Screenshots

[Deolrin]

Looks amazing so far.
Can't wait for more.

 

[kris4o]

LOl looks cool.Everithing in this mod is amazing.Nice work through.Can't waith for the demo.

 

[AuroN2]

If there is one, has there been any activity lately?

 

[Thyrael]

Tales from the misty mountains...

Here are some screens from the first DW Map. I added the script to the terrain, to be able to optimize it for the camsystem.



Thy

 

[Vercas]

here are some screens from the first dw map. I added the script to the terrain, to be able to optimize it for the camsystem.



thy

fucking epic!

 

[Adiktuz]

What the??????????

Seriously, the longer I stay on this thread, the more I get the idea to delete any other map I have... ^_^

 

[Vercas]

It really makes (some) other maps look like bullcrap.

 

[Thyrael]

I continued with the terrain. Some small progress.

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[Adiktuz]

The terrain really was amazing, and the lighting just enhances it to a higher level... It was really like not on wc3 anymore... its so good... even better than some stand-alones...

 

[Vercas]

God damn it, Thyrael, you're Über Terraining!

 

[Thyrael]

New stone/cliff textures

I decided to rework the stone/clifftextures. I must say, that I like the final result very much. Feedback welcomed.



Btw, this terrain is almost final. I just have to add some effects to increase the intensity of the atmosphere and fix some minor bugs like floating rocks etc.

Edit: Switched to photobucket

 

[Vercas]

I beg you to stop using ImageShack. It is slow as shit!
Photobucket is much better!

 

[Jumbo]

Wow Thyrael, i have been following this project since it came on the projects' list and you keep on impressing me with your work. This terrain is brilliant and this RPG along with Gaias Retaliation are better than most Full game RPGs in my opinion; Gaias has already proven this and Darkwind will too im sure.

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

Epic, i also agree with vercas.

 

[Thyrael]

First mob models + new armorset

Hi there, some time has passed. but I wasn't lazy at all. The terraining progress is nice. As well as the debugging of the systems. I decided to give you some eyecandy by showing some of the mobmodels I'm working on as well as the new armor set I finished in about 24h of work time



From left to right:
Some kind of wargen like creature roaming the forests.
Skeletons that will appears "naked" or wearing armor and weapons.
The Dark Platearmor set in the equipment screen.
The Dark Platearmor set as it looks ingame.

More to come
Thy

 

[JakeCake]

Truely amazing. This is the by far most feature-filled map I've ever seen for Wc3

 

[Deolrin]

Looks very nice, but, seriously; Why do you always connect words like that...?
Like... "Platearmor", "Mobmodels", etc. I mean why not just "plate armor", "mob models", etc? D:

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

I agree also epic terraining

 

[keko4321]

is that wc3 map ? :O
omg .. the best i ever seen lol
ETA of release date please ... i cant wait

 

[Thyrael]

I'm now working on the hero creation systems after I finished the save/load part. You'll be able to customize your hero by selecting different haircuts, facial hair, haricolor and faces.

These are some examples:



The content in the above screens is still WIP an may differ from the final result.

 

[M0rbid]

Great idea, great execution, this is - and you know it - very lovely...

 

[Luorax]

That's just epic! I love this map more and more each day.

BTW if this is going to be multiplayer, are you sure you won't hit the 8Mbyte map limit?

 

[Thyrael]

That's just epic! I love this map more and more each day.

BTW if this is going to be multiplayer, are you sure you won't hit the 8Mbyte map limit?

Yes, it will be multiplayer. Because of the fact, that a map saves maller than it appear in the editor, and that the map optimizer will give me additional 25-30% of mapspace, I will be able to pump up a map to 11324 kb in the import manager. And after saving and optimizing it will be close below 8mb.

Right now I'm at 5960 kb on harddrive.Unoptimized.

 

[Luorax]

Oh, that's cool. I'm more and more excited to play this map with my friends *.*

 

[Aeroblyctos]

I wonder if it's even wise to make it that advanced? I mean all choosable hairs and stuff. This is warcraft 3 after all.

 

[Luorax]

It's very possible. Thyrael is very experienced as you can see, he's godlike at texturing, modelling, coding and even terraining. All you need to do something similar is custom models and a cool script. That's all.

 

[Deolrin]

I still think that the base model looks rather derpy, and has some rather wonky-looking animations(the stance, especially), but that looks very nice nonetheless.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

It's very possible. Thyrael is very experienced as you can see, he's godlike at texturing, modelling, coding and even terraining. All you need to do something similar is custom models and a cool script. That's all.

Yea I know it's possible but is it still wise? It would look stupid if the main character is superb model and then other models are basic Warcraft 3 stuff. I would expect that point all models to be superb quality. And of course, that would take a lot of time to do so.

 

[Thyrael]

Yea I know it's possible but is it still wise? It would look stupid if the main character is superb model and then other models are basic Warcraft 3 stuff. I would expect that point all models to be superb quality. And of course, that would take a lot of time to do so.

I.e. the NPCs share the model with the hero. That means I can customize them in exact the same way including outfit, look and weapon + animations. And I allready created 2 mob models that match in quality. I think I will satisfy most of the wishes of upcoming players

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

Awsomeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(idk why 50% of my comments don't even show up..)

 

[Hiude]

Thy, your talent is an unholy perversion of awesomeness.

 

[Thyrael]

Here's a pic of a natural cave you'll have to discover.

 

[Deolrin]

Really beautiful, but please try to do something about the billboarded glow clipping with the rocks.

 

[tobyfat50]

That's easy to fix, just check the "no depth test" box in the model editor for the glow model.

 

[Thyrael]

Sadly even that didn't fix the clipping. Further it created another bug in addition: now the glow can be seen THROUGH the cliffs

EDIT: I was able to fix it by changing the way the glow is billboarded.

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

Cooool!

 

[tobyfat50]

That's the down side of it, however maybe you ca find a solution to this like making the glows less visible and also adding some glows to the rock even less visible. Of course this is just my opinion. Maybe adding another layer to the material of the rock will overlap the glow somehow think you can manage something by playing with this...

 

[Vercas]

Gorgeous terrain. O_O

 

[Thyrael]

Below you can see a test version of the party stats board. The footman icon is a placeholder for the upcoming heroicons (I plan to add an icon for every possible combination in the hero customization screen).

Below the hero name the debuffs will be placed. The debuffs are ordered by priority from left/high to right/low. The board only shows the first 7 debuffs with highest priority. Every type of debuff will have its own color code. On the screen you can see examples for physical debuffs. That should make it easier for dispellers to do their job. The rest of the board is easy to understand I think.

The board will of course list all player heros and updates whenever a state of a hero changes or a player leaves.

Merry Christmas!

 

[Deolrin]

Awesome! Can you check the debuffs yourself, though? Like, see the text\name.

 

[Thyrael]

Sadly you can't use something like mouseover on multiboards. So you can't check the description of debuffs of other players. But your own debuffs will be displayed in the party board as well as in the standard status window of WC3(that black center area or the UI where you see your selection etc. ) There you can use mouse over to see the tooltips.

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

Maybe below icons add, BAD or GOOD, so you know if effect is good or bad

 

[Thyrael]

I try to keep the HUD as small as possible. That means 2 lines per hero. Otherwise it would use more than 1/4 of the screen.

 

[88WaRCraFT3]

oki

 

[Deolrin]

I try to keep the HUD as small as possible. That means 2 lines per hero. Otherwise it would use more than 1/4 of the screen.

You could use red borders for negative effects and green borders for positive effects, if you're not doing that already. ^^

 

[Thyrael]

Thanks for the tip, but the borders will show the type of the debuff. So dispeller will see what they can dispell. Positiv effects won't be visible, without having the HUD being increased by 33%.

 

[Luffy]

this project seems crazy good, good luck on that I'll be waiting!

 

[keko4321]

still waiting for your map and im glad you created facebook page , i'll follow you there aswell and i hope you upload some videos to your youtube channel

 

[Thyrael]

Thanks for following me. Another exam is over and I returned to work. I'v created some doodads to fill the gasps.

Content shown in this WIP is not final and my change.

 

[Deolrin]

Awesome weapons, boxes and barrels! I wish all of the wood was done in the more "realistic" and nice style that the boxes\barrels have, though.