Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log

MECHS?
AWESOME!

Flan has posted this:



Manus has said that the code suggests that it is a Mech, this is good news people.

Lol, how is that the screenshot he went with?

fr0stbyte124 wrote:

Lol, how is that the screenshot he went with?

I think that's all it is at the moment, I think he only started on it yesterday.

If we get the possibility for mechs with flan's mod, I will start playing minecraft again.
Maybe.

This is good, because Manus's new shape functions are exactly what I needed to make the Lamentor.

But I don't know how moving legs will work, probably going to be a pain in the ass on my end.

If it's going to be an API and not a one-shot thing, I'm guessing the algorithms will already be built in and you'll just need to assign the pivot points.  Or at least, that's what I would do.

fr0stbyte124 wrote:

If it's going to be an API and not a one-shot thing, I'm guessing the algorithms will already be built in and you'll just need to assign the pivot points.  Or at least, that's what I would do.

I suspect that's going to be a case, but it does mean I'm going to spend an eternity fiddling with it.

although I would quite like it if I could define how many joints they had, and how much they rotated, so I could get some decent animations.

Positions become exponentially more expensive to calculate with every joint you add. I mean, that's assuming it is actually solving the animation for an arbitrary model. That's a pretty big assumption, really.

Update from Flan on the mech thing, this is the GUI:



Don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty excited, I can finally make Omega's model.

Hey guys sorry I haven`t been active in awhile but this is great! I will try to start finishing my model, but I have Soccer, Football, Wrestling, and National Junior Honor Society, but I should have more time soon towards the end of October/November.

How's that girlfriend doing? Also tromboner.

Tau wrote:

How's that girlfriend doing? Also tromboner.

Oh that chick, shes in ALL of my classes and shes annoying, I like a different girl who goes to the other middle school cross town

>tromboner

Ahh, half repressed memories of my childhood.

Flan just released mechs...

Once I know exactly how they work, I will finally be realising the MK-IV (it'll be the combat rig version, not the AI Lamentor) in minecraft.

Aww, Flan's mechs look so cute.

MercurySteam wrote:

Aww, Flan's mechs look so cute.

You need to see Manus's, all I can say is holy f***

Manus does mechs?

MercurySteam wrote:

Manus does mechs?

He does now, he'd been working on one since he heard Flan was adding them.

I decided I'd wait until he knows how they work, so I know how to design the model.

Prototype wrote:

MercurySteam wrote:

Aww, Flan's mechs look so cute.

You need to see Manus's, all I can say is holy f***

I agree.
With the next update, his sci-fi pack will propably be at least 150% better...
(at least until the response update of the FC-pack comes out, quality is always relative and at the start, he´ll hardly have competitors, but I imagine the ammount f sci-fi packs will skyrocket now...)

Fortunately for me, Manus isn't so good at sci-fi (compared to the rest of his work), and while he can almost perfectly replicate anything already made, he doesn't like designing stuff from scratch (even the dropship bears a very, very close resemblance to the dropship from Avengers Assemble).

But I think he will make the best mechs, but I can definitely do the best original mechs, that's my aim.

Are there any screenshots of Manus's mechs?

Some legs...

hyperlite wrote:

Some legs...

Holy crap.

DaveMustaine wrote:

hyperlite wrote:

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Some legs...

Holy crap.

I think the legs should be a bit beefier, armor plating or something around the frame. Like the scale, though, and the design of the feet. When's this suppose to be released?