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[Witch-King of Angmar]

is it possible to add blood effects to this mod?? it rocks in other mods and it makes the game more realistic/fun

EDIT: Added to the headline a little! /Naz

Edited by Nazgûl, 09 August 2007 - 08:03 PM.

[Rhodin]

I think that most of the blood stuff in mods make it kinda go overboard...either it's like massive amounts of blood (like...thousands of litres for each blow of a sword) or it's just too badly done. "okey lets hit this guy with a sword and see if a million cloned red balls spurt out of him!"

[el kevo]

Just think about it... what is it about blood, flirting, darkness and evil that makes everything so popular now? Why does the game have to be sinister to make it fun, why does it have to have blood to make someone enjoy killing someone... Why can't it be fun just because it is, in fact, a well-made game?

-JEV3
(sorry but i thought that a great modders voice should be heard)

Edited by el kevo, 08 August 2007 - 01:05 AM.

[clonecommand]

Heaven forbid blood in this game! *hides in a corner at the thought of blood*

[Nazgûl]

AWESOME IDEA! We will have heads coming off, limbs separating from bodies and Uruks eating hobbis alive... I'm kidding and your post is not bad, don't worry. I'm just messing with ya, cause I needed to joke with someone tonight. It's abeen a long day here =p

Seriously, we won't ad blood into this mod. I actually tried it once, just to see what it was But it was rather stupid. Like Rhodin said, 100eds of liters of blood squirted out of the units on each hit and it looked like ketchup mixed with neon light Or that crazy tomatoe street party they have in Madrim each summer, lol. But above all, it would also make the mod a bit to... much. We don't play for violence, we play for LotRs and strategy =)

[Dzhon]

A little blood on the sword once a unit was in combat would be neat, but not necessary.

What would be awesome is if there was some way to have Orc blood corrode swords. That would make a much more interesting "Forged Blades" upgrade than this "+50%" damage stuff. Regular blades would slowly be corroded by Orc blood (nothing extreme, just a slight reduction in damage over time), while Forged Blades wouldn't.

Probably impossible, though.

[Nazgûl]

Not impossible, but far too much booring model work ^

And I've never heard that Orc blood should be acid... They're not aliens?

[Mathijs]

I think it a little dark-red fx squirting from a unit when he dies would be pretty cool, but not at all suited for a LotR mod.

[Nazgûl]

Above all it would be hard to make it look, uhm, relistic.. since it would need to be pretty subtle. People don't bleed in reality as they do on film where blood squirts out of bodies several feet away, like a "high pressure washing machine" (don't know what those are called in english). So I'm not against the basic thought per sé, but rather the work of making it look good and "realistic"

[clonecommand]

Its called a power washer

Its not like you're geting shot with a million mph bullet...Only a cut with a sword and a fast, but not that fast arrow. So, if there were any blood, it should only be noticible in first-person camera veiw, as the blood would stay on the body.

[Gherrick]

How about do blood marks on dead people? Like you got hit by sword or axe you would got blood cut and for example blood circle when you got hit with spear? It would be only on dead though...

[Dzhon]

Not impossible, but far too much booring model work ^

And I've never heard that Orc blood should be acid... They're not aliens?

I thought I read that in the Arms and Armor companion book to the films. In general, blood will corrode swords over time, and it makes sense to me that orc blood would be especially foul.

But, it's not a big issue. I'm just on a crusade against linear upgrades.

[Nazgûl]

You want bood... I'll give you blood..... BLOOOOOOOD!
http://www.stuffucan...dy-penguin.html


(Beat 669,5 and I'm ipressed...)

Edited by Nazgûl, 09 August 2007 - 06:42 PM.

[The Best Guest]

903.9 First try

671.2 Seconed try

Edited by The Best Guest, 09 August 2007 - 06:49 PM.

[Nazgûl]

924,1 just now... hehee

[The Best Guest]

925.6 Beat that

[Garrison Nomad]

HAHA!!!! 950.7!!!! WHOOO!!!!

Edited by Garrison Nomad, 09 August 2007 - 08:22 PM.

[Gherrick]

973.7 Yeah!!
997.7

Edited by Gherrick, 09 August 2007 - 09:21 PM.

[Lord of the Rings Junkie]

My personal best for that game is something very close to 1200.

[Nazgûl]

Uhm, is that even possible??? :-o