[ORPG] Shadows of Everwood

[Adiktuz]

the project will be consisted of many maps, so I think sequels may be far off...

 

[Wolfe]

Adik, only two... only two. =P

And though a sequel is certainly out of the question AT THIS POINT, it certainly wouldn't be when we're done.

 

[Adiktuz]

I consider more than one as many... ^_^

but yeah, if all goes well, then it could be possible...

 

[Oziris]

Here is something HeroSlayer wanted me to post instead of him. He had some issues.

 

[Batopi]

Really cool can not wait to try this stuff out and see how much you guys have poured into this!

 

[-W3SK3R-]

The model looks good, but the head looks like from the emmisary.

 

[reisbro]

just a question, how could you guys make leg attachments work?

 

[Galagoz]

the terrain looks fantastic

 

[Davesanz]

Mega Uber Models; those surely are.

 

[HeroSlayer]

just a question, how could you guys make leg attachments work?

yes we can, that example is just a starting set with very few parts just shorts, the robe top and sandals

Thats just an example of how you can have several combinatios for your hero with just one set

For all those who dont know, thats the hero model with ITEMS, those are not 4 different .mdx files

 

[Adiktuz]

@reisbro - simply added a leg attachment point to the model itself?

 

[shadowsun]

HeroSlayer i just want to know do you have to animate each attached item separately to move with the hero when he fights and walks or does the clothing move with the arms and legs automatic

 

[Adiktuz]

a model attached to another model, moves when the attachment point moves...

 

[shadowsun]

i understand that with that to be the case with the weapons, what i meant is if the attachment point for the pants is the at the groin, when the legs of the hero move does each leg of the pants move with them or is there 1 attachment point in each leg to for each leg of the pants so it knows what is attached to what and when to move.

sorry if this is off topic or a wast of your time.

 

[HeroSlayer]

i understand that with that to be the case with the weapons, what i meant is if the attachment point for the pants is the at the groin, when the legs of the hero move does each leg of the pants move with them or is there 1 attachment point in each leg to for each leg of the pants so it knows what is attached to what and when to move.

sorry if this is off topic or a wast of your time.

There is a point for each bone, an attachment cannot animate when the unit animates, nor it can be animated with triggers.
for example, a leg is made of 5 parts, pelvis, right femur, left femur, right shinbone and left shinbone. Each of them have an attachment point, so, a pair of pants is actually made of 5 models
thats the only way I could make a hero with all armour you can imagine.
So... making a set, with an unwrapped texture, takes around 2-3 hours.
This is much more complicated than any other effects on a hero, since every model must go correctly placed on the att points of the bones. however, everything is easier if you create sequences and 3ds max scenes just to create armour and weapons

 

[GhostThruster]

The model looks good, except for the face and the shoulders.
The face looks like Clint Eastwood swallowing a whole lemon and the shoulders are too high and broad, making him look like a very strong hunchback.
Attachments look really good. Will we get a female hero model?

 

[Wolfe]

Not in the demo.

 

[HeroSlayer]

The model looks good, except for the face and the shoulders.
The face looks like Clint Eastwood swallowing a whole lemon and the shoulders are too high and broad, making him look like a very strong hunchback.
Attachments look really good. Will we get a female hero model?

thx for the observation, I will fix the shoulders
about the face... I'll try to fix it, other classes will have different faces. this is the warrior

 

[Tukki]

To keep you guys in the loop:

• Inventory updates:
  • New Feature: "Quick-Equip" - double click a piece of equipment to equip it
  • Updated the info text to display weather the current item is equipped or equip-able
• Axes have been set up and finished (coding-wise)
• Dual Weapons / Two-Handed Weapons restrictions have been coded
• Weapon restrictions have been coded
• Party system updates:
  • You may now use a part of a player's name instead of his/her complete player name when inviting (e.g -invite Tukk)
  • You may invite multiple players using a comma as separator (e.g -invite Wolfe, Slayer, Oz)

If you're amazed by the hero model from the screen shots - wait until you see it in action in-game

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Not in the demo.

But the demo will feature the male?
Thinking of the trailer here (where it's not present)

 

[Adiktuz]

ofc it will, haven't you been reading the previous posts? ^_^

and that trailer was made while HeroSlayer was still on the early parts of making the model...

 

[Tukki]

A small update to the event quest system:

It's a 3-line-progress text, composed of "Event Quest Name", "Current Objective" and "Overall Progress".
Here's a picture for you if you somehow didn't get my excellent description

Click me!

The bar is of course a progress bar - I'll upload another picture for great justice if I have the time.

 

[reisbro]

do you guys already have a fixed date for the beta testing?

 

[Orcnet]

An Extraordinaire piece of excellence Wolfe, your map is definitely described as an amazing work of awesomeness. good job! (

 

[Tukki]

do you guys already have a fixed date for the beta testing?

Sadly not. Wolfe will distribute proper information when it's due

good job! (

Agreed!

Small update thus far:

• Party System
  • You may now assign party members to various roles. Roles are "Leader", "DPS", "Tank" and "Healer". There can be any amount of DPS:s, Tanks and Healers, whereas there can be only one Leader. If the current leader wants to shift the leader-position to another player, he'll simply use the "-party elect <playername>" command.
    
    Each role has a different color associated with it, which is only visible to the other players.
    E.g a Tank has a blue aura which can only be seen by the other party members.
    
    The command fore role-assignment is: -party <role> <player>, <otherPlayer>
    Note that the same features apply here (i.e using a part of a player's name)!
• Inventory System
  • Updated multiboard to properly display if the currently selected item is equipped or not.
  • Minor aesthetic changes.
• Other
  • A lot of pre-loading has been added for smoother game play.

After some thinking I decided to upload a taste of our newest class-invention: the Warrior Healer!

 

[Batopi]

Anyway you could throw up a description of them? I am not at my computer atm so i can't look at them.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

Cool, what exactly do the 'roles' do? Is it merely a marker - that's your job do it - kind of thing or do you get benefits/hindrances similar to class ones depending on your role?

 

[Tleno]

Kinda got intrested in your project after checking the hero class suggesting thread... kinda wasn't really intrested earlier... anyways, need any brainstormers?

 

[GhostThruster]

Pretty cool spell ideas...thought there'd be more. The first spell didn't really make sense, and is very easily disrupted when used on enemies.

 

[Tukki]

Cool, what exactly do the 'roles' do? Is it merely a marker - that's your job do it - kind of thing or do you get benefits/hindrances similar to class ones depending on your role?

At the moment they are merely markers. Making it easier for your
friendly party members to know what role you are; easier to spot
the tank in a chaotic battle, or perhaps the healer?.

We haven't decided if we're going to add some sort of unique
benefit to each role, but that's definitely something that we'll
look into after the demo release!

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Hehe I just found an old map of mine with those spells in a pretty bad condition.
So I just recoded and uploaded them for the sake of.. fun? randomness?

If anyone happens to want some info about how I coded them; the map is open, the only thing is that you'll have to have UMSWE enabled in your JNGP

I'm sorry if anyone actually thought that they were SoE-material; they're not!
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Anyway, I'll PM you something in a while Mag
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I had a maths exam today and I've a report due to Monday,
so I haven't and won't do much progress until Tuesday.

 

[Magtheridon96]

I had a maths exam today and I've a report due to Monday,
so I haven't and won't do much progress until Tuesday.

Good Luck with that report.
I have to make a comic strip of the Odyssey based on Southpark xD
It's sooooooooo funny lol

 

[Tukki]

Okay, forget what I wrote about not doing any work during the weekend - I screwed the report anyways.

I'm going to reveal a big change soon^TM!
Its UI is not finished, and will probably not be really cool until I've got the images from Dragonson, but it will make everything a lot smoother and cleaner!

So stay tuned!

 

[Tukki]

Alright, thank Riot Games for this very early preview!
Their servers have a tendency to crash on patch days, and this day is no exception - so I suddenly found myself with a lot of free time, on this day off!

I'm providing a little preview image of the interface in question.
The 'real' reveal will appear later this week, due to some tweaks and polishing issues the team has to discuss!

Large image

 

[Grey Nightmare]

So the human brick border will be replaced with D's art???
Looking good anyway, the layout is nice and simple - which is always good
Keep it coming along guys

 

[Tukki]

Probably, and some other elements

Yeah, in the reveal many features will be explained!
But yes, I've aimed at simplicity instead of cool stuff with this update

This is actually only one half of the work that I've done, but the other half will wait until the reveal

 

[Grey Nightmare]

haha, fair enough.
Save some feed lest the flock doth not return

 

[Luorax]

Alright, thank Riot Games for this very early preview!
Their servers have a tendency to crash on patch days, and this day is no exception - so I suddenly found myself with a lot of free time, on this day off!

A little (off-topic) question: US or EU server?

 

[Tukki]

EU of couse! x)
They're back online, with the ever-so-beloved queue...

A very small and obscure update on progress:

• We now have a proper Tooltip system!
• Ranger is now properly set up with the new system!

 

[Luorax]

That's pretty nice! Maybe we've already seen each other in-game

I'm glad to hear those news. We regurarly have "LAN-parties" - with a lot of WC3 (and C&C3-KW, DoW, etc). We play RPG's and Aos's in the most case and... I just can't wait for this map! Looks so nice. (I was thinking of joining the project as a vJASS coder, but... you've already got a great one, + I don't have too much time, and I play LoL in my free time. Also my english sucks.)

 

[Tukki]

Hehe, who knows?
Holidays are closing in fast!
So after the weekend, expect a very large drop in updates since I'll be hooked on Mortal Kombat!!

If you feel like helping out, any help would be appreciated!
Just PM me with something you've done so that I can check if you're qualified

Really lame update:

• Warrior skills has been set up with the new system aswell!
• Guess what? Paragon skills are also set up! :O

 

[Rui]

To the fans of this project, please post less «I can't wait» comments, they're quite useless and this thread's big enough.

Keep up the good work!

~Thread cleaned

 

[Wolfe]

Oooh, an admin comment!

Hehe, anyway, thanks for that Rui.

Not much progress from me I'm afraid. I've been working on some things for post demo. Also looking at getting the project hosted when the demo is released. ^.^

 

[Tleno]

Rui lately is cleaning quite a lot of project development threads...

I personally don'treally recommend you rushing the whole project, Wolfe.
Wait, hosted? You mean hosting on b.net/whatever, or making it THW's Hosted project?

 

[GhostThruster]

The latter, I believe.

 

[Magtheridon96]

Not much progress from me I'm afraid

Same here
I'll have enough time to work on it during the weekend
*I hope Tukki told you I joined or else this would be really awkward *

 

[Wolfe]

He did, he did. Sorry.

All, welcome our new coder, Magtheridon96. ^.^

I just haven't seen you on MSN.

Anyway, GT is right, Tleno. Hosted project status.

 

[Tukki]

It's chill guys, I'll just write some java bot who spams SoE games on our accounts 24/7.

Things are going good here!
Adiktuz just got back and is working with the last spell of our classes.
So when he is finished, we got them talents to code and, of course, our event quest!

(Along with a lot of other minor scripts)

 

[Magtheridon96]

I just haven't seen you on MSN.

I'm going on E-buddy in a minute (I don't have Msn on my Windows Partition (Its on my Mac Partition, and I dont feel like restarting my computer ))

 

[PROXY]

Omfg, I can't wait for thiz awsome project guyz, will be soooo amazing / sarcasm

Anyway, great to see so much progress guys, wish you good luck

 

[Tleno]

Excelent, Hosted projects always get more attention and feedback that regular projects! Though it's a bit concerning that there are a quite a lot of Hosted RPG maps lately...