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Title: 2010-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: CooperHawkes on December 08, 2010, 06:58:37 pm
December 8th 2010 - Some BSG-ish action

Here it is. Diaspora Trailer No. 4. But be warned! This time you won't see any fancy new models or explosions and certainly no gameplay footage ;).

Diaspora Trailer 4 (http://www.moddb.com/games/diaspora/videos/diaspora-trailer-4) - ModDB
Diaspora Trailer 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k22AGe5tWTA) - YouTube

Music:
Bear McReary - Bloodshed
Diaspora Combat Track (edited)

I tried to catch the feeling of the series' battles with this one, while everything is still possible ingame and needs just some fredding skills and Track IR. No effects added in post production besides the usual fade-ins and fade-outs.

Me and my PC actually went through some trouble to get this baby finished. The PC's CPU fan practically died while encoding the final release candidate and the CPU temperature reached 90°. So i had to rush to the next shop and buy a new CPU cooler to get this trailer out in a reasonable time frame. I'm happy my CPU didn't get cooked. And I'm happy the team didn't whip me for delaying the relase of the trailer another day.
And the trouble i went through... a certain neck-pain was a big issue for some days. And I don't want to speak about the laughs i earned from family members, cause i was shaking and waving my head around in front of my computer, like some... well, like some Track IR user.

P.S.: The girl died in the end.
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: Shivan Hunter on December 08, 2010, 07:08:32 pm
w00t! Once again Diaspora proves itself to be above most professional-quality games. That is all simply epic.
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: Spoon on December 08, 2010, 07:13:33 pm
 :yes2: :jaw: :yes:
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: MR_T3D on December 08, 2010, 07:29:06 pm
umm.....you used the wrong "its"
AND THAT RUINED THE TRAILER!!
except for the epic parts, which were the rest
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: Shade on December 08, 2010, 07:42:46 pm
We noticed. We'll replace the video with a grammar-nazi approved version tomorrow :D In our defense, it was 2am when this was uploaded and we were interested exclusively in getting it out the door so we could get a night's sleep. Which I'm gonna go get right now.
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: FraktuRe on December 08, 2010, 08:32:09 pm
Man, launching a viper from theseus looks ****ing dangerous when she's fire, there's guns above and below you, how the hell do you escape the firing solution!
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: Rodo on December 08, 2010, 08:43:17 pm
so awesome..
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on December 08, 2010, 09:15:11 pm
Man, launching a viper from theseus looks ****ing dangerous when she's fire, there's guns above and below you, how the hell do you escape the firing solution!

It's a Battlestar.  It'd designed for rapid fighter deployment.  You launch before the enemy is in range and the CIWS need to open fire.  Well that's the theory at least until the enemy jumps in close. :P
Title: Re: 12-08-2010 Trailer 4
Post by: StarSlayer on December 08, 2010, 09:21:02 pm
hey its better then being launched right next to the heavy artillery like the Mercs
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: carbine7 on December 09, 2010, 08:10:37 am
Pure win, and I'll leave it at that :yes:
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: Satellight on December 09, 2010, 08:38:19 am
It was too short  :(

More seriously, thank you for having the courage for encoding this, even with the risk of losing your CPU  :yes:

I repeat what I said in the Eyecandy thread : your explosions are awesome ! Diaspora FTW !
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: torc on December 09, 2010, 08:48:19 am
OUTSTANDING!!!! the thessie is very beauty  :eek:
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: perihelion on December 09, 2010, 11:10:14 am
Wow.  Now I officially have an excuse to upgrade my computer.   :lol:
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: A2597 on December 09, 2010, 12:00:25 pm
OK, just plain wow.

You guys are on a SERIOUS media kick and I love it! It's getting me all hyped for this game again. :D
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: esarai on December 09, 2010, 12:20:34 pm
I was watching, and all 'yep, pretty cool.'  And then **** started exploding.

AND I
JIZZED
IN
MY PANTS.

Seriously, would you guys be willing to share how you made explosions like those at 0:47?  That was flippin' beautiful.
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: General Battuta on December 09, 2010, 12:25:14 pm
Script combined with regular explosions. Script is what makes the big star flash with the trails.
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: peterv on December 09, 2010, 12:50:13 pm
GREAT job people  :yes: :yes: :yes:
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: Angreifer on December 09, 2010, 04:27:40 pm
Jaw...meet floor.

Every new picture and trailer you guys release is more impressive than the last. I don't know how much more of this anticipation building I can take!
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: Nighteyes on December 09, 2010, 05:48:30 pm
Script combined with regular explosions. Script is what makes the big star flash with the trails.

not correct, its a normal explosion as well, IIRC there is no script that can create an effect like that with particles.
expect even better looking explosions, as this trailer doesn't show the new burning debris script as well as adjustment I made for the capship deaths, glad to hear positive feedback for the effects, thanks :)
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: MR_T3D on December 09, 2010, 07:40:51 pm
Script combined with regular explosions. Script is what makes the big star flash with the trails.

not correct, its a normal explosion as well, IIRC there is no script that can create an effect like that with particles.
expect even better looking explosions, as this trailer doesn't show the new burning debris script as well as adjustment I made for the capship deaths, glad to hear positive feedback for the effects, thanks :)

burning debris, eh..?
smexy
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: General Battuta on December 09, 2010, 07:50:05 pm
Script combined with regular explosions. Script is what makes the big star flash with the trails.

not correct, its a normal explosion as well, IIRC there is no script that can create an effect like that with particles.
expect even better looking explosions, as this trailer doesn't show the new burning debris script as well as adjustment I made for the capship deaths, glad to hear positive feedback for the effects, thanks :)

burning debris, eh..?
smexy

You've seen it in action already, if you played anything with the 3.6.12 MVPs.
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: ktistai228 on December 10, 2010, 10:47:07 am
Well, I'd say I love you guys, but unless I upgrade my computer those trailers are the only things I'll see :mad:
Still, epic work. The Wow-factor in that is uncalculable.
Also, loved the nebula, it seemed different from what we have back in FreeSpace.
And  :eek: did the tip of that basestar just come off  :eek2:
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: newman on December 10, 2010, 10:48:20 am
Yep, you can blow those off if you have enough firepower to do it :) Don't be so sure you won't be able to play it, we still need to finish and polish some stuff, get to beta and spec the game.
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: Shade on December 10, 2010, 11:39:20 am
Also, there are LODs and detail settings for a reason ;)
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: newman on December 10, 2010, 11:58:02 am
Worst case scenario we can always come up with a vp that would contain lower poly pofs and lower res textures of the most resource hungry ships - so if anyone has trouble with fps they can run with that vp. But we'll see if it'll even be necessary. I wouldn't panic.
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: ktistai228 on December 10, 2010, 12:02:35 pm
thanks guys:) In a world dominated by spec-mad computer companies, it's nice to see someone is still thinking of us low-tech guys:)
Title: Re: 10-12-08 - Trailer 4
Post by: Madcat on December 11, 2010, 04:31:12 pm
I am completely in awe.
And my jaw hit the floor as well, when the tip of the basestar came off... I did not expect that. Great job!