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The Lone Panther

Well, here it is...finally.

The Lone Panther is a new cinematic series that takes place in the same world as my previous cinematic series, the Sect of the Holy Mother, took place and that's the world of Kaliim. The events in the Lone Panther are about 25 years after the events in the Sect of the Holy Mother.

I am not yet sure how many chapters will I release but I believe it's safe to say that you can expect no less then five chapters, but probably more.

Well, I leave you now to watch The Lone Panther 1 - Blackened History.

Enjoy!

Keywords:
Panther, Kaliim, Lone, Sect, Holy Mother, awesome, sequal, the, best, popular, History, Blackened
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The Lone Panther (Map)

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22:03, 12th May 2012 Vengeancekael: A cinematic of definitely high quality and something that should inspire many modders! While it's not quite worthy of a DC due to some odd voice acting, etc., it's still an amazing cinematic to watch.

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22:03, 12th May 2012
Vengeancekael: A cinematic of definitely high quality and something that should inspire many modders! While it's not quite worthy of a DC due to some odd voice acting, etc., it's still an amazing cinematic to watch.
 
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Yeah! First post and download!

Pro's
• I am speechless. Everything is made of win!
• Terrain is win!
• Good music choices!
• Simply awesome.

Con's
• A camera went through a footman once.

Neutral
• I was correct about "Him" being the son of Karolina and Richard
• So... You are saying that your sister called you "My Love" XD XD XD

+Rep (Well, Later)
 
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Well, what should I say? This is going to be another, maybe even better success then your "Sect of the Holy Mother" - Series. 100/10 from me!! :p
The voice of the chancellor sounded like a drunken russian trying to speak english and the uncle (william) sounded like he was singing in death metal-style xD
Don't take this as an insult, I never wanted it to be one ^^ GJ m8, it is even good you have acted the voice.

question though :p
Was the voice acter for the girl your sister? If I am right, she was also named Luburic :p

Can't wait to see the next parts!!
~xxdingo93xx
 
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ok, here I am having finished with the first chapter. It was brilliant, as the SotHM ^^ one thing I really liked about it was the voice cast as well as it plays again in the same world which is something familiar and nice :). 5/5 for this one , I just cannot not give u that
 
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Hmm... This is going to be very interesting cinematic series and it looks better than ever, but unfortunately it doesn't sound better than ever.
I don't think that the voice acting is really necessarily, cause the quality of the voices is so changing that it just doesn't sound good.
Well since you have started with the voice actors already, I think you should just stick with them I guess.
Anyways... This is very well done and I hope we can hear end of Henry's story soon :p
(I lol'd when you told why they could keep weapons in prison. At least there is now explanation why they have weapons in there :D + I liked your voice acting)
 
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Map Review
1) Terrain - Superb (6)
2) Trigger - Good (4)
3) Minor Error - Superb (6)
4) Major Error - Superb (6)
5) Replay Value - Superb (6)
6) Fun factor/gameplay - Superb (6)
7) Use of imported material - Excellent (5)
8) Single player - Superb (6)
9) AI support -
10) Camera - Excellent (5)
11) Originality - Superb (6)
12) File Size - Excellent (5)
13) Internet/LAN Friendly -
14) Balancing -
15) Packaging - Good (4)
16) Credits - Excellent (5)
17) Storyline - Superb (6)
18) Theme - Superb (6)
19) Protection - Excellent (5)
20) Quality - Superb (6)
21) Description/Information/Detail - Good (4)
22) Hiveworkshop rules & regulation - Excellent (5)
23) Game Mode -
24) Function -
25) Unit Placement - Superb (6)

Total Accumulation Point : 102/100 * 100 + (7) (Review) = 109

[+] - Good loading screen.
[+] - Well develop terrain.
[+] - Henry sound was totally great.
[+] - Voice actor make the cinematic much pleasant to view especially for long duration.
[!] - Rofl lmao, Chancellor Reege sound like a terrorist.
[!] - William sound older than his actual age.
[-] -

Review : I was completely stunned after I watch this cinematic. Your cinematic skill certainly improve drastically to a higher achievement.

There is absolutely nothing negative to said about it, you certainly make this new story link quite well with your previous story.

This map certainly deserve more than a director cut, but I unable to give director cut for it.

For those who are interested to create a extremely high quality cinematic, you certainly should view this.

This probably the 1st map that I feel it deserve more than just a director cut.

Another 7 bonus points for this map.

SUB ZERO MAP

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Awful: 1-10
Unacceptable : 11-30
Lacking : 31-49
Useful : 50-69
Recommend : 70-90
Highly Recommend : 91-100
Director Cut : 101-105
Sub-Zero : 106+
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Score - 109/100
Rating - 7/5
Condition - Superb
Status - Approve
Review - 1
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Well, this is most impressive. You not only made awesome cinematic, you got the highest rating from Septimus. *applause*

Ok, her's what I think:
Great story so far accept for one thing - how pirate get to the shore and sneak to him so quickly? But that doesn't matter because it looked good (and funny).
Wasn't it too short? I don't know how long I was watching but I wanted more.
Voice acting was great: Reege's voice fits his look and guards voices gave feeling that they were wearing helmets.
Sound of the rain could be better.

So my rating is 5/5 and +rep for excellent work.
 
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Well, the thing about the pirate: The pirates saw Henry on the shore from their ship and because they didn't want to be discovered they decided they needed to silence him so one pirate got ready to jump of and, as you can see, as soon as the ship goes by the shore where Henry is the pirate climbs the hill.

It lasts 20 minutes which is short compared to the SotHM 4-8, but it is also an intro in which case this is expected.
 
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Well, DL-ing and taking a look. I'll report back soon.

~Report

The stand animations are disturbing in the initial talk in the room.

The story line was nice, and the plot better than most cinematic, and the scenes well done, but the fight scenes and character interaction was slightly lacking in my opinion.

Still, for a cinematic, it is certainly one of the best I have ever watched.

Keep up the good work!
 
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im bout 2 watch it, it lookz mad GOOD!!!

holy fuck im flippin out.

edit : i watched it and was really good.

if u want my honest opinion, i think the voices were not that good ( sry ) but in every other field , it was great.

i am actually inyterested in seein the second part :D
 
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I normally don't watch cinematics but after seeing some of the comments i gave it a try and it was worth it.

The Camera, Terrain and Trigger seemed flawless

I really liked the voices even those some lacked emotions.

However the Animation of the main hero (sorry i just can't remember names even if my life depends on it) where kind of annoying. I mean he just dodged the whole time and sticks his sword into his knee. I would like to see using triggered animations instead of just letting him do what he wants.
When the Pirates where arriving he turned his head so he would have seen them.

I rate this 4,8 and i can't wait for the next one.
 
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well done. it really brings in ur attention lol. Just 1 thing. Maybe the Henry shud have been a little bit more enthusiastic? he sounds like hes high all the time, especially when he says Wow... lol xD

Good job!
 
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Septimus rate is 7/5!!!! So, i rate it 10/5.
That's a great cinematic i like this!!! :grin:
The voice actor is also great!!! :thumbs_up:
I can't wait until chapter 2 is release!!!! :cool:
 
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I seriously enjoyed watching this cinematic !!! It really was made in a professional way !!! 5/5 for sure since this must be one of the best cinematics I've ever seen ^^ There WILL be another chapter , OR ELSE ... (trust me , you don't want the "or else") xD +rep'd of course ;] keep up the good work
 
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Great cinematic, just a few issues:
1-Henry has got to be slightly retarded to
actually believe Reege, especially when he tells him to go over to the bubbling cauldron.

2-The voice acting is pretty terrible
3-Henry's model constantly kneels and looks from side to side, which can be ignored when
he's sneaking into the castle
but in normal conversation, it just looks stupid.
4-The Dialog itself is also pretty terrible, with one exception:
"I was so distracted I didn't notice the pirate behind me!"
 
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1. Ah, but here is where my storytelling begins. This will be explained in the later parts. Trust me, I never leave a loose end.

2. The voice acting is lower quality because it's file size has been decreased so the map doesn't end up to be 40 MB.

3. I agree that I should have triggered the animation but it's mostly the models fault and not my own, however I will consider this in the later parts.

4. Are you seriously saying that you only found that 1 line to be good?!
 
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That was certainly the best cinematic i've seen so far :)
If you ever need another voice for the sequel, feel free to contact me :p
 
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Great cinematic, just a few issues:
1-Henry has got to be slightly retarded to
actually believe Reege, especially when he tells him to go over to the bubbling cauldron.

2-The voice acting is pretty terrible
3-Henry's model constantly kneels and looks from side to side, which can be ignored when
he's sneaking into the castle
but in normal conversation, it just looks stupid.
4-The Dialog itself is also pretty terrible, with one exception:
"I was so distracted I didn't notice the pirate behind me!"


Ah,sorry,but what you are stating only false things.


You either didn't payed attention to the cinematic or state these on purpose.

1.It has a link with Sothm,and it's classical to not kill a futurely comming character.
2.What do you mean?I would ask you to give me better maps,even tho there are few maps with voice,so you should not mention.
3.Here I agree,but it's the model,the map has nothing to do with it.And it's also badass to be an assassin like that.
4.Give me a break,the language used was pretty sofistacated and variate:

I was so distracted I didn't notice the pirate behind me! - is a pretty simple line compared to the others.

I sudgest you watch it again,the cinematic is above all you said.
 
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This has gotta be one of the best Cinematics ive seen so far... good plot and models as the person above me stated
10/10
 
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Hint: Try elevate floor tiles and rugs just one time each, and add a flying height of 5 to all units. The floor kept flashing.

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i think what the blooddancer means, is to space out the floor tiles out evenly so that they do not overlap, because when tiles like the Floor in the UTM for instance, it will flash between the two tiles when the camera moves, or rotates.

All you need to do is set the floor doodads apart evenly, making sure they dont touch each other or overlap.

and if you want it even better, you could set the Z scale of those floor doodads to something like .1 so that they appear EXtremely flat, making the feet of the characters more visible , etc. . .


what blooddancer said doesn't fix the floor flashing.
 
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