Futurecraft RTS Project

I think it lacks some units for the matter, also make it more organized, specific tiers of equipment, standard stuff and tools against them.

Iv121 wrote:

I think it lacks some units for the matter, also make it more organized, specific tiers of equipment, standard stuff and tools against them.

There are tiers, just not present on the list. Didn't bother to preserve each tech tree when typing that up.

As for counters, believe you me, I've thought this through long and hard on my down time. More units just isn't possible until people start giving me something to work with so I can actually start modelling stuff more frequently. TBH, I think it'd be better to get what's there ingame and see how it plays before considering adding more, but that's just my personal opinion.

hyperlite wrote:

Tiel likes men.

I haven't forgotten about Praelius, but block hasn't logged in for over a week. I also need to wait for some guy to get back to me regarding how to make the teleporters work.

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That's the gunship I doodled. I'll draw up a Strigiforme soldier soon too.

Now shitty owl soldier. This should give you the basic idea, Tiel. If not, I'll try again.

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I'm not really sure what this is. It could be the power generator or a modified wall segment, or even a laser hardpoint.

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Hey I would like to help, you know map editor and stuff.
But first I have to know which engine we are using know and if it works on Mac OSX.
Also a link for the map editor would be nice.

Julo wrote:

Hey I would like to help, you know map editor and stuff.
But first I have to know which engine we are using know and if it works on Mac OSX.
Also a link for the map editor would be nice.

Megaglest, unless there's a good reason to switch to another. You can google it and download; it's crossplatform and should work on OSX. The map editor is integrated within the game itself, but I'd hold off as it'd be better if we could make a custom tileset.

Daily model - Strigiforme Gunship:



Don't ask about those rogue triangles on the missile pods...I did my best to correct them by adjusting the vertices, but they should be all but invisible when a proper texture is applied.

BTW why "Terran trade confederation ?"

Uh, I am confuse. Are you asking why Laserbilly's faction is named such, or why it's on the queue at all? The first you'd have to ask him about, the second is because a corporate giant sounds like a fun side to play as.

Dunno they all look somewhat generic maybe, I want them to have a flavor of their own, I mean fully their own flavor , bird aliens is totally crazy and unique that is why the owls should stay, Tellrim I actually don’t know much about but they feel really like the corporates, so I wonder what else should be done to set them apart from themselves and others , as well as set the RTS itself apart as to not to be "just another RTS"

Ooh, a thing. I'll make draw up some concepts for the Batiss Combine a little later, if you want to add my faction. (Prease). Oh, and for the "not another generic RTS" thing, we could have a ME-style spess map, multiple colonies in multiple systems in multiple sectors, with environmental hazards like black holes and such.

Iv121 wrote:

Dunno they all look somewhat generic maybe, I want them to have a flavor of their own, I mean fully their own flavor , bird aliens is totally crazy and unique that is why the owls should stay, Tellrim I actually don’t know much about but they feel really like the corporates, so I wonder what else should be done to set them apart from themselves and others , as well as set the RTS itself apart as to not to be "just another RTS"

Tellrim is more of a Roman commando style, whereas the TTC is a galaxy-wide corporation that does not hesitate to steamroll through anything and wantonly spend thousands of lives to achieve their goal. They're as different as the Wermacht and Sovetskaya Armiya (referring to CoH here). In naming scheme, yes - I'm trying to make this more Command & Conquerish with units being easily recognizable as to their functions, but not so much so that the sides become all but symmetrical. I really don't like games like Starcraft where unless you've played a faction you have nary a clue what they're sending against you.

I don't know what could make the Tellrim more distinct from TTC, to be honest. I imagine they'll play quite differently, but you're referring to something else.

MercurySteam wrote:

Ooh, a thing. I'll make draw up some concepts for the Batiss Combine a little later, if you want to add my faction. (Prease). Oh, and for the "not another generic RTS" thing, we could have a ME-style spess map, multiple colonies in multiple systems in multiple sectors, with environmental hazards like black holes and such.

RTS is set on the ground, on a planet full of Yttrium that every faction wants to get their hands on. Strigiforme naturally wants to keep their secrets from falling into enemy hands.

As for your faction, designs are always welcome (I apologize for the lack of responses to unrelated ones earlier in the thread, rest assured I have cataloged them for later), but right now art is really needed for the units listed in the OP belonging to the TTC, Tellrim, and Strigiforme.

Aye. I've drawn some concepts. Use them where you will, more to come later.

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Those are some nice concepts, especially the facility. It looks like a power plant or extraction facility of some kind.

Downloaded Megaglest, but I'm not able to find the map editor. Where is it located?

MercurySteam wrote:

Aye. I've drawn some concepts. Use them where you will, more to come later.

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Julo wrote:

Downloaded Megaglest, but I'm not able to find the map editor. Where is it located?

It should be on the main menu when you launch the program.

 

MercurySteam wrote:

more.:

I love you. Do you mind if I use some of these for the current factions?

Also,



Revised head structure because the generic circle was making me feel bad. Also, tail.

Put through Max's optimize tool to make UVing less of a pain:



Brought # of faces down from 1300 to 600 with no noticeable deformation of features, so I'm happy :3

The fuck is with the wing jet things? Those are curved mecha arms, and are bent. Sorry for making you do more work, but that looks like a penguin.

ACH0225 wrote:

that looks like a penguin.

So does your sketch.

I'm not sure what you mean by the bent arms thing, do you mean they need to look more smooth? The reason they're held up (and not bent) is for rigging, basically giving the model a skeleton for animations.

Wing jet things..?



The arm structures, as noted above, will rotate on a joint when rigged properly. Pauldron is just there for style points.

There's a reason I set aside an entire day for just this one unit, though. Haven't really done characters before, so just tell me what to do and I'll fix it.

I thought that they wouldn't move, and just stick out awkwardly. Besides, who focuses in on the units too hard anyways.

Now, for my art spam! I will art until Tiel has moar contents.

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Fabricator. Now, with this there can be either a conveyor belt carrying the buildings off it, or it can drop it from below, OR it can just park next to it and look busy. Also, the triangle thing on top is actually a frame of a pyramid, with 4 or so edges, each with an arm. It makes stuff with the arms.

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