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Title: WoD II video
Post by: Spoon on May 12, 2011, 08:20:05 am: Clicky! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT7genOP62c&hd=1)
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Post by: AndrewofDoom on May 12, 2011, 08:31:27 am: It's good to see there's progress going in there without me. I guess WoD2 is going to be more serious than the first.
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Post by: General Battuta on May 12, 2011, 08:46:59 am: Quote from: AndrewofDoom on May 12, 2011, 08:31:27 am
It's good to see there's progress going in there without me. I guess WoD2 is going to be more serious than the first.

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[09:31] <AndrewofDoom> GAWD why are sequels always grimdark compared to the first?

I recall this mod called Wings of Dawn that was done entirely without AndrewofDoom. And it was excellent! How surprising that the second one can also make progress without vital team member AndrewofDoom.

But it's nice to see you laying the groundwork for pretending not to like it. You'll need to fabricate some reasons early so you can rationalize your feelings of rejection; after all, the fact that the campaign doesn't include your self-insert Mary Sue race is a major strike against it. I also like the subtle attempt to grab some credit, as if it were somehow in doubt that progress wouldn't be made without you, but thank God, it still is! Or wait, wait, am I misinterpreting - did you just want to wave the flag? 'I was involved with this! Some of it is meee!'

We all look forward to months of you harping on IRC about how Wings of Dawn 2 will be 'too grimdark' and lack 'colors' while making the same three jokes about lolis, Hades, and Axem over and over again.

That trailer was fantastic. Looks better than the first in every respect - all the things that made Wings of Dawn great cranked up a notch.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Rodo on May 12, 2011, 08:54:38 am: Into the void my friends, and with no fear!
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Post by: pecenipicek on May 12, 2011, 08:59:21 am: Oh crap, at first i thought those cordi ships in the nebula were asteroids XD

is cool.

Spoiler:
we can has some other subspace effect other than the FS2 one? it just glares sorely at me through something like WoD. *goes off to find some anime-ish "warp" scenes*
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: CommanderDJ on May 12, 2011, 09:11:29 am: This looks very promising. Will definitely be keeping an eye on it!

Quote from: pecenipicek on May 12, 2011, 08:59:21 am
Spoiler:
we can has some other subspace effect other than the FS2 one? it just glares sorely at me through something like WoD. *goes off to find some anime-ish "warp" scenes*

Spoiler:
I second this. Perhaps the swirly one used in ASW? (At least I think it was that one.)
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Dragon on May 12, 2011, 09:14:18 am: WoD needs something more far unique than ASW warp if it's going to replace the warp effect.
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Post by: Jellyfish on May 12, 2011, 10:09:26 am: Awesome trailer, Spoon. This is definitely a keeper.
Good job is an understatement.

~~About the claims of this being more serious, until Spoon himself confirms this I call the Never Trust a Trailer rule.~~ Only it's not a trailer. It's the intro. My God. Kind of odd that no characters were presented with it.
~~Besides, as I said once before, we don't really need grimdark realistic FS2 campaigns. Of those we have aplenty, and WoD not being one is but one of the few things that made it so awesome.~~ The intro and the music really set the tone. Comedy is over, time to fight.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 12, 2011, 10:30:09 am: It's beautiful. :(

I love the backgrounds especially, but the ships look better than ever. I hope we get to play through some of those massive battles.

Into the void we gooooo
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Destiny on May 12, 2011, 11:05:19 am: Lovely work, Spoon. Simply lovely. The Cyrvan ships are very, very well-designed now that I've got another angle on them. The huge Zy ship with wings was simply...really...captivating. Using the OP theme from Broken Blade was pretty fitting.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Satellight on May 12, 2011, 11:42:19 am: My GF just said :
"That's pretty impressive, the colors, the vessels, the sound, how it's made !"

She's impressed.
AND ME TOO.

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: (five thumbs-up rate)
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Post by: Droid803 on May 12, 2011, 12:08:36 pm: lol was the game lagging in that last zoom-out scene? :P
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Post by: PsychoLandlord on May 12, 2011, 01:52:43 pm: That was damn good work Spoon, and those skyboxes were amazing. Definitely liking the slightly more serious direction this appears to be taking, provided it doesn't go all grimdark (or more appropriately I suppose, all Evangelion) on us.

And (What I'm assuming are) Zy Capships FTW.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 12, 2011, 01:54:13 pm: Quote from: PsychoLandlord on May 12, 2011, 01:52:43 pm
(or more appropriately I suppose, all Evangelion)
Well at least there would be more fanservice then I guess.
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Post by: Jellyfish on May 12, 2011, 02:12:01 pm: Or worse, all Madoka on us.
That would certainly come from left field.
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Post by: Ravenholme on May 12, 2011, 06:36:27 pm: Quote from: Snail on May 12, 2011, 10:30:09 am
It's beautiful. :(

I love the backgrounds especially, but the ships look better than ever. I hope we get to play through some of those massive battles.

Into the void we gooooo

I loved it too. The only thing I missed in that intro was art of the characters, but I'll live.

Speaking of which, what is that song? It's absolutely beautiful. I look forward to showing my girlfriend this when she gets back from visiting her father's family.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: General Battuta on May 12, 2011, 07:02:28 pm: Cookie to anyone who spots the excellent use of a new feature mentioned a little while ago on another project board!
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Ravenholme on May 12, 2011, 07:23:02 pm: Quote from: General Battuta on May 12, 2011, 07:02:28 pm
Cookie to anyone who spots the excellent use of a new feature mentioned a little while ago on another project board!

Do I spot some Capship Gliding?
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: General Battuta on May 12, 2011, 07:24:23 pm: Quote from: Ravenholme on May 12, 2011, 07:23:02 pm
Quote from: General Battuta on May 12, 2011, 07:02:28 pm
Cookie to anyone who spots the excellent use of a new feature mentioned a little while ago on another project board!

Do I spot some Capship Gliding?

Well that didn't take long!
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: PsychoLandlord on May 12, 2011, 07:28:08 pm: Oh ****, didn't notice that before.

This will be good.
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Post by: Veers on May 12, 2011, 08:06:57 pm: :eek: :jaw:

Spoon.. simply amazing
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: skygunner58203 on May 13, 2011, 12:07:11 am: Please tell me this is coming soon! And Maybe we'll see another Infi
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 03:33:16 am: Too see another Infi would be pretty hard unless there's another time traveler from the UEU, or a real Ale...damn it, what's the name.

Quote from: Ravenholme on May 12, 2011, 06:36:27 pm
Quote from: Snail on May 12, 2011, 10:30:09 am
It's beautiful. :(

I love the backgrounds especially, but the ships look better than ever. I hope we get to play through some of those massive battles.

Into the void we gooooo
Speaking of which, what is that song?
"Fate" by Kokia, from the anime movie Broken Blade.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: PsychoLandlord on May 13, 2011, 03:46:11 am: I dunno, IIRC they found multiple vessels like Infi in that vault. The possibility of another ancient snarky AI supership isn't too far out.
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Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 13, 2011, 03:54:26 am: Well, that sparks my interest...

Quote from: PsychoLandlord on May 13, 2011, 03:46:11 am
I dunno, IIRC they found multiple vessels like Infi in that vault. The possibility of another ancient snarky AI supership isn't too far out.

Don't mistake "looking like Infi" for "most likely a Zy capital ship" ...
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 04:05:31 am: Quote from: PsychoLandlord on May 13, 2011, 03:46:11 am
I dunno, IIRC they found multiple vessels like Infi in that vault. The possibility of another ancient snarky AI supership isn't too far out.
The Infinity Light Fighter only interfaces with those with Ale...dang it, can't spell it's DNA/Brain-thingy or something. Dawn, being...uhh...genetically modified was 'incomplete' to Infi and almost ejected her out. I believe the Infinity Light Fighter doesn't activate unless someone with Al...damn it.

Maybe the Zy are the devolved version of them.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 13, 2011, 04:09:33 am: Quote from: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 04:05:31 am
Maybe the Zy are the devolved version of them.
The Hertak would have caught on I'd that were true, I think. Still, it'd be an interesting twist.
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Post by: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 04:38:20 am: Hmm, seeing how Zy fighters looked like the Infinity Light Fighter, including those crystals...and the reason why the Hertak said it was too dangerous to keep Zy capital ships around the Hertak. They might notice similarities, but they can't confirm it, but made use of the Zy still.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 13, 2011, 04:39:48 am: Quote from: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 04:38:20 am
Hmm, seeing how Zy fighters looked like the Infinity Light Fighter, including those crystals...and the reason why the Hertak said it was too dangerous to keep Zy capital ships around the Hertak. They might notice similarities, but they can't confirm it, but made use of the Zy still.
Yeah... Their ships do look similar.

Then again, they said the same thing about the Cordi. None of the battle thralls were allowed any really big ships.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 05:03:27 am: Well for the case of the Zy, they were really not allowed any big ships at all, while the Cordi and Fur-something were able to deploy cruisers (I don't know how to classify the Adasya). Wonder how Spoon'll make this all turn out.
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Post by: ssmit132 on May 13, 2011, 07:48:08 am: Quote from: PsychoLandlord on May 12, 2011, 01:52:43 pm
And (What I'm assuming are) Zy Capships FTW.
Nice Zy Capships are nice. :) Yet another thing to look forward to. It looks really really good, Spoon.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Nuclear1 on May 13, 2011, 05:57:45 pm: The sbips look really good.

I really like the sbips.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 13, 2011, 06:07:01 pm: Quote from: Nuclear1 on May 13, 2011, 05:57:45 pm
The sbips look really good.

I really like the sbips.
There are no sbips.
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Post by: Jellyfish on May 13, 2011, 06:25:32 pm: Or bleeps, or creeps.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 13, 2011, 06:39:34 pm: or bacon
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Post by: Ypoknons on May 13, 2011, 08:36:55 pm: Why is tentacles.AVI in related videos? Or is it just me?
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Post by: Snail on May 13, 2011, 08:42:55 pm: Quote from: Ypoknons on May 13, 2011, 08:36:55 pm
Why is tentacles.AVI in related videos? Or is it just me?
Spoon is a naughty utensil.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Ypoknons on May 13, 2011, 10:39:41 pm: Come to think of it, I've never stopped to actually listen to the Break Blade op. But now that the utensil has mentioned it, there it is.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Destiny on May 13, 2011, 10:52:16 pm: I usually skip the ED theme because the rolling credits are all blargh.
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on May 14, 2011, 06:51:57 am: Sorry Spoon but....

I want to play that now. It seems that WoD II is about to be more awesome than the first.
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Post by: Snail on May 14, 2011, 07:32:31 am: Quote from: Deadly in a Shadow on May 14, 2011, 06:51:57 am
It seems that WoD II is about to be more awesome than the first.
Tooo muuuch awesooome

Hope there are more funney community references too
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Post by: Destiny on May 14, 2011, 09:13:52 am: Oh yeah, since Spoon managed to put ship models into the HUD area where you see your shield status, is it possible for the head anis to be...well, colorful too? To be able to see the characters in their full-color glory would be pretty awesome instead of being dictated by your HUD.
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Post by: AndrewofDoom on May 14, 2011, 09:18:20 am: Quote from: Destiny on May 14, 2011, 09:13:52 am
Oh yeah, since Spoon managed to put ship models into the HUD area where you see your shield status, is it possible for the head anis to be...well, colorful too? To be able to see the characters in their full-color glory would be pretty awesome instead of being dictated by your HUD.

Well, that's actually part of the "generate icon" flag in the ships table, which takes the top view of the model and puts the rectangular shield barrier around the ship. HUD code otherwise still has no support for non greyscale images (As far as I understand it doesn't right now anyway).
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: General Battuta on May 14, 2011, 09:59:00 am: Quote from: Destiny on May 14, 2011, 09:13:52 am
Oh yeah, since Spoon managed to put ship models into the HUD area where you see your shield status, is it possible for the head anis to be...well, colorful too? To be able to see the characters in their full-color glory would be pretty awesome instead of being dictated by your HUD.

Just 'generate icon' flag in ships.tbl, you've seen it in action before. However I believe Swifty is closing on on color ani support, but I'm not sure.
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Post by: Droid803 on May 14, 2011, 01:04:14 pm: Thing is, PNG/eff support for all HUD anis work...except for Head Anis...
I'd rather have that before color ani...
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Spoon on May 14, 2011, 05:53:26 pm: Happy to read all the positive comments :D

I'm afraid that the release won't be any time soon though
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Ravenholme on May 14, 2011, 06:15:48 pm: Quote from: Spoon on May 14, 2011, 05:53:26 pm
Happy to read all the positive comments :D

I'm afraid that the release won't be any time soon though

Well, I'd rather you took your time and were happy with it, than rushed it to an unsatisfactory release. Which, I reckon, is how everyone here feels.

Just keep releasing teasers and stuff to build the anticipation :p
Title: Re: WoD II video
Post by: Snail on May 14, 2011, 06:36:36 pm: Quote from: Spoon on May 14, 2011, 05:53:26 pm
I'm afraid that the release won't be any time soon though
Anytime Spoon...
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Post by: Nyctaeus on May 14, 2011, 07:25:54 pm: I'm not fan of the anime-like stuff, but this trailer is pretty good. This music fits perfectly to WoD. Good work :yes:.
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Post by: Arthur_the_great on June 28, 2011, 10:42:44 pm: WOW!!!
That some eat work even more s being done by one person!
WOW!!!