Random Dev. Shots

[X-20]

Hmm, after messing around for awhile i came up with a lag-free use of the shader, check it out.

http://files.filefront.com/test+project+295pk3/;12721133;/fileinfo.html

[your face]

win, you need a water pit-patter on the rocks.

[Samurai.mac]

First real attempts at large scale terrain sculpting and texture blending, I'm in dire need of some higher quality textures though. (Ignore the explosion)

[your face]

triangle-soup tiem

[Samurai.mac]

Actually mostly quad-soup, with tri-souped bits to turn corners and the like.

[nubcake]

Actually mostly quad-soup, with tri-souped bits to turn corners and the like.

Nice. I would like to see more terrain blending with more unique textures too

Inspired by x-20s rain shader I have decided to make (well mostly modify) my own one. Not quite as thick and going on an angle like wind has blown it. Also adding in some waterfalls/water reflective surfaces.

[Bissig]

Blowing wind noise maybe?

[your face]

Ohh, looks nice.  I personally think that your skybox needs to be a bit more overcast looking, and maybe have the clouds moving the same direction as the rain. 

[nubcake]

Ohh, looks nice.  I personally think that your skybox needs to be a bit more overcast looking, and maybe have the clouds moving the same direction as the rain. 

I was thinking the same thing. I might have a bit more of a look around. I want to make a video to show some of the features but my /video avi keeps stuffing up for some reason. Screenshots dont really do it justice.

[==Troy==]

* ==Troy== wants snow.

Awesome work and possibilities. Do you have rain inside of the buildings?

[amz181]

Ohh, looks nice.  I personally think that your skybox needs to be a bit more overcast looking, and maybe have the clouds moving the same direction as the rain. 

I was thinking the same thing. I might have a bit more of a look around. I want to make a video to show some of the features but my /video avi keeps stuffing up for some reason. Screenshots dont really do it justice.

No! Keep the sky the same, i like it, it kinda makes it fairytaleesque, and thats not a bad thing. It fits really well.

[Archangel]

I see you're getting 30 FPS. What sort of video card do you have? Because 30 fps is playable, just not very nice.

[nubcake]

30fps on a built in 32mb intel video card on laptop from a thread i made on tremwars


Intel core duo 1.86ghz celeron laptop. Built in 32mb intel built in video card. 1gb ram running on vista.

Minimum FPS:
Rain map (with rain)
640x480: 52 1024x768: 20
Rain map (without rain)
640x480: 90 1024x768: 75
Transit (comparison)
640x480: 56 1024x768: 27

Jake has similar specs but a 9800GT and gets 90fps at all times on any resolution. So its really down to video card

[Zero Ame]

IMAGES OF ZEALOUS!!

a hole

human base

a light and tunnel

A hall

some nifty stairs

again

area to be done

a room

a small service area

a smaller area

a back room

a custom generator

a different view

top of my nifty stairs

a hall/room

alien OM start

alien base entrance

another view of generator

human default entrance

a nifty ball light

alien entrance

[X-20]

"A small service area" Screenshot reminds me of the basement area of stack from goldeneye 64 

Otherwise, it looks nice.

[Zero Ame]

ya and ive found that small area to be well suited for a human base

[your face]

"A small service area" Screenshot reminds me of the basement area of stack from goldeneye 64 

Oh!  I loved that game!  It does look like it. 

[Kaleo]

*rummages around in old mapping projects

*finds something interesting

For some reason, the fucking OM won't spawn.


Very much a work in progress. The idea for the map is a temple floating in space. I wanted to place the egyptsoc textures with a space skybox. Supertankers skybox to be precise.

[amz181]

kaleo, finish that map, it looks really nice!

nice screens zero!

[your face]

   Maybe put the om where the cade is.

[Archangel]

30fps on a built in 32mb intel video card on laptop from a thread i made on tremwars


Intel core duo 1.86ghz celeron laptop. Built in 32mb intel built in video card. 1gb ram running on vista.

Minimum FPS:
Rain map (with rain)
640x480: 52 1024x768: 20
Rain map (without rain)
640x480: 90 1024x768: 75
Transit (comparison)
640x480: 56 1024x768: 27

Jake has similar specs but a 9800GT and gets 90fps at all times on any resolution. So its really down to video card

well, onboard video is pretty transhy.

[Zero Ame]

i have a NVIDIA 512mb 5500 series

[Archangel]

o_O, a 5500 with 512mb ram? Kinda weird. I have a 7300fx with 256mb in my desktop. Getting a 9800 soon though 

[Kaleo]

kaleo, finish that map, it looks really nice!

I would, except the OM won't spawn anywhere. Fuck knows why.

[amz181]

have you tried going onto the map and manually buiulding the OM?

[Odin]

kaleo, finish that map, it looks really nice!

I would, except the OM won't spawn anywhere. Fuck knows why.

Put the OM above the brush you want it on and it will fall onto it(you won't see that happen).

[amz181]

kaleo, finish that map, it looks really nice!

I would, except the OM won't spawn anywhere. Fuck knows why.

Put the OM above the brush you want it on and it will fall onto it(you won't see that happen).

speaking of good looking maps, how long till yours is getting its first beta?

[Kaleo]

kaleo, finish that map, it looks really nice!

I would, except the OM won't spawn anywhere. Fuck knows why.

Put the OM above the brush you want it on and it will fall onto it(you won't see that happen).

No. I mean it won't spawn anywhere. It's 32 units above the brush and wont spawn. I even tried placing it in the center of a huge box and it still wont spawn.

[nubcake]

Human base start (in the castle)



Alien base start (in the barn)



Still got alot more to go, i want to make the terrain look more natural and uneven. In the human base im thinking of changing the magic sphere into this bad boy if I can fit it in + have fps left over

[amz181]

looks nice! what happened to the rain?