Revolutionary Space Terrain (Full 3-d)

[Supermj]

This is for a game I'm making... it will be a flying shooter where you can maneuver/shoot all throughout x/y/z. Pic:

This is a great example of how fully 3-d my game will be. And, this is only a WIP, I expect to add more, like asteroids, moving comets, a star or two, and most likely a planet or two. Like it?

 

[Deathcom3s]

it looks nice but could you crop the images, it looks bad with all that extra crap ruining the image.

 

[Gilles]

Yes. Please upload them so we can see them better.

Looks cool, but I don't fully understand. Give a little more information. How is it 3-d?

 

[Hawkwing]

Thats simple.. It looks like you are looking out into a 3D area, space, but it is just the tile.

 

[Supermj]

Well... You can rotate the camera fully around, you can go up, and down fully... And shoot fully realistically. In other words it's a fully playable 3-d game. You have one ship, you can speed up, and slow down (w and s), you can turn (a and d keys), you can go up, and down (r and f keys), and then I will put in Elimination Tournament like physics for weapons. I'll crop pictures for you (Or just re-take)

And another question, does anyone think there are better debree/dust models that will make it look like space?

 

[Gilles]

So the game will be a third person view?

 

[Supermj]

Correct, interested at all?

 

[Gilles]

I suppose. I don't play a whole lot of wc3 anymore. Modding is all I do.

 

[Supermj]

Hmm... I updated the pictures. And it should be fun though. It looks like an interesting idea, huh? Any Ideas for better space debree models?

 

[MasterHaosis]

Man, nice and you gett rep for this !!!! Nice work

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

It's amazing!Great idea!

 

[Deathcom3s]

now withot all that extra crap i can look at the terrain, it looks really good, +rep

 

[Supermj]

It's great to see all y'all liking it! The first people I showed it to hated it ... oh well... I'm happy y'all like it.

 

[ady_illidan]

looks awesome and the idea is very original

 

[Spudnik]

wow, looks really awesome especially the red clouds. Really like the idea. finally something original

 

[DungeonM]

Hate to burst your bubble man but its been done.

Looks nice though.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

is it a tile? or all individual objects?

 

[Supermj]

This is 100% individual objects. And where is done one? Are they making a game out of theirs, too?

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

Hate to burst your bubble man but its been done.

Looks nice though.

Linky or it nevah happenz!

 

[~Void~]

Pretty nice, but the stars are too dense... try spreading them out a lot more and put in asteroids

 

[Supermj]

There not stars, they're space dust. It's a very trashed area of space.

 

[Gilles]

I have seen maps in space before. Not from third person though.

 

[DungeonM]

Linky or it nevah happenz!

I know of two particular maps that used a 3d flight system.

The first one is "PEW PEW FLY FLY", which while is somewhat unfinished and plain, has a complete 3-D flight system and is actually pretty fun to play.

Another was made by Mr.Thermistor on the B.Net forums a while back, I don't have the map anymore but it was basicly an AoS where the players took the role of flying machines who were to bomb and destroy opposing units and bases.

 

[Supermj]

He meant linky to pictures of already done space terrain like mine...

 

[joosh_7]

Its definitely not revolutionary but its still a nice, simple terrain. You say your maps 3-D but how do you move up/down on the z-axis? Also, do you need to keep pressing a/d to turn or can you just hold them down like the arrow keys?

 

[Oziris]

Looks really awesome +rep

 

[Supermj]

joosh_7, the controls, are (As decided) are wasd to move on the x/y axis, rf to move on the y axis, and the arrows keys to move the camera, which has a cursor in the middle of it to let you aim your turret guns. get it?

 

[joosh_7]

joosh_7, the controls, are (As decided) are wasd to move on the x/y axis, rf to move on the y axis, and the arrows keys to move the camera, which has a cursor in the middle of it to let you aim your turret guns. get it?

So your using Reinvent the Craft? Also, do you mean Y or Z because 3-D maps need a Z-axis.

 

[Supermj]

Yeah, I meant z... And what do you mean by using "Reinventing the Craft"?

 

[Rui]

It's really good. Creativity always gets far. 5/5.

 

[joosh_7]

Well if your using WASD or other keys, not to mention keeping the cursor permanently in the middle, your gonna need to use it (check the projects section for RtC). Before setting high standards you should plan out how game play is gonna work, and how your going to trigger it.

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

I suggest you also make an invisible cursor, make a minimap image of the green sensor thingy, a cool techno UI and other stuff like that!

+Rep for a good start (If I havn't already)

 

[Supermj]

joosh_7, I can use fade filters to make a cursor in the middle.

 

[Kaitech[SanD]]

That's a good idea, but would you really have a cursor in a space ship? I think maybe a guide laser or something like a scope site.

 

[Supermj]

The cursor will not be on the unit, as the camera will be fixed just a little above it. And, realistically, because obj. do not slow down in the vacuum of space... everything is magnified. Once a rock the size of a grain of sand hit one of our satellites, it made a dent like the size of a flying anvil. So most likely in the future, we will be using projectiles. But, I will add bunches of sci-fi things to it as well, though, only expect projectiles in beta.

 

[HINDYhat]

If you're using arrow keys, I suggest you stop now, because they are MEGA-laggy in multiplayer games. You'd have to find an alternative.

 

[Supermj]

If you're using arrow keys, I suggest you stop now, because they are MEGA-laggy in multiplayer games. You'd have to find an alternative.

Only arrow keys for turrets, and anyways, there are plenty of good arrow-key games... Solders? There will be a single player mode, a co-op mode, and a vs. mode, so it works. Especially when you have two computers your plugging straight into each-other, like I'm getting! : P

 

[RED BARON]

Looks neat... but not really a space look, more like somekind of old arcade game.

 

[Supermj]

O.O any better suggestions for a 3-d space look?

 

[~Void~]

I like the red cloud things (nebulas?)
They make it look more spacey.
Make it so if you hit a comet/asteroid you will explode >_>

 

[joosh_7]

You stated that moving required you to have pressed either W,A,S or D (there is no way to check if these are DOWN only one to see when you press it) and thats why i assumed you were using RtC. Your idea of using the arrow-keys is pretty concept ruining because spaceships move very fast and arrow-keys lag like hell on Bnet meaning handling becomes very annoying.

Edit: Is this map actually meant for Bnet?

 

[Supermj]

yeah.. it actually is meant for bnet. And I'm just using spells... It is recommended for less than 5 players though

 

[joosh_7]

joosh_7, the controls, are (As decided) are wasd to move on the x/y axis, rf to move on the y axis, and the arrows keys to move the camera,

And I'm just using spells

So to move you need to spam W,A,S or D? The WASD keys aren't as detectable as the arrow keys unless you have RtC.

 

[Supermj]

No you wont. Is space, if you start moving at 5 mi/s, then you keep moving at 5 mi/s until you get an equal, but opposite force. So, you tap w once, and keep moving until you tap s once. You tap a once, you keep turning until you tap d once. It is really pretty simple. Arrow keys are also to turn the camera.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I do believe I've made a few space models (Nebula/Black Hole/Sun) you could use. I even have larger versions of them if you need them to be big.

 

[Supermj]

Lol, didn't you see that i used your BIGREDNebula you gave me? Thanks, again. I'll go ahead and rep you this time, though.

(When I've spread enough around first...)