Kengo Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Well, I'll update this first post with the full, cinema advertisement. I'll keep the original post below for posterity... Occupation 2: Antaean Assualt By Simon "Kengo" Williams Avaliable from: http://www.pcgamemods.com/2070/ ************************************* Featuring: ************************************* ACTION! SUSPENSE! RN-115 uses the DC-15 mod which was part of the Episode II weapons mod by Spectrum, author of OmniMod TOUGH CHOICES! DANGER!!! ROMANCE... DL-44 model and sounds by Major Clod INTRIGUE? COMRADESHIP First Landing Assualt Team 7 All skins by Prime RED EYES Sgt. Deltak Voice by Eldritch Skin by Prime KYLE KATARN IN A SUPPORTING ROLE For which he was paid excessively A REALLY EXPENSIVE SET AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS...HUNDREDS COMING SOON TO A FILE SERVER NEAR YOU! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All First Landing Assualt Team 7 skins by Prime Imperial Commando model by Corto Maltes Stephen "Wotno" Peacock as Lt. A. Marshall Chronocrossed as Kyle Katarn, Aldranicus, Doctor Eldritch as Himself, Sgt. Deltak Richard "frances_farmer" White as Cpl. Reton, Yulnari, Ryar Iyet Leo "Darth Exodus" Thornton as Drynalt, Shim Azu Uesegi Mauri "Darkblade" Majanoja as Republic Commander Raikkonen David "Grim_Squeaker" Bradshaw as Ryek DeMetz William Grammer as Remnant Commander Taulk Louis Granato III as Himself, Chevolt Wedge as Himself, Captain Larson Simon "Kengo" Williams as Himself, Edry Skyboxes by Leslie Judge ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original post (note masive changes in direction from original idea to final product, promised features not included, loss of central premise I started with etc): That's a working title at the moment...not sure what to call it. It's the follow on to Occupation. If you have a version with Kyle invisible, working versions are avaliable at: http://massassi.net/levels/files/2578.shtml http://www.pcgamemods.com/file.php?id=41bfd20a38bb1b0bec75acf0845530a7 http://www.commandchamber.net/levels/outcast/display.php?name=occupation ---------------------------------------------- The next map continues on from Occupation, but follows a different group, a squad of 7 Republic assualt soldiers, lead by Lt. Marshall, your character. It will start with exploration and fighting in parts of the town seen in Occupation, before moving into the castle. So far I've got the blue laser rifle mod by Spectrum (author of Omnimod), which replaces the imperial repeater, working in this map. I thought it made little sense for Republic soldiers to carry imperial guns into battle...and I'm gonna say the blue laser rifle is an upgrade on the model the clonetroopers used some 50 years (ish) previously. There are a lot of non working bits of scripting, some even work. I'm aiming for a opposing force feel, with lots of tension build up, lots of shooting, and some team ased combat. Your squad aren't as utterly rubbish as say the republic soldiers or the bespin police from jk2, they will be tough, good shots and heavily armed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 3, 2003 Author Share Posted February 3, 2003 I've had alot of comments about the voice acting, a lot good, a lot bad, so if anyone can remember any voice actors who they thought were really good or bad in particular, I'd be keen to know. Particulalrly interested in what people thought of the voice actor who played Kyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Ackbar8 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 i think that look really good and i think that screenshot is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted February 8, 2003 Share Posted February 8, 2003 Try experimenting with the textures you use...break up repeating textures on walls and floors, and try to fit them according to what works best in the level. That's the only real weakness I think your maps have, and it's easily fixed. I was disappointed with the single-player "team-based" combat in JKSP...Jan didn't do any good, Bespin cops were useless, and the Jedi Academy students were all shadow trooper fodder. I hope you're going to find some way to really make the player feel like they have a "team," and not just extra targets to distrct their enemies. Some scripted events where your teammates are useful might help in that regard. I'd like to see this when it's done, hope you can pull it off! We need good SP levels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 8, 2003 Author Share Posted February 8, 2003 I'm gonna make a big effort to improve textures and using architecturing to break them up, I think you're right it needs work. Originally posted by wedge2211 I was disappointed with the single-player "team-based" combat in JKSP... Yeh, me too. I can't believe how bad the rebel and bespin_cops were...one stromtrooper would beat them in a one on one! I'm making all the team members a lot tougher, so they can actually hold their own. They're also getting decent guns (the blue guns work like imperial repeaters on single fire), and improved stats like accuracy and intelligence,. I'm trying to vary them a bit too, the Trandosahn guy in the team is super tough, wheras the Rodain ain't so tough as the rest, but is quicker. I wana make them each very individual - and make the team function with each members specialities. It ain't anything like opposing force or a good team based RPG, but if nothing else, they will be able to shoot straight and take more than two shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 16, 2003 Author Share Posted February 16, 2003 Work on the map halted for a few weeks with the tutorial writing, but now that's done for now I'm back to it. Below is a pic of Republic Landing force (the lighting needs some work so I brightened the pic up some). Any ideas for what I should include? So far: X-Wings, A-wings, Shuttles, a couple of tanks, laser fence, a few trenches, some supplies and crates, and lots of troops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Judge Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Kengo, don't you need a new skybox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldritch Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I'm in agreement with Leslie - that skybox has got to go (unless it actually is taking place on Yavin IV). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I would suggest adding trees/mountains along the perimeter of the area to provide a border between the terrain and the skybox, rather than having a "square world" that looks like the player can just drop right off the edge. And how about trusty old Y-Wings? Another idea about more intelligent team members: is it possible to make your team NPCs use MP bot-like behavior? MP bots are much harder than the run-of-the-mill single-player goonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 Man, I just managed to stop the .map file working....too me 15 mins to get the .BAK file going! I *knew* I wasn't ready to mess with 'simple' patch meshes. They make no sense to me. Despite that.....brrr....thanks guys, yeh, the skybox/map transition doesn't look right, I'll work on getting that looking better. I have to say I'm probabaly too lazy to make a new skybox, the place is basically a forest so other than the big red planet, the yavin sky texture ain't bad....hmmm. Dunno about the bot style behavoir, certainly MP bots are better! Setting all the intelliegence levels to 5 seems to help a fair bit, they follow you further and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadriss Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 If you need some help with Patch meshes, let me know - I've used them quite a bit... Not to hard for me anymore. On subject, I like what I see so far... except for that 14 FPS on the first screenshot. I know it's still real early, but I felt a need to point out that that NEEDS to improve. Other than that, I'm liking this idea... hope it all works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 Damnit! Knew I should have taken the FPS counter off.... Hmm, I didn't find that bit choppy at all, not sure why FPS was so low at that point That area needs some work, more architecture to break it up some, you can see too far methinks. Thanks for the offer For now I've wimped out and decided I don't need any yet...this may change! Wedge, I'd like to put Y-wings in, but I've had some weird problems with the excellent looking Y-Wing prefab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lassev Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Yes, looking promising, but I absolutely agree with the skybox issue. And related to that: does somebody know if there's such a plug-in for Terragen that a poor artist like me could add some trees'n'wood in the rendering process? That would also allow Kengo to change his skybox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Judge Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Don't know about one. I know that Terragen is much easier to use than Bryce, but as a last chance there it is, with trees and other stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 Maybe I'll look into getting an artist to make a skybox for me...any offers? Just compiling now...I've added about a million barrles, boxes and containers, trenches infront of the mounds (it makes sense), a load of trees and a few droids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 I knew I hated ambient lighting for a reason....I'm gonna do it with lights like I thought I should ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Originally posted by Kengo I knew I hated ambient lighting for a reason....I'm gonna do it with lights like I thought I should ... Make the skybox light-emitting, it'll look better. You might try making mounds by putting flat patch meshes even with the ground and then dragging their central vertices upwards. It'll make more of a natural "rolling terrain" effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 I'm MUCH happier with it now, basically just made the lighting better, it looked like JK before.... Like you say Wedge, I'll try to get some rolling terrain feel to the ground, then that should be it for this section. Then I just need to finalise the rest of the script, and I can start the actual normal mapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 Added a few bits of curved ground, made the mounds curved and more realistic looking, added a curved bank at one end, fiddled with tree positioning, put a load of rebel troops into the trenches (I'd rather be there if I was one of them). Here is a different angle of the landing area. That tall structure is a transmitor, there is a field generator near it (connected by a cable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 I will work on more camera work, explosions and general fighting, and maybe a few X-Wing fly-bys, when I get down to doing the scripting of this cutscene. For now I'm happy with the architecture, texturing and lighting. Now, onto the castle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie Judge Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 OK, I'll try to make you a custom skybox with trees and other stuff. Don't count on it however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 Thanks a lot man I feel the current one is adequate, so if you don't manage to make one then it's not a prob for the map, but a good custom skybox would be a big improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 More pics, of the route into the castle and the secruity area inside: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge2211 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Getting much better with the textures, Kengo, nice work. It always helps to throw in beams/support struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kengo Posted March 1, 2003 Author Share Posted March 1, 2003 Originally posted by wedge2211 Getting much better with the textures, Kengo, nice work. It always helps to throw in beams/support struts. Thanks man. You're right, you just can't have enough beams or struts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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