D2TM - Progress screenshots

[SmaSh]

Okay, here's the complete set of House Mentats' facial and other animations. BG's animations are to come soon ;)

ohh yeahh they look good  ;)

[stefanhendriks]

indeed! :)

[MrFlibble]

Stefan, what about the HQ unit/structure and win/lose pics for Mentats?

[stefanhendriks]

sure, if you can send them... ;)

[stefanhendriks]

Took a while, but i implemented:

-mp3 support (recognized as add-on, else it will play midi files)

-particle system (primitive, yet working, see screenshots)

-sounds implemented basicly

-able to multi-select and move units

-new Ordos seed map (mission 1 ordos)

2 shots:

- showing smoke + shadow (new, so let me know what you think). They fade when the smoke dissappears

- trike blown up by a spice bloom, the explosion is a trike explosion, sharpened and will fade out very fast (as one smooth

motion).

EDIT:

replaced attachements with better quality jpg's.

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[stefanhendriks]

new goodies:

- changed particle system, to have layers, so i can have tracks in sand, etc.

- tracks appear in sand now, fade out nicely after a while. (see screeny)

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[stefanhendriks]

firing bullets work. But units do not fire themselves yet. I have added a lot of animations, unit deaths, structures dying, smoke effects, etc. Sounds also are implemented. Smudge appears, walls can be broken, etc.

Here is a screeny of a Hi-Tech being blown up.

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[Andrew]

Nice explosion :)

[stefanhendriks]

nema fixed them up, combined with blending and such it gives a nice effect ;)

[nemafakei]

No need for smoke shadow. Especially given the CPU time it ttakes up.

[stefanhendriks]

the smoke shadow is actually a particle too, which i made in psp.

So the smoke is existing out of 2 particles/sprites (whatever you prefer to call them).

FIRE

SMOKE

attaching them makes it a whole, i thought it looked quite cool ;)

here is a nother screeny, using muzzle flashes for tanks (also particles...)

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[Gilneas]

Looks good! They could use the necessary rotations though.

[stefanhendriks]

rotations?

[gunner154]

I'm sorry.. I can't wait to start trying this thing out (with the sound and everything).

Is it just me, or does the beta version screw up? I mean I started a game and I couldn't find myself, and I couldn't scroll. I started staring at shroud and unable to scroll around. It got locked. Sorry for my impatience ;)

No hurry.

[MrFlibble]

Stefan, here are the high-quality "Options" and "Upgrade" buttons for you to use.

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[Gilneas]

rotations?

I mean the fire coming from the horizontal tank is identical to the fire coming from the diagonal tank.

[stefanhendriks]

ah yes, its because i use dune 2 gfx and did not draw anything myself...

@ the rest:

the beta version you can download is nothing like this. I have rewritten a lot (basicly started over though using pieces of code ofcourse (don't feel like reinventing the weel)).

[MrFlibble]

BG mentat animations 8)

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[stefanhendriks]

superb! ;)

here i come with 3 shots...

Starport is functional now. Very nice, no limit yet in amount you can order, as long you have the money.

Shooting works as well, as shown before ofcourse. Units also react on being shot and enemy AI scans for units in sight, then goes after you to hunt you down. Is not 100% solid yet, i have seen tanks going after carry-alls.

Sandworms also are drawn.

Various draw bugs fixed. Health/spice bars are fixed now, etc.

Enjoy!

(site also updated with these shots)

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[Gilneas]

Very nice screenshots!!

[MrFlibble]

The lower part of the siege tank turret looks blocky (not smoothened) ???

[stefanhendriks]

i did not do the gfx of them so if you want you can try to smooth them a bit more, contact me on e-mail or msn ;)

[MrFlibble]

Maybe I'll do it in some spare time ::)

[nemafakei]

I've done something on the siege tank, but can't get the turret to sit straight.

[stefanhendriks]

working on mentats now. I don't have the mission text strings, that will be a pain to get them. But basicly its working now. I also use data files to store the movie sequences now, no quality loss and when zipped it is just as efficient as the gif files, besides that. I can update them without any hassle and they can be of any bit depth.

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