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Should I revamp the whole project like another HalfLife or should I first build som prototype demos.

REVAMP, Some things that should work don't, and there interfering with progress.
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PROTOTYPE, I wan't to see some demos, So what if they don't work very well. Give me an Idea of how this is going to play.
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Post by fps » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:15 am

you have no idea. . .

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not as badly as you will be when you see how f***ed up these videos are. especially in combat. :shock:


The test level I made for my buggy team AI.
The elite are in black trench coats and gas masks. they are high definition models on a low functionality skeleton. with buggy AI, temporary voices, ect...
some randomly floating lights and mispositioned weapons.
its the laptop version so it is missing the complete-osity of the other game installation!
there are some temporary model, sounds, animations, scripts, effects, weapons, voices. ect...

there is an interesting feature in the debug screen here. the pawn that shootes the allied guy i follow is the top name on the list. watch his actions.

ps. this is were im saving my posts because sometimes it crashes when i try to upload.
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Post by fps » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:46 am

for some reason i cant upload the video.
i really want to show you guys the videos. do i have convert them or somthing.
this is my first time using fraps.
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Post by zany_001 » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:25 am

post a link to the utube site, were your video is.you find out were, by cright clicking the video and looking on properties.make sure you use utube or some similiar site, not uploading it from your comp to RF site.
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Post by fps » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:51 pm

i know that. its uploading the video but the progress bar sticks at 100.
my u tube user name is fpsRF.
but the video still isnt there yet.
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Post by Destron » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:30 pm

:shock:


So... many... exclamation... points... :o
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Post by darksmaster923 » Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:29 am

Mystery shooter.. with violence!
wtf
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Post by vrageprogrammer » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:03 am

fps wrote:i know that. its uploading the video but the progress bar sticks at 100.
my u tube user name is fpsRF.
but the video still isnt there yet.
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It was not Possible to determine the dimensions of the image....
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Post by fps » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:43 pm

i will try to upload again today.
i really want you to see them.
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Post by fps » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:42 pm

<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fXiYgEOyG_E"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fXiYgEOyG_E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>

first upload just walking through the test level.
nex vid will have some action!

edit!!!

wait it failed, what does this mean???
Failed (unsupported codec)
Raw File: C:\Fraps\TrueExistance 2007-12-13 23-27-22-60.avi
it make me sad. :(
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Post by fps » Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:56 pm

I got it working!
the first one is a simple walkthrough of the two teams in the level.
one is the armed forces, the other is the legion forces.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_21-K0lH0
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Post by steven8 » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:07 am

fps, that looks very good!! I'd like a little more light, so I can see details on the soldiers, but the movement looks very natural, and I like the voices. Great work!
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Post by fps » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:42 am

thank you so much for your supportive review steven8.
i will be uploading a in combat movie tonight. featuring sniping, my unsolved ai bug, and a friendly fire headshot.
the thing is, that the friendly fire should be impossible. but because the target is infront of the friendlies it reads as all clear.
this will be tricky to solve.
also steven8.
i am afraid that some of the problems are with the textures rather then the lighting.
the more detailed "elite troops" are wearing highly detailed but black trench coats, german style helmets, and face tight gasmasks. they are supposed to be like "elite" black ops guys. thus hard to pick out. thus not so easily seen in the low quality you tube format.
after this clip i will add more lights to the level.

thanks again for actually watching the clip.
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Post by zany_001 » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:55 am

looked good, i had trubble seeing more than the first few secs, but thats my fualt not urs.
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Post by steven8 » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:29 am

fps wrote:thank you so much for your supportive review steven8.
i will be uploading a in combat movie tonight. featuring sniping, my unsolved ai bug, and a friendly fire headshot.
the thing is, that the friendly fire should be impossible. but because the target is infront of the friendlies it reads as all clear.
this will be tricky to solve.
also steven8.
i am afraid that some of the problems are with the textures rather then the lighting.
the more detailed "elite troops" are wearing highly detailed but black trench coats, german style helmets, and face tight gasmasks. they are supposed to be like "elite" black ops guys. thus hard to pick out. thus not so easily seen in the low quality you tube format.
after this clip i will add more lights to the level.

thanks again for actually watching the clip.
Always good to have a quality friendly fire headshot!! :lol:

Perhaps you can bring out more detail in the darker testures by playing with the ambient colors of your pawns?

Your really doing fine work, fps. My boys have been playing Army Men RTS on the Gamecube and LOVING it! There is a terrific market for this kind of thing.
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Post by fps » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:48 am

ha, i used to play all those old army men games too.
they were the first shooter games i ever owned.

what do you mean by playing with the ambient colors?
i thoought the models assumed the ambient lighting from the enviroment.
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