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[Alucard]

As Is So As Is......

Menu


Menu 2


Soviet Start


Soviet Base


Soviet Base Tech Up


SAM Defend


Attack


Assault

Edited by Alucard, 13 April 2009 - 12:33 AM.

[True Lord of Chaos]

That looks great! I see you did a lot of work on the Soviets but not the Allies or Yuri.

[AprilWar]

Those buildings can belong to anything: alien, native tribe, ancient army, lost atlantis....
Anything except soviets.

[Rattuskid]

Agreeing with April here. It looks like you ripped them wholesale from another game, and they don't fit the infantry/vehicle style at all. Also, that voxel version of the one building for the MCV is just... ugh. You can make vehicles shps you know...

[MT]

The screen of the main main menu, and skirmish options: I like them, nice work!
Buildings: As said, these look ripped. Remember YR has a dimetric view, so please try to make any SHPs you add follow this. Otherwise they look out of place like yours
Other units: They are public assets, so nice I guess but it would be good later on to have units to fit your mod's style more.

TBH it looks like a great start, but you need to get yourself some fresh, original assets; everything I see is either ripped, public, or copy+paste.

In future I would recommend you give a story, or any description of your mod, and definitely get yourself some modelers (for buildings).
And by the looks of it, the radically new style you are trying to add, it give the impression of a TC. Will you plan on making it one?

In summary it is a nice beginning, but will need an original asset base.

[Alucard]

AHH! YES! A story detail prolly would make sense - the rough to explain the buildings is they are place holders so to speak. I am upgrading my computer so everything will be fresh and new. I just thought i'd throw something out there for you all to chew on. You sure did chew!

The buildings (outside of general looks) are out of place by lat style. Not everything is ripped or public assets.

Right now the state of this mod is a rebalance - new unit - restructure - graphical enhancement. It will be a TC. Its just a little hard to properly render using Maya and 3DS with only a 1.6ghz single core processor I am working on getting a 3.2 Dual this week or next - then I promise you will have all original content. So original it will look like a different game Alteast cept terrain ...

I deffinately could use some one's help with the terrain and AI - but everything else I could prolly do.

These are the soviets at the moment but by the end they may not be quite soviet. The traditional 3 Side RTS is usually Humans Good, Humans Bad, Aliens (generally bad). Or you have Human, Alien good, Alien Bad. I do plan on changing this up - but with out there being a mutt process of everything thrown in. (I really just wanted to show off the menu and that there is a project)

That MCV is supposed to hover or fly however AI won't deploy if locomotor isn't Normal.

[Rattuskid]

RA2 was made in 2000, back then a 1.6 would have been damn beefy. What kind of hardware do you think WW used t render stuff?

Just use flyby's script, it's plenty accurate enough for lighting and angling... Not perfect, but close.

[Alucard]

Well my problem is am I always multi-tasking and I can't sit still and do one thing at a time ... plus too - when ever I have ever rendered anything I have to stop everything on my computer cept the render and go do something else... I mean it takes me 2 to 4 hours to burn a DVD - its really all the speed of my memory and cache is the biggest issue not so much processor power -so you're right.

[MT]

It will be a TC.

then I promise you will have all original content. So original it will look like a different game

Great, I look forward to it then. IMO originality is exactly what the community needs (instead of those cliche little enhancements)

You made them? Well indeed this changes a lot, that you are a fellow 3d modeler. Almost anything can be done then, structures, vehicles, infantry, and even terrain ^^. Scratch what I said about assets.

but everything else I could prolly do.

Good: a huge factor in mods turning dead is when the reliance is spread over a large team, and one person slacking holds up everything (no offense to... you know who you are. Really!). And speaking of teams I would help if I didn't have my own project, but for now I only can offer feedback GL on mod.

[Alucard]

Thank you greatly for your feed back - constructive criticism is the best kind - I always look for ways to improve after all I am a bit of a perfectionist. I am going to strive hard to make something fun and original and if there is inspiration or ideas from something else I will apply them in unique ways.