[Borion]

pacman, on 19 August 2019 - 05:09 PM, said:

if we get all sprites done it will be the equivalent on man going to mars

I'm not sure if those endeavours are on same level of significance, but I see similarities in their timeline

Sentry drone (1880-1886)



KVX: https://mega.nz/#!5u...qBpBI9dGNHcq0cY

just finished it, haven't tried it in game yet. I hope there won't be any clipping problems... <fingers crossed>

[Marya]

Borion, on 03 July 2019 - 01:00 AM, said:

Here comes Shrinker and - in case someone wants to use it in some mod - Expander.

Shrinker (0025)

KVX: https://mega.nz/#!c3...tkAsIfMXXRHBd4U
voxel "voxels/pickups/0025_shrinker.kvx" { tile 25 }

Expander (0032)

KVX: https://mega.nz/#!Qy..._2CtsWkNyYNW53I
voxel "voxels/pickups/0032_shrinker.kvx" { tile 32 }

My interpretation of Expander ammo, looking more like a 'shrinker-to-expander conversion kit'. I think that was idea behind original graphic, but someone in 3D Realms responsible for cleaning sprite screwed structure of objects (my theory ). Below crude drawing to illustrate what I mean:


Expander Ammo aka growammo (0045)

KVX: https://mega.nz/#!Ru...6Vatd-mcCrKyTfE

I always thought the expander was a human made conversion kit for the shrinker probably experimental.

[MusicallyInspired]

Duuuuuude.

[NightFright]

I assume the code for the Sentry Drone (since none was provided) is something like

voxel "voxels/monsters/1880-1886_sentry_drone.kvx.kvx" { tile0 1880 tile1 1886 }

(Provided you put it into the "monsters" subdir.)

[LeoD]

Borion, on 23 August 2019 - 04:41 AM, said:

Sentry drone (1880-1886) just finished it, haven't tried it in game yet.

Wow. The default angle needs update, though. They fly sideways...

[Borion]

LeoD, on 23 August 2019 - 08:04 AM, said:

Wow. The default angle needs update, though. They fly sideways...
drone-angle.png

Crab Drones...I will post version rotated 90 degree tomorrow/on sunday. Thanks Leo!

Marya, on 23 August 2019 - 05:00 AM, said:

I always thought the expander was a human made conversion kit for the shrinker probably experimental.

EDIT:

NightFright, on 23 August 2019 - 05:33 AM, said:

I assume the code for the Sentry Drone (since none was provided) is something like

voxel "voxels/monsters/1880-1886_sentry_drone.kvx.kvx" { tile0 1880 tile1 1886 }

(Provided you put it into the "monsters" subdir.)

Thanks NightFright!

[Jimmy]

Wow. That looks so good in that screenshot. If I didn't know better I'd say it was the original side angle sprite.

[Borion]

Thanks Jim!

Leo, could you try this kvx?
https://mega.nz/#!l6..._aUz6DGg59DRw08

I corrected rotation, but ATM can't run Eduke32 and check it myself. Thx in adv.

[Marya]

Borion, on 23 August 2019 - 11:40 AM, said:

Thanks Jim!

Leo, could you try this kvx?
https://mega.nz/#!l6..._aUz6DGg59DRw08

I corrected rotation, but ATM can't run Eduke32 and check it myself. Thx in adv.

I'd like to see voxels of all the babes... probably can start with the hrp ones...

On a side note i'd like to know where the inspiration and ideas behind the sentry drone came from.

[LeoD]

Borion, on 23 August 2019 - 11:40 AM, said:

I corrected rotation, but ATM can't run Eduke32 and check it myself. Thx in adv.

You took a wrong turn...

[Borion]

LeoD, on 23 August 2019 - 02:25 PM, said:

You took a wrong turn...
ass_drone.png

Damn
I will post corrected model tomorrow.
Thanks for checking it!

[Phredreeke]

Marya, on 23 August 2019 - 12:42 PM, said:

I'd like to see voxels of all the babes... probably can start with the hrp ones...

It's already been said that model-to-voxel conversions will not be used in this pack.

Also, voxel babes won't work, except possibly the geishas in E3M1 and animatronics in E4M4 (because they're meant to be robots not actual humans) they would look like statues made of Lego.

[NightFright]

Just like most of the enemies probably wouldn't look good. The tank and this drone are mechanical things, voxels work with those. I could be proven wrong (regarding my first sentence), though.

[Fox]

The ending of the fourth episode in the PSX version shows the Sentry Drone model. One difference is that it does not have that button-thing that looks like an eye on the other side.

[Borion]

Hopefully right version of Sentry Drone:
https://mega.nz/#!p7...fy3QRUSSOqIr79M

Please confirm folks

[LeoD]

 Borion, on 24 August 2019 - 05:26 AM, said:

Please confirm folks

Confirmed.

[Tea Monster]

Has anyone compiled these into a single download anywhere?

Also, are these compatible with vanilla, DOS version of Duke3D?

[The Battlelord]

 Tea Monster, on 24 August 2019 - 07:31 AM, said:

Has anyone compiled these into a single download anywhere?

I think at page 37, courtesy of NightFright:

 NightFright, on 18 June 2019 - 10:02 PM, said:

Here is a zipped package of all voxels released in 2019 until the present day.

Duke3D voxels 2019 (zip, 486 KB)

Note: It's just the voxels themselves, no definitions.

[NightFright]

It doesn't have everything, though. And we are still holding back the final release since we are waiting for the Atomic Health. Which is hard to make.

[LeoD]

 The Battlelord, on 24 August 2019 - 08:18 AM, said:

 Tea Monster, on 24 August 2019 - 07:31 AM, said:

Has anyone compiled these into a single download anywhere?

I think at page 37, courtesy of NightFright:

I think at page 39, courtesy of me ... if you look closely.

 Tea Monster, on 24 August 2019 - 07:31 AM, said:

Also, are these compatible with vanilla, DOS version of Duke3D?

AFAIK DosDuke doesn't do voxels.

[Borion]

 LeoD, on 24 August 2019 - 05:38 AM, said:

Confirmed.

Thanks!

 NightFright, on 24 August 2019 - 09:29 AM, said:

And we are still holding back the final release since we are waiting for the Atomic Health. Which is hard to make.

If only EDuke could ignore hardcoded pivots...

[Hendricks266]

I think the DOS Duke 3D 1.5 exe actually supports voxels but the game code exposes no mechanism to use them. It would only take a small exe hack or a trainer/loader program to fill in the voxel data structures with the right data after initialization.

[Jimmy]

When were voxels introduced? Did Matt Saettler ever introduce them? Or did it only get introduced in EDuke32?

[Hendricks266]

As far as Duke goes I've only seen them added in Colourless' cDuke3D and in the JF family of ports. I don't recall if any version of DOS EDuke got them but 2.0 did not.

[NightFright]

Download has been refreshed, now contains all 2019 voxels up to Borion's third and final iteration of the Sentry Drone:

Duke3D voxels 2019 (zip, 0.99 MB)

[LeoD]

 NightFright, on 25 August 2019 - 02:52 AM, said:

Download has been refreshed, now contains all 2019 voxels up to Borion's third and final iteration of the Sentry Drone:

I have found two differing voxels in my own collection which appear to be newer. (And I think I'm in the same time zone as NightFright.)
Borion, could you please check which are the right ones?
 voxels_diff.zip (36.26K)
Number of downloads: 227

[NightFright]

There may be alternate versions which Borion created later but I went for the others (older ones) since they seemed closer to the originals.

[Borion]

 LeoD, on 25 August 2019 - 07:33 AM, said:

I have found two differing voxels in my own collection which appear to be newer. (And I think I'm in the same time zone as NightFright.)
Borion, could you please check which are the right ones?
voxels_diff.zip

0920_chain - some people liked chain with green lichens (4429_fence_nightfright.kvx), but others wanted it out and have more metallic surface (4429_fence_leod.kvx).
I'm not sure which one is more faithful. You choose it, I don't want to cause another chain reaction (ba-da-pssss!)

4429_fence - they differ only in pivot/offset settings. One is 4429_fence, other one is (in fact) 0962_fence. Both use exactly same looking sprite file, but one has its offset in center and the other one has offset on the edge.

 Fox, on 24 August 2019 - 01:51 AM, said:

The ending of the fourth episode in the PSX version shows the Sentry Drone model. One difference is that it does not have that button-thing that looks like an eye on the other side.

Interesting, I didn't know about it. Never had occasion to play PSX version.
I looked it up on YT and shoot this frame:


By "eye" you mean thing marked on shot? I always thought it is some port for charging or refuelling (docking?).
I finally noticed on DN3D sprites, black plug on the very rear. I took it for something else.

This sentry model seem to have a lot of extra geometry in the back part not present on DN3D version. They probably removed it, because it would look like a noise on low res sprite.
I also noticed that grills on a sides are circular on PSX version (it can be seen on other frame of this movie), but they are sth simpler in DN3D version.

[Borion]

Mortar (1650-1653)



KVX: https://mega.nz/#!Fy...yPTNwRzd_kKnGw0

voxel "voxels/projectiles/1650_mortar.kvx" { tile 1650 }
voxel "voxels/projectiles/1651_mortar.kvx" { tile 1651 }
voxel "voxels/projectiles/1652_mortar.kvx" { tile 1652 }
voxel "voxels/projectiles/1653_mortar.kvx" { tile 1653 }

Seem to work and look fine in game.

[Striker]

The Sentry Drone voxel looks very good in-game (probably helps that the sentry drone AI moves very smoothly), so I'm going to keep it in StrikerDM. Nice work!

Any progress on the Slimer Egg? Just curious, because what you shown looked really good.