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Title: New BP Screens
Post by: TechnoD11 on February 17, 2015, 04:26:38 pm

Hello All,
Recently checked the BP ModDB page and was pleasantly surprised to see an updated profile, with several high-res screenshots of the current progress (That Erberus!)
Here is the link:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/blue-planet-war-in-heaven

TechnoD11

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on February 17, 2015, 05:00:40 pm

Some of them look like they're from the new version of the Artemis Station cutscene Darius has been teasing on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4kF3h9jvU), in case anybody hasn't seen the latest preview video yet.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: That Man on February 17, 2015, 05:39:07 pm

Dat Atreus, tho.  ;7

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: An4ximandros on February 17, 2015, 06:08:06 pm

New Kumari.
It does not look like someone vomited tiles on it.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Darius on February 17, 2015, 09:07:38 pm

Erebus should get a public release soon. Just need to tweak a few things and rebuild the entire texture to make it even more awesome.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: DahBlount on February 17, 2015, 10:07:04 pm

Quote from: Darius on February 17, 2015, 09:07:38 pm

Erebus should get a public release soon. Just need to tweak a few things and rebuild the entire texture to make it even more awesome.

Will we also see the updated Kentauroi, Vajradhara, and Durga models courtesy of Steve-O?

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Darius on February 17, 2015, 11:14:58 pm

Those should already be publicly available.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: -Norbert- on February 18, 2015, 02:50:13 am

That looks great, though I really dislike what you did with the music. The new version feel totally overloaded with the additional stuff that was added on top of the original song. I prefer the epic simplicity of the original.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Veers on February 18, 2015, 05:18:46 pm

I prefer the first preview video, rather than the music changes in the second.

But tad acting, Welcome to Blue Planet people.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: elitespoon on February 18, 2015, 09:01:47 pm

Nice effort.

Though I have to agree with what others said.  I liked the first intro cutscene better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giHoisIEXD8) - especially the music.

This one does feel a bit overloaded - I can barely hear the voice acting and beam effects / explosions over it all.  For example, I barely noticed the Cormorant's new emergency beeps vs the klaxons in the original.

Plus, I feel the camera angles, approach, and sync with the music flowed better in the original - but that may just be me.

I do like the visual polish on the models, though!

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: deathspeed on February 18, 2015, 10:41:34 pm

I just watched these.  I peed a little.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Vidmaster on February 20, 2015, 04:01:34 am

I like what I see (and hear, voice acting was the key ingredient missing from perfection). Now all I need is a full release of BP.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Darius on February 20, 2015, 07:23:51 am

With regard to sound levels, I tend to put voice and effects at half volume, with music at full. I like my booming soundtracks.

That said, the end version will probably stick with the original Freedom version, as that's the preferences of others in the dev team as well.

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Rheyah on February 21, 2015, 06:10:00 am

Will the Kumari texture work be released publicly?  We are sorely lacking in civilian assets in the community so it'd be nice to see something of nice quality out there :)

Title: Re: New BP Screens
Post by: Darius on February 21, 2015, 06:43:15 am

The new installation is Vasudan Admiral's Castalia from the modelling competition.