Sardaukar2k/New Dune Game

[Inoculator9]

Wish I knew ;)

Anders, perhaps you could email me the current version of the tile engine.

[Cyborg]

i still have 3ds max, that might make it alot easier to texture them. should i texture the .max file, or the image file?

You can do whatever suits you best, Frodo, though a .max file is preferred.

Do you know how to texture single polygons or polygon groups(like texture only the front part of a gun e.t.c)? If not, I'll show you.

Wish I knew ;)

Anders, perhaps you could email me the current version of the tile engine.

I will do that right away. I am finished with the "smoothing" feature of tiles now. The tile texturing system support infinite numbers of terrain. I have to create a texturepack creator.

Features like cliffs and such will also be added soon.

[nemafakei]

Name changes suggested:

Light Harvester to Sandcrawler

Elite to Levenrech

Will there be air support?

It would be a pity if not; air power is such an integral part of desert power.

[Vanguard3000]

I would change "Elite" to "Colonel Bashar", or perhaps even "Burseg". The Levenbrech is a fairly low rank, at least with relativity to what an elite soldier would be (IIRC, it's roughly like a lieutenant?).

[nemafakei]

Depends how powerful he is; remember that in an RTS, you might be building, say, a few dozen of them; rarely would you see that many much above levenbrech on a battle.

[Cyborg]

I am sure Inoculator will take your suggestions into consideration.

The names are very interesting as they are "new" :)

If there will be airpower or not, depends in Inoculator. Then engine should support it perfectly(when it's completed ;D).

[Inoculator9]

I was worried the engine wouldn't, but if it can, here are my ideas:

-Imperial Bomber - ornithopter similar in appearance and affect to the original Atreides Ornithopters from Dune2k.

-Imperial Assault Thopter - ornithopter with a smaller chassis compared to the Imperial Bomber, armed with a pair of heavy machine guns.

And Nema, is there any chance you could sticky this thread?

[Inoculator9]

Ok, a several updates:

-some stuff will be presented to Gob in a week or so to help convince him that webspace for us would be a good idea.

-the tile engine is almost done, although new tiles will need to be designed.

-a couple building models will be available soon.

-those air units listed above, will be included in the game.

[Apollyon]

Then engine should support it perfectly(when it's completed ;D).

Heheh the word Anders and completion, heheheh ;)

[Frodo]

anders, if you have any work for me just send the .max file to be textured to my aol email address and i will get right on it.

[Cyborg]

Then engine should support it perfectly(when it's completed ;D).

Heheh the word Anders and completion, heheheh ;)

You sarcastic git ;D

Yes, all my previous projects have been stopped.

This one, however, seem to go very well...

To Frodo:

Sure. I'll send you a lasertank and a sonictank if that's not too much.

[Inoculator9]

I believe you should also send me the sonic tank :) I am a horrible task master, but underneath that is a soft gooey flab that you would probably enjoy.

[Cyborg]

I'll sure do.

[Khan]

SO have you guys got any screenies or is it still early days?

[Apollyon]

I believe you should also send me the sonic tank :) I am a horrible task master, but underneath that is a soft gooey flab that you would probably enjoy.

Why, are you the staypuff marshmallow man? I like marshmallow....

[Cyborg]

We are still in the development of a mapeditor.

However, the mapeditor's basic features should be just around the corner.

A program for making texturepacks is finished tomorrow, but it will take a few more days to implement items like cliffs and maybe dynamic tiles if that's necessary. But dynamic tiles are something I do not plan on creating as it might be too much work yielding too little results.

[Inoculator9]

Yes, I am the staypuff marshmallow man. I was hoping to keep it a secret, but I can't keep my gooey goodness from the public any longer!

Khan:

Yes, it is still in the way, way, way alpha stage. If you like, we could consider you for the map design team, since it is probably the first job we'll need done by someone else. I would be hopeless at that :P

[Cyborg]

The mapeditor should be very easy to handle, so anyone who want can make maps.

[Frodo]

i haven't recieved the .max files, just wondering if you sent them. progress is sounding very very good Cyborg...

[Inoculator9]

Thank you Frodo. And I forgot to mention. The Corrino tanks need to be gold with some purple.

[Frodo]

ok, i will work on some textures when i get home from school today.

[Cyborg]

Sorry, I have been a bit busy lately, so I forgot to send you the files.

They'll appear in your emailbox in a few minutes.

Happy texturin' ;)

[Inoculator9]

Thx Cyborg :) And I appreciate your assistance Frodo :)

[Inoculator9]

As soon as Cyborg sends me the files :P I will be testing the map engine. Things are progressing well otherwise.

[Cyborg]

I am now more or less done with the program to add texturepacks(rock, spice e.t.c). Only one bug I know of, but it has happened only once during a test in earlier stages, and I'm unable to make it happen again. The engine support unlimited terraintypes already ;D

I'll just have to make some tiles.

I've made some tile we maybe could use for sand.

Spice, however, is under development.

Boy it's hard to create cool, or even ok, tile textures :P

I haven't got much time to send you files, Inoculator, because I don't want to send you not yet tested programs.

Now, however, I will just see if I can fix some spice and then send you something.