SunBurN Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Well gears have shifted for this project a bit. I now plan on releasing a 3 map pack with all 3 maps different "areas" on the same planet, the Sith Homeworld of Korriban. These maps are based on events that have yet to come to pass in Episode 3. Map details: This will be a 3 map pack. The map one (currently available as a beta on pcgamemods..see link below) will be Duel, FFA, and TFFA Map 2 will be FFA, TFFA, and will feature a different training area (different location on Korriban). Map 3 will be the largest of the 3 and will feature FFA, TFFA, and possible CTF and SAGA. I will update my gallery soon with pics of the second map that was co-designed by Monsoontide. For Screen Shots, skip below to my sig and copy the link and paste it in to explorer. Background story: It is common knowledge that somewhere near the end of Ep3 there will be the climactic battle between Obi Wan and Anakin where Anakin falls into lava but survives and what's left becomes Darth Vader. Since we don't know exactly how or when or where this will take place, I've created and written my own scenario and it takes place on the Planet Korriban which in the new game Knights of the Old Republic being released for Xbox and pc eventually, Korriban is named the home planet for the Sith. If you want to read the background story that I'll be releasing with the map, then continue reading, if not, skip below to my sig and click in the link to see the latest screeshots. SunBurN A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...... In the not too distant future following the events of the battle of Geonisis, attack has begun on the Jedi Knights leaving their numbers dwindling. Master Kenobi on leave from his duties as General of the Republic forces massing near Dantooine, has been dispatched to find Anikan. Korriban, a volcanic planet located near the outer rim of the galaxy, was rumored to be the ancient Homeworld of the Sith. Obi Wan, now enroute to Korriban, relaxed as he set the controls of the Starfighter to automatic pilot and reflected on...recent events, the death of Master Windu and the other Jedi, the destruction of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and the events that led up to his current situation. A month prior, Anakin had received a transmission the contents of which were unknown, and left immediately without notifying the Jedi council or Obi Wan where he was going, and has not been heard from.. until yesterday when Master Yoda had received a brief, and badly garbled transmission with only one discernable word, Korriban. As Obi Wan watched the stars elongate into white lines as the Hyper Drive engaged and his ship was thrust in to Hyperspace, he reflected on his conversation with Master Yoda hours earlier. Yoda paced back and forth as he spoke with Obi Wan. Yoda: Grave danger for Anikan I fear! Obi wan: danger? What sort of danger... Yoda: Hmmmm...unclear..clouded things are... Slowly shaking his head back and forth, Yoda said, Korriban, disturbing this place is, dangerous for skywalker..his undoing I fear this will be.. Obi Wan: His undoing? Master Yoda, I sense nothing in regards to Anakin, or anything else for that matter. Yoda, feeling his age catching up with him, adjusted his cane as he slowly sat down. Yoda: a dangerous time this is, for us all. Much anger I've felt from him..perhaps from the loss of Padme....or, something deeper I fear. Korriban, powerful in the dark side of the force, a true domain of evil it is..and there you must go! Obi Wan: Are you sure he's there? Yoda: No, not certain...veiled to me he is.... Obi Wan: Well then, since we have no other leads to his whereabouts, I'll begin my search there. Remember, Yoda said as he cleared his throat, and then continued, late the hour is, not much time has he...hurry you must! Obi Wan: are you saying...that Anikan may already be influenced..by the dark side? Yoda closed his eyes and lowered his head reaching out to the force..after several moments, he spoke in a low voice: begun already...the transformation has...the prophecy..the one..fulfilling it is! and almost as an afterthought, Yoda turned to Obi Wan and said, Above all, FEAR you must not..for as know you, fear leads to.... Obi Wan was startled awake by loud beeping and chirping from his R4 unit. He was taken aback by what loomed in front of him. A fiery landscape filled his c ockpit as he descended through the clouds of smoke emanating from countless volcanoes and eruptions from this planet that was most assuredly tearing itself apart! As Obi Wan leaned forward and checked his sensors for any sign life or Anakin's ship, he was overcome by the most powerful sense of dread, and overwhelming feelings of loathing, and anger that he had ever experienced, or could've imagined! He could also feel something pulling him....from somewhere. Now, devoid of any thoughts or conscious will, he felt as if he was being controlled as he maneuvered in between jagged rocky spires, into the depths of canyons, and over huge oceans of burning lava before without realizing it, he was landing his ship on a damaged platform at the base of a small canyon. Almost as quickly as the dark feelings had overtaken him, they vanished, leaving Obi Wan puzzled and staring blankly at Anakin who was standing in the mouth of a large cave glaring at him, lightsaber drawn. As Anakin approached, Obi Wan could see someone else move out of the shadows, but couldn't make out his face until... a flash of red light from a small lava eruption lit up the cave mouth revealing... With horrible realization, Obi Wan now understood how and why everything had come to pass in the manner in which it had. A deep crackling voice uttered out "destroy him, and your training will begin.. he...was responsible for Padme's death..he was protecting her...he could've saved her...but instead he decided to help the pitiful insignificant rebels and his Jedi friends. The snap hiss of a saber being ignited broke Obi Wan from his trance. Anakin was again approaching him...Obi Wan unhooked his lightsaber and ignited it...as he backed slowly up onto a small rocky ledge over looking a pool of bubbling lava, he could tell from the look in Anakin's eyes, that he was no longer Anakin Skywalker..but something ..evil! Obi Wan was distracted momentarily as he noticed in the distance a familiar starship descending into the canyon. From somewhere, perhaps a memory, the words of Master Yoda filled his mind, "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate...leads to suffering"...without a word, Anakin attacked and swung his lightsaber in an incredible arc with amazing speed that Obi Wan was almost unable to counter! From a distance, the battle was observed as the two attacked, lunged and dodged each other over the pools of molten lava. Obi Wan's skin crawled as heard the most sinister cackling sort of laugh, which rose and echoed off and throughout the canyon walls. Obi Wan, now filled with fear, and feeling darkness closing around him, faced his one time friend and padawan learner, and noticed Anakin's partially tattooed arms. Visions of his encounter with Darth Maul struck him as realization came. Anakin grinned and whispered to him in a dark and malicious tone...may the force be with you..not even Master Yoda can save you now! Well that's it. You can dl the beta of map 1 from: http://www.pcgamemods.com/file.php?id=8df707a948fac1b4a0f97aa554886ec8 I'll be updating soon. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wudan Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Very Very Very Very beautiful. Where'd you get that Lava tex from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 21, 2002 Author Share Posted November 21, 2002 Thanks! It's not a texture, but a shader that Monsoontide helped me with. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteShdw Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I'm happy to hear you're expanding on this project. The beta was really good. It is common knowledge that somewhere near the end of Ep3 there will be the climactic battle between Obi Wan and Anakin where Anakin falls into lava but survives and what's left becomes Darth Vader. Well there should be a big battle between the master and his apprentice, but I'm not sure if Anakin will fall into any kind of Lava. Even if this is what uncle George thought of all those years back, he has been known to change his mind. I remember that everybody was screaming about Qui-gon being Obi-wan's master in Episode I, when Obi-Wan had clearly stated that Yoda was his master in Empire. GL kinda fixed that with Episode II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Actually, Whiteshdw, G.L. disclosed in an interview that he had trainers working with Hayden and Ewan on their epic battle in Episode 3. So, it looks like it will still happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteShdw Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Yeah, i know there's gonna be a battle between the two, but i was speculating about the ending of that battle. All these years i've heard about Anakin falling into Lava or molten pits or whatever. That's supposedly the way he got so wounded. That's something that's never mentioned in the original trilogy. So where did that come from then? It's probably something out of an old GL screenplay that was never used the original films( like the title of Sith Lord which wasn't used until episode 1, but was mentioned in the screenplays waaay before that ). But will that be used in Episode 3? So far it seems that GL has been doing everything, except the stuff that the fans have expected in the prequels. At one time, fans expected to see troops of Mandalorian commando's in the prequels. So what i'm saying is that even though that event has been well known to fans, it's not unlikely that it will play out very differently in Episode 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padawan_7 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Originally posted by SunBurN Well gears have shifted for this project a bit. I now plan on releasing a 3 map pack with all 3 maps different "areas" on the same planet, the Sith Homeworld of Korriban. Cool idea SunBurN! I loved the first map. Will these different "areas" reflect the sandy areas of Korriban and the Sith Temple on Korriban as shown in the KOTOR screenshots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 22, 2002 Author Share Posted November 22, 2002 when Obi-Wan had clearly stated that Yoda was his master in Empire. GL kinda fixed that with Episode II. Yeah but Yoda was kind of like everyone's master! Maybe he was Obi Wans master when he was a little kid, much like Yoda was teaching the kids in EP2, but then Qui Gon took over when Obi Wan got older. In any case, my story and the basis for my map is just one possible scenario of what could happen, and most likely none of it will be remotely close to what GL is cooking up for the final prequal. But since they have confirmed that Korriban is indeed and ancient sith homeworld, it sounded like a good place to bring my vision and story to life..so to speak . I just got done corresponding with ravensoft over a couple of issues and I'm happy to say that some major problems I was having are now resolved! Those guys rock!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 22, 2002 Author Share Posted November 22, 2002 Will these different "areas" reflect the sandy areas of Korriban and the Sith Temple on Korriban as shown in the KOTOR screenshots? No, my maps were already created before lucasarts released the screenshots of Korriban. So creating maps to reflect those areas will have to wait til I'm thru with this project. All three of these maps will retain the lava/rocky atmosphere, but have been designed differently, and yet are all similar to reflect consistency for the general theme of the map. These changes will be apparent when I get some new ss in my gallery which should be pretty soon. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padawan_7 Posted November 22, 2002 Share Posted November 22, 2002 Originally posted by SunBurN Maybe he was Obi Wans master when he was a little kid I believe Yoda was. That's probably why Obi-Wan said at the very beginning of Ep.1, "But Master Yoda said I should be mindful of the future." I think this line was to establish that Yoda was once his master/teacher. Originally posted by SunBurN No, my maps were already created before lucasarts released the screenshots of Korriban. So creating maps to reflect those areas will have to wait til I'm thru with this project. All three of these maps will retain the lava/rocky atmosphere, but have been designed differently, and yet are all similar to reflect consistency for the general theme of the map. Okay, that's still cool though. I really liked the lava/rocky atmosphere in the first map and would love to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 22, 2002 Author Share Posted November 22, 2002 I'm going to try and update the gallery today and post some new screenshots. I'll let you all know when I have. SunburN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 26, 2002 Author Share Posted November 26, 2002 Gallery updated! Click on the link below for new beta shots from map 2. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 That looks incredibly cool....but I do have a suggestion. Rather than use the existing skybox with a daytime setting, have an evening/twilight atmosphere with a self-lit skybox showing an endless lava field below. It's more of a personal preference, but I think it would really add to the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 26, 2002 Author Share Posted November 26, 2002 Well I was thinking of something similar, but I like the contrast between the first map with its dark (night) atmosphere and the 2nd map which is day. The third one will probably be something along the lines of a twilight setting. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it and I appreciate your suggestions. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 I totally understand what you mean. However, you could also make a daytime skybox of the same thing, or have daylight with huge rocky valleys below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 26, 2002 Author Share Posted November 26, 2002 inbredyokel, That is what I'm going to do. I plan on adding rocky canyons around the exterior wall that decend into fog (and you can't go down there). As it is, the map runs very well with no lag...adding a whole other area might cause it to be unplayable with slower machines. Also, the light emitting shader for the lava is very cool, but is also memory intensive and it wouldn't be good to apply it to the bottom of the map, when you rarely if at all see it..even if it was part of the sky box. Anyway, if I put this out for a limited beta, maybe I'll contact you. Let me know if you have any ideas for the interior from what you can see in the photos. SunBurN:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 That actually sounds better...the light diffusion offered by fog/clouds could add a very eerie mood (like being in Jedi purgatory:)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 An update to the pics section on my web site. Click on the link below. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 Progress update on my website: News and pics for Map #2! Click on the link below. SunburN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wudan Posted December 3, 2002 Share Posted December 3, 2002 When a Jedi attains the rank of Master, he is addressed as such, which is why Obi Wan also why Mace Windu is refered to as Master Windu by Anakin, even though it is doubtful that Anakin apprenticed under Windu. And yes, Yoda is everyone's superior. This map rocks, but the rocks could use some work. I suggest using multiple rock textures TcGen'd over each other to take out the repetitiveness. It's a good effect : http://users.sisna.com/tokyopop/shot0012.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted December 3, 2002 Author Share Posted December 3, 2002 wow Wudan, that is a really nicely done textured rock formation. I'd love to have that look or create textures similar to that. Would it take long to learn and to implement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Looks very cool...the only thing that looks a little odd is the fog. The edge where it starts seems too sharp near the top, so it almost looks like water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediLoaf Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 I think Inferiors refer to superiors as 'Master Surname' and Superiors to Inferiors 'Master Firstname' LIke at the end of AOTC, Yoda refers to OBi Wan as Master OBi-Wan and Dooku and Mace Windu 'Master Windu' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKPiggott Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hey SunBurN (sorry to keep pestering you because I sent you both an e-mail and a PM about this) but can I use your Jedi Starfighter in my Mace Windu SP level? I've already put it in the map and it looks great, but if you don't want me to use it, I'll remove it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunBurN Posted December 4, 2002 Author Share Posted December 4, 2002 Well you would have to ask Monsoontide because he created it. He is going to release both the Sith infiltrator md3 and Jedistarfighter prefab as soon as I release these maps. But, he may let you use it. You'll have to ask him. Until then, I would not release it with your map. SunBurN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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