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Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Taristin on September 28, 2003, 04:25:28 pm: Is there any?
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 28, 2003, 04:37:45 pm: Good question.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 28, 2003, 04:51:08 pm: Should you know? :p
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: mnftg64 on September 28, 2003, 04:58:18 pm: I have been looking forward to machina terra since I joined the FS2 online community (2000?) It was the campaign that somehow inspired my campaign in pre-pre-progress called fs2 revolution. I would love to know if it has made any progress.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 28, 2003, 05:36:19 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Should you know? :p

Well, yeah. But if I say or show anything, I'll have to live on the streets next year.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 28, 2003, 05:48:59 pm: That's a bad policy for a project that's accused of being dead.. :doubt:
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 28, 2003, 06:52:13 pm: Blame the management.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 28, 2003, 07:22:37 pm: Here's something. :D

Prototype Conversion Matrix undergoing testing in Pluto orbit.
(http://terra.sourceforge.net/story/transmission1-01.jpg)
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Taristin on September 28, 2003, 07:30:25 pm: Howsabout something in-game? :D
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 28, 2003, 07:48:54 pm: Why not?! :D

A new background and something which seems to be a Darkness-class corvette.
(http://terra.sourceforge.net/preview/bg-screen03.jpg)
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Taristin on September 28, 2003, 08:13:43 pm: Well... it's better, but you're still not there yet... :p
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on September 28, 2003, 08:50:26 pm: Yes, there is progress. And yes, I am thinking about showing it to you all. Sorry for the lack of public updates, but I just didn't want the story and mods to become commonplace before the campaign is released - I wanted that shock factor, that awe inspiring moment when you see something for the first time - or when you realize that something you thought you'd seen has changed completely and for the better.

But considering the lack of activity here, I'm thinking of releasing some stuff pretty soon.

:)
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Gloriano on September 28, 2003, 11:06:19 pm: guys Machina Terra is coming still:)
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Post by: Knight Templar on September 28, 2003, 11:10:22 pm: wow, those shots are beautiful. :yes:
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Woolie Wool on September 28, 2003, 11:53:41 pm: But what is this TFxx faction (TFCv Darkness, TFDx Apocalypse)? What became of the GTVA?
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 29, 2003, 12:12:18 am: That would be kinda spoiling it wouldn't it?

But through my deductive super powers of reasoning, I'd say Terra Federation or Terran something or other... look at the name of it.....
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on September 29, 2003, 08:10:32 am: Yeah, you're somewhat close there. But there's LOTS of information about it on the MT website, actually, specially under the Fiction section.

Oh, and I'll try to have some stuff uploaded tonight. :)
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Post by: Levyathan on September 29, 2003, 10:19:07 am: Do not show the Apocalypse. :D
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Post by: Styxx on September 29, 2003, 10:41:44 am: I didn't really plan to. Gotta save some surprises, at least.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Gloriano on September 29, 2003, 12:02:16 pm: and Styxx don`t spoil too much story
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Knight Templar on September 29, 2003, 09:02:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
Yeah, you're somewhat close there. But there's LOTS of information about it on the MT website, actually, specially under the Fiction section.

Oh, and I'll try to have some stuff uploaded tonight. :)

Oh, while we're here, I must say that the fiction and stuff on the site, while old, is incredible, at least by our communities standards. ;) :D

It's fun to go back and read it every once in a while.
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Post by: Styxx on September 29, 2003, 10:08:50 pm: Lol, yeah, I actually wanted to revise them - there's quite a lot of errors in them that I didn't catch at the time. :p
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Post by: Setekh on September 30, 2003, 02:39:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Levyathan
Why not?! :D

A new background and something which seems to be a Darkness-class corvette.
(http://terra.sourceforge.net/preview/bg-screen03.jpg)

Oh, that's one of my old ones. Should be defunct by now, it was a terrible job on my part. :p
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on September 30, 2003, 07:36:45 am: Ssshhh...!
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Post by: Levyathan on September 30, 2003, 10:25:45 am: People have bad memories.
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Post by: Bri_Dog on September 30, 2003, 03:00:13 pm: Could you tell us how much has been completed? How is still left to do?
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Post by: Gloriano on September 30, 2003, 03:05:27 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bri_Dog
Could you tell us how much has been completed? How is still left to do?

one word a LOT!
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Post by: Darkage on September 30, 2003, 03:10:49 pm: I already seen some damn good behind the scene's stuff:D

ph34r m3!
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Post by: DragonClaw on September 30, 2003, 03:27:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano

one word a LOT!

Umh. Thats two words.

:ha: :hopping:
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on September 30, 2003, 03:38:27 pm: In a nutshell, we have completed:
- 99% of the modeling work
- 70% of the texturing work (finding texture people is damn hard - any volunteers?)
- 85% of the model conversion work (can use help here too!)
- 30% of the mission work (dum dee dum)
- 50% of the cutscene work
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on September 30, 2003, 03:39:49 pm: (waiting for my new video card to arrive in an hour or so to finish some work and post the updates)
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Post by: Levyathan on September 30, 2003, 05:19:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Stop double-posting. You know better.

:p
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Post by: Goober5000 on September 30, 2003, 06:47:55 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
In a nutshell, we have completed:
- 99% of the modeling work
- 70% of the texturing work (finding texture people is damn hard - any volunteers?)
- 85% of the model conversion work (can use help here too!)
- 30% of the mission work (dum dee dum)
- 50% of the cutscene work

Which equals 67% of the entire project, if all categories are weighted equally. :sigh: Does this mean we won't see a release until 2005?
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 30, 2003, 07:16:06 pm: Just add the storyline work (which is completed) and that average gets a bit better. :D
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Post by: phreak on September 30, 2003, 07:20:37 pm: you forgot the 90% done in the "drinking beer" category (which should never be completed)
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Taristin on September 30, 2003, 07:25:58 pm: It stays at 90 forever...
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Levyathan on September 30, 2003, 07:26:52 pm: Let's hope they don't take that into account.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Taristin on September 30, 2003, 07:48:14 pm: Don't start with that that stuff again.
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Post by: Levyathan on September 30, 2003, 08:07:04 pm: It was just one single that! :D
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Spicious on October 01, 2003, 08:48:01 am: Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
- 85% of the model conversion work (can use help here too!)
By this, do you mean POF editing?

If you do, I can help with it.
Title: Machina Terra Progress?
Post by: Styxx on October 01, 2003, 08:49:19 am: You can? Really? Great! If you have ICQ, contact me - my number is on my profile. :)

(be advised that we tend to, erm, push FS2 envelope when it comes to models...)