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#1 jimiojoe

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Posted 30 September 2007 - 01:00 PM

Hello!

Well here is a new mod.
Well it is actually quite old - but new to be announced officially.

Having been my first ever mod when i was learning to mod, dropping it and starting it over the last couple of years - i have picked it up again, but this time with the capability to finish it.
Some of you may remember an X-Mod planning to just add a 'Mutants' faction to the current game > this is the same mod, but obviously i realised mtuants vs dwarves would not work. =D

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As i've learnt new areas of modding i've gone back to this mod and continued it, ie orginally i did loaaads of coding for it, and gave up when i couldnt model or skin.
Then i picked it up by using re-skinned models for everythign as RenX i still couldnt get to export properly.
And now i can model and animate (not brilliantly) i am aiming to finish it.
Therefforee a lot of it is already complete.


I know my last mod (BFTC) wasn't all that successful, unlike BFTC, X-Mod has already got a substantial amount of work completed; units, heroes, buildings, upgrades, spellbooks.
- One of the factions is basically complete which i could always upload for beta testers...
- So please trust me it won't end up like BFTC, I am much more fond of the X-Men series/comics/cartoons than i was for POTC.

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Anyhow


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BFME2 (Not ROTWK)

Factions: X-Men and Brotherhood
X-Men: More technologically advanced and organised.
Brotherhood: Sneak, rush and spam.


Heros: Many heros with cool spells and fx's including popular heros such as:
  • Charles Xavier
  • Storm
  • Jean/Phoenix**
  • Wolverine
  • Beast
  • Angel
  • Magneto
  • Pyro
  • Toad
  • Sabertooth
  • and more.....
Units: Unique units ranging from the X-Jet, Sentinels and Pawns!
Buildings: All with unique upgrade's suited to the faction's gameplay style!
Spells: With no overlap between the factions; 24 new spellbook spells including: supportive area-damage attacks, buffs to current units/hero's, only summonable hero's and more!
Campaign: I make no promises at the moment, but i think instead i will just make a few scripted maps of main bits from the movies/cartoons.

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It will be more based around the films that the cartoons and comics - although when i do need ideas, ie new skills which i can't find in films - some ideas will be coming from cartoons (such as Sentinels).

As a lot of this mod has been completed already expect frequent updates on a variety of units/buildings/spells!

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As it goes for the team, at the moment it is only me, but later on with some models i plan to do i probably will need help.

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A few teasers maybe?

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"Angels Wake" - Spellbook power - Angel flies across the battlefield beating down with his wings as he goes.

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The Mansion - X-Men fortress - partially upgraded in this image, you can see the Cerebro power activated above, along with the "Dangerous Mutants" (Rogue and Leech wander around near the fortress draining life/weakening any enemies they come into contact with)

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I think... thats everything....
Let me know what you think =D

Edited by jimiojoe, 12 October 2007 - 09:06 PM.

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#2 Devon

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Posted 30 September 2007 - 01:27 PM

awesome! but, im a little behind on my x men lore, whos the brotherhood again? I thought it was magneto's guys... anyway :shiftee:

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#3 jimiojoe

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Posted 30 September 2007 - 01:44 PM

awesome! but, im a little behind on my x men lore, whos the brotherhood again? I thought it was magneto's guys... anyway :shiftee:


basicallly
yes
magneto's guys

the more full on mutants.
relying soully on their mutant-ness

whereas the x-men faction in this mod will also have sentinels and the x-jet and some reinforcements who are humans (non mutants) with guns and bazookas =D

EDIT: i'll try and make my present tech tree readable and get it up for the first update

Edited by jimiojoe, 30 September 2007 - 01:45 PM.

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Posted 30 September 2007 - 07:44 PM

oh, i thought they and the x men were all on the same side cause you put the heros together :xcahik_: looks cool though :p

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Posted 01 October 2007 - 02:05 AM

Pretty much know nothing about X-Men :p If you need any help though, let me know as you are really helping out with my mod :xcahik_:

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 12:59 AM

From my X-men knowledge I can safely say that the sentinels belong to neither the X-men or brotherhood factions.

A professor actually designed and created them to hunt down and destroy all mutants and so they are the enemy of both the X-men and brotherhood.

Just thought I would let you know :xd:

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 12:03 PM

From my X-men knowledge I can safely say that the sentinels belong to neither the X-men or brotherhood factions.

A professor actually designed and created them to hunt down and destroy all mutants and so they are the enemy of both the X-men and brotherhood.

Just thought I would let you know ;)


true true i know

butt i wanted to include em
and if they WERE to join a side it'd probably be xaviers =)
they make a good siege unit =)

at one point they did join mutants against apocalypso... (in xmen evolution at least - havn't seen allll the original ones...yet)



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Posted 02 October 2007 - 03:46 PM

Nice mod! ;)

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 05:25 PM

I agree Nolis altough i have never really like the X-Men.

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 07:35 AM

I agree Nolis altough i have never really like the X-Men.


aww
go watch the films =D
their great!

loaaadsa heroes
with loaadsa different powers =)

the cartoons are real good too =)
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Posted 04 October 2007 - 03:57 PM

aww
go watch the films =D
their great!

loaaadsa heroes
with loaadsa different powers =)

the cartoons are real good too =)



Cartoons are a hundred times better than the films!! ;)

Like most super hero to film conversions it misses alot of the story out and adds unnecessary material.

Still worth watching if you have never seen/read anything to do with X-Men

I actually watched the third last night :p

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 08:26 PM

Xmen evolution beats the normal xmen ones BUTT there are fewer of them
i think thats why the cartoons are better; theres so many more of them,
which is bound to happen with cartoons as they're so much cheaper and quicker to makee

so i dont really agree with all the trash criticisms against cartoon hero>films cause for what they cannn fit into films they do manage to do really well in most cases.

Personally i think they chose some of the best bits for the films; rogue + phoenix especially =)
they needed sentinels in xmen 2 methinks
but yeh enough blabbering =D

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 09:06 PM

yay! off topic, but x men related, i have the huge standup arcade x men game in my room ;) its sweet

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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:51 PM

yay! off topic, but x men related, i have the huge standup arcade x men game in my room :p its sweet


woaah
thats gotta cost a bit

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The update tomorow will include the current tech trees for both factions
PLUS
a screenshot of Storm - showing her model, FX(s) for her power(s) and you can just about see her new animation for shooting lightning.
- What program do you other modders use to record videos in game??


See you tomorow!

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Posted 05 October 2007 - 10:14 PM

UPDATE - 6th October

The Tech Trees:

These i realise are not entirely clear so you can also download the actual excel file via the attachment =)
The red cells are currently either reallly not sure or no idea at the moment =)
REMEMBER - This is probably not going to be the final tech tree, but this is the current one.
Any ideas/comments please reply with =)
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In-game Storm:

(For those who do no know - Storm is a hero for the X-men)
Here she is using her Lightning (original name eh?) ability - she's in the middle of the animation where she flies up a little bit and then shoots it from her hands.
In the background you can spot a wave of water and a bit of clouds - that FX is also relavent to Storm....
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Please comment your viewss ideas and such below =D
- Perhaps mention what you may want in the next update :p

Next Update i hope will be.... the 13th! Stay Tuned :D

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 03:21 AM

Ohhh... the lightning fx with the custom animation looks sweet! Perhaps you could show a close-up of Storm? Hehe... and I love that guy in the wheelchair :lol:

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 04:29 AM

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 06:56 AM

- What program do you other modders use to record videos in game??

I use FRAPs, its never failed me. Be sure to get the registered version though, its a billion times better :lol:
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 08:46 AM

This mod looks great! Awesome job with that power :lol:
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 01:01 PM

nice fx, and i like the tech tree. but, wheres nightcrawler? :p he'd be really cool to play with, instant recharge teleport to anywhere he can see ;) and those two bad guys from the movies, the guys with spikes and that girl thats really fast that storm always fights. also, will you make the students/pawns have random powers, or just attack normally? And also also, how will the rock paper scissors with soldiers/pikes/cav etc work? will certain powers be good against others, or just be normal fighing advantages?

anyway, nice update :lol:

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