as soon as I get home and get the SMG texture wrapped up I'll be back on the Harpoon gun full steam and should have an update on that tomorrow-ish.
if I don't spend all night watching that jiggle-rope on a loop.
need an opinion here, I like Wailer with all the bits, but its pretty damned busy in the first person view so what do you guys think? 1 is everything, 2 just the rope and spool, 3 just the compression tank:
Keep everything. He won't be shooting from the hip much anyways, mostly through the scope. If it has to be one or the other move the rope to the other side of the gun.
The main problem with the rope is the 'replacement' functionality is has to have, and leaving the spool out or just having the harpoon projectile have some rope wrapped around it, but not tied to the gun may be the way to go.
This said however, the scope says rifle, but the harpoon projectile lends itself quite nicely to the huntsmen.
Although... if you can somehow make it fire a custom projectile and have it pin people to walls like the Huntsmens arrows... this would be the single best rifle replacement of all time.
Sounds great! I take it the scope will also function like the rifles?
Also if it's going to work that way, I'd strongly suggest untethering the harpoon.
the rope and spool is really just wishfull thinking on my part. I think it would be an awesome addition to the gameplay to be able to yank guys off a cap point or away from a medic, but that's just my opinion and really not part of the comp.
maybe just a bit of rope around the head of the harpoon, kinda like the knife'
Sparkwire's already animating so yeah it's a little late.
it's a cute idea for sure, maybe a little too tongue-in-cheek for me, and I don't know that anybody would really notice either. or at least not realize what it is.
that's what I thought, the pics on the previous pages have the band the same red as his shirt and I'm not crazy about it.
First pass on the Wailers colours, not really feeling it and I think i'll probably start over from scratch. I wanted to mix the colours of my smg and his default sniper rifle but... ehhh....
p.s. two billion points if you recognize the "whale skulls"
Yeah those colors don't work at all. Maybe a desaturated team color painted like old sea salt worn paint on the main canister? And a duller bleached stock as well, so it looks like it's been on a ship on the sea a lot.
I agree that the skulls look a little weird. I'm not sure if it's the color or the positioning but something is wrong with them. I think you should keep them, just do them differently.
I don't have it in-game so I can't say for sure so just playing with the position in maya, what clipping there could be is on the inside of his arm, it's minor at best and really unless you're looking for it for the sole purpose of pointing it out it'll never be seen.
Honestly I appreciate the question/concern but every real-time game there is has some kind of clipping and it's not like there's geometry sticking out the the back of his head so I'm not worried about it.
bottom right of this pic, give or take, it's just a maya shot so it's probably off. but i don't think it would be much more than the Direct Hit really.
I've been trying to come up with something that still has smg initials,
Sea-Masters Grief, Starbucks Manly Gun, are the best I've got so far and they aint stellar.
Ahab's Ace isn't too shabby though....
I would move the skulls forward towards the end because (if they are kill tallies) painting them from left to right from the end of the gun would leave you with more room
Or alternatively make them tally marks so that they won't suffer so much on lower texture resolutions?
Ahab's Aquatic Ace? or the triple A for short...
and when the snipers says "'Tis the thing behind the mask I chiefly hate" it makes me think he is talking about the spy... XD
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if I don't spend all night watching that jiggle-rope on a loop.
need an opinion here, I like Wailer with all the bits, but its pretty damned busy in the first person view so what do you guys think? 1 is everything, 2 just the rope and spool, 3 just the compression tank:
In terms of actual gameplay functionality though, you'd want to remove the spool.
This said however, the scope says rifle, but the harpoon projectile lends itself quite nicely to the huntsmen.
it functions exactly like the rifle up until you pull the trigger and the hunstman takes over.
Also if it's going to work that way, I'd strongly suggest untethering the harpoon.
yeah I kinda figured you would
the rope and spool is really just wishfull thinking on my part. I think it would be an awesome addition to the gameplay to be able to yank guys off a cap point or away from a medic, but that's just my opinion and really not part of the comp.
maybe just a bit of rope around the head of the harpoon, kinda like the knife'
it's a cute idea for sure, maybe a little too tongue-in-cheek for me, and I don't know that anybody would really notice either. or at least not realize what it is.
not a real update, but do you like the hat as black or team colours? I'm kinda leaning toward black. oh, and a little posejob!
First pass on the Wailers colours, not really feeling it and I think i'll probably start over from scratch. I wanted to mix the colours of my smg and his default sniper rifle but... ehhh....
p.s. two billion points if you recognize the "whale skulls"
I agree that the skulls look a little weird. I'm not sure if it's the color or the positioning but something is wrong with them. I think you should keep them, just do them differently.
Also, I just noticed the front sight with a scope looking through it. That's awesome!
--no wait, turns out i saved over the wrong one... yay me!
Honestly I appreciate the question/concern but every real-time game there is has some kind of clipping and it's not like there's geometry sticking out the the back of his head so I'm not worried about it.
I am impressed.
SMG name - Moby's Trick? Albino Dynamo? Moby's Machine-gunner? Ahab's Ace?
I've been trying to come up with something that still has smg initials,
Sea-Masters Grief, Starbucks Manly Gun, are the best I've got so far and they aint stellar.
Ahab's Ace isn't too shabby though....
Or alternatively make them tally marks so that they won't suffer so much on lower texture resolutions?
That has a nice ring to it
Your pack as a whole is coming along great
you posted while I was posting, that's, more clever than i realized the first time i read it...
and when the snipers says "'Tis the thing behind the mask I chiefly hate" it makes me think he is talking about the spy... XD
it's ridiculous how many qoutes from Moby Dick work with this pack.
http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=601
texture update on Wailer: