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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: WMCoolmon on January 09, 2005, 10:25:30 pm

Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 09, 2005, 10:25:30 pm
...who contributed to the MediaVP.

I got a chance to play it today on a computer that I could run it full-spec at (With 4xAA enabled, even). Everything looked awesome. The new explosion effects, the ship upgrades, the textures. Damn. :D

In a word, it was awesome. :D

(I have a couple screenshots of a Myrmidon with shadows, but everything I took in OGL didn't come out in the files.)

I can't wait to see what things will look like when the new HTL models are finished (hint hint :p)
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Bobboau on January 09, 2005, 10:29:20 pm
meh, I'll get to work on the herc, it just needs LOD and debris, it should be done by morning.

in the last deimos thread I think a final version was posted.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Singh on January 09, 2005, 10:38:17 pm
edit: damn double post!!
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Singh on January 09, 2005, 10:37:56 pm
yeah........SCP is good now.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Taristin on January 09, 2005, 11:01:14 pm
I guess, since 2 or three things are in there either by me or because of me... You're welcome. :p
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: FireCrack on January 09, 2005, 11:09:06 pm
Well i submited one thing.. so thank you.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Bobboau on January 10, 2005, 12:25:02 am
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/HTL_herc.zip

try that out, make sure to extract all the textures as I made LOD texures, and some tweaks may have been made sence the copy of the textures you have
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 10, 2005, 04:04:05 am
Nifty. :D

Thanks, Bobb, I'll try and get it up tomorrow.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: phatosealpha on January 10, 2005, 06:12:38 am
It does look awesome guys.  Very awesome.  Heck, FS2 is probably the best looking game I own just now.

An another upgrade to the HTL herc?  Cool.  That thing looks great.

Is someone working on an upgrade to the colossus or the sathanas though?  It's not that the HTL fighters don't look great, they do, they just don't stand still long enough for me to really appreciate them in play.  The colossus especially is a bit of an eyesore, and has the habit of taking up half the field of view.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: MatthewPapa on January 10, 2005, 06:37:14 am
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Originally posted by phatosealpha
It does look awesome guys.  Very awesome.  Heck, FS2 is probably the best looking game I own just now.


The same goes for me too,
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: KARMA on January 10, 2005, 01:05:49 pm
yeah, I'm working on the colossus, but I'm not sure how much people will like what I'm doing:drevil:
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Trivial Psychic on January 10, 2005, 01:31:08 pm
Let me guess... you're putting a sniper scope on top of it.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Black Wolf on January 10, 2005, 01:43:35 pm
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Originally posted by KARMA
yeah, I'm working on the colossus, but I'm not sure how much people will like what I'm doing:drevil:


Well, post some WIPs then. Better to get opinion early on than produce a massively detailed pof that you put your heart and soul into only to have the community say it's crap.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: KARMA on January 10, 2005, 02:23:09 pm
I'm at a very early stage, I've done just the engines, and I'm not satisfied so they'll probably change. Nothing to show, so.
I was referring to a simple fact: the ship has less than 900 triangles (not counting all the subobjects) when I'll probably end up, considering the size of the ship, with around 10k polys.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Taristin on January 10, 2005, 02:31:01 pm
Anything you do to the big C would be an improvement. :p
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Post by: KARMA on January 10, 2005, 02:48:06 pm
yeah, I surely can't do anything worse :rolleyes:
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Post by: phatosealpha on January 10, 2005, 06:29:08 pm
Probably quite true.

To be honest though, I'd be suprised if you could get 10k polys without getting creative.  Colossus doesn't seem to have a lot of shape, really, even in the cutscenes - and the texturing doesn't seem to be implying that there are details missing or anything.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: KARMA on January 10, 2005, 06:48:26 pm
then I'm going to be somewhat creative, hopeing that people won't say that it's too beautiful to be the colossus:rolleyes: Maybe I'll post some wips later. it'll be a long job anyway, since I've some job for the sw conversion which has precedence.
Btw, does anybody know if there is a fighterbay? because I can't find it, but IIRC she has a fighter complement
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: phatosealpha on January 10, 2005, 07:00:01 pm
I'm sure she has one, just not sure where it is.  But the mission briefing for Their Finest Hour says you can expect no reinforcements for a while because the colossus's fighter bay is damaged.
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Post by: FireCrack on January 10, 2005, 07:43:28 pm
Do to the colossus what bob did to the deimos.


The fighterbay is near the top and infront of the middle "handle"

It's a little triangular tube if i remember corectly.


If it's not there then just model one in, that's where it was in the cutscene.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Turambar on January 10, 2005, 07:51:49 pm
I cant say its the best looking game

but the fact that the one that beats it out is HL2, this is still pretty damn good!

to be continued, stargate's on

Continued: its amazing how far this game has come, someone needs to get like, waaay before vs after shots to really appreciate it, however, both of my original .exe files have a virus, so i cant.
yeah, just my input
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Overlord on January 11, 2005, 07:31:57 am
Download them here:
http://www.overlords-from-hell.de/ori_exe.rar
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Turambar on January 11, 2005, 02:43:40 pm
well there goes my excuse, truth is, im just lazy

someone else do it

if i have time, i mgiht, but i almost never have time
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Roanoke on January 11, 2005, 03:10:25 pm
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Originally posted by Raa
Anything you do to the big C would be an improvement. :p



even if you just sort out the axis it would be a start.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Gank on January 11, 2005, 03:46:18 pm
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Originally posted by Bobboau
try that out, make sure to extract all the textures as I made LOD texures, and some tweaks may have been made sence the copy of the textures you have


Very nice work Bobboau just one minor nitpick, do something with the guns they look like **** compared to the rest. Few more polys isnt going to hurt framerates much.

Cockpit tex is kinda large too but thats easily fixed.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Bobboau on January 11, 2005, 08:58:11 pm
I just noticed I made a rather noticable mistake at the last second, I'm gona need to make an update.
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Bobboau on January 11, 2005, 09:15:24 pm
http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/HTL_herc.zip
redownload
Title: Official thank you to everyone...
Post by: Overlord on January 12, 2005, 06:59:59 am
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Originally posted by Turambar
well there goes my excuse, truth is, im just lazy

someone else do it

if i have time, i mgiht, but i almost never have time


:lol: