Futurecraft RTS Project

ACH0225 wrote:

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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It's...beautiful...

I actually think my idea for the constructor was the best so far.

I actually liked the Guardian the best, didn't really see that kind of silhouette coming.




Also did the scout.




Note that I do take some artistic license with designs, let me know if it's a bit too much and I'll correct it.

The A.R.S is going to have to wait, angles like that give me nightmares.

No problem, change them around as much as you want. I trust you to make them in a way that will fit in with the style and the game. If you don't mind, I might fiddle with a backstory too.

One thing though, if you can, make the Guardian's dish look less... Conventional. It looks like a normal radar dish now. What I had planned was a pyramid with 4 hexagons or pentagons that spun around it, but not connected to it. I don't know, do what you can.

Also....

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Please note that the ramps are for the fighters, the pads for gunships, and the big long tower for planetary carriers to be built or something. When I make the fighters, they'll be shaped like a n, and fit around the ramp. Just so you know.

The Artpocalypse, part two

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The wings can have those nifty jet engine things or turbofans. They're there to stabilize the craft. Also, it shoots pure red energy just so you know, and the lower support thing has a round aiming joint, so that should be considered.

What program are you using to model?

3DS Max. I really like it because although the interface isn't all that more streamlined than blender's, new features feel like discoveries rather than mindf**ks as everything you actually need is readily apparent on the GUI.

Also, Engines. I've been taking a look at the various flavors of Glest, and have really been stuck. I've been talking about Megaglest, which has Master Server functionality (So I could host server listings via my VPS) and other misc goodies such as Observer mode and map previews, but GAE has normal maps (basically can make things look a lot sexier), a 'garrison' feature that's necessary for bunkers and APCs, but doesn't have master server support and crossplatform support is iffy.

Ah. I've been using maya, meaning to switch to 3dsmax.

Comrade Tiel wrote:

MercurySteam wrote:

more.:

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

Sure, use them however you like. Except for the Gladiator. The Gladiator is exclusively for this RTS project and my faction.

One question I have about the RTS is sounds. Will we use stock sci-fi sounds or will Tiel just make "blahm boom" noises and record them? Also, music we make that sounds like shit or TSFH and lawsuits?

MercurySteam wrote:

Comrade Tiel wrote:

MercurySteam wrote:

more.:

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

Sure, use them however you like. Except for the Gladiator. The Gladiator is exclusively for this RTS project and my faction.

Thanks.

ACH0225 wrote:

One question I have about the RTS is sounds. Will we use stock sci-fi sounds or will Tiel just make "blahm boom" noises and record them? Also, music we make that sounds like shit or TSFH and lawsuits?

Sounds? Huh, hadn't thought about that. I suppose taking stock sci fi noises and putting them through audacity couldn't hurt anyone.

Music is something I have been contemplating, I have a sizable collection of trailer music that could be applied to each side, though it would probably sound terrible on a loop and get boring after a while. Fenway knows how to make music, would have to conscript him is my guess.

This does bring up the question of voice acting. I've seen way too many good mods fail because they couldn't get voices for the units. We might have to start a drive for unit dialogue somewhere down the line.

Model:


Not getting me into any tech colleges, but I'm tired and down with the cold, so gimme a break

Comrade Tiel wrote:

MercurySteam wrote:

Comrade Tiel wrote:

MercurySteam wrote:

more.:

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

Sure, use them however you like. Except for the Gladiator. The Gladiator is exclusively for this RTS project and my faction.

Thanks.

ACH0225 wrote:

One question I have about the RTS is sounds. Will we use stock sci-fi sounds or will Tiel just make "blahm boom" noises and record them? Also, music we make that sounds like shit or TSFH and lawsuits?

Sounds? Huh, hadn't thought about that. I suppose taking stock sci fi noises and putting them through audacity couldn't hurt anyone.

Music is something I have been contemplating, I have a sizable collection of trailer music that could be applied to each side, though it would probably sound terrible on a loop and get boring after a while. Fenway knows how to make music, would have to conscript him is my guess.

This does bring up the question of voice acting. I've seen way too many good mods fail because they couldn't get voices for the units. We might have to start a drive for unit dialogue somewhere down the line.

Model:


Not getting me into any tech colleges, but I'm tired and down with the cold, so gimme a break

I know my way around audacity, I might be able to make some sort of sound effects using a couple of plugins and the tone generator.

A design I drew up for the Flan pack, you might have more use for it than I do:

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Maybe not the best reference as I designed it to be made in Techne/Toolbox, but it would probably work as a low-poly (not that Techne is high poly). I was thinking maybe the rear wings would be raised higher than the front wings, but it would work if they were on the same level.

I can try and dig up some other designs which might be feasible for this, only problem is I only drew plan views for reference, which is fine when I'm making the model but I don't know how useful they are to you.


Also once I have the pack updated when Flan releases the super update, I'll try to lend a hand at the modelling side here, would gmax be suitable for this?

Ljubljana wrote:

I know my way around audacity, I might be able to make some sort of sound effects using a couple of plugins and the tone generator.

Sounds good  

Prototype wrote:

Also once I have the pack updated when Flan releases the super update, I'll try to lend a hand at the modelling side here, would gmax be suitable for this?

Gmax would work, if you could get your hands on a working copy of the obj export script for it. You'd have to give them to me or whoever volunteers to animate in order to rig them, however, as gmax is pretty bad about that.

Strigiforme Pulsar Cannon:

Put through Optimize

I can't say I'm all that happy with this one, may have to go back and spruce it up like the Owl infantryman.

Okay, thinking about doing stuff.
Might be fun.
Expect hand-drawn stuff.

Valyrian troop transport hoverjeep thing (It floats a couple of feet off the ground)

Valyrian soldier with surgically implanted gun (It was meant to look scary but it turned out like an old woman brandishing a banana) with alternately wielded sunstaff below. Damn I need to practice drawing...I probably shouldn't have took art xD

MrTargareyan wrote:

Valyrian soldier with surgically implanted gun (It was meant to look scary but it turned out like an old woman brandishing a banana) with alternately wielded sunstaff below. Damn I need to practice drawing...I probably shouldn't have took art xD

What do your guns sound like? Pew-pew or crackling or what?

Before you draw, look at the OP.

Also, Tiel, you could increase the barrel length and add a drivers area on one of the prong things.

ACH0225 wrote:

Before you draw, look at the OP.

Also, Tiel, you could increase the barrel length and add a drivers area on one of the prong things.

Ignore my slightly crappy concept stuff then; damn my skim reading D:

In sure Tiel could adapt it, it's just that he needs stuff for the decided factions and he needs them to be clear and easily usuable.

Even though the detail in that gun makes me want to curl up in a bed and cry, dw about it. What can't be used now can always be made at a later date; just made a segment in the OP for sketches. But yeah, as ACH said really need some stuff for the current facs. So far catsonmeth has been really good about that, going to make a few of his drawings tomorrow.

As a sidenote, I have this annoying problem in Max where in Mesh mode for an object edges can't be highlighted, so you have to guesstimate where they are in relation to the vertices. Which is a problem because Poly mode is an absolute pain to use (ILLEGAL FACES! ILLEGAL FACES EVERYWHERE!) Probably not going to be able to do anything else today while I look into that.

How the hell would that owl officer shoot a gun?