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Title: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 05:24:59 pm
Discuss.

More to come soon.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Axem on July 18, 2011, 05:28:54 pm
Prediction: A warp storm opens up in Vega, unleashing the legions of Chaos on a recovering GTA and PVE. Their only hope is a silent pilot who may or may not be an Eldar god reincarnated.

Slaves for the slave god!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Nyctaeus on July 18, 2011, 05:58:38 pm
This mod looks very promising. Looking foreward for the news :).

BTW. Is that wrecked Typhon available somewhere? Could be very useful.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 18, 2011, 06:08:57 pm
Prediction: A warp storm opens up in Vega, unleashing the legions of Chaos on a recovering GTA and PVE. Their only hope is a silent pilot who may or may not be an Eldar god reincarnated.

Slaves for the slave god!

Dammit Ceogorach, I told you not to screw with the humans anymore, it's not worth it. They keep killing their gods.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on July 18, 2011, 06:22:54 pm
This mod looks very promising. Looking foreward for the news :).

BTW. Is that wrecked Typhon available somewhere? Could be very useful.

It probably will be available soon.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: crizza on July 21, 2011, 09:51:26 am
Looks promising :)
Something about the GTA consolidating it's hold over the systems and trying to establish a good position against the vasudans?
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Luis Dias on July 21, 2011, 10:18:51 am
... and the rise of Khonsu (?) the second.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 02, 2011, 05:07:35 pm
SCREENSHOT! (looks a little squished to me.. I play at 1440x900 and then I squeezed it in to a slightly sized up 1024x768)

(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18396/M1_04_S1.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Droid803 on August 03, 2011, 12:24:22 am
Mustangs and Shrikes?
Oh the poor souls flying those things...
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 03, 2011, 12:40:38 am
(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18396/screen0055.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Sonzai on August 04, 2011, 04:38:40 pm
Looks great!   :yes:  Can't wait to play!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 06, 2011, 02:00:02 pm
(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18396/screen0056.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on August 06, 2011, 02:11:09 pm
under construction sign is missing, get it there now.  ;7
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on August 06, 2011, 02:16:31 pm
under construction sign is missing, get it there now.  ;7

Working on it...

On a possibly unrelated note.. any have good reference images for that construction drone from the Colossus cutscene?
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on October 05, 2011, 10:42:06 pm
(http://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18396/screen0121.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: CommanderDJ on October 06, 2011, 12:37:46 am
*snip*

Is it me, or does the engine flare off that ship in the back look waay larger than normal? Looks awesome either way though!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on October 06, 2011, 01:55:45 am
Hmmm yeah.. it is a bit large. I've actually been meaning to go in and reduce it some.  :lol:
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on June 04, 2012, 02:41:19 pm
Maybe you all can find some new information here. (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Between_the_Ashes)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Beskargam on June 08, 2012, 04:34:11 pm
Maybe you all can find some new information here. (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Between_the_Ashes)

looks so cool! how is it coming?
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on June 08, 2012, 10:54:10 pm
Well, despite the lack of activity on the public forum... there is daily work being done on BtA. We are hoping to have something playable released Soon(tm).

On that note.. here's a video showing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBBDgqyDRQ8) a system that Slasher setup and that I simply altered to make work with custom hud gauges. It's also available on our ModDB page. (http://www.moddb.com/mods/between-the-ashes/videos)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on June 08, 2012, 11:28:11 pm
haha, that looks quite cool!, they all even have different cracking codes at the end.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 12, 2012, 07:45:56 pm
Playing around with a fun mission feature to easily capture the best screenshots ever. This may be the first released screen from Act 2 of Slaves of Chaos.

(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9918/imagebin.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Oddgrim on September 13, 2012, 08:00:54 am
Nice!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on September 19, 2012, 10:08:27 pm
A few more screens from Act 1.

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Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: WouterSmitssm on November 29, 2012, 02:15:52 pm
hows going
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: niffiwan on November 29, 2012, 03:10:31 pm
looking very nice  :)

What's the ship in the 3rd pic, between the Intrepid & the Arcadia?  Just above the parked Chronos's (or however it is that you pluralise that!)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 29, 2012, 04:40:26 pm
That's a modified GTM Florence from the original BP2, which is also a modified version of another ship on the Wiki that I can't remember the name of. MatthTheGeek could tell you.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: MatthTheGeek on November 29, 2012, 04:48:16 pm
Indeed I could. (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTCv_Morana)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: niffiwan on November 29, 2012, 04:49:06 pm
Thanks - looks like this was the original ship: http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/GTCv_Morana

(and Matt was too quick for me :))
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Luis Dias on November 30, 2012, 04:14:55 am
The lighting of those shots is pitch perfect. I just love what you guys did with the lighting overall in BtA.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on November 30, 2012, 08:15:47 am
The lighting of those shots is pitch perfect. I just love what you guys did with the lighting overall in BtA.
Quoted for truth.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Luis Dias on November 30, 2012, 08:30:44 am
Today's APOD reminded me of BtA:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1211/2012-11_CygnusHPd_2k.jpg
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on November 30, 2012, 09:15:14 am
Today's APOD reminded me of BtA:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1211/2012-11_CygnusHPd_2k.jpg

 :eek2:

That looks strikingly similar to our Antares skybox...

Ok, fine. You guys are on to us. BtA is based on a true story from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 05, 2013, 09:58:32 am
Time for a few more Act 2 screenshots.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img585/1306/fs2openbtabuild20130205.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img43/1306/fs2openbtabuild20130205.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img29/1306/fs2openbtabuild20130205.png)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: est1895 on February 06, 2013, 06:34:28 pm
Fantastic!!!  :yes:  When is the Eta?
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 06, 2013, 07:04:51 pm
Possibly sometime this year.. but a more accurate ETA is 'when it's done!'. :p
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: est1895 on February 06, 2013, 08:22:21 pm
Possibly?  :sigh: :( :blah:   :lol:
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 06, 2013, 08:57:23 pm
Well, I just don't want to give an ETA that I can't hold to. Given the number of HLP projects I have plus RL... not to mention the other projects and RL of the other team members, I have to allow some leeway!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 08, 2013, 02:01:20 pm
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: General Battuta on February 08, 2013, 02:07:20 pm
uhungngghhgh
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Oddgrim on February 08, 2013, 02:43:10 pm
Pretty! c:
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on February 08, 2013, 03:08:13 pm
oi! nice planet.
nice bomber.
nice everything.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Slasher on February 08, 2013, 05:57:45 pm
That Medusa is so HTL I almost thought it was a different ship altogether.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Apollo on February 08, 2013, 06:33:04 pm
I know ST:R is canon for BTA, but is BTA canon for ST:R? Will this affect Blue Planet and other campaigns that incorporate Silent Threat Reborn?
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: MatthTheGeek on February 08, 2013, 06:34:55 pm
It is entirely up to these campaigns, not to BtA, to incorporate BtA canon or not.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 22, 2013, 02:54:59 pm
Pics to come soon, but I finally made the HTL Arcadia look like it's under-construction. And then I promptly had some fun as a pilot disobeying orders to pretend I was escaping the Death Star after firing at it's reactor core.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVdTvdUzu4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVdTvdUzu4)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on February 22, 2013, 03:28:45 pm
will that asplode? :D
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on February 22, 2013, 05:04:37 pm
The aforementioned promised screens.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img843/2131/fs2openbtabuild20130222.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img560/2131/fs2openbtabuild20130222.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img9/907/fs2openbtabuild20130222p.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img9/2131/fs2openbtabuild20130222.png)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Spoon on February 22, 2013, 05:14:20 pm
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6271/holycrackas.jpg)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on March 18, 2013, 10:14:57 am
(http://imageshack.us/a/img707/1306/fs2openbtabuild20130205.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img21/500/fs2openbtabuild20130205y.png)

(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img37/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img818/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img802/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: General Battuta on March 18, 2013, 10:44:34 am
God almighty
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: The E on March 18, 2013, 10:47:31 am
These are very gold.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: MatthTheGeek on March 18, 2013, 11:00:21 am
I aim to please.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on March 18, 2013, 08:21:00 pm
oh my, impressive shots man.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on March 19, 2013, 04:51:22 am
Them's are some tasty looking screenshots, Captain Screenshots :P
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on April 24, 2013, 09:54:22 pm
What they hay.. here's a few more screens.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img818/1149/fs2openbtabuild20130208i.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img51/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img203/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img405/1064/fs2openbtabuild20130208.png)

Now I should go and finish a few more missions... :)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: General Battuta on April 24, 2013, 10:13:27 pm
Dat color palette
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Apollo on April 25, 2013, 02:46:06 pm
them's some real screenshots :yes:
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Luis Dias on April 26, 2013, 11:23:02 am
Dat color palette

Yes, I'm also a fan. I like how they bump up the yellows and blues without ever going into the Teal and Orange nightmare (http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.pt/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html).
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on April 26, 2013, 11:46:20 am
Interestingly, orange/red are just the colors that happened to be the base of most canon missions in Antares. That's the only reason orange is a staple of BtA's palette.

Much of the design came from a similar problem that I remember HerraTohtori talking about for WiH's backgrounds. How do you take a campaign that takes place almost entirely in one system and make a background that does not get tedious and boring by the end of it? I'll wait for final judgement after our full release, but my solution was to create a nebula design that is unique enough to almost be able to recognize which way your are facing based on what part of the nebula is visible or not visible. I included several large unique 'streaks' and a few different styles. Then I used some Post Processing to help blend the background and scene together into an almost faded look since the story is takes place pre-FS2.

That was my thought process anyway.. dunno how much of that made it through or if it just happens to look nice. :)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Luis Dias on April 26, 2013, 11:53:38 am
nono, that "faded look" thought process is bang on. I see Vassago Dirge's influenced the mod in this respect, and I just think it's a great look.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on April 26, 2013, 12:57:43 pm
:)

Vassago's Dirge is one of my favorite mods.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Arthur.s.Pankratz on November 13, 2013, 02:11:15 am
how is it coming along? looks like a good mod
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on January 20, 2014, 10:41:28 pm
Since Battuta already leaked it.. (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=86627.msg1730935#msg1730935) :p

Here's a shot of our current HUD gauge setup.
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/mjnmixael/Private/ImageBin_zpscbe396d8.jpg~original)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: niffiwan on January 20, 2014, 11:07:25 pm
niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice  :nod: :yes:
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Oddgrim on January 21, 2014, 04:42:12 am
Very nice!
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Mobius on January 21, 2014, 05:09:38 am
Very nice indeed! My only concern though is the message box, are you sure putting it down there makes reading messages easier? Just asking. :)
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: MatthTheGeek on January 21, 2014, 05:19:31 am
Dude, WiH did it years ago, I think there's been enough feedback from players now to confirm that.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on January 21, 2014, 07:52:06 am
That and it's not the real message box, it's a secondary for special sekret things.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on January 21, 2014, 10:12:42 am
Dude, WiH did it years ago, I think there's been enough feedback from players now to confirm that.
It's just so much more convenient to read dialogue there. I wish every campaign had that kind of modified HUD.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: Rodo on January 21, 2014, 09:38:39 pm
awww yissss.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on January 23, 2014, 01:04:34 am
Yeah, I love the newer HUD code because you can do so much with it. Many of these gauges are used for several different purposes throughout the campaign, too. Also.. Training Messages are suuuuuuuper ugly. Which is the root reason why many of these gauges exist.
Title: Re: Between the Ashes: Slaves of Chaos
Post by: mjn.mixael on May 11, 2014, 03:12:24 pm
Patch 1.1 uploaded. You can find it in the release post or just use the Freespace Installer. (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87537.msg1747938#msg1747938)

This should address HUD issues on higher res screens.