ye same here, I always want to see some results as soon as possible
looking through the higher res screenshots the whole section seems very nice, only thing that stood out to me is that the grated walkway section of the bridge thingy could be lowered a bit, so as to create a slight indent with the metal beams
I think Blender can import MS3D files directly, but when I tried to import the skeleton that I saved in Milkshape, I didn't see it in Blender. But you know way more about Blender than I do. I'll send you the MS3D file in a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biglines
I have been working on a new texture for Biglines' Citycom. Here's some early renders.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...tycomSkin2.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...tycomSkin1.jpg
I hope everyone likes it. I took these screens in game to make sure the lighting effects looked right. Hope you like it Biglines!
im still wondering if I should focus on doing every model the best I can do, or get as many as possible with good enough?
oh and tnx to who ever stickied this
Only the first choice will let you advance and produces something you can show.
Keep up the good work.
Make everything to your own standard or you'll regret it every time you look at it once it's completed. You may not do a project quite like this again, make it awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biglines
ye but atm a lot of people are waiting for me to finish my models so they can be put in the maps :S
This... you guys are scaring me with your awesomeness.
So make us wait! It's not like there's a deadline bearing down on us. I'd personally rather wait for something then put a sub-standard model in my map due to someone being an impatient git :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Biglines
hmm looking through the workflow, as long as I keep the dimensions and orientation points the same, I can keep working on the models even if they're already in the map. So, I'll try to get the models turned out tonight... try being the operative wordQuote:
Originally Posted by Mal
FYI to all,
I co-run a game server provider. We use 8-Core Xeon machines and host from the bluesquare data centre. So... we provide low latency, powerful game servers. This, however, is not a sales pitch.
Due to the fact that I cannot offer my support with mapping/coding of any description, I can offer you a place to host the game servers free of charge once it's ready for testing/playing. I'll happily set up a few game servers for you at however many slots you need, and will give you a shared login to the control panel.
This project has wow'd me from day one, and it looks like you guys are doing a great job.
My respects.
cool! I think the first that will be ready for playing is simple hl2 DM on neocron maps.
I also talked to brammers yesterday, and we agreed that as soon as we have a rudimentary set of models/mapping guidelines together, he will post this project on the tech haven network, which will probably reach a few more people who might be interested in joining this project
@Whitestuff
Having worked on professional titles before- and I can tell you that a serious disconnect tends to occur between programmers and designers. We need to design the game with input of the actual plausibility and workload- which will most likely feel very restrictive. We should discuss the overall gameplay experience, and figure out what features are most important. We can then give you some feedback on how likely/difficult getting those features in will be and we can prioritize based on that.
I'm personally all for an iterative approach, design the game in several major versions each with a few more complimentary features pushed in while all the while being playable. Having a playable (and fun) mod will attract more seasoned source developers and help push the game through faster.
Correct.Quote:
As far as source control: We can pick and choose who can edit the code, correct?
I used Perforce at my last job and it was a great professional source control program, but for our needs it is definitely overkill. I'm still for using google code SVN because then no one person is hosting our materials that can disappear.
@Biglines- We can license our work as CC SA because we are not licensing the original Neocron work, nor any products that are direct derivatives of it. The main use of this scheme is to allow other neocron based fan works to build off of this in the future- and to allow each of us to have a greater sense of ownership of the whole because no one person could walk away with the project in a snit.
Of course some of the materials produced could fall into copyright infringement and thus not liscensable by us, lucky for us CC allows for alternation of the license. We just add a simple clause that states KK's position (as described by snowcrash) and allows for them to retain full control over IP and voila they won't have any need to bug us.
PS. I can't wait to get my hands on those models :)
@LOKI- That would be much appreciated, Perhaps a simple passworded 6-8 dm server would be adequate for now.
Everyone:
Everyone involved please send me a PM with your 'google account email'
I will add you on to the google code project.
Once we are all on the google project we can have more organized discussion divided into topics! :)Quote:
Specify each project participant by his or her Google Account email address. Each person must have already created a Google Account with that email address.
sure google code will allow for this project? I know one of my previous projects couldn't be hosted on there because of usage of some stuff that was not our IP (I know I'm a nag on this issue, but have seen some pretty ugly cases and don't want his project to get shot down because we didn't look properly at the IP issues)
90% of the assets we have atm are either blender files or hammer files, rest being images (well i have my gun in the game, but that's just a replaced pistol with custom model and stuff)
I'm trying to get us a wiki, which imho is one of the best ways of discussing these kinds of things as it tends to be a bit more clear overall
My main concern is not using google code, but rather not having one of us 'own' any portion of the project admin. There have been plenty of offers for SVN or ftp servers that pose no restrictions (including my own) but at the end of the day if that person has elevated power in the project.
I can host a fast full wiki/ftp/svn (indefinitely) with no bandwidth or space concerns- but is this really what we want for an open collaboration?
EDIT:
Just to clarify, I was only proposing Google code for art assets due to a licensing issue on the source code (Valve doesn't want non hl2 customers with mod code).