City of Heroes/City of Villains Environment work.
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Well I got approval to post some work I did. This is all stuff from City of Heroes/City of Villains.
With Issue 9 (next update) we're releasing an invention system. Essentially crafting. We've had the exterior of these Universities around the game for a long time, but now we've built an interior, which will be where people go to use the invention system.
Along with crafting comes Auction Houses. More Specifically a "Consignment House" for Heroes, and a Black Market for Villains.
Crits are welcome, but since this stuff is done and in game already, I probably won't be able to do much with them.
Anyway, I hope you guys like it.
Thanks
-Nick
With Issue 9 (next update) we're releasing an invention system. Essentially crafting. We've had the exterior of these Universities around the game for a long time, but now we've built an interior, which will be where people go to use the invention system.
Along with crafting comes Auction Houses. More Specifically a "Consignment House" for Heroes, and a Black Market for Villains.
Crits are welcome, but since this stuff is done and in game already, I probably won't be able to do much with them.
Anyway, I hope you guys like it.
Thanks
-Nick
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Hah, I've danced on that thing more than once!
:::looks over at producer glaring & punching his hands together:::
I don't know what you're talking about. . . it's just a red semi . . .
I tried to put him in one of our games, but that fell through.
I'll get him in our next game though.
I'm digging your lighting in the library too, particularly in the "techy" room. The mix of colors and outdoor & indoor light give it a nice feel.
There is no way that creation is going to last long in City of Villains - as a simple easter egg he was harmless, but now it's confirmed that he is going to act as a villain "loot house" people are going to be miffed and close him down.
Did you think you'd get away with doing this to a fictional hero?
Cryptic Studios wouldn't allow World of Warcraft to use a Statesman model as an evil NPC. It's an insult to the character and their fans.
With the Transformers film approaching, along with a mass of new merchandise focused squarely on Optimus Prime, how do you think this model and it's intended use/context are going to remain unnoticed by Dreamworks Studios and/or Marvel comics?
Prime is a comic/cartoon icon. A heroic one. It's just wrong to abuse his image like this.
Great work, I never play this one, In MMo i prefer japanesee, korean and else manga style like Silkroad or Rappelz, but this looks cool.
good job man
Suffice it to say that we've had performance issues with COV. We've done a lot to make them better already, but there's always room for improvement.
Other than that, amazing stuff
I was pleased and excited to see "the big red truck" and I know a lot of people I've talked to feel the same.
Kudos on some very good work, and I'm sorry someone felt the need to trash this thread when the Official message board for CoH is (barely) where that belongs.
Nope for COH/COV we use vertex lighting, nothing but point lights, and only on interiors. God I wish I had access to spot lights & cast shadows! LOL
What on earth happened to the shaders used for the medium LOD model for Wentworths? the roof just "pops" in a really nasty way as you cross the threshold, its like after face reduction a totally different shader is being used, its really jarring.
Here's an example:
http://www.silentmobius.entadsl.com/screenshot_2006-12-04-19-45-28.jpg
http://www.silentmobius.entadsl.com/screenshot_2006-12-04-19-45-30.jpg
Or was the LOD work out of your hands?
As for the roof, the reason it looks like one LOD is using a different shader is because. . . well, it is.
The Same way you can set up LODs and have a farther away object use a less expensive mesh (less polys), We also have a way of having that farther object use a less expensive shader (i.e. no normal map/fancy reflection, etc.)
I'll take a look at it on Tuesday when I get in (monday being a holiday) and make sure it's not popping, but essentially it comes down to whether you'd rather have fancy shaders on everything, no matter how far away it is, or if you want your game to run right LOL.
Recently we've actually discovered that bumpmaps in general are causing a big hit for some reason. If you've been to Grandville, one of the main reasons it runs so horridly is actually all the Arachnos shaders, not the polycount (which is also fairly excessive).
Hope that sheds some light on stuff, and I'll take another look when I get into work.
Thanks again.
-Nick
Question, though... Do y'all at Cryptic use 3DS or Maya? Or is it a proprietary piece of software?
Just curious and all.
We use Max for all our modeling/UVing and then export to our own proprietary engine/editor for zone assembly.
Thanks for the reply, by the way; I'd contacted Cuppa, Cricket and Lighthouse on the official boards at various asking that same question. Getting the answer from the source seems a little easier.
Keep up the fabulous work.
There's some cool stuff coming in I9, but I can't think of any terribly cool mission customizations. . . Oh, wait, there's at least one that you'll like. ::
The Abyss, the Villain side home to the Hamidon (raid content) is in now. I made most of the parts, and assembled everything.
And for the few that were tremendously upset with me for putting in a red truck, rest at ease. . . it's now blue:
Other than that, the environments look great. I haven't had the pleasure of playing City of Heroes/Villains, but it's looking pretty intriguing. I'll be watching this thread.
;p
Then later that evening I got rocked by the Hami.
;(
Impressive like always
Cheers