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Groot
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| Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log  Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:13 pm | |
| - Iv121 wrote:
- I wonder proto if it is possible to combine two leg meshes and thus making four legs using 2 slots only, they have to be synced anyway. Im just wondering didn't say you have to build a bot like that, could be hovering for all I know ...
Nope. Hovering yes. | |
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Iv121
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:18 pm | |
| Yea right you have only one joint point per leg so the other one will sort of end up moving mid air, no way to link it to the body itself nor it will move as a leg in any way ... | |
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Keon
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:38 pm | |
| Question. What is the maximum size of a mech?
Because if we could have 20 meter tall mechs, I want you to make them, okay? | |
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MrTargareyan
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:55 pm | |
| An NSCD Emporor class Titan equivalent would be epic  | |
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:40 pm | |
| - MrTargareyan wrote:
- An NSCD Emporor class Titan equivalent would be epic
And I'l laugh when you can't see anything from the cockpit while I punch your legs with my fists of steel. (Cutting trees down with your fists gives you those) | |
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Keon
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:11 pm | |
| When you don't look directly at a plane in Flan's, does it vanish? I know that was a problem for some large entities I've tested. | |
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:51 pm | |
| I'd say max height for a mech should be around 30m. Anything less than, say, five would be more heavy armor than mech. The NSCD platform I drew should be between three and four meters, the other one 10-15. | |
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ACH0225
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:53 pm | |
| Que Pacific Rim theme music? | |
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:39 am | |
| - ACH0225 wrote:
- Que Pacific Rim theme music?
No that movie was awful. | |
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fr0stbyte124
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:10 am | |
| YOU TAKE THAT BACK!! YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW!! | |
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Commander Error
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:58 am | |
| - MercurySteam wrote:
- ACH0225 wrote:
- Que Pacific Rim theme music?
No that movie was awful. Oi! BF Robots vs. BF Monsters. Maybe the plot was meh, but BFR v. BFM! | |
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Joel
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:37 pm | |
| - Fleet Admiral Error wrote:
- BF Robots vs. BF Monsters. Maybe the plot was meh, but BFR v. BFM!
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:06 pm | |
| Okay there were like fifteen minutes that were good. Then it was just repetitive inefficient punching things and the question of why didn't they use that huge sword thing earlier. And nukes. And poor writing. The movie embodied why I differentiate between 'mech' and 'mecha'. | |
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ACH0225
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:27 pm | |
| You don't watch it for the storyline, you watch it to see giant mechs fighting giant monsters in HD. It also had a pretty good music score, IMO, or the theme at least. | |
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Mon Oct 28, 2013 9:56 pm | |
| - ACH0225 wrote:
- You don't watch it for the storyline, you watch it to see giant mechs fighting giant monsters in HD. It also had a pretty good music score, IMO, or the theme at least.
2.5/5 for good CG and mediocre or less-than-mediocre everything else. It was obviously action first, then concept, then other stuff, then writing, and the concept wasn't that well thought-out (robots hitting big things because the big things were killing small things). The writing and plot was cliche within cliche. Its fine that action came first, but there should have been a decent explanation behind it. Its fine that the writing was an afterthought, but it should have at least been a little unpredictable. It's one of those movies where you've seen the entire thing within the first ten minutes and probably would have been a huge amount of better if they took the time to expand on the ideas behind it, developed the characters, and put some more reason behind the action. | |
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Commander Error
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:22 am | |
| - Spoiler:
If you want a good storyline, why did you even watch it? It's fairly obvious that the sole purpose of this movie was, as you put it.... - MercurySteam wrote:
...robots hitting big things because the big things were killing small things...
And the explanation behind it is something of a case of inverse Deus Ex Machina. Some weird alien guys created giant monsters to try and take over Earth. - MercurySteam wrote:
It's one of those movies where you've seen the entire thing within the first ten minutes and probably would have been a huge amount of better if they took the time to expand on the ideas behind it, developed the characters, and put some more reason behind the action. This is also one of those movies where's that would actually be fairly difficult. Ignoring everything but the creative standpoint - where did the giant monsters come from? Why are they attacking? Why does humanity need big robots to fight them off? Why does MS complain about lack of plot? - MercurySteam wrote:
The writing and plot was cliche within cliche. Its fine that action came first, but there should have been a decent explanation behind it. Its fine that the writing was an afterthought, but it should have at least been a little unpredictable.
Name three movies that were completely unpredictable. They all (with very few exceptions) follow the plot line as such: 1. Hero(es) in a normal situation. [2. Hero(es) meets love interest(s).] 3. Normality disrupted by something. 4. Hero(es) starts to find out why and how to stop it. 5. Hero(es) find(s) a way to stop the bad/evil/other guys, and employs it. 6. Hero(es) win(s) the day, [and gets the love interest(s) at the same time], and likely gets a minor but heroic battering at the same time. 7. Cue Heroic fade-out and credits. Adapt this generalized plot to any movie you like and BLAM, instant hit. *Square brackets indicate optional but heavily used points.
Regardless... I'm crap at drawing, but I might have a few designs for the Strigiforme and other guys' mechs if you want them, Proto. | |
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Groot
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:48 am | |
| Put it this way, I've made things from crap drawings before, namely the AF-15 and Omega | |
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:47 pm | |
| CAN I DESIGN WEAPONS TOO? | |
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Groot
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Wed Oct 30, 2013 4:50 pm | |
| - MercurySteam wrote:
- CAN I DESIGN WEAPONS TOO?
Go ahead, already have Omegas covered, but I'll nee a few for other mechs. | |
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Groot
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Tiel+
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:13 pm | |
| Robot Centipede when the top one takes a dump. | |
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Keon
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:40 pm | |
| If you look sideways at a flansmod mech, does it vanish? That's a problem with some other big entities. | |
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fr0stbyte124
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:43 pm | |
| It's a problem with the way frustum culling is handled. It is based off the entity's axis-aligned hitbox, but I think it only checks one of the 8 points. It might be addressable by tweaking the camera frustum settings during the culling step. | |
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MercurySteam
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:45 am | |
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Groot
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| | Subject: Re: Prototype's temporary and somewhat dissapointing development log Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:57 am | |
| - MercurySteam wrote:
- Bunp.
The hell is a bunp. Apologies for lack of progress, been sorting out UCAS application and haven't had much time, after Wednesday it's out of my hands so I can do stuff then. | |
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