Futurecraft RTS Project

ACH0225 wrote:

How the hell would that owl officer shoot a gun?

I assume with its arm/wing... things. I didn't know how to do the hands... feathers... So i just made it a nub with some spikes on it.

1. Don't watch cartoons. We(like all things with wings) can't hold things with our wings. We can only sort of fidget a few feathers there for flight control.
2. We don't have hands. The closes thing would be our talons, which are busy walking. Unless we're all flying units, of course, but that would make AA guns OP.
3. Feathers are not spikes. They are delicate instruments used for delicate flying.

ACH0225 wrote:

1. Don't watch cartoons. We(like all things with wings) can't hold things with our wings. We can only sort of fidget a few feathers there for flight control.
2. We don't have hands. The closes thing would be our talons, which are busy walking. Unless we're all flying units, of course, but that would make AA guns OP.
3. Feathers are not spikes. They are delicate instruments used for delicate flying.

Then how the hell would any owl fire a gun?

^This, actually. How do your owls fight?

The last time around ACH said they held them in their talons while hovering a few feet off the ground with their wings in some bizarre flamingo-esque stance. I couldn't visualize it without it looking dumb, so ACH says they now have robo arms that ostensibly uplink to nerve endings in the wings under their armor to manipulate weaponry.

This is what they look like right now:



Arms extended for rigging.

Comrade Tiel wrote:

The last time around ACH said they held them in their talons while hovering a few feet off the ground with their wings in some bizarre flamingo-esque stance. I couldn't visualize it without it looking dumb, so ACH says they now have robo arms that ostensibly uplink to nerve endings in the wings under their armor to manipulate weaponry.

That's true. Kinda.

And I chose the robo arms because its a sci-fi RTS and them flying with their guns would look stupid and probably bomb framerate if you got a lot of them.

So, for lore purposes, the owls used to hold stuff in their talons while hovering a few feet above the ground until they discovered robotics?
Cool with me.

Owl groundpounders are a minority in the Strigiforme military equipped with mechanical apparatuses to cope in the dangerous environment created by planetside combat. That's how I see it, at least, which is why they're the worst bloody infantry in the game next to the TTC.

Strig soldiers are only good for early game expansion and upgrading to fliers. After that they're useless.

Do we have to be the owners of the faction to submit art? or can I just spew out random sketches until something looks like it might fit one of the 3 factions; the op confused me :3 If I can just throw random sketches at you, here are some concepts:

Concepts:

Can we get fr0st to do voice acting? I imagine he has a really deep voice, and would be perfect for voice acting.

Tiel?

I always imagined him having sort of a nerd voice, but he is the oldest person here, and, come to think of it, most software devs I know have deep voices.

We should get the TA voice actor on board. Because why not.

Quadraxis wrote:

We should get the TA voice actor on board. Because why not.

If he isn't still busy from PA or something else, that is.
That is, assuming by TA you mean Total Annihilation.

There haven't been any updates here. How goes it, Tiel?

I dunno. I tried rigging the owl soldier and got sad. Then Rome 2 came out and I've been busy either killing Athenians or staving off bouts of lightheadedness.

That's, what, 3 models I owe you. 4 counting today. Alright, I'll get to it tomorrow.

My goal here is to stockpile as many units as possible. Textures and rigging can wait, I suppose. Far too time consuming.

Ok, I'll spam art when I get a free moment

You know that feeling when you make an adjustment for someone you know that poses as an owl on the internet, realize it looks awful, and come to the conclusion that anything else you make on said day will likely come out equally as half-baked?

Yeah.

I have relatives coming over for the weekend, so while I might be able to pop in and whip something up from time to time, I make no promises. I apologize for the forthcoming lack of progress in advance.

That's alright. Whatever you have time to do. You ARE doing this for free.

Doesn't mean that if you do it crap anyone will bother with it ... See even if you do it free if you want ppl to waste their time on YOUR stuff you have to convince them it's worth it, and no that mesh looked like a bunch of ... something (I dunno O.o) with a robotic hand sticking out of it trying to pick it up, it needs to feel less organic goo and more vehicular which means sharper edges basically and sharper shape. You should also consider distinct shapes that make your designs easily recognizable.

You're a bottle of sunshine Iv.

Why does that designer thing look different? Is that inthe program you design them in? Also, you could decrease the barrel and muzzle size, and just convert one of the side things to a pilots cabin instead of adding a tumourous growth.

It isn't rendered like the other ones were, he's still editing it.

Comrade Tiel wrote:

You're a bottle of sunshine Iv.

Yea that was a bit harsh but hey, better sooner than later, or you can just release that stuff and name it "crapmobile" , sry I jsut couldn't resist that was a joke don't take it seriously, however the mesh is not the best ...