[Cinematic] Beyond the Grave

[Chaosy]

Beyond the Grave is a cinematic project developed by me, Chaosy. The cinematic will lean heavily on the story telling side, rather than a battle focused cinematic. With that said, for those of you who've watched the rather infamous Sect of the Holy Mother series should know what I am talking about. I am not saying there wont be fights and battles, but story and character development takes priority. * Alternate storyline based on real Warcraft events. * Color Variation - The dialog text is colored depending on the owner of the unit who talks. So if a Forsaken unit talks the dialog text will be purple. * Realistic Game Messanges - Game messages don't appear instantly, the characters are typed out one by one, making it more interesting and better looking. *Sylvanas The story takes place between the Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria. Sylvanas and her newly recruited Val'kyr developed an advanced version of the resurrection technique formerly used by the Lich King. Which was to call huge numbers of dead back to life as mindless ghouls and as servants of the Undead Scourge. However, this time around, the ones brought back from the dead had their own will, with other words, Forsaken. Her discovery was the salvation for her people, since Forsaken can't procreate, they're a dying breed. She called for Garrosh Hellscream as a witness of the event in action. However, Garrosh did not take it lightly and claimed that there were no difference between Sylvanas and the Lich King if they ever used that method. And by saying so, he forbade them from using it. With both the plague and the power to mass recruit from dead bodies, Sylvanas hold two forbidden weapons in her hands. With those, the Forsaken now steps out of the shadows to challenge the world. Sylvanas Wildrunner Ruler of the Forsaken, the self proclaimed Banshee Queen. Sylvanas will be one of the four main characters in the Forsaken faction. With the emotion of long hold back anger towards the other races of Azzeroth she now leads her Faction and its Trinity towards a new goal. 'Retribution' ???? One of infamous Val'kyrs' who one served the Lich King. Now acting as the spokeswoman for her sisters while serving Sylvanas. She's the first member who joined Sylvanas' Trinity, also being the one who first successfully perfected the resurrection technique. Nerothos Sylvanas' name become widely known among the demons for bringing down multiple Dreadlords during her breakout from the Lich King's command. Once Sylvanas' former servant, the Dreadlord Varimathras was killed for betrayal and taking over Undercity in Sylvanas' absence, Nerothos saw his chance and once proven seemly loyal he became the second member of the Trinity. However Sylvanas' grudge may yet remain. Sergon Sergon, likely being the most mysterious character within the Trinity. It's not a matter of how much is unknown about him, it's easier to count the things you actually know about him. With that said, Sergon appeared infront of Sylvanas just after Deathwing had remade the worldshape, he infiltrated Undercity and managed to speak privately with Sylvanas. He left with around one dozen soldiers and came back a few weeks later. Since then, he has served as the third member of the Trinity, leading most of the Forsaken's underground operations. screenshot(s) video(s) Note: watch in 1080p or it looks pretty shitty. One phase, is like a chapter in a campaign. Basically each time you change location there's a new chapter/phase. I don't know how many phases it will end up to be, but this is the only way I can think of to show how far I've come in my cinematic, if I show actual progress it will only spoil stuff story wise. Phase 1 - "The situation" (complete) Phase 2 - "Breakout" (complete) Phase 3 - "The Trinity" (complete) Phase 4 - "On the war-front" (complete) ~ End of part I ~ Download - http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/beyond-grave-i-262240/ phase 5 - "The plague" (pending (0%)) SIG - credits to Mythic for assisting me with it:

 

[Forsaken]

Looks great! Can't wait to see. Just one question, don't you have the val'kyr name yet, or just don't wanna show? Maybe you could use Agatha, the same of WoW. I will support this project, if you need some help as well, just tell me.

Good luck!
Btw, Awesome thread!

 

[Heinvers]

Nais treaddd ;D

 

[Chaosy]

Thank you very much, in fact I look quite a lot of inspiration of one of your layouts if I recall correctly it was Tides of War. But I didn't copy anything But thanks for the inspiration source!

I've not decided the name yet, I thought of using Agatha since she was one of the Val'yrs' who showed the method for Garrosh in WoW. But then I thought that it would be a bit lamee.. maybe.. so I just put her as unknown for the moment being. I am open for suggestions on the topic.

I will make sure to do so! Maybe those banners you made for my old project would come in handy? Don't feel forced to though

edit:
@Heinvers
Thanks!

 

[Forsaken]

Oh, but you did this really better than that. And what banner? lol

Also, no screenshots yet?

 

[Chaosy]

Hidden

It's not like I don't got progress, but I don't want to show the terrain since it's.. well.. made by me. Therefore I want to avoid screenshots for as long as possible.

 

[Yrk]

Nice, I love the decription *Subscribing*. Looking forward to this.

Good Luck.

 

[Sclammerz]

A cinematic? Sounds cool. *subscribing*

 

[Vinz]

So it's posted already. Cool!

 

[Heinvers]

Remember to use the raise tool instead of cliff dear Chaosy ;3

 

[Chaosy]

Remember to use the raise tool instead of cliff dear Chaosy ;3

What are you implying?

 

[Heinvers]

What are you implying?

I dunno, was expecting usage of cliffs in abundance.

It's enough to make me go back to you my master

 

[Chaosy]

I dunno, was expecting usage of cliffs in abundance.

no. Just no, while I got no experience with terraining, I've read a few of the basic terraining tutorials

@others
Thanks everyone, I forgot to say thanks earlier when I posted so I do it now. I will show a screenshot or two soon enough.. depends a little. In the next few days at the very least.

@improvement
- Forsaken was kind enough to improve my thread even more, new banner images has been added. I will likely resize them to have the same size later on, but live with it for now x)

- Added a progress tab in the thread.

 

[Heinvers]

That's awesome.

Btw I can't see your project's signature.

 

[Chaosy]

That's awesome.

Btw I can't see your project's signature.

It is from Mythics album so if it doesn't show it's his privacy settings that ruins it. But I can see it so..

 

[Vinz]

It's been Public for a long time now. Must have something to do with that all users here are in my friends list, but I doubt it. Because only private says 'Contacts and Moderators'.

 

[Heinvers]

I think it's still on private.

 

[Chaosy]

I uploaded the picture to tinypic.com so everyone should see it now.

 

[Sunreaver]

This is really great

 

[Moy]

This is so kewl.

 

[Chaosy]

@above posts
Thanks a lot guys x)

@updates
For better or worse, here is a screenshot. You may point out various mistakes, but don't bother unless it's very basic, because even if you find a issue, I doubt I will be able to fix it.

And I know that people will complain about the mix of WoW rips and normal models, but I am failing to find WoW rips for everything.

orc base

 

[Heinvers]

Actually it's okay-ish.

As for the wow rips, well you can always tint them to make 'em fit better.

 

[Chaosy]

Actually it's okay-ish.

That sounds suspicious

I suspected something like:

img

 

[Heinvers]

Yeah, also dark brown fog please ;P
Trim down some palms if you can.

I suspected something like:

How can you think so lowly of me? I'm upset ;D

Coder doing terraining, wut :O

 

[Vinz]

Try the chaosrealm model forge.

Also try covering the empty spaces on the sides of the road with rocks from the UTM, they look a lot better than raw tile. ;p

 

[Sclammerz]

Ooh. looks nice but the thing that i like the most is this:

*Sylvanas

 

[Chaosy]

That's why it's a feature

 

[Heinvers]

Yeah, we love Sylvanas

 

[Sunreaver]

May I ask when will this be finish and release

 

[Sclammerz]

That's why it's a feature

Yeah, we love Sylvanas

I totally agree with you two. Sylvanas all the way!

 

[Chaosy]

May I ask when will this be finish and release

Absolutely no clue. Firstly, I can either release it in parts. Meaning I might create, let's say a 10-15 min part 1 and upload it. And then create the next part if people enjoy it etc. That way the 'release' would be sooner.

 

[Sylvie]

The Orcs are cooking a Kodo!
Waiting for the release btw

 

[Sunreaver]

Why don't u release it in a campaign form so we can see it all at once

 

[Chaosy]

Why don't u release it in a campaign form so we can see it all at once

because campaign maps got a 8mb limit per map.

 

[Fang]

I like cinematics, looking forward for its success!

 

[Chaosy]

Thanks! I actually got a chunk of motivation today (somehow!) so I'll upload a little preview from phase 4. Mostly because I want opinions if should add more content like the one I will upload. (no spoilers yet!)

I will likely be done with the triggering part rather soon. So expect it today. However you're not allowed to complain on the terrain since I've spent 10 mins on it x)

 

[Heinvers]

Heinvers pokes Chaosy

Oh hello there, good to see you working once more

 

[Chaosy]

I know right? I wonder how many minutes it will last..

As said that's not the whole phase. I wont spoil the battle part just yet.

edit: and here's another screenie. I guess you're allowed to yell at me on this one since I spent some time on it and can't use that as an excuse

pic

 

[Forsaken]

Wow, I love it! Good work Chaosy!

 

[Garodar]

The terrain is a bit weird and seems unaccurate. Improve it.

Otherwise, the project is amazing and you have my support on this one.

 

[Vinz]

@New screen I like it very much! What I would request is shading, probably dummy unit shadows and more plants and shrubs.

 

[Sylvie]

Sylvie pokes Chaosy

Love the video! I wish this come out soon

 

[Chaosy]

@Forsaken
Thanks, mate. I am glad you liked it, I was kinda unsure about adding some 'humor' into it. Since the rest (so far) is dead serious.

@Garodar
It doesn't surprise me that you think that. I am by no means a terrainer. I got a half-assured deal that might save me later on though. Either way, I am happy that you decided to support the project!

@Mythic
I only know one way to make that.. and yeah it could clearly add a more spooky mood to the location. I will look into doing it.. maybe even today if I still got the motivation.

@Sylvanas
Thanks! Do you think I should create a few more 'humorous' scenes? since you've seen the first 3 phases your opinion should be pretty solid

Tbh I am fine with either, it just felt like a good start of the day to make something fun.

 

[Sylvie]

I think it would be nice, but don't focus in the humor, otherwise the cinematic will have a funny aspect instead of... hatred.
Make it in some parts, a little humor doesn't hurt anybody.

 

[Chaosy]

Not to mention I'd fail if I did that

Either way, the cinematic now lasts for 500-510 seconds. Which is around 8 minutes and 25 seconds. I am thinking of uploading the 'part 1' once it reaches either 10 or 15 mins. Not sure yet.

 

[Sclammerz]

Upload! Upload! Upload!

 

[Chaosy]

original post

Now, now

If I work the whole day.. I might release it today/tomorrow though , part 1 that is. Not the whole thing.. because that will be way longer than 10 mins.

edit: ok phase 4 is pretty much finished. I got some camera work to add, and after that I need to improve terrain on a few parts. After that I can upload part 1 to the map section which will hopefully be tomorrow.

Released it! part 1 contains phase 1-4, it can now be found in the map section. The map is rather big (50 mb), mostly due imported music and wow rips. I will very likely upload the whole cinematic to youtube so you can watch it there. However I don't want to do it during daytime since uploading makes me unable to play games. So in 12 hours or so I will start to upload it. So if you want to skip the download you will have to wait until tomorrow.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/beyond-grave-i-262240/

 

[Vinz]

So it's uploaded. Will watch soon.

 

[Sylvie]

Oh yey! I'll watch it!

Edit: It looks great! It's awesome man! Keep it up!

 

[Sylvie]

So, how is it going?

Sorry for double post, it was more like a bump xD