I like it Sanfam... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
On the idea of concept art.. we also need to start talking bout what it is that we actually want to do in this... I mean, all that fun little details that we need to work out, we should start working them out now so that we have an idea of what needs to be done... design before implementation [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]... also I suck at drawing in any form so Im off the list for any kind of art [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
Aint life great :) :) :)
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Java = C--
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I'm talking about J++. Not Javascript. Very much C-Like, and definately great because of the built in multimedia support. Downsides:
It sucks up system resources like...well...black hole!
Well, biggles came up with a development name that we both like... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[b]Really Cool Babylon 5 Mod - With Guns![/b]
As for the specifics, that's for tommorrow [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Yes, that is now the official working title. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Not a working title. A Development title [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
We will have a much more serious thing up sooner or later [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img] What's that? A margarita in a jumbo sized cup?
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
No we need to give the project a Code name so our rivals (Sierra) won't know what we're doing... like Project Rodeo Redneck... that should scare them! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
As for a development team name, "Epsilion Interactive" (think I miss spelled Epsilion).
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'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
well Ive been away for a few days... but I like the name... and has anyone actually said anything that I need to know??? And Java... Its easy to use... butits slow to buggery... oh for the knowledge of c/c++... I cant wait... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Do keep intouch... drop me a line at my email with anything interesting... I check every day, part of course requirements [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
See you all later [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
[This message has been edited by Sanfam (edited 07-13-2001).]
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Hopefully something soon though.
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
soon is good [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
No. Is right thread. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
Must keep it alive. 'Tis the Uberthread.
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
Penultimate, maybe. But not uber. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I cant believe that I started the penultimate thread.
Worf
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Circles..... circles are good, I like circles... circles will do [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
well, currently we're limited to simple points. the problem with them is that they aren't physical objects, so you can't run on them, and you cannot jump onto them. Currently, there are multiple engines being looked at:
[list]
[*]Complete Game: Garage Games' V12 Engine: Up: Low cost, fully configurable as you have the engine itself to toy with. Help with publishing or any other things. Everything is fully accessible with no limitations. Down: Cost is still $100 per person. Cannot freely distribute the code or any of the game materials. All IP is owned by garage games for a period of five years.
[*]Mod: Elite Force. Up: Game engine existing. Has team-based AI. ICARUS, or something? Amazing quality Interior levels. Has GDK software available for free download. Double function weapons. Down: Limited modability. Poor quality outdoor levels. Makes B5's gardens unfeasable.
[*]Mod: Unreal Tournament: Fully multiplayer. Double Function weapons. Large mod resources available. Large areas are very easy and handled well. Down: Aging engine. Lacking more advanced features found in other engines. A story might be out of the question.
[*]Mod: Tribes 2: Up: Large Scale Multiplayer; Works well with mods; Story is feasable. Team based features built right in. Down: The game seems to be buggy. Not sure about true modability. It seems to be very limited in certain situations.
[*]Mod: Medal of Honor: Up: Large maps made possible in quake engine. Dual function weapons. Story would work perfectly. Engine is flexible and capable of handling whatever can be thrown at it. Down: Unknown at this time.
[*]Mod: Deus Ex: Up: Solid story. Great, dynamic environments. Wonderful graphics, large areas are no problem. Engine is powerful and efficient. Down: Weak multiplayer, if any. (Is that correct?)
[*]Mod: Max Payne? Up: Unknown. Strong story? Down: No multiplayer. Comments, Please.
[*]Game: Genesis 3d: Up: Free (or cheap). Many tutorials available. Free (or cheap). Down: Aging graphics engine. Doesn't look very good for our purposes.
Other fun things to mention:
A b5 racing game. Remember Garibaldi's Minbari-powered motorcycle? Wanted to race it around the station in a competition with others? This is your chance!
[*]Mod: MotoCross Madness, Honda Racing, or any other motorcycle game. Maps would not be hard at all. The curvature of the map could be simulated by a fisheye camera, maybe? perhaps something else? Models could be made to work around this, but it would certainly be a fun project, eh?
B5 Real time strategy game! Everyone wants one!
[*]Mod: Total Annihilation, Starcraft, Earth 2150, or any other good game. This is something we've all wanted. Starcraft might be the best option because we do not really have enough units for a good total annihilation mod [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[/list]
So that's the list. Any comments on anything?
[This message has been edited by Sanfam (edited 07-19-2001).]
I've briefly played Earth 2150, and its not great. It wasn't the PC version, the Mac version, but I wasn't impressed by it.
Well it looks like we have alot of choices and alot of hard decisions to make....
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'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
TA would be the choice for a strategy game. You don't need lots of units to mod it. And because it uses 3D models, the units and buildings/stations are not only easier to make but look better.
As for the shooter one, I say either go with Medal of Honor or Tribes 2. Probable better off with Medal of Honor cause tribes2 is buggy. Unreal2 would be brilliant cause of the large seamless levels combining in and outdoor. But it is still a ways off as far as I know. Max Payne requires quite high specs to run well.
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
A new engine is out of the question. Too much work for the moment. We do not have a team yet, either.
I still like the racing mod, myself. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
You could race around the station, though the gardens, and all over the place! It would be great.
What about..."Starfury Simulator 2000", a mod for FS2K? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
or...Spoosweeper, a variant of Minesweeper?
or what about a lego game? Build your own? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
Comments
On the idea of concept art.. we also need to start talking bout what it is that we actually want to do in this... I mean, all that fun little details that we need to work out, we should start working them out now so that we have an idea of what needs to be done... design before implementation [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]... also I suck at drawing in any form so Im off the list for any kind of art [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
Aint life great :) :) :)
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
and a couple more: Good Luck. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
It sucks up system resources like...well...black hole!
[b]Really Cool Babylon 5 Mod - With Guns![/b]
As for the specifics, that's for tommorrow [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
We will have a much more serious thing up sooner or later [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
As for a development team name, "Epsilion Interactive" (think I miss spelled Epsilion).
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
voiddd main(voidd)
[
insht Temp ====== 0;
char 8Shtring;
for(lots)
{
play with *Shhtring a bit;
}
ifsh (Shtring << Temp)
printf("More margaritas!\n");
return, finish, stop, etc;
}
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Do keep intouch... drop me a line at my email with anything interesting... I check every day, part of course requirements [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
See you all later [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
Aint life great :) :) :)
[This message has been edited by Sanfam (edited 07-13-2001).]
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
Aint life great :) :) :)
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Must keep it alive. 'Tis the Uberthread.
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
Worf
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Join the fight for freedom at [url="http://www.newrepublic.de"]http://www.newrepublic.de[/url] and [url="http://www.isd-imperium.co.uk"]http://www.isd-imperium.co.uk[/url]
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
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Idiocy is not a learnt thing, but neither is it a genetic thing. It is simply something that jumps from genration to generation as it chooses and latches itself onto certain individuals.
Aint life great :) :) :)
[list]
[*]Complete Game: Garage Games' V12 Engine: Up: Low cost, fully configurable as you have the engine itself to toy with. Help with publishing or any other things. Everything is fully accessible with no limitations. Down: Cost is still $100 per person. Cannot freely distribute the code or any of the game materials. All IP is owned by garage games for a period of five years.
[*]Mod: Elite Force. Up: Game engine existing. Has team-based AI. ICARUS, or something? Amazing quality Interior levels. Has GDK software available for free download. Double function weapons. Down: Limited modability. Poor quality outdoor levels. Makes B5's gardens unfeasable.
[*]Mod: Unreal Tournament: Fully multiplayer. Double Function weapons. Large mod resources available. Large areas are very easy and handled well. Down: Aging engine. Lacking more advanced features found in other engines. A story might be out of the question.
[*]Mod: Tribes 2: Up: Large Scale Multiplayer; Works well with mods; Story is feasable. Team based features built right in. Down: The game seems to be buggy. Not sure about true modability. It seems to be very limited in certain situations.
[*]Mod: Medal of Honor: Up: Large maps made possible in quake engine. Dual function weapons. Story would work perfectly. Engine is flexible and capable of handling whatever can be thrown at it. Down: Unknown at this time.
[*]Mod: Deus Ex: Up: Solid story. Great, dynamic environments. Wonderful graphics, large areas are no problem. Engine is powerful and efficient. Down: Weak multiplayer, if any. (Is that correct?)
[*]Mod: Max Payne? Up: Unknown. Strong story? Down: No multiplayer. Comments, Please.
[*]Mod: Unreal 2? Up: Strong graphics. Strong Story? Down: Unknown. Comments, Please.
[*]Game: Genesis 3d: Up: Free (or cheap). Many tutorials available. Free (or cheap). Down: Aging graphics engine. Doesn't look very good for our purposes.
Other fun things to mention:
A b5 racing game. Remember Garibaldi's Minbari-powered motorcycle? Wanted to race it around the station in a competition with others? This is your chance!
[*]Mod: MotoCross Madness, Honda Racing, or any other motorcycle game. Maps would not be hard at all. The curvature of the map could be simulated by a fisheye camera, maybe? perhaps something else? Models could be made to work around this, but it would certainly be a fun project, eh?
B5 Real time strategy game! Everyone wants one!
[*]Mod: Total Annihilation, Starcraft, Earth 2150, or any other good game. This is something we've all wanted. Starcraft might be the best option because we do not really have enough units for a good total annihilation mod [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
[/list]
So that's the list. Any comments on anything?
[This message has been edited by Sanfam (edited 07-19-2001).]
Well it looks like we have alot of choices and alot of hard decisions to make....
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'The future is all around us' G'kar
'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen
Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]B5 site[/url].
As for the shooter one, I say either go with Medal of Honor or Tribes 2. Probable better off with Medal of Honor cause tribes2 is buggy. Unreal2 would be brilliant cause of the large seamless levels combining in and outdoor. But it is still a ways off as far as I know. Max Payne requires quite high specs to run well.
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Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
The Balance provides. The Balance protects.
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
lots of options to choose from, of course the best thing would be to have a completely new engine (c'mon Biggles, you always talk about C++).
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Londo - I'll order in.[/b][/i]
I still like the racing mod, myself. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
You could race around the station, though the gardens, and all over the place! It would be great.
What about..."Starfury Simulator 2000", a mod for FS2K? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
or...Spoosweeper, a variant of Minesweeper?
or what about a lego game? Build your own? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]