0000 UTCOoooh this is good, was looking for something like this
Oskar Potocki
2024-12-30 18:50:09 +0000 UTCideology symbols are white with black border. the symbols for heraldy are without border altogether. Plus, I don't want to dillute the heraldy so much. Some factions will spawn each knight with random heraldy, and I don't want there to be hundreds of knights with cubes, planets and triangles as their symbols.
Oskar Potocki
2024-12-30 18:41:43 +0000 UTCYou may also want to look at some real world traditional medieval heraldry: https://heraldicart.org/
Zack Emmert
2024-12-30 18:40:55 +0000 UTCThe unique animals of Rimworld in a medieval style would be cool, ie. Thrumbo, Megaspider, Muffalo in the style of things like old griffin/dragon heraldry
Thomas Pyke
2024-12-30 18:11:23 +0000 UTCQuestion, would you be able to just port over a lot of the symbols from your ideology expanded icons and symbols? I feel like that would satisfy a lot of everyone's ideas.
ChunkyLord62
2024-12-30 18:05:20 +0000 UTCOkay but everyone agrees that we need to have a kitty symbol, yes? ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ
Carolin
2024-12-30 18:02:40 +0000 UTCThe ideoligion emblems are not the best, but they're good enough and I love when things are vanilla-friendly.
Davide Celli
2024-12-30 17:58:07 +0000 UTCVampire bat face with an iron halo
G33K-Mythology
2024-12-30 17:52:30 +0000 UTCBonnacon. It's from the medieval bestiary and shoots fiery poop at attackers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnacon
Bonnie Quinn
2024-12-30 17:51:04 +0000 UTCThe biohazard symbol. Time to roleplay as the knights of the toxic god from Stellaris with a bunch of wasters in plate armor
Oculemon
2024-12-30 17:33:01 +0000 UTCBaron of dice has these golden eagle dice, they're 6's are so cool!
The Dragonborn
2024-12-30 17:31:33 +0000 UTCDragon age "Templar order" flaming sword
Dwarfman
2024-12-30 17:31:26 +0000 UTCMy mother always says the snake is actually Niddhog, but i think she just wants it to be cooler
The Dragonborn
2024-12-30 17:30:19 +0000 UTCMy ACTUAL ancestral family crest is an open mouthed snake head with vertical sword behind it Kinda like a snake head being stabbed down on
The Dragonborn
2024-12-30 17:28:32 +0000 UTCSkull & Crossbones, pirate style Rearing Lion Wild Boar Head
Brad Richling
2024-12-30 17:24:37 +0000 UTCThe skull and Cog of the mechanicus
Hydraswarm
2024-12-30 17:22:10 +0000 UTCBrotherhood of Steel logo. It looks pretty medieval but still works for space age later on.
Chance713
2024-12-30 17:19:35 +0000 UTC
