Quote: "You have to tell us how you make all these affects"
I will, Abdul Ahad brought up the idea that I could open a random tutorial thread. I will do so as soon as I find some spare time.
I'm currently getting a few new packs together...its been a while since I released some free media
Quote: "Wow, how do you manage to keep churning out such high quality games?!!"
I don't watch tv
Quote: "I'm curious to see how the dialouge works"
The text is script based, so you won't have the HUD Overkill I had
in the first Shavra. There will be voice acting if I get enough people together to help me out there.
You will have 3 dialogue keys (I don't know which ones) with which you can choose you're answers.
Quote: "you make demo? "
Yes! There will be a beta Demo for this community. Just like I did for Euthanasia.
Quote: "Propably I will not be able to play it"
Why? If its due to the performance:, there will be customizable (I hope I wrote that right) settings for this one
Quote: "I want pink Ponys! "
You get what you ask for, and in the face!
Quote: "
The shots look great! Altho the wall in the 2nd shot seems a bit repetive... maby put some PWP's cracks (lol) there or retex some of the textures to have some details. It's not a big complaint, it's not that bad, but still, I got to say something."
There will be somes small statues builded in the wall there and depending on the performance I could add some Ivy growing on those walls
thanks for the hint!
Quote: "*counting my thumbs.... 1 ... 2...* oh well, only two thumbs up "
thanks
Quote: "Maybe he make lightmapping into 100."
I don't really know what you are trying to tell me. But I use really low settings:
lightmaptexsize=256
lightmapquality=32
I guess some people are surprised now
Quote: "Infact, I was wondering how to get this noisy effect on the textures, with a 2D editing program like Gimp or Photoshop ?"
I do it in Paintshop. Its like Photoshop, you can get it for 10 Bucks on Ebay. I would recommend Photoshop thought, its more userfriendly and has some more features. I just use PaintShop because EVERYONE uses Photoshop. Thats also the reason why I never tried out Source Engine...
The Gimp is a good and FREE Choice too.
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Update
I'm ALIVE!!
Yes, I'm back and its weekend so I have all the time to be a complete f[deleted]g i[deleted]t
So basically, here's the new stuff:
A few Details
The game takes place in the province Samweyr. It is the smallest province of the country Sha'hrath, where mountains and forests are dominating the land.
The Architecture is human but it has a lot elvish influences.
The deep forests and swamps (there is also a huge swampland in the centre of Samweyr ) are still hiding some reptilian temple ruins.
The Coldblooded ones are protectors of the ancient world, sacrificed by their own leader to stop an unknown attacking force from another dimension. There are only a few small Canae colony's in
Sha'hrath. The Canae do not fancy cope well in the winter.
The Main Character:
Victor is a human being born in Grevem, a small town near the Cloister. His father Elias died in the Bloodmoon war 14 years ago and left Victor alone. At the age of 12, he joined the cloister and was the youngest adept that has ever been admitted.
He proved that he was talented and intelligent in the arts of combat, magic and almost everything that they'd been teaching in the abbey. (Except for math, which he fails at.) He fell in love with an Elven girl, and not just any Elven girl, but an elite warrior that came to study in the cloisters library.
Her name is Myrielle. At the age of 20, both where engaged to another, even though people hate to see interracial relationships in Sha'hrath. (They kill people who do this in some cities). The Order of the Holy Light has to accept such marriages...so it is written.
The Villain:
(Contains spoilers)
The Prince Cahed has been thought killed in the Bloodmoon wars, but he wasn't. He vanished for years, but now he is back. He is not the young, good warrior he used to be.
Something is moving under your skin when you only see him from the corner of your eye. His very own eyes seem dead, but still there is some fury burning inside them that can send shivers down the spine of any man.
Something is inside him, something controlling him…
The Demon Rakash is possessing him. An ancient entity, with a pitch black soul. He wants the Heart of darkness for some yet reason still unknown.
The Holy Light:
It is the source of all that exists and will exist, oversoul.
The Three Gods:
Amriel : God of the Light, Love, creationism and unity. Protector of the poor, the helpless and the ill.
Shamandalynn: Goddess of sexuality, knowledge, passion and nature. Protector of Balance. Protector of artists, poets, thieves and other chaotic folks. She is also the weaver of the spirit stream, she who leads the souls of the dead to reincarnation.
Angorion: God of the underworld, he who came from the dark dimension. God of hate, war, destruction, violence and insanity.
Protector of the Evil and Honorless.
The Heart Of Darkness:
(Contains spoilers)
The Heart of darkness is an ancient artifact made by the coldblooded one Cha'tah'mar. Leader of the lizard men who were living on this planet ages ago. No one knows exactly how they perished but it is known that the somehow opened a gate to the demonic underworld, so demons were able to incarnate on the planet.
The Heart of Darkness is a black sun. Small as an apple, but if activated, strong enough to wipe every living being from a planet, and the only way to defeat the demons. The lizardmen chose that if they die anyway, that the demon's should not get this world, so they used this sun.
It is not yet known where the Heart of Darkness is actually from.
The Bloodmoon War:
It was a terrible global war, fought for illusions and ideologies that are now seen as heresy. It became the result of the separation of the races from this world. They feared each other, so they started to hate each other, so this war started. It took 18 years for it to end . Now, the races are not unified. There is still much racism, but there is a beginning, some first signs of peace.
The Races:
Humans:
Self explanatory.
Elves:
They look a lot like humans, only a little thinner and they have much larger ears. They are far more resistant against energetically influenced and are better mages than human beings.
They are far more intelligent, faster and wiser than humans. Their weaknesses are physical weakness, they tend to have unsteady characters and are often drifting in depressions.
They are far more nature connected than most humans.
Canae (Dogmen, Wolfmen):
From the east come the Canae. They are technically highly evolved and live in giant temple cities. Their appearance might be frightening on the first sight, but their language is really soft and they tend to have enjoyable etiquettes.
Their whole society is built on honour, pride and wisdom. They have strict hierarchical orders that everyone has to follow. Even though they are always leaded by an alpha male, they honour and worship their women.
The Canae do usually not like human beings. In their home country, they are still having human slaves.
Coldblooded Ones (Lizard men):
People from an ancient civilisation. Little is known about those Lizard men. Their society was built on logic and intelligence. They had feelings, but emotional things and hard feelings were far less important to them than to humans. This might make them seem bold and gruesome, but they just different. Love, Friendship and Family has had not that much meaning, but it existed. They were more fixed on development, wisdom and honour.
Hybrids etc.
Nurrhia:
Weak demon incarnates, created in the Bloodmoon war by summoning demon spirits in human and animal remains.
Ramnae:
An ancient curse brought by Angorion on the women of the city Ryimesh. They gave birth to Ox headed monsters that where lusting for flesh from the very moment of their birth.
The curse has been broken and they have been sealed away in the sewers and catacombs of the city, 300 years ago.
MORE TO COME! FIRST POST WILL ALSO BE UPDATED SOON! STAY TUNED!!
And because I know that most people do not read what I write here...
here are some screens:
The statue is holding the first book of the holy codex all Abbeymembers must follow. It has the 10 Mainrules in it I'm way too lazy to write down now.
Another part of the library where you're first mission starts. It s not yet fully done.
The other codex books...these are huge ancient manuscripts every adebt must read. (fear not...Not the player has to read all these XD) That furniture thingie is made by cheese cake...I haven't seen him for a while, btw.
Check those tats! I love tattoos...I have a huge Wolf on my shoulder myself
. Those super clean standart arms didn't fit a medival hero...but I also didn't want him to be "dirty"...Vulk is supposed to be a ladykiller
So yeah...I would actually like you to
read what I wrote up there even though its probably gramatically awful.
And I finally know what my Novel will be about
I'm on page one...since 5 months =D
-Wolf
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, art is knowing which ones to keep.
