[BirdofPrey]

Very nice.
I'll never know how you made anything out of that fuzzy soup of the original enough to replicate it.

[mjn.mixael]

How many polies are inhabiting this scenery?

Over 6 million.

Very nice.
I'll never know how you made anything out of that fuzzy soup of the original enough to replicate it.

Nor will I. I eventually had to just stop caring about the original and find inspiration elsewhere.

[Nightmare]

Impressive work, alone from the stats.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Seeing your progress made me go to The Internet Archive and look for the ultra-high resolution renders that The Descent Network used to host. It's a good thing all of them appear to have been archived for posterity.

[Nightmare]

Aren't they on the wiki too?

[mjn.mixael]

There weren't that many hi-res renders of this scene from Volition anyway. There were a few normal res renders that are uncompressed which makes a bit of difference, though.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

There weren't that many hi-res renders of this scene from Volition anyway. There were a few normal res renders that are uncompressed which makes a bit of difference, though.

Yeah, it was only these four, which are renders of the final room; nothing on the docking clamps or initial rooms.

[mjn.mixael]

Turns out the lighting and blocking of this scene is wildly inconsistent. This might be my greatest departure from the original in terms of "fixes", but I think it has potential to be my best work yet.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Turns out the lighting and blocking of this scene is wildly inconsistent. This might be my greatest departure from the original in terms of "fixes", but I think it has potential to be my best work yet.

Not sure how relevant this would be here, but keep in mind that the best practices back then may not necessarily be the best practices now. In the current day, it seems important for the lighting in a scene to be more uniform and consistent then it previously was.

[mjn.mixael]

Making progress... It's taking a lot of time to animate the marines.

[Nightmare]

If you convert that scene to FSO you could still win the screencap contest.

[mjn.mixael]

[Nightmare]

moar pls

[mjn.mixael]

[Nightmare]

Shouldn't one of the Shivans wear the Carl nameplate?

[mjn.mixael]

[manwiththemachinegun]

I have waited 20 years for this. Worth it.

[Nightmare]

I have waited 20 years for this. Worth it.

Not 20 on my end, but still I doubt anybody at could've imagined this when they made that thing.

[Su-tehp]

I have waited 20 years for this. Worth it.

Not 20 on my end, but still I doubt anybody at could've imagined this when they made that thing.

It's been 20+ years for me too. Definitely worth it.

[mjn.mixael]

Shivan leap rough-in animation.