Mechanical Man

Hello Mechanical Man


Thanks for the rep'.

I do not map. I only beta test loktar's mod. And I write him gigantic walls of text with tips and suggestions too. Poor loktar, hope he survives the experience

For now I modify the game using tweaks, and the work of others using allowlocalfiles. Tweaks are like the Egg of Columbus : they are silly, but they work (at least "good enough" for me).


Now I realize I did not answer one of your previous questions, related to self-motivation. Sorry. So my answer is :
" Helping others is also helping yourself "


Did you give the StarCraft stuff a look, btw ?

No, not really.

A meme... ya sure, alright.

When I said "the wizard doesn't exist" I mean that he didn't put the hero in.

Mnogo su slabi nasi, osim onaj albanac sta igra u Mariboru i jedan Makedonac sta igra u Palermo nemamo nikakve nove nadeze i zbog to smo 142 reprezentaciju na FIFU tako da ne smatraj ovu pobedu kao neki veliki triumf zasto igrali ste protiv poluamatersku repku. Sloveniju predpostavljam ima dobrih mladih talenata (Rene Krhin iz Leverkuzena , Jan Oblak iz Atletika Madrid .... itd )
p.s. ima temu za nogomet na ovaj forum ?

Ne razumem opet. Za utakmicu mi pricas ?? i druga stvar neznam odakle si !?!? Predpostavljam Slovenac zasto smo izgubili nogomet prijateljsku od njih.

First i hear of, probably another mad man.

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(Post) Welcome to the twelfth century!

Mechanical Man.

My newb is showing, isn't it.

Who is MasterHaosis? Do I know him under a different name?

About SC : I am confident they will add proper widescreen support somewhere in the near future. And for other Blizard games too.

Changing gameplay rules means a different gameplay experience. And that includes changing game resolution.




About StarCraft Resolution Expander (SRE) by hellinsect : it was never finished, and should be considered proof-of-concept only. You can not use it in official campaigns (breaks scripts), nor in SP/MP games (many bugs). If you are the only one to try to use it in multiplayer, you are a cheater. I every player uses it in the same multiplayer game (ex : on LAN), it is not really the StarCraft Experience anymore, as Blizzard has intended it (= somewhat breaks game spirit).


However, watching 1.16.1 *replays* with SRE can be a *wonderful* experience, and I highly recomment it. I want it to be an official game feature in every RTS game, including Blizzard products, to better analyze tactics and strategies. I refer to it in my posts as Bird's eye view.

First you must be sure to use the latest version of SRE (that I know of), which is v6.0. Try ghoztcraft. Extract archive contents anywhere, read the readme, edit the ini file with valid DirectDraw resolutions for your video hardware, preferably widecreen ones. I use 1280x768, because it is a valid resolution for my hardware.

You can find amazing replays at GosuGamers, made by Master Players. Use filters to find the best ones for 1.16.1.

So great to see them on my Samsung HDTV (using VGA to VGA).

Enjoy.



Thanks for all the the info. I am still a newbie with forums... Gained XP points, though still far away from reaching Level 1...

The links in the hidden section are not of prime importance, but they allow to understand the general context. They also allow to understand what makes IskatuMesk a very unique modder imho.

I will stick with English. That way you might have a few laughs when I goof with words (like, because of slang that give my words a different, unexpected meaning and I do not even know it).

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(Post) As a Wood Elf ranger/waystalker character, introduced in next (6th) chapter. (I don't use custim skins in melee, but try to use fitting ones in campaign whenever possible)

Whoa, so many questions in only 6 lines of text.
I will answer in two posts, because I hit the 5000 characters limit (5332 long).


The Afterburn explosion effects (= the big fireballs with ~50-100 frames, seen in AO) were stolen. These pyrotechnic effects were made by both IskatuMesk and SgtHK.

See
here

See also fyi
there
and there


Official IskatuMesk site
http://www.gameproc.com/

(much of the old stuff is still missing here - he had *tons* of pages and images and videos and music and other files, scattered on multiple sites)



AO download page
http://www.campaigncreations.org/starcraft/armageddon_onslaught

Official release statement for 3.0
http://www.staredit.net/topic/7613/

The Armageddon concept (note : AO2 was never done AFAIK)
http://www.staredit.net/topic/4863/



About the removal (and rarely re-addition) of his old stuff from the web
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=5735
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6951
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6921
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6662
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6032
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=4738

More lost stuff (1999-2004)
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2387



Creation and anxiety : deep into an artist's mind, and into his strong feelings
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6648
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2354



About modding with Blizzard's stuff : an individual's point of view
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=3062


Past projects (only main stuff he currently wants to be remembered)
http://www.gameproc.com/index.php?id=about-iskatumesks-past-projects

(I never tried his WC3 stuff btw)

UPDATE : found references to older stuff here
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=6931&sid=6b67cd67fab691a2e907960da4356068



A few scraps left on youtube (includes AO test stuff - you can see some of the pyrotechnics here)
https://www.youtube.com/user/mancatcher
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9NICj1MaQ0ow6b18CSnYcA



The Doackendium - *much* to explore here
http://www.campaigncreations.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=45

(too bad nearly all the images are gone - maybe the Wayback machine can help ?)


About your thoughts regarding Koreans ; well, I am French and I hang a lot on English sites. Just think about it. :)

Everybody learns English these days. Also, do not forget translation software.
I myself occasionally visit sites having a character set different from Latin-1 from time to time, thanks to Google Translate.


Also, Koreans advertise their mods on English sites too, you know
http://www.moddb.com/mods/burningground

(just an example among others ; imho incredible graphics and groundbreaking programing techniques here)
(and yes, they "borrow" stuff from IskatuMesk)


Everybody can use software to rip stuff if he wants to, not specifically Russians. Just look around.
What people do with that ripped stuff is a different matter, though.

IskatuMesk is not Korean AFAIK

There is much to discover and learn from other cultures. And we have all the technical means to do it, if we want to.

Please send dummy PM so I can avoid double-posting

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sada možeš da nam čestitaš za popedu
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I haven't been following sports or anything lately, so I have to clue for what victory you're talking about. Anyway congrats ^_^

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so you threw yourself seriously in skinning
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Yesh, trying to pursue my texturing dream. lol

(first PM, I hope I do things right)

A very few number of people from the Korean SC Modding Community ripped his own pyrotechnics animations, without giving him proper credit. Now that was too much for him (for he had been stolen and uncredited before again and again). Pity is, he has always been willing to share things, being kind and helpful. All he was asking in exchange was his name cited in the credits. This is why he first removed all his stuff from the web, as a sign of protestation. This is also why I speak of Armageddon Onslaught, because these animations he made can be found there, so people can see them.

Later, he was convinced by others to reupload v3.0 (=latest) of AO. Unfortunately, this version may crash in the later stages of gameplay (tier 3). You can download the mod here :
http://www.campaigncreations.org/starcraft/armageddon_onslaught

Requires BW 1.10, so you will need a downgrader. BWAI Downgrader 1.16.1e works fine for me, very easy to use


I have some of Iskatumesk's old stuff, saved on my external HDD, but I cannot share. Will have a look at how he feels currently. But he was so disillusioned because of immature people that I believe this has left a deep scar in his mind.

I do not want uduuduuud to experience the same things.

Will keep you informed.

Post a new thread

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(Post) Interesting but how does this help?

Slovaks are aliens themselves trust me..sometimes when i hear slovaks talking it sounds like and alien language

1. Croationa - I could not understand most of it. Some words are understandable. 2. Slovenian is much much much better. In reading I was able to understand most of it, but if someone would speak to me..well I might have difficulties to understand. But maybe if he spoke really slow and word by word I might be able to comunicate.

Oprosti ali nisam u tek. Sta trebalo da bude na 23.03.2016 ?

btw Wazzup!

U know i'm not sure.

Good!

So what you wanted?

If it's are user then no if group then yes.

Still, 30MB for one map is pretty damn much.

Okay!

Haha x) well, then yeah I guess I do! :>

Sorry and now i uploaded screenshots.

This might be stupid question but play my new campaign http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/adventures-young-prince-1-a-277253/ if you not played it yet.

Uh? What is it?

yea it will be cool campaign for all races

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I want to motive to improve some godfall terrains
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didn't check your campaign yet. but does the terrain looks really that bad? :3

yes unfortunately gsc game world will not develop it, it had potential

perhaps yes, I find it fun.

ehm ,yes

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(Post) A helpful member

I believe he posted his facebook on Hive

Sorry for this act. But after taking part in the last cinematic contest I reached some personal conclusions. I've already had some ideas about these sites thanks to that zephyr contest which they disqualified my entry but this cinematic contest was the nail in the coffin. Don't want to wast my time for those who don't like my ideas or don't like me to be honest. I'm starting to work on an indie 2D game of my own, that can be a reason, too.

I wanted to delete it but only moderators can delete it, I guess. So I replaced it with an empty map and asked Orcnet to delete the thread. Though I don't know exactly who is responsible for managing threads.

Ja se secam samo Intro i prve misije. Mada ja nemam nista.

Ne znam. Zaboravljen kao vecina projekta?

Hey, good catch
Actually I'm a big Lovecraft fan so the name "Shadow over Blackwood" is kind of a tribute to lovecraft. Storywise, however, the project is very different as it deals with vampires.

Hi, I have a Question>>>WHY THE OTHER THW MEMBER HAVE A RED JEM(Reputation)

Hehe, well, it is being sold in stores, except that we have that ancient mentality "why would you pay if you can get it for free in just minutes".

I'm creating a map lately set in Warhammer 40k Universe, it's a single-hero arena type map with different modes like take and hold, deathmatch, destroy hq...

I was hoping you could help me out with suggestions and ideas, since you played Dawn of War.

Sorry, I set VM usage to contacts and moderators only, since you were not in my contacts you couldn't write a vm.