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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Solatar on March 06, 2003, 05:06:08 pm

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Solatar on March 06, 2003, 05:06:08 pm

We weren't planning on using cutscenes for the TVWP, but we thought about it, and we thought that this (http://www.angelfire.com/games2/fsarchive/conv.html) would make a great start of the war cutscene.

Anybody that wants to do it won't be committing much as they'll have almost a year to do it.

If you do decide to join for this, you'll get TVWP IF access so we can discuss the finer details (this script might be hard to do), and of course, so you can preview all the cool TVWP stuff.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: wEvil on March 06, 2003, 07:19:07 pm

as a rough guide, allow 2 months of working 10+ hours/day for a 2 minute cutscene - animating stuff is VERY VERY hard.

and have a very good idea of what you want before you start so you dont wind up wasting time

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Solatar on March 06, 2003, 08:05:55 pm

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Originally posted by wEvil
as a rough guide, allow 2 months of working 10+ hours/day for a 2 minute cutscene - animating stuff is VERY VERY hard.

Whoever does it has a year

and have a very good idea of what you want before you start so you dont wind up wasting time

We plan on holding a discussion about it once somebody gets hired. He/she can work with us so we know what he/she can do best

I hate writing in red, but one time won't hurt....

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Goober5000 on March 06, 2003, 11:24:23 pm

Emphasis on the fact that we have a long period of time before we actually need this.  We're getting started early, so people can have as much time as they need.

Also, there's nothing preventing us from hiring more than one animator.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Galemp on March 06, 2003, 11:35:47 pm

:wtf: You want a four-hour long cutscene of a Vasudan complementing Terran cuisine?

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Goober5000 on March 06, 2003, 11:38:59 pm

:lol: No, it would be adapted for the cutscene medium.  Only a few minutes.

EDIT: Read the whole thing.  It's about the start of the T-V War, not about Terran cuisine.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Nico on March 07, 2003, 03:03:03 am

well, I would be happy to do it coz, disregarding Wevil's whinning, this kind of thing in a portfolio is a winner, but I'm already busy with a project of mine, which already requires much more work that your cutscene, sorry.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: wEvil on March 07, 2003, 04:02:50 am

i wasn't whining, i was saying what to expect.  There's a minor but important difference... unless your mastery of english is still lacking?

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Nico on March 07, 2003, 01:07:55 pm

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Originally posted by wEvil
i wasn't whining, i was saying what to expect.  There's a minor but important difference... unless your mastery of english is still lacking?

obviously. I never claimed I was a master in english :p

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Goober5000 on March 07, 2003, 02:47:03 pm

Is your project going to take more than a year?  We can wait... :drevil:

We haven't even started FREDding chapter 1 yet.  We won't need this cutscene until we release chapter 2, which we think will be quite some time in the future. :)

EDIT: For reference, chapter 1 has 30-odd missions, and chapter 2 will probably have the same amount.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Nico on March 07, 2003, 03:06:35 pm

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Originally posted by Goober5000
Is your project going to take more than a year?    

probably...

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Goober5000 on March 08, 2003, 01:23:06 am

Hm.  Now I'm curious about your project... :drevil:

EDIT: Unless you're talking about OTT itself.  That I'm looking forward to, and I wouldn't want to pull you away from it.

Howabout anyone else?  Please? :) There doesn't have to be a single person who works on this the entire time - we'd be happy if, for example, one person contributed character models, a second person designed backgrounds, several others chipped in for animating twenty-second chunks each, etc.

Title: Cutscene for the TVWP
Post by: Nico on March 08, 2003, 06:35:00 am

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Originally posted by Goober5000
Hm.  Now I'm curious about your project... :drevil:

EDIT: Unless you're talking about OTT itself.  That I'm looking forward to, and I wouldn't want to pull you away from it.

nope, something else :D probably post something about it, some day.