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 Feb 8 2010, 12:15 PM
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Trained  Group: Staff Posts: 1,206 Joined: 16-January 06 From: UK Member No.: 155   |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icR3LtEMvZI
Looks amazing! I'd hope with something like this you could save part way through though. With this level of detail I'd need several sessions to create exactly what I want. Wistrel -------------------- [i]"It is not important whats happening on the screen. It is important whats happening in your head."[/i] - possibly Mr McC ,-)
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Feb 8 2010, 06:30 PM
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Qualified  Group: Worker Posts: 1,075 Joined: 5-June 06 From: Germany Member No.: 289  |
And it's entirely pointless the second you are burried under a ton of clothing/armor/gear. Spend hours getting your face just right? Tough luck, you only seem your guy from behind and he's wearing a helmet. :D
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Feb 8 2010, 09:47 PM
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Qualified Group: Staff Posts: 1,079 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 33 |
OMG! I'm there!
I was actually thinking the other day how a GTA style game could make it into an MMO. This looks great, especially after watching a few episodes of The Wire. Will be interesting to see how it plays out... |
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Feb 9 2010, 11:59 AM
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Apprentice Group: Stealth Project Orange Posts: 614 Joined: 3-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 188 |
Wow - very nice indeed! I originally looked at APB in about 2004-5 when it was originally penned for release, so I guess they've hit upon what appears to be the classic MMO development issues (although their host probably never went bust)...
That's a seriously nice avatar creation tool - incidentally, similar in detail to the forthcoming SPONG one, although admittedly theirs looks a bit more polished. I'm very impressed with the shader use there, I'm now off to research whether they're using DX11 effects or not. I'd suspect they are not, however my beady eye is telling me some of those effects look a bit too nice for something DX9 based. |
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Feb 10 2010, 11:29 AM
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Trained Group: Staff Posts: 1,206 Joined: 16-January 06 From: UK Member No.: 155 |
Noggin didn't you tell us a while back to expect "pumpkin heads" after you lost the use of your third party avatar creation code?
Maybe I'm out of date....? Wistrel btw lego universe just started acception signups for the beta yesterday. I'm hoping I'll get to see a minifig wistrel before too long if I'm chosen Wistrel -------------------- [i]"It is not important whats happening on the screen. It is important whats happening in your head."[/i] - possibly Mr McC ,-)
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Feb 10 2010, 03:58 PM
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Qualified Group: Worker Posts: 1,075 Joined: 5-June 06 From: Germany Member No.: 289 |
A slip-up in his net of lies! :D
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Feb 12 2010, 07:40 PM
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Apprentice Group: Stealth Project Orange Posts: 614 Joined: 3-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 188 |
Haha indeed :D My net of lies has been broken!
No, when the old system went out, we decided to do our own, and we worked very long and hard to make our very own character engine that matched what we wanted from the commercial system. In the end, we managed to do some very nice stuff with some Free/GPL models (duly credited) and some re-used free code for movement, skeletal structures, animation and polymorphic staging. The effect we achieved is at least as good, if not better than the commercial engine we were using previously, and as you'll see from the pic below, the avatars are no pumpkin heads! I do remember suggesting that the avatars in the game might not be quite as pretty as they were originally intended, but a lot has gone on since then. 
Shrub2ECC_Not_Rendering.jpg ( 163.58K )
Number of downloads: 49(IMG:http://www.virtualmindhive.com/forum/style_images/ip.boardpr/folder_attach_images/attach_add.png) |
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Feb 12 2010, 10:14 PM
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Mediocre  Group: Drone Posts: 83 Joined: 14-June 09 Member No.: 1,234  |
QUOTE (Noggin @ Feb 12 2010, 09:40 PM)  Haha indeed :D My net of lies has been broken! Come on troll-Noggin, your screenies start to threaten our conspiracy theories if you keep presenting them! Stop that! Consider our sanity! - Shinpatchi |
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Feb 13 2010, 03:41 PM
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Apprentice Group: Stealth Project Orange Posts: 614 Joined: 3-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 188 |
Hehe sorry, I just happened to have something handy at the time of posting, and while it wasn't exactly the one I wanted to post, I thought I might as well ;)
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Feb 14 2010, 12:16 AM
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Weak Group: Drone Posts: 58 Joined: 17-February 08 From: Estonia Member No.: 989  |
Well you know you must post more to really convince us, right?
Good to get another glimpse of the world though, and I think the avatar looks quite stunning. Is that the journal in the lower right corner? And the avatar health status in the upper? Something wrong with her foot perhaps? Did she step on something sharp? |
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Feb 14 2010, 02:32 AM
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Mediocre Group: Drone Posts: 95 Joined: 26-September 06 From: Camp Caravan Member No.: 343 |
good stuff wisty :)
i wish i could get tattooes easy like that in rl :P |
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Feb 15 2010, 12:47 AM
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Apprentice Group: Stealth Project Orange Posts: 614 Joined: 3-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 188 |
QUOTE (Ice @ Feb 14 2010, 12:16 AM) Well you know you must post more to really convince us, right? Good to get another glimpse of the world though, and I think the avatar looks quite stunning. Is that the journal in the lower right corner? And the avatar health status in the upper? Something wrong with her foot perhaps? Did she step on something sharp? Hehe, well of course. It was my hope that I wouldn't have to, as I'd have something playable by now, but there we go! I know I keep saying this, but I do have a few shots I would like to share, and I will soon. Glad you like the look of the avatar. What you see there is a reasonable approximation of the game as it will be. That picture was just highlighting a few issues we were having with the rendering of plants on nVidia cards. The avatar and background you see in the picture are a simple sandbox we've setup to test various objects (the plants in this particular case). The avatar you see there is our generic avatar we use for testing, and is actually a lot simpler (in texture) than the final ones will be. That shot is actually a first-person view, and the avatar in shot is an AI test. My avatar at the time of taking the shot does have a foot injury, as you noticed, and if I recall, it was because I made her climb a tree and fall off ;) The icon in the bottom right is the Journal, and it's glowing to signify a significant event. This picture is just the right hand side of the display, and the left is cut off. |
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Feb 15 2010, 02:30 PM
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Trained Group: Staff Posts: 1,206 Joined: 16-January 06 From: UK Member No.: 155 |
QUOTE (Shinpatchi @ Feb 12 2010, 10:14 PM) Come on troll-Noggin, your screenies start to threaten our conspiracy theories if you keep presenting them! Stop that! Consider our sanity! - Shinpatchi There are more? Did I miss them? Wistrel -------------------- [i]"It is not important whats happening on the screen. It is important whats happening in your head."[/i] - possibly Mr McC ,-)
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Feb 15 2010, 03:10 PM
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Apprentice Group: Stealth Project Orange Posts: 614 Joined: 3-February 06 From: UK Member No.: 188 |
There's one attached to my post shortly before Shinpatchi's response... Did you miss that?
This post has been edited by Noggin: Feb 15 2010, 03:12 PM |
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Feb 15 2010, 03:13 PM
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Mediocre Group: Drone Posts: 87 Joined: 2-May 08 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 1,030 |
hehe :P I supose it's because Shin wrote screenies with a S :P I'm not a perfect english man but i presume it's why ! On another note, Nice screenshot =) It's a shame that the actual game isn't ready yet =( Soon my friend ! soon ;)
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Feb 16 2010, 11:01 AM
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Trained Group: Staff Posts: 1,206 Joined: 16-January 06 From: UK Member No.: 155 |
Yeh it was Shin's plural that confused me. I like the "problem" with plants. Yon "shrub" is just a stalk my friend ;)
Wistrel -------------------- [i]"It is not important whats happening on the screen. It is important whats happening in your head."[/i] - possibly Mr McC ,-)
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Feb 21 2010, 03:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Larve Posts: 6 Joined: 14-May 09 Member No.: 1,197 |
I wish PE have this avatar creation mechanism.
Gratz for avatar Noggin&team! Look realy realy fine and if is just a test... fine indeed! |
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