Babylon Etemenanki Ziggurat done which was 5th Wonder....
I started the 6th one :)
Alexandria Library, suggestion by Necrolex :)
Suggestion i've got, it is make it classical Hellenistic style.
And I am planing to make it as a school university for big cities :)
Here the first shot, first secondary building. there will be a mirroir copy of it the other side.
screen 1 (https://mega.nz/file/YEszVSxI#zg9ueI9vWqjnbxIrBkc6rZpBYfp5ULWooeQoVJf8gIk)
;D
new screenshots :)
Screen 2 (https://mega.nz/file/oZtklBDA#gse9XCxtvlIyVRi67vnNyhWP8MVA2OAMtZhtzF3HhC8)
and more recently
Screen 3 (https://mega.nz/file/cE81wDRA#Ve66Byafz6NrUki8txRKS36hijL-nOvmRt1Fny3nWJQ)
I am still have to decide how do I finish it in the back :P
It's looking REALLY cool!!!
further development :)
Alexandria Preview 4 (https://mega.nz/file/9NkFCAYI#CKjsX4Yxub7X4e3ClKNiVfE9lrv3j20w5GXWMF5V4ZU)
I will probably change the way i made the roof on the secondary buildings (each side) because i love the way i just made this one
Alexandria Preview 5 (https://mega.nz/file/VNUkAALC#jWexwyZ586CTKtEdhOuo4hpa9dHlSdFa54REC-GScbM)
Seeing this Wonder I suggested come to life is amazing. It makes me so happy to follow the progress of a mod of this magnitude. ;D
I love the new roof. It really captures that classical architecture look.
Quote from: Necrolex on January 04, 2026, 01:28:34 PMSeeing this Wonder I suggested come to life is amazing. It makes me so happy to follow the progress of a mod of this magnitude. ;D
I love the new roof. It really captures that classical architecture look.
yeah /agree
i started a rotund on top of the building....
not sure what i will put at the very very top ... maybe a little statue, i dont know ^^
but grosso modo ... it looks like this :)
Alexandria Preview 6 (https://mega.nz/file/MUVnwTSB#9DvD0psg9xNl4vQfuZR3js9ZR7FlJkiZwu_-ZHcsc4o)
So, i decided in the back, to do the exact same thing as i did in front ^^ the balcony with the stairs. i tried a few things and thats the way it looks the best overall
Alexandria Preview 7 (https://mega.nz/file/MMdTgLQY#A3S7x0dH5KW4Y4BCriqmdXBJV08GaX4zFJKXalbhXEA)
And then i did jump on making fences :)
Alexandria Preview 8 (https://mega.nz/file/cBkAgSJK#Km121qlqCqeTvhKbI84VUhsFzhcqVPnpUVBNqmzwDeI)
And i did the same fences on top of the platform ^^
Alexandria Preview 9 (https://mega.nz/file/hdFXSBwD#CQmZakKochQ2TiFfKQc2TKvUlpVMPeBDZW2ghO23HGI)
Wow! It's getting better with every update. I'm loving the details and those fences look great!
i am pretty sure you gonna download it this one :D
Since the Library is coming along, who knows... maybe one day the world will be ready for the Temple of Necromancy by the Magnificent Alexandre (aka Necrolex)! haha. A lost Wonder that deserves a comeback as the Great Temple of Necrolex.
Quote from: RedKetchup on January 04, 2026, 10:49:32 PMi am pretty sure you gonna download it this one :D
I'll definitely be first in line to download this one!
I changes a bit the things about the secondary buildings each side. I deleted the spears things and the roof, and instead i made it like i did on the main platform ...
How it looks now
Alexandria Preview 11 (https://mega.nz/file/EJVEHZqI#0OpSaoLjgcrYA_H5FQ4wPE2qyNS3DAE1XA7jrUjtSOU)
That way i save a couple of thousands of polygons :) cause the way the spears were set, they were a lot more to compare of what i just did.
Already the fences all around has really a lot. they are beautiful but all the forms have a lot of faces.
I added some trees for a finished look :)
We ended up to choose Date trees since they are from north african / western asia.
The Library are kinda built by greeks but in North Egypt. I had to choose something from the area ^^
Alexandria Preview 12 (https://mega.nz/file/xBsURT5R#aKhjbKQg847TLkU8DxdpS4G22Y4JJuKPHegIE-34qlk)
we are going to need bigger stone quarries. LOL
Quote from: brads3 on January 05, 2026, 04:01:28 PMwe are going to need bigger stone quarries. LOL
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I started to paint the model with textures...
They don't know exactly the old Library was made of, the strongest theory it was made from local Ashan granite. there are many of colors of those granite, i chose 2 textures
i made a lot of fences, they are extremly long to do ...
this is how it will look so far.
Alexandria Preview 13 (https://mega.nz/file/xEsxVDyB#zDcBHK_gFekulCvEZMwfwUviM0IP2RAKHF7ZzYCLl28)
don't worry about the black lines we can see, it is just a graphic artefact from 3dsmax
finished for the moment 1 of the 2 textures i am planing to put :)
made all the fences, all the pillars and their bases , and all the roof decorations :)
i will maybe do more of this texture... but at the end, after the other texture. will see what fits the best :)
Alexandria Preview 14 (https://mega.nz/file/sEkHyBYC#DCFvz0zzt74hCvMohhMPGMYA_SnMLYFPTKU1pIRZWJo)
probably will do the other texture after a nap, starting to be tired, exausted. i am doing some errors in my moves :S
i made the biggest part , all those faces, polygons , i had to precisely apply the texture
So since couple of days i was applying textures...
At begining i did chose 2 kind of gray granites, one being a bit more 'pinkish' but in 3dsmax, i wasnt really see a difference lol
So i replaced the "pinkish" texture by a more prononced pink one... Then the grey one really didnt fit anymore at all LOL. I hated it anyways, i was so not satisfied already when i was applying it and try to map it on the pieces..
I just decided to totally replace it with a stone wall texture. but now i need to revisite all the pieces cause i need to rotate the texture on half of the pieces (stone blocks wrongly turned 90 degres and it is just failed ^^) and the other half , or the stone blocks are too small or to big and i need to put them all proportionally to each other.
So i still have a lot to do LOL but you can get a preview :)
Alexandria Preview 15 (https://mega.nz/file/oINSjaxa#_nacVUSzaLSRGeKk2G2apR0QENfRAWr0OrhSHyV0wMg)
Wow, I'm loving how this is turning out!
The Library looks majestic, and the choice of the stone wall texture seems to have been the right call.
I'm so happy to see the Library of Alexandria coming to life!
I am gonna soon see it in game :D
i finished all the last details, made my building process and exported into .FBX :D
just need to do my code so i can see it.
if everything is fine.... gonna upload :)
It is done !!!
I've got to redo 2 roofs... and few tweaks..
i am ready to upload, just want to make my text first (description of the wonder) for Steam and my upload post in here & FB :)
I should give link in less than 1 hour from now :)
Alexandria In Game (https://mega.nz/file/4dc2QagQ#r-QkTUgK4LlcizaNshK1pW7t17JUbtYXkhEAYGPoPi4)
Alexandria Library v1.0 by Red Ketchup
https://worldofbanished.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=729 (https://worldofbanished.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=729)
Desc.: The Library of Alexandria was a legendary center of learning in ancient Egypt, part of the Mouseion research complex, housing vast scrolls and attracting scholars, but its destruction over centuries by fire (including Caesar's in 48 BCE), neglect, and riots led to the loss of immense knowledge
Comment: The Library of Alexandria model is hypothetic because it was destroyed since very log time, centuries. I designed the model by using a screenshot I did from a picture i saw on the internet and adapted it for the Banished game. Although it is a library, in Banished, it is acting as a school. This is my 6th Wonder.
(https://i.imgur.com/wAip3cO.png)
Role: School.
Dimensions: 17 x 17 tiles.
Building cost: 600 work units, 32 logs, 340 stones.
Feature: Education.
Nb teachers: 4 teachers.
Nb Citizens: 400 students.
This mod is also on Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3642487497
File Size: 3.72 MB zip, 7.53 MB uncompressed
Wow!!!
It's so beautiful to see something like this being made with such dedication. The stone scroll detail on the roof is a touch of genius—it makes the building look unique and perfectly themed.
I'm downloading it right now to put it in my city. Thank you for bringing this suggestion to life so beautifully!!! ;D
<<<falls asleep @ kb waiting to see what RED will do next
Quote from: Necrolex on January 08, 2026, 07:26:29 PMThe stone scroll detail on the roof is a touch of genius—it makes the building look unique and perfectly themed.
ya, that was the vocation of this legendary wonder, it was the keeper of thousands of scrolls :D
so ya, i got it :D
Quote from: brads3 on January 08, 2026, 07:55:57 PM<<<falls asleep @ kb waiting to see what RED will do next
it will be the Hanging Gardens :) with lot of plants and flowing water going down :)
some how i see me being able to do this map in 2050 after RED finishes adding them all. LOL
Quote from: brads3 on January 08, 2026, 08:52:32 PMsome how i see me being able to do this map in 2050 after RED finishes adding them all. LOL
it was mt 6th, the 4th lately because i still count the White House as one and the Majestic Cathedral was my first.
planing to get around 12 of those :)
I was counting the Lighthouse. so now our counts are wrong. LOL I forgot to count the White House.
Just did a quick count from all modders. depending how you count them it is 15 to 20 total.
Quote from: brads3 on January 08, 2026, 09:21:11 PMI was counting the Lighthouse. so now our counts are wrong. LOL I forgot to count the White House.
Just did a quick count from all modders. depending how you count them it is 15 to 20 total.
about lighthouse, i ll do Alexandria Great Lighthouse at some point :D
here my model photo to try to reproduce
Great Lighthouse (https://mega.nz/file/RJUE1DLK#ZQt8MJziTo22rTfPLU8YcuxmBsDNWpwnDHY0JMAPsC8)