Flood Spore

[Moderator]

23:40, 27th Dec 2009
DonDustin: awesome model that will fit into many different themed maps. But I still think that an attack animation is missing.

Aproved nonetheless

 

[ikillforeyou]

OOOOOMG! urulez! =D!!!

And holy crap, did you make all teh terrainz too?

 

[Fingolfin]

Yes i did
I have lots more in the map. But that's all secret.

 

[Alfagar]

*Is dead*.... *Raises as Death_Minion_*.... Even Death raised of this awesomeness lulz

 

[ikillforeyou]

Damn, your map must has MASSSSSSIEV filesize. =P

 

[tyranid51112]

Just asking if this model is gonna come out in a campaign, since i see it is a in game screenshot of what i think is a campaign : )

a Warcraft-Halo style Campaign is what im waiting for

 

[Aesthetics]

Totally awesome model, along with the master chief model and the whole enviroment in the picture itself.

 

[shamanyouranus]

Very good job on this model. Very nice animations, texture, and mesh.
But I do have two suggestions:
-Make the death look more like a *POP* cause that's how it looks in Halo.
-Also, lowering the particle count would be very nice. It's definitely fine right now, but if someone had hundreds of these things coming at you at once, and you're killing many at a time, those particles could add up, and paired with explosions and higher poly models, that could make for some serious lag.
-For the walk-2, I think it should jump higher, so it looks like it's leaping, instead of just hopping.
But otherwise, very nice job on this.

 

[X-OMG-X]

Really nice job on this. Looks pretty awesome and the screenshot is so damn awesome too.

 

[AngryRedMidget]

Very Good Model. I am one of those "people making halo maps", altough it isnt just halo, it will be very useful. More Halo Guys are always appreciated as well, we seem to have every thing else except that.

 

[Afterlife Avenger]

The flood have invaded the hive!!! Arm the halo

 

[Just_Spectating]

those halo models in the background (including the flood guys too) are very neat

i thought it was the actual game at first and was just a reference pic or something.

 

[Fingolfin]

@ikillforeyou: My map is about 2.7 in compressed map size, but it's about to get smaller!
I started this project back in the days when Vertex Modifyer was my only means for modeling, and it did not include the option of removing unseen polygons. I will clean those models up in 3dmax later on, and merge some of them to make the shading work correctly. That floor model is just taking up way too much doodad space.

Small filesize is kept due to that i've been very effective in making one single texture file including the textures for most of my models. Everything in the picture except for the units and that weapon box thing is using the same texture.

@Shamanyouranus: Yes, 100x2 was very high particle count, that has been fixed now. But i disagree with you on the leap, maybe it should be slightly higher, but i wanted to make the effect of a boiling sea of creatures sweeping across the map. I will not bother fixing it, but thanks for your opinion.
And lastly.. the death sequence ends in less than 300 milisec - how is that not *POP* enough? :O

 

[Misha]

..would it need... an attack anim?

 

[Fingolfin]

Those things are kamikaze units! ò.Ó
Huzzah!

 

[D a w n]

some more aimations would be stil nice, because that way you force people to use it as a critter, but it deserve a much better use

 

[Fingolfin]

Ok, well, i will.
Perhaps i can fix some more walk variations while i'm at it then. Or perhaps that leap shaman wanted.

 

[Misha]

Those things are kamikaze units! ò.Ó
Huzzah!

then the model could use a "death spell" animation :b and it'll be good to go with the goblin kaboom spell.

 

[Lore-Wolf]

well they do like SPAT if you get hit so, yes i agree with misha.

 

[chilla_killa]

Nice one, but they jump higher, don't they?

 

[hell gate]

my options:

- change the "arms" to a volume model
- reduce the things at the end of the arms
- the dead animation (agree with misha)
- make the texture a little bit bright

 

[Catch_ya]

I just thinks that this is awesome! and i have seen some of your W.I.P models and you are a very good modeller! just keep up the good work!

 

[havard1993]

i always call them baloons ^^
And u make they perfect, i havent tried it but does they splosh when they die?:3

 

[Absent]

Flood infection forms are here. Are they going to be followed by combat forms?
I can't say anything about the model without repeating someone else, so I'll settle for "Wow, that's amazing!"

 

[triptick]

this is so sweet.... 5/5

 

[Fingolfin]

Hell gate: I will absolutely not make the arms in 3d, those units are supposed to be MASSED, and that's big time, so 3d arms is just a waste. Also, i like the way the red stuff is big, it makes it more visible and characteristic.

Though i will fix that jump a little bit, maybe add an attack anim in wich it jumps up too waving its arms or something.
But i really don't see what's wrong with the death anim, its quick, it's *pop*-ish, and it even has a poppy sound to it.. you have to elaborate!

Thanks to everyone for all the CnC!

 

[shamanyouranus]

Alright, comment round 2
Ok, Fingolfin, I shall elaborate:
-The death animation isn't quite *splat* right now. It's more of a *splork*
Try making the body parts fly out a little farther and faster, cause right now it looks like its splatting underwater. Also, make the little body parts fade out or something, or give a decay animation. Cause Warcraft models tend to get screwy when they have no decay and there are still parts hanging around, they kinda linger for a while, than just disappear. And back to the *splat* issue, try to get the particles to fly out a little bit, instead of just being a little cloud thing, that might help.
-On the topic of the jumping, i think the small jump is good, but a high leap would be good too. Maybe you can have both, so that way when they move as a group it can look like a pulsating mass of them, with a few idiots hopping around. It'll make it a bit more accurate, and add more versatility to the walk. And it'll be pretty lolzy.
-I'd also add little tentacles on his lower body, cause the flood have like....50 little tentacle legs instead of four normal ones, but it wouldn't be very noticeable and it might be pointless work, so only do that if you want.
That's...uh...kinda it.

 

[Fingolfin]

I studied the halo 3 flood unit, and they seem to have six "legs" in total. I only did four not to stress the engine too much, i think it's enough.
But about the splash, now that you say it, i think you're right. Solid materials can't fade, but i can make an extra blend material for those parts, and fix the stuff you said.
As for the jump anim, i will copy the regular jump and add a little height and spin to it. Perhaps i can add an alternate stand animation too. But i will have to wait untill tomorrow to fix all this.
Thanks.

 

[Misha]

add "death spell"

 

[Just_Spectating]

add "death spell"

you should actually make it like, Jumping forward, then exploding, for the death spell, and for the regular death just a tiny pop.

 

[Fingolfin]

True. Death in mid-air it is.

 

[Just_Spectating]

you should have a spell alternate as well, of infecting a dead body, looking like it's burrowing, or just eating

 

[Fingolfin]

Well, we'll see about that, let me just fix those other few things first.
Might publish the updates later this evening.

 

[Grendel]

Oh man... this brings back memories of the first Halo game and blowing these things to bits...
Awesome model! I was (once) making a Halo map, and this is a must have in any Halo map involving the Flood. Good job, 4/5 cause nothing can ever be perfect.

 

[screamza]

Amazing Model so perfect for the game im creating just wondering when game will come out and if it did fail when will models come out

P.S. im not making halo but halo wars no one has thought of it yet and i would like unit models only maybe you'll be biggest contributer if you give spartan models or flood models(bloblius form, beast form, this is infection form btw, flood buildings) any thing would help me i know you said you wouldn't realease but i really want to be done with this its been a year and the last one i made got deleted (i was depreesed for a month) well if you will thank you if not awesome model and thanks any way

 

[somecrazyhobo]

Haha those things were seriously annoying on halo
Great job, it looks awesome

 

[Fingolfin]

@screamza: The spartan model is not mine. I got it from this site.
Though it doesn't have proper attatchment points.

Btw, flood buildings?
There are no such things in halo canon! :S

 

[Bernkastel]

Just today i played Halo 3 from start to end.. And after that.. I've started not to like this model . It looks like what it should look like though.

 

[Grendel]

Btw, flood buildings?
There are no such things in halo canon! :S

Well, you could make the Gravemind or the infected High Charity. Or both.

P.S. im not making halo but halo wars no one has thought of it yet and i would like unit models only maybe you'll be biggest contributer if you give spartan models or flood models(bloblius form, beast form, this is infection form btw, flood buildings) any thing would help me i know you said you wouldn't realease but i really want to be done with this its been a year and the last one i made got deleted (i was depreesed for a month) well if you will thank you if not awesome model and thanks any way

The teamcolor-version spartan model can be downloaded here.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/halo-master-chief-teamcoloured-66441/?prev=search%3Dhalo%26d%3Dlist%26r%3D20

 

[Misha]

the anim is called "death spell" dood o.o
not attack spell..

 

[Fingolfin]

Oh, sorry!
I named it so that it might be interpreted as an attack anim aswell. But you could always change the "required animation" thing in the object editor aswell, if you want to use the kaboom ability.

 

[Supaherobomb]

Awesomezzz

FREGGIN AWESOME!!!!! If you can...Make these models listed bellow that wuld be awesome
(unless they already created)--
Brutes
Alien Ships (those mini ones u jump in)
Elites
Arbiter
Small Alien Guys (ones with small pistols)
etc.

 

[Misha]

Oh, sorry!
I named it so that it might be interpreted as an attack anim aswell. But you could always change the "required animation" thing in the object editor aswell, if you want to use the kaboom ability.

it must be "death spell" because havin' a unit that explodes and appears again on attack would be... ludicrous

 

[Fingolfin]

Oh, yeah. I will fix that once i get home.

 

[xXxTWiST3DxXx]

Holy Shi-- i've been waiting for this model for a looooong time! Can't wait for you to Release or make more D

EDIT:

@Supaherobomb, There's already a Elite Model, try searching in one of Hiveworkshop's Halo Threads, you could find it.

Cause i found it before, but then, i wasn't interesting in making a Halo Map.

 

[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

not rated yet?
well.....I really like it
(beside the fact that it's kind of black but darkness is good so I don't care)
5/5

 

[screamza]

halo wars not halo flood buildings in campagain
you need the game to know that thou sorry :C i will try to make flood buildings GL With map i give HUge credits to you

 

[aki15]

It's very nice , like it . This is good for CODE LYOKO map for XANA monsters. 5/5

 

[Gmeister]

PLOP! jajaja is NeW