So, what are you working on right now?

[Melan 1807]

Finally a properly dark mission.

[Bikerdude 3740]

I downed DarkRadiant to go worry about all the stuff on my calendar, but with deadlines and public speaking out of the way I'm back to putting the "dark" in The Dark Mod!

LInks arent working for some of us.

[VanishedOne 543]

[Melan 1807]

Very distinctive! All the white marble in the second shot seems a tad aggressive, but maybe that't the effect you were shooting for.

[VanishedOne 543]

Thanks. The public areas of the mansion are meant to be displays of wealth more than they're comfortable to live in, so there's a lot of showy marble around. In that particular room I was also trying a red/white theme, while thinking it was going to be a trickily bright room for a thief, and shiny surfaces would contribute to that impression.

It was a lot more aggressive before I added the silver and changed from the default light texture.

[fllood 101]

Got back to DR and added a few rooms to my WIP ...

 

 

 

 

 

[Goldwell 2439]

Wow that looks like it was lifted straight out of a AAA game very nice work man!

[Sotha 1908]

1) Had some time today

2) Was not satisfied with sitting eating animations in the core tdm (basically cough animation with a apple: the AI rams the item into his throat!)

3) Made a new sitting / eating anim. Should work for apples and cheeses and other small edibles, although only apple is aligned in the AI hand. (That means that other foods must be fine tuned so that it sits at the correct part of the hands.)

 

(Don't mind the drinking sounds, there is a guy behind the player view drinking.)

[Dunedain19 164]

Fantastic work, Sotha.

 

One missing animation that has bugged me is an eating one that has the AI use a knife and fork.

 

Any chance you could attempt one in the future (provided you have the time and inclination)?

[Sotha 1908]

Fantastic work, Sotha.

 

One missing animation that has bugged me is an eating one that has the AI use a knife and fork.

 

Any chance you could attempt one in the future (provided you have the time and inclination)?

 

Thanks!

 

Yeah, the thought of making a fine-dining eating anim actually crossed my mind. It might be possible to let this anim evolve into that direction.

I am not sure if my skills are enough, though, as it is much more complicated and much finer gestures.

 

But it is an interesting challenge, so I'll try it later.

[Sotha 1908]

Oh well.. Few hours later..

 

Not completed yet, but a pretty damn good start.

[Springheel 4630]

Cool! If only we could get head animations working....

[Dunedain19 164]

Looking great, Sotha! Seeing as you're on a roll here, might I also suggest creating an animation that has the AI using just a spoon - i.e. for the soup/stew bowl model? I can just see some thugs slurping away their grub in a dark and moody inn.

[Sotha 1908]

Looking great, Sotha! Seeing as you're on a roll here, might I also suggest creating an animation that has the AI using just a spoon - i.e. for the soup/stew bowl model? I can just see some thugs slurping away their grub in a dark and moody inn.

 

Spoon feeding should be really easy to make using this anim as a base. The hand motions are much more simple there.

[Sotha 1908]

Usually people eat and drink simultaneously. TDM core assets offer either drinking or eating.

 

I expanded the fine dining concept with a goblet drinking anim. It works like this:

*AI plays idle anim at 11s intervals.

*When sitting, it can choose either eating or drinking animation.

*If the mapper likes, the other standard sitting idle anims could be active (coughing, shifting and stuff).

 

Bottle and utensils get spawned out of no where, so that the AI can resume eating if they are alerted, although usually good practice would be to get alerted AI to go on patrol somewhere.

 

 

The problem is, now I feel like having a dinner party!

[Noordung 45]

Change name to TDM dinner party and put link to here. Not many games got so nice eating animation. Maybe we get new crowds of players when they will see this.

[Bikerdude 3740]

@Sotha, very impressive mister. My only crits are -

• the Ai arent sitting close enough to the table, if you use a combination of path_corner and path_sit w/sit_rotate you can get then close enough so that the anims with the knife/fork is placed better.
• And is it possoble for place fixed goblets and cup where the Ai put them down, and make them disapear from the table when the Ai is using them..? as that makes for a better illusion.

[demagogue 1252]

I'm sure he can iron out the kinks. As a wip it already looks great.

 

- If it's occurring so often, it'd be good to throw in small variations in timing and direction then have the AI randomly choose between them.

- I thought the drinking was fine just with the gulp. Not sure about the breath at the end.

[Gestas 69]

All that cheese, hopefully they are drinking prune juice.

[Moonbo 841]

Sometimes it's crazy how long it takes to make a scene in Dark Radiant. This one took most of my free time today, just wanted to show it off :-).

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1, 2015 by Moonbo

[Dunedain19 164]

Tell me about it! I'm busy working on a spiral staircase that I think I have finally sorted out. Just need to put the finishing touches on it and test it in TDM.

 

As promised earlier:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe that it still needs some TLC, but please comment/praise/critique!

Edited April 2, 2015 by Dunedain19

[Moonbo 841]

@Dunedain, That looks really good, I especially like the subtle lighting on the windows. Not really a crit, but because of the texture the central pillar looks very deformed (almost like a twisted piece of rock). Nothing wrong with that if that's what you're going for, but just wanted to point it out.

 

I've been working on what's hopefully the last section of my WIP, and while there's probably a week more to go of pure mapping (and another month of scripting/writing/polish) the light at the end of the tunnel is brighter :-). Crits very welcome, especially as I'm worried it's too dark/has too many contrasting textures/lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[nbohr1more 2094]

Want want want want want!

 

I like the dark look but I guess it's antithetical to challenging gameplay. Hard to judge without knowing the scenario. Will someone or something illuminated move through here to brighten things up? Will the patrols be crowded enough that the low light won't matter for the challenge level? Will this area be a respite before a more confrontational area?

[RPGista 603]

Moonbo - I really love the dark ambient scenes actually, theres a lot of volumetric work, all the spaces feel like a lot of work was put into making they have a strong 3d character to them, and you have a clear artistic vision of what you want, and I also like the more epic feel you get, like fantasy style, its a departure from a more usual ordinary world kind of architecture you get from most missions. Also, those lava streams and little pools are just so cool, they remind me of Hexen so much, little tear of nostalgia right here. Fantastic stuff.

 

Flood - impressive environment man, I really like the way the textures work in harmony, the use of materials, the lighting which is subtle and full bodied. There are little details everywhere. Love the haze in there. Only little detail which would make it perfect for me - a warm glow coming from the fireplace, to balance the cool blue a bit and draw you in. Great work.

[Melan 1807]

Moonbo: Can't wait to play it - keep doing the good work!

 

nbohr1more: If we are going by Requiem, it was challenging enough.