Work in progress - now with lighting!

[Excalibur]

VD i just want to know if there is animated titties that i can look ar while playing the game?

 

[Human Shield]

Get the shadows on the items (so they don't look like they are floating), and you should be set.

Look into trying to get on TotalGaming.net. They don't have any RPG on their lineup, good promotion source, a lot of TB strategy fans, and people are more apt to buy it if they have tickets lying around.

 

[Sovy Kurosei]

In the night time screenshot the guy at the 12 o'clock position has a really short shadow and seems to be off. Bug? Otherwise those are some really nice shadows.

You can get rid of that floaty effect if the other objects in the scene also cast their own shadow.

That is some pretty good soil erosion on that ground of yours too, by the way. I like the textures.

 

[Nick]

@Human Shield

Get the shadows on the items (so they don't look like they are floating), and you should be set.

Torque, even with Lighting Pack, doesn't support dynamic shadows for static objects. Though, LP allows baked shadows (lightmaps) for them, but they are pretty blurry and aren't visible for such small thingies as barrels/chests.

There is a workaround, though, but I'm afraid even to think what will happen to perfomance, especially when player will get into the forest. Anyway, if we'll have enough time, we'll be able to include dynamic shadows for everything as option.

@ Sovy Kurosei

In the night time screenshot the guy at the 12 o'clock position has a really short shadow and seems to be off. Bug? Otherwise those are some really nice shadows.

That shadow looks short, because:

1) Other characters are closer to the fire. Fire itself has its height, so it looks like 12-o'clock character is close, but he isn't;
2) fire is flickering when burning, so shadows dynamically change their angle/lenght;
3) there is also a moonlight, which affects characters' shadows too.

That is some pretty good soil erosion on that ground of yours too, by the way. I like the textures.

Thanks.

 

[Nick]

@ Nicolai
Yar, I'm looking forward to pirating it.

*starts looking for shotgun shells*

 

[Twinfalls]

Great work, keep it up, looking forward to playing it.

I do personally prefer the isometric graphics with the emphasis on artwork and a distinctive style rather than polygons and texture mapping.

Edit: Actually, comparing the shots, this is looking a lot better. And there are cool shadowz!

 

[PrzeSzkoda]

Okay, so everybode loves teh shinies, everyone wants to know if the Romans wore any underwear and if yes than what color and all that yadda yadda yadda... now let's move to more important aspects of gameplay... so, here:

Does the soil erode naturally? If not, why? You know, there's more to immersion than just this distinctive look bullcrap and oververbose dialouge.

 

[Jed]

Huh? No bitching? Come on, guys, don't go soft on me!

You bastard! You pousseux de crottes! You sold out your 2D fans--how could you??? Tu me fais gerber!



(How was that? Too bitchy, or not bitchy enough?)

 

[Vault Dweller]

Does the soil erode naturally? If not, why?

Well, it's actually what the main plot is all about: a very evil magician has casted a very evil, naturally, spell that fucked up soil in a major way. A call has been made to heroes to battle the magician and save the soil robbed of the precious erosion. That's why everything is flat when you start playing. When the game is over, a stolen Oblivion cutscene featuring some beatiful soil erosion would be shown followed by the cheering peasants cutscene from KOTOR.

You bastard! You pousseux de crottes! You sold out your 2D fans--how could you??? Tu me fais gerber!

(How was that? Too bitchy, or not bitchy enough?)

Much better, thank you. My faith in the Codex (Quality Bitching You Can Trust!) has been completely restored.

 

[Sandelfron]

You could make some Patrick Stewart voiceover by cutting
together sound-bites from Star Trek:TNG episodes.

 

[Crnobog]

OMIGOD, his spneding too much taem on teh graphix! TEH GAEMPLY WILL SUXORZ!!!

 

[LlamaGod]

Stop using the 3D shit already, congoid.

 

[Kamaz]

Right now I have one, but really big complaint - the picture looks crappy and wrong. IMO, the problem is that you changed armour plates, but everything else stays the same. You should tweak every object, character, texture in the game so that it bears the same style. Rusty armour, wheathered barrels, dirty-muddy tents and so on. Now it looks just too perfect for a kinda-post-apo game.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Right now I have one, but really big complaint - the picture looks crappy and wrong

That's the unique style we're trying to create: crappy and wrong.

You should tweak every object, character, texture in the game so that it bears the same style.

What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that? *rolls eyes*

Stop using the 3D shit already, congoid.

Stop being a dick already.

 

[Kamaz]

What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that? *rolls eyes*

You mean, you will do that?

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Of couse he will, you cookie son of a bitch.

 

[RGE]

I guess that I'm the only one who think that the guys in the day shot are too faded/brown/beige and that the night shot is entirely too reddish. I would prefer a much more yellow campfire, much like the torches in NWN. The torchlight in NWN (and possibly in other games which I haven't played) is great for enhancing the atmosphere, and it is not red like a city district for prostitutes. As for going with 3D, I'll be expecting something like this then. :D

Good riddance! :wink: (Yeah, I've completely missed everything since that screenshot, but when I backtracked I found that nice looking walking sprite - but not the other sprites)

 

[Nick]

@RGE

This is not a problem and very easy to change.
EDIT: I'm talking about lighting colour here.

Does someone else agree with RGE?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Does someone else agree with RGE?

I do. That's actually a good point.

 

[Elwro]

I agree with RGE's comment about fire colour.

Of course, I'm colour-blind so maybe I got it all wrong.

 

[Crnobog]

I wonder, are you going to redesign the GUI as well? IMO, it blended nicely with the 2D version's graphical style, but now it seems a bit out of place.
How about a 3d one with a nice texture to make it look like it's carved out of marble/stone?

 

[Nick]

Does someone else agree with RGE?

I do. That's actually a good point.

Okay. Someone else?

Sure, VD, will do.

 

[Psilon]

I disagree. Way too many interfaces look like they're carved out of stone. If I wanted that I'd go play Baldur's Gate again. Another thing I'd like to avoid is the whole "turning pages" motif--it's even more overused.

 

[Vault Dweller]

I wonder, are you going to redesign the GUI as well? IMO, it blended nicely with the 2D version's graphical style, but now it seems a bit out of place.
How about a 3d one with a nice texture to make it look like it's carved out of marble/stone?

Unlikely. First, I really like this one (I know it's a lame argument, but at least I'm honest), it reminds me of good times with the 2D version - sentimental value. Second, we can't afford to waste time redesigning things that already exist and work.