[TerminX]

Dunno if anyone saw, but I fixed the Polymer issue yesterday. Still hunting for the cause of the bug affecting level progression.

[Tea Monster]

Any progress on MD3 normals?

There is a reason I'm asking...

[Hendricks266]

Nice, a close-up of the Cycloid's Enormous Tool.

This latest push introduced a bunch more bugs and I need to study Zen Meditation in order to look through the diffs and find them all.

[Mia Max]

Here's an update on my Stirling engine. Almost done.

[Jolteon]

What level of mine would be complete without a freezer with a blue Octabrain in it?



Probably the smallest (and most cramped) freezer that I've ever made so far.

[TheDragonLiner]

Jolteon, on 04 September 2016 - 04:13 PM, said:

What level of mine would be complete without a freezer with a blue Octabrain in it?

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Probably the smallest (and most cramped) freezer that I've ever made so far.

Looks a bit like the one from Missing Impossible, that one was quite cramped up as well ^^

[Sanek]

TheDragonLiner, on 05 September 2016 - 12:00 AM, said:

Looks a bit like the one from Missing Impossible, that one was quite cramped up as well ^^

Looks more like Hillary's vgina in the cold rainy night

[TheDragonLiner]

Sanek, on 05 September 2016 - 01:59 AM, said:

Looks more like Hillary's vgina in the cold rainy night

Since I'm French this doesn't mean anything to me ^^;
Although it's true that Hillary has a fair bit of negative reputation over here but not as much as "You-Know-Who" >_>

BTW Jolteon you're working on an episode or just individual maps ? I believe it's an episode but I'm not sure IRC ...

[Jolteon]

TheDragonLiner, on 05 September 2016 - 04:33 AM, said:

BTW Jolteon you're working on an episode or just individual maps ? I believe it's an episode but I'm not sure IRC ...

I'm only working on individual maps now. However this map is actually a sequel to my other map EDF Outpost. Maybe one of these days, I could turn these maps into a episode (Although I'm not sure if Mars Donalds would fit in though).

[FistMarine]

Jolteon, on 05 September 2016 - 07:20 AM, said:

I'm only working on individual maps now. However this map is actually a sequel to my other map EDF Outpost. Maybe one of these days, I could turn these maps into a episode (Although I'm not sure if Mars Donalds would fit in though).

You could make Mars Donalds the secret level in the episode.

[Jolteon]

FistMarine, on 05 September 2016 - 07:25 AM, said:

You could make Mars Donalds the secret level in the episode.

That could work. I'll keep that in mind when I turn all these maps into a episode. (When I do so of course)

[BoowHow]

It's Time for an Update on my Map:
Updated the big Room (wich I'm now simply calling Main Subway Staion)

Other Side

Updated the Exit Room


An Office Room located a a different part of the Map [W.I.P]

Hallway leading to the Office [also W.I.P]

That's it for the moment.

PS: BTW how does the lightning look in comparison to my earlier pics?
Does it still look dull and unrealistic or does it look better?

[Mia Max]

Finally the Stirling engine makes some kind of sense It's already full animated. The dodecahedron is an alien radar that has to be destroyed.

Now it's time to make the map.
What do you think about the combination of highres-models/textures and classic style?
I'd like to keep the monsters, weapons etc. as sprites and use classic textures mostly.
This will keep the framerate high and loading times low.



EDIT: Oh, and the dodecahedron has 12 polygons only

[Danukem]

Mia Max, on 06 September 2016 - 09:40 AM, said:

What do you think about the combination of highres-models/textures and classic style?

I think it will look good as long as you have a consistent style that doesn't clash with the 8-bit assets. In your screen, for example, it looks fine because the model is very industrial, almost like it could be made out of sectors.

[Micky C]

BoowHow, on 06 September 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

It's Time for an Update on my Map:

It's looking much better now that you're adding lighting.

The only thing I could suggest would be to make sure that when you have walls that are perpendicular to each other, that you give one of them a different shade (2-3 values) different from the one next to it.

[Fox]

[Danukem]

Flamethrower!

[Tea Monster]

No,that's not right at all, it dosen't look like someone has smeared paint on it, and it's wayyyy too high res

Mia Max - You can use Blender's edge split modifier to clean up those edges and make the flat surfaces actually look flat in game. The machines look good, but they stand out from the sprites and textures. Maybe pixelate your textures a bit or make the textures use a more contrasty skin to try and help them blend in a bit.

[TheDragonLiner]

Fox, on 06 September 2016 - 09:29 PM, said:

Where does this sprite come from actually ?

Is it taken from the upcoming "World Tour" thing or is it an unused sprite for the what the Freezethrower was meant to be in beta with a higher resolution ?
Looks good either way, still better than just swapping colors

[Mia Max]

Tea Monster, on 06 September 2016 - 10:35 PM, said:

No,that's not right at all, it dosen't look like someone has smeared paint on it, and it's wayyyy too high res

Mia Max - You can use Blender's edge split modifier to clean up those edges and make the flat surfaces actually look flat in game. The machines look good, but they stand out from the sprites and textures. Maybe pixelate your textures a bit or make the textures use a more contrasty skin to try and help them blend in a bit.

You have a very sharp look. I had forgotten to use the edge split modifier on some objects. Thank you

Do you know a other way to make surfaces look flat? In Blender, it is possible to mark sharp edges in Edit Mode. But this won't bring the same result.

[Fox]

TheDragonLiner, on 06 September 2016 - 10:54 PM, said:

Where does this sprite come from actually ?

Is it taken from the upcoming "World Tour" thing or is it an unused sprite for the what the Freezethrower was meant to be in beta with a higher resolution ?
Looks good either way, still better than just swapping colors

It's an attempt to recreate it, but not sucking as much as it does in World Tour...

[MetHy]

Fox, on 06 September 2016 - 09:29 PM, said:

*Incinerator pic*

Here is another pic of the original in "shooting stance" for comparison.

Edit : Someone please code it to work and behave like we can guess it does from the trailer video and screenshot!

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[neoacix]

Damn, this whole World Tour thing brought me back to Duke once again.
And now I'm into mapster once again, mapping a new idea.
Fuck my life, don't know if I ever finish this map, don't know how exactly it should look like, but for damn sure:
It's gonna kick ass!

And for this time, it's gonna be a Duke3D vanilla map.

Edit: Draw the first section, want to make something cool and got bugs allready. ^^
Oh well, Duke3D, you're one kind of a beast!

[Tea Monster]

Mia Max, on 07 September 2016 - 05:18 AM, said:

You have a very sharp look. I had forgotten to use the edge split modifier on some objects. Thank you

Do you know a other way to make surfaces look flat? In Blender, it is possible to mark sharp edges in Edit Mode. But this won't bring the same result.

The edge-split modifier usually works for me. You can just set all the faces to 'flat' rather than smooth, but you loose any control you have that way. Remember that with MD3's it will break smooth groups on UV islands. You can use that to your advantage and create islands of what you want flat. One other answer is to add more geometry.

[Micky C]

Loke has made a teaser trailer for the AMC TC Episode 3. The episode is slightly past the half-finished mark. In case it isn't obvious, the egyptian levels draw a lot of inspiration from Powerslave and other egypt-themed games.

[Jolteon]

Micky C, on 08 September 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

Loke has made a teaser trailer for the AMC TC Episode 3. The episode is slightly past the half-finished mark. In case it isn't obvious, the egyptian levels draw a lot of inspiration from Powerslave and other egypt-themed games.

Groovy!

[Jimmy]

BoowHow, on 06 September 2016 - 07:16 AM, said:

It's Time for an Update on my Map:

PS: BTW how does the lightning look in comparison to my earlier pics?
Does it still look dull and unrealistic or does it look better?

It looks great! Reminds me of 3DR maps now.

[MetHy]

Micky C, on 08 September 2016 - 04:17 PM, said:

Loke has made a teaser trailer for the AMC TC Episode 3. The episode is slightly past the half-finished mark. In case it isn't obvious, the egyptian levels draw a lot of inspiration from Powerslave and other egypt-themed games.

Oh boy look at all this Powerslave art! No, but I do like what I see.

[xMobilemux]

Another idea I'm thinking about playing around with once I've finished Part 3.


Thoughts?

[Tea Monster]

I like the second one generally, but I think the first one will work better, and be more visible on the backgrounds you used in the first one.