Bionicle Metru Nui Matoran

[Paillan]

 

[jeremias talavera]

Epic, dude! I fully support your project! I have Bionicle figures from when I was a kid, way back in 2004

 

[Greedy Martyrdom]

Never heard word bionicle since i was 6

 

[raypack]

Bionicle ahh models

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

Epic, dude! I fully support your project! I have Bionicle figures from when I was a kid, way back in 2004

Thanks heaps! Just in future though I would rather not be called dude

Glad you still have some Bionicles, I've kept a lot of mine too

Never heard word bionicle since i was 6

Happy to be bringin' it back, baby

 

[Geekio]

I like the idea, I would love a Bionicle adventure/RPG map! Although tbh all the detail gets lost in these models and I don't think they read as Matoran at a glance. The proportions look pretty much the same as the vanilla peasant.

 

[Xagranos]

The proportions are a little off for Motoran and I'm gonna be honest, the heads/faces are kind of nightmarish XD

BUT I appreciate the effort, and I hope you can improve them so we can get MOAR BIONICLE

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

The proportions are a little off for Motoran and I'm gonna be honest, the heads/faces are kind of nightmarish XD

BUT I appreciate the effort, and I hope you can improve them so we can get MOAR BIONICLE

I don't think they need improving. The proportions don't match Matoran exactly, you're right, but the Matoran design is so difficult to adapt into Warcraft 3 I didn't try to do a 1:1 translation. As for the heads and faces being kind of nightmarish, I'm happy to hear that. I think Bionicle is at its best when it's kind of eerie and alien. (Plus, you should've seen some of my WIPs if you think this is scary lmao)

I like the idea, I would love a Bionicle adventure/RPG map! Although tbh all the detail gets lost in these models and I don't think they read as Matoran at a glance. The proportions look pretty much the same as the vanilla peasant.

I used the Blood Elf peasant, and yeah, the proportions haven't changed a great deal but I don't have the skills to make something more from scratch. I at least tried to make parts of the arms and legs skinnier and the feet more blocky so they wouldn't look so much like organic people. I hear so much that the detail in my textures gets lost. I'm honestly past being concerned about it. That doesn't mean I won't try and make some more readable textures but I think it's just a natural part of my style, and I like the dense detail. Sure you might not see all of it but it being there gives the world some complexity IMO.

I'd also love a Bionicle adventure/RPG map, and I could see myself trying my hand at it for sure- but I've already got two ongoing big map projects so maybe not for a long while XD I know someone on the Hive made a Bionicle adventure map but it doesn't run on my Warcraft 3, and the map is protected so i can't open it

So thank you both for the feedback but I don't see myself making any changes to these models. However, if you would like to edit them, you can.

 

[stan0033]

optimizations: the model must completely disappear at the end of decay; calcualte extents; remove unused keframes. For all models.

Review accepted by Footman16

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

optimizations: the model must completely disappear at the end of decay; calcualte extents; remove unused keframes. For all models.

Review accepted by Footman16

I've optimised the models, and they appear to decay properly in-game (though the bones don't completely finish dissolving into the ground before abruptly disappearing) and they past the sanity test, but I'm still getting warnings on this page. I'm pretty sure I've done what it says I should, too.

 

[stan0033]

I've optimised the models, and they appear to decay properly in-game (though the bones don't completely finish dissolving into the ground before abruptly disappearing) and they past the sanity test, but I'm still getting warnings on this page. I'm pretty sure I've done what it says I should, too.

i dont think the site checker is bugged. re-check if you set the decay visibility to 0 for those geosets' geoset animation alphas

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[AnyNameYouWish]

i dont think the site checker is bugged. re-check if you set the decay visibility to 0 for those geosets' geoset animation alphas

Yeah, all of them now have a 0 after frame 159800 which is the end of decay bone. I'm still getting those warnings though. Still works fine in game.

 

[stan0033]

@AnyNameYouWish after inspecting one of your models the errors dont disappears because you dont have geoset animations for all geosets. So create them

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

@AnyNameYouWish after inspecting one of your models the errors dont disappears because you dont have geoset animations for all geosets. So create them

That did it. Thanks for your help!

 

[stan0033]

@AnyNameYouWish Metru Nui Matoran are mechanical robotic/cyborg beings but after inspection i dont see attachment points of type Sprite First Ref, Sprite Second Ref, Sprite Third Ref, Sprite Fourth Ref (for when burning/damaged). I'd prefer if you add these. Same for your other bundles of mechanical units.

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

@AnyNameYouWish Metru Nui Matoran are mechanical robotic/cyborg beings but after inspection i dont see attachment points of type Sprite First Ref, Sprite Second Ref, Sprite Third Ref, Sprite Fourth Ref (for when burning/damaged). I'd prefer if you add these. Same for your other bundles of mechanical units.

I see your point, but wouldn't building fires look kinda big on these rather small units? I don't really think they need them. I'm fine with anyone else adding them though.

 

[stan0033]

Interesting edits of the peasant as the Bionicle Heroes from LEGO. Works in-game and looks good. I dont think they look a lot like the real ones but close. Lacks attachment points for mechanical, and portrait sequences.

Review accepted by Footman16