Hello, making a game

hike1 · Post by **hike1** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:20 am

There are a bunch of Pickles' games and Steven8's on a filefront site
somewhere, but I don't see the link, maybe
Daniel knows?

RF FAQ http://terrymorgan.net/rffaq.zip
links to federico's demos

http://terrymorgan.net/asylum.htm

http://terrymorgan.net/download.htm, has
tuts, the 1st asylum demo.

There aren't many actual games made with RF. The only one I know is psYco's School of the Dead

Finally, after 7 years, someone made an ACTUAL game! Really must get that one.

hike1 · Post by **hike1** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:55 am

Pickles' games:

http://hosted.filefront.com/realityfactory/1506961

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:31 pm

Thanks

I've bookmarked it! I already collected a huge amount of documentation (kudos for that!!) and I'm ready to dive in now

GD1 · Post by **GD1** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:09 pm

regarding the "null" texture. In RF we don't use a texture for this. instead, in RFEditPro, under the face attributes dialog, just simply set the face to "SKY". I do however highly recomend using GTKRadiant for your mapping and then importing the map into RF for texturing.

RF can handle anything Half-Life1 could. Probably even more. you guys are experienced so i'm sure you'll figure that out pretty quickly. just experiment with the entities and try to think outside of the box. just cause a feature says it exists for one reason doesn't mean it can't be used for another purpose.

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:37 pm

Experimenting with the editor and converting maps .. everything seem to work fine

Modelling (actor creation) is next on the list. I was reading some documentation on the matter and found out it is, like mapping, very similair to HL. Just one quick question that's been on my mind.

Although I have not researched it im asking anyways

Does actors need any specefied bonenames? I know animation names are important so the engine (defined in the script, right?) knows what animation to perform.

And onther small question!

I know how to make animations in Mislkhape, but are there any other animation programs that you can recommend?

Thanks a bunch

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:02 pm

The bones' names don't matter. Nothing about them is hardcoded in the engine ( ... I believe ). Just make all of them have a different name... though most of the 3D modelers won't let you have 2 bones with the same name, I guess.

About the animation names:
The things that matter there are the names of the actual animation files (.mot-file if you're using MilkShape) - not the name you give them in ActorStudio.

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:27 pm

okay, thanks

Adding new animations to new actions for a NPC (enemy) characters is possible right? But I understand it is a little more tricky for the player. It has something to do with hardcoded actions and such.Correct me if I'm wrong. Is it possible to create a player entity (script) from scratch and basicly make a new model (with new bones and anims + additional anims) thus also giving the player new actions to perfom?

p.s nice forum, quick replies

psYco · Post by **psYco** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:42 pm

well, basically all this can be done in your player script. Just change the model that the player uses, and add in whatever animations you need, using the same commands that are already there for the basic animations that are already put in.

Then if say you wanted to give the player a new action, you would have to script it and then just referr back to where you defined the animation, so the player knows which animation to play.
I hope this helps

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:24 pm

Great, thanks alot!! Still experimenting a bit with the editors features and building worlds. Great stuff!

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:32 pm

Well here's some models for the project I made quite some time ago:

I made them a while ago for HL. I understand I have to make a new skelleton with animations before I can convert them to RF.(dont want to get involved with legal issues) I do now how to make bones and animations in MS but perhaps someone can suggest a better (free) animation program?

Post by **AndyCR** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:51 pm

I personally would suggest gmax.

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:53 pm

Great looking models!

How many polys do they have?

psYco · Post by **psYco** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:12 pm

yeah those models are really nice. great work.

Sph!nx · Post by **Sph!nx** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:46 pm

Thanks guys! These models are actually quite old. I have improved mutch more since then.

Juutis :
Well I would have to check if you want the excact polycount if you need it but it's quite low compared to the avarage custom model for Half-life.

AndyCR :
Well the beta tests and development of svencoop is demanding quite some time of our own team as wel. I am however doing this aswell so its kinda a one man show atm. That means I have to do modelling, mapping 2D art all by my self

and learning RF. That leaves little room to dive into Gmax as well.

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:10 pm

Well I would have to check if you want the excact polycount if you need it but it's quite low compared to the avarage custom model for Half-life.

Yeah, when taking a closer look they are kinda lowpoly and simple, but the textures hide it very well. The textures are pretty fantastic, actually. I see you have a lot of talent... can't wait to see what you can do nowadays - with these 'improved skills'.