Community Requests

[KaiserJohan]

What I am really looking for is a tutorial which explains the basics of creating a cinematic through cameras, such as the one in "no honor amongst thieves" mission 1. One of the last things I need to nail before release

[Nielsen74]

Is there any one that is up for a "bit" of modeling? I need a old nag

 

eeehm like this:

 

well what I do what is "just" a horse with some idel motions (e.g not just a statue) and maby 2-4 dif. skins

Edited July 23, 2010 by Nielsen74

[rich_is_bored]

I have a horse model I was working on but all of my free time has recently gone towards import/export scripts. I can make the .blend available but the model needs to UV mapped, textured, and rigged.

[Serpentine]

well what I do want is "just" a horse with some idle motions (e.g not just a statue) and maybe 2-4 dif. skins[/img]

 

Arcturus has a horse with (I think) everything set up and working. You could try asking him for a copy... but I really don't know how far along it is, I have a feeling you'd need to make the extra skins.

[Nielsen74]

well when it comes to models and skins I´m as dumb as a doorbell

It´s just that hoses, dogs, cats and animals makes a map feel alot more alive

Edited July 24, 2010 by Nielsen74

[Bikerdude]

it would be extremely cool if we had those and could follow paths etc..

[Nielsen74]

yer or just 3 horses in a stable shifting there hooves and making other noises, throwing there head occasionally and acting all nervous if the player comes too close

[Bikerdude]

yer or just 3 horses in a stable shifting there hooves and making other noises, throwing there head occasionally and acting all nervous if the player comes too close

That would be killer sof rmy vert mission

[Nielsen74]

I would love some help by someone that can make textures!!!

what I need is a texture of piano strings but not just wire´s but all so the tuning pin´s in one end of the wire´s

 

It could be just the first 4 strings, as the texture can just be repeated as many times as necessarly

Edited July 31, 2010 by Nielsen74

[Bikerdude]

how polys is that, oh the pain lol

[Nielsen74]

too many that´s whay I need a texture for it before I relese it as a prefab!

Edited July 30, 2010 by Nielsen74

[Fidcal]

I know in principle how to but it would take me several days and I'm rather overwhelmed at the moment. Put me down as last resort. Hopefully someone else will volunteer. Anyone already geared up for texturing could probably do this in an hour or two.

 

Meanwhile you can help perhaps by finding out what do these wires look like? Are they string? Shiny? Black? Can they be used for a harp? For a piano. There is much more value if the same texture can be used on other things. Can you find a good directly overhead image? In this case you only need a good section of one wire as it is easy to duplicate. But the width dimensions are needed in proportion to the spacing. I don't know how much detail is needed. Maybe they only need to be plain black wires.

 

Ditto for those tuning screws and the board behind. Probably one screw is enough but maybe if some are turned differently it is better to have a few. Ideally these screws will have their own backplate otherwise any instrument is limited to the texture of the backboard. Is that normal for these to have their own backboard?

 

It all needs researching so the texturer has something to work on.

[Serpentine]

I'd be happy to convert the strings and screws etc into a material (diffuse, bump, alpha), however it looks like I'm pretty busy for the next two days.

 

If no one else has the time outside of the team, please just bug me on Monday

[Bikerdude]

Serps, what happened to you old avitar - the new one is to pixelated lol..

[aidakeeley]

kitch-elated, I think

[Serpentine]

I often zone out and play games between 5-7am...

During this period of time a majority of my bad (or sometimes excellent) discussions are often made.

 

I was playing Ultima 7, which I refuse to play with smoothed scaling (since it looks like I'm going blind).

Then I noticed how badass some of the weapons looked and decided THAT'S PERFECT!

 

After waking up and actually looking at it, I revised that stance to "oh god that's horrible", but haven't thought of something to change it to.

[Melan]

What? It's a perfect avatar. Isn't that even called a "Serpentine Sword" in the game? I say keep it.

[SneaksieDave]

Ultima 7

[Nielsen74]

Meanwhile you can help perhaps by finding out what do these wires look like? Are they string? Shiny? Black? Can they be used for a harp? For a piano. There is much more value if the same texture can be used on other things. Can you find a good directly overhead image? In this case you only need a good section of one wire as it is easy to duplicate. But the width dimensions are needed in proportion to the spacing. I don't know how much detail is needed. Maybe they only need to be plain black wires.

 

Ditto for those tuning screws and the board behind. Probably one screw is enough but maybe if some are turned differently it is better to have a few. Ideally these screws will have their own backplate otherwise any instrument is limited to the texture of the backboard. Is that normal for these to have their own backboard?

 

It all needs researching so the texturer has something to work on.

 

Well If the texture is made right it could be usede for Piano´s, Cembalo´s and Harp´s a like

The string it self looks just a shinening metal stick and as for the tuning pin´s!!! that´s exactly what they are metal stick´s, just metal pin´s set in a metal sokket in a board, I texturede them brass just to get some color in there and to make it look more fancy!

If you look at the cembalo in the screenshot in my post above you can see the bottom of the cembalo case between the strings, so the texture should contane a see through color in between the metal strings! and if the strings are set like the screenshot the texture should be versatile anof to use in alot of different places!

[Sotha]

I just went through our sound assets and couldn't find a sound suitable for an alarm system.

 

I've no idea what a victorian-era-steam-powered-alarm-system would sound like, but thiefs 1 & 2 have alarm sounds which might be a good place to find inspiration. I don't have the skills for a sound effect creation feat, unfortunately.

 

At any rate, surely a sneaking game like this should have an alarm klaxon? I'd need one too for my mission. If some sound-creation-capable individual could create or point me to one, I'd me most appreciative and happy.

 

Thanks!

[Tch]

Two warning sounds that come to mind that would fit the tech level are fog horns and steam whistles. Then there's the air raid siren or the submarine diving alarm, both of which are motor driving vibratory horns that could be hand-cranked or driven by steam as well. (Example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Alarm_-_Diving_-_H8.ogg)

[Nielsen74]

I can think of another! the clasic bell alarm

 

[Sotha]

Thank you, gentlemen. The link by Tch does not work.

Now we have identified to type of the alarm noise. I suppose the submarine diving alarm is the most nice, but air raid will also be fine.

Submarine diving: http://www.policeint...m/sounds/k1.wav

The mechanical bell is a bit boring since everyone gets used to it in schools.

 

How should I proceed now? Can someone make a sound effect for me/TDM or should I just pluck a sound from the net? That probably leads to copyright problems with my mission and I don't want that. Is there any free sound effect repositories I could use without problems?

[Fidcal]

There are various websites. You could try http://www.freesound.org/ but read their t & c. I think you need to include an acknowledgement in your readme.

[Nielsen74]

In keeping with the steampunk theme I think the steam whistle or Fire bell is the alarm sounds I would use in a mission of mine! just my 2 cents!!!