Author Topic: Robotech Mod (Read 14187 times)

Steel · **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2003, 12:23:48 pm

SD,
does this mean you are taking up the mantle of the Robotech mod???

Star Dragon · **Reply #21 on:** May 07, 2003, 04:21:11 pm

No one except the original team can carry on the mantle, but I think it would be ok to call it more like the legacy...

REF should present a story of SDF-3 leaving for Fantoma and then the whole sentinels campaign (have to re-read the Robert Mckinnney books)... Basicly you fight to liberate the former Robotech Empire from teh Invid (the Masters started a war with the Invid over their flower of life, and used it to create protoculture)... One of the coolest battles unfortunately will not be voiced (unless we can find a sound-a-like to stand in) of Commander Breeti fighting the Invid regent 1-on-1... that was an awesome chapter...

Regardless, I will try to carry on, but definately more in the role of coordinater and leader as I have no modling skillz to make what is needed and only have basic fred skillz to test out units/scenarios. It will truly take some dedicated fans and the community itself to rise up and make this flicker of hope turn into a flame...

Nico · **Reply #22 on:** May 07, 2003, 04:23:19 pm

well, if you want to take the RT mod over, I can "try" and contact Max to see if it's ok with him ( I was part of the staff if you wonder ). but to be honest, the fanbase for that mod didn't come from HLP, as far as I know, people here didn't pay much interest to it. it was more for robotech fans, not FS2 players. that's how I saw it anyway.

Steel · **Reply #23 on:** May 07, 2003, 11:36:25 pm

I agree Venom... I knew about the RT mod, and even installed and played what they released...(I always though the FS2 engine did quite a nice job to recreate the feeling of RT). I never knew of this place until I googled recently looking for a space combat sim again... So it seems to be seperate communities, but I know if something is completed it will be played...and it would be awesome if what they have done so far could be used. I can't see why they would not allow it... Max was actually on my staff at RLGaming for a while as well... If I can help I will gladly do so, but would be learning from scratch... I am a great manager/organizer/coordinator though,pretty good at PR, and like to keep things real...

TrashMan · **Reply #24 on:** May 08, 2003, 03:45:42 am

Won't be able to get on ICQ before saturday....

karajorma · **Reply #25 on:** May 08, 2003, 04:27:16 am

Well Steel is a good example of why the mod should be started up again. The more people who play FS2, the more people who get interested in the community.

SD. I can't actually help full time with this mod but as before if you're having problems with models I'm always happy to help.

Nico · **Reply #26 on:** May 08, 2003, 05:21:08 am

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Originally posted by Steel
II can't see why they would not allow it...

the pb is not that he wouldn't allow it, pb is that he just won't care anymore. mmh, I'm gonna point Gortef to this thread, he might know more than me about all that.

Gortef · **Reply #27 on:** May 08, 2003, 08:37:16 am

Yo! I was part of the RT MOD too. And well, the main problem we got in to was that most of the team member got too old. Not too old for Robotech but too old in finding time to work with the MOD. Studies, work and RL issues got in the way.

And most of the MOD fans (as Venom said) were Robotech fans and not FS2 fans mainly. Because of that we got more and more requests what we should do and how we should do it, and since most of them didn't know much how FS2 worked it got really hard to maintain the quality fans demanded and that wore us out.

If Robotech&FS2 fans from younger generation with more time in their hands would be willing to continue our work I could also try to contact the project leader with Venom and ask his approval.

RT MOD is a promising one which has quite demanding fans who know their Robotech

l_MiG_l · **Reply #28 on:** May 08, 2003, 05:12:14 pm

If you need help, i can do something, i really don't know many things about programmation or this things, but if you want help i will contribute with all i can do.

Nico · **Reply #29 on:** May 08, 2003, 06:58:41 pm

oh, btw, I'd like to point out that I agree to try and ask max about giving you the stuff already done, but I won't take any part in another project.

TrashMan · **Reply #30 on:** May 09, 2003, 06:16:14 pm

O.k. - my progress so far

Here are two pics (my model and the comparison with the 6200 poly version.....)

So far...the whole hull has aprox. 1100 polys
A leg/engine has 296
The main cannon 53+89
Shoulder 32

Nico · **Reply #31 on:** May 09, 2003, 06:17:29 pm

I made a SDF1 too, but your version is much better

but: you know 6000 polys is very manageable for a capship in FS2, why not using this one?

TrashMan · **Reply #32 on:** May 09, 2003, 06:37:58 pm

Becoause mine will be better and will have less polys!:D

Steel · **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2003, 12:43:23 am

purty sweet looking TM... I am scouring my stuff for pics of the SDF-1, but alas...

SD,
I have the Sentinels books. I would be glad to research stuff if you like, and maybe even send them to you for a while. I also have a Palladium Books Role playing book on the Sentinels. It has a fairly decent line drawing of the SDF-3. It also has line drawings of mecha and other vessels, including Invid. That might be even more useful to you.

I am considering getting the Robotech DVD set, so that may be of some use as well (if I get it...).

Liberator · **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2003, 01:01:27 am

Actually, those are both good.

But...

The first one is a little stumpy.

Try to sleek it out a little, by slopeing some of the harsher angles.

Steal the front of the booms from the second one and put on the first one, but leave the detail on the top.

Slim up the Daedalus and lower it down so the top of the aft flight deck lines up with the connection to Fortress.

Off topic, I've got all 18 of the original books, and I think their better than the anime.

TrashMan · **Reply #35 on:** May 10, 2003, 04:20:50 am

The first one (the stumpy one) isn't mine...

The second one I only started to work on... It will have more detail... I estimate max 2000 polys (with no turrets)

Nico · **Reply #36 on:** May 10, 2003, 06:26:47 am

they made books out of robotech? they made books out of an anime which is made out of three another animes? whoa, US people REALLY love cash

Gloriano · **Reply #37 on:** May 10, 2003, 12:22:50 pm

if some one could start RT MOD again it would be cool:)

kode · **Reply #38 on:** May 10, 2003, 01:17:49 pm

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Originally posted by Venom
they made books out of robotech? they made books out of an anime which is made out of three another animes? whoa, US people REALLY love cash

while I'm not an expert in japanese culture, but IIRC, most animes are based on manga (ie, comic books, kind of).

Nico · **Reply #39 on:** May 10, 2003, 01:46:03 pm

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Originally posted by kode

while I'm not an expert in japanese culture, but IIRC, most animes are based on manga (ie, comic books, kind of).

nah... to sum up:
robotech is made from three different animes ( macross, southern cross, mospaeda - they don't come from manga, but they've made macross mangas out of the series ). basically they took the images of the shows, compiled them, and made a new story out of it ).
so robotech already quite special: there's not even a japanese version of robotech I think. so no robotech manga.

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