VIDEO/GRAPHICS: Lets put LStanley to work! ;)

[LStanley]

sure... I'll trade services

the shadows are.. well... SHOULD be a unique grey.. the magic wand on a loose filter should be able to pick it up and fill them black...

or a paint bucket fill on a loose fill on a seperate layer...

there is no way (at least in my expierence) that I know of to render models on 3dsmax on seperate layers... or as objects invisible or not.... I wish there was...

mechs are harder to do (well anything with a "bone structure") because of the inverse kinematics involved to animate them properly, orf they will look like walking stick figures.... but I can do it... I actually enjoy to

[The Big Mc]

Well I got psp8 which lets me make scripts so I just got to work out the two scripts I need and it’s sorted. I will dig out all the mech images then

[LStanley]

the ones off your webpage??? or you wanna throw a MW twist on them?? I know we can't COPY activisions mechs... but nobody says we can't mimic them

I've been a diehard hardcore MW fan since MW 1 on nintendo ... if there's anything you are looking for... name the mech, or pics or whatever... and I'll make it

[LStanley]

I just had a total brain fart on how to make shadows seperate files in 3ds max..

self illumination of models 100% with a white texture on the model, 100% solid fill shadows.... it would generate a white model, with a black shadow on the white background...

and for the model, do the same, sept a textured model, no self illumination, and a white surface and self illumination on the surface... it would create ONLY the textured/shadowed model...

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by Locutus
I love the Ancient era as well and obviously Cradle too, but I don't think Cradle would ever be the base of the Source Code Project (Tamerlin will probably go nuts at the very suggestion ) Civilization-style games are games that replay history, all of history -- that's the very core of the genre. The main goal of the Source Code Project is to strenghten the whole game, not cut out 2/3 of it altogether and expand on the 1/3 that is kept.

And actual not only Tamerlin doesn't like it to sacrify the last 2/3 of the game for the 1/3. And I don't like it either. I mean in comparision to Civ1/2/3 both CTP1 and CTP2 cover the future, both games doesn't stop with their tech tree - well let's say in the near past. They invent history in the future as well. Oh and by the way Civilization is not about replaying history, it is about reinventing history.

-Martin

[Lou Wigman]

This is completely the wrong thread to be discussing this, but a final comment from me on this topic.

My problem with the "standard" time line is that not enough time is spent BC. I have NEVER built a legion unit because by the time this becomes available its only a short hop to pikemen. So there are whole generations of military units that are simply irrelevant. So why are they in the game at all?

Either have fewer military units or slow things down so that each military advance can be researched, some units built (also takes time) and then used (takes more time).

[The Big Mc]

ARE you going to re do the screen shots with the two separate images as this would allow me to convert it to a spr file faster.

I put together the zip of the screen shots of the ctp beta war walker. It’s a good design
to modify as the square section which is the upper body allows other things to be placed on it easy with no rotations. If it is possible I would like the model to mimic the colours of the unit on the screen shots.


www.thebigmc.plus.com/mech pics.zip

sory it a MB

[LStanley]

sorr I haven't posted in awhile.... gimmie a few days to get everything going on around here back on track....

but I can re-do them.. if thats what you're asking... but I prolly won't have em til monday or so ....

but that mech model... yeah I can pull something like it or VERY VERY similar off gimmie some time to crank it out though... I got priorities right now I can't let go by...

[The Big Mc]

we all give what time we can here .

[Ekmek]

is this stuff related to the source code? i'd like to see LStanley pick up on onepresent's re-doing of the city screen since he does graphic and knows a little coding...

[The Big Mc]

He is a 3d artist. But I can pick it up if you will code it.

[LStanley]

understand reading code.... I'm ok.... writing code... it'll take me awhile... and I gotta dig forever to look for the commands I need and the proper way to use them..

debugging code, jumping in and lookng for errors on pages of code I've never seen before... haha... long time of no success...

when I said I can code... think of it as a freshman in computer engineering... its not gonna be much

[LStanley]

yeah T-giving is taking time.... I just got in from a 9 hr long drive and its 4:20 am....

I'll post more later... I'm gonna go to bed...

I just feel better keeping you updated

[The Big Mc]

Just send us the modified pictures when you are ready.

[The_Blind_One]

What we really need are some futuristic plane designs. Currently we are still stuck with the Stealth fighter/bomber and the interceptor!