CPR Industries: Shadow's Spear Created 18 years ago2006-10-25 11:25:29 UTC by a

Two things: one, about an hour ago I was asked if there were any new bosses in my mod; the answer is "yes" there are several

The second thing, is of course what these new bosses are.

Now this I wont answer fully, but I shall show you one of them in its prop-form (aka, not a model, done with brushwork)

Ill show you pics from the actual boss fight once I have got everything working fully and put all the finishing touches in the level. This is a "Prometheus Class Heavy Assault-Chassis Mech"

and another view along the 106mm artillery piece. [edit] I just noticed I need to fix those textures on the feet, please ignore them for the moment [edit]

Awesome.

G-Man looks like he's got a new haircut, huh? He'd actually look alright if you just edited the Black Mesa logo out of his briefcase texture.

Absolutely awesome texturing and brushwork. Great job.
The smaller mech in screenie 1 actually looks like it's a model. ;o

I came.

And sometimes I say I am an intermediate mapper...

Holy.....
shit

Neat.

I'm a bit apprehensive about seeing it in motion though.

Thats the prop - you only see it from:
A - distances
and B - in a hanger/gantry

for motion I'm using a model which I finished only a few hours ago - need to fix some of the textures though, and the skeleton has a useless extension on the back which I should cut off for the sake of keeping things simple, still need to fix a few animations and give revise the AI, the main guns fire like a dream though

head visor doesn't want to move when I tell it to, but I can fix that in time - another bug to fix before the mod is finished I guess...

Mapping is like windows XP - lots of great fun, because problems pop up all over the bloody place that require rectification, yay!

This pic below is a random level in the airport, where a Sukhoi Su-37 happens to fly overhead

Well, I've never had a problem with Windows XP!

I just wish you would put as much work into your architecture as you did those props. It's severely lacking.

I also have to ask when you're going to get around to making some weapons... ?

that region of the map isn't bad if you look at it from the far-away wall towards where the camera is, but from this angle its horrendous - the problem is that the detailed props dominate the map's resources, and I cant be bothered making them into models. I really do need to fix that building to the right - its basically a concrete wall with a ground control room jutting out the side, and a eight trucks sitting at the bottom (which the Be-200 blocks sight of)

the map before this is much better architectural wise, but my resources are stretched - the building behind the camera, as I said isn't bad: but the buildings to the front and right are hideous, ill fix them tomorrow most likely.

Think a gantry or some sort of walkway on the "wall" building (to the right of the picture behind the Be-200) would make it a bit more bearable along with a row of windows and doors (that last one is a no-brainer really)?

Also, I could use a few voice actors: please contact me on cprindustries@googlemail.com if you would like to apply: could do with a few female voice actors - but they are hard to come by lol

12 lucky applicants will be granted mention in the credits and possibly the voice of Barney, Otis and a few random scientists lol rofl im hyper far too much coffee!

I don't see why not. If you'd just get some custom textures for the walls and ditch that lame concrete one, I'm sure that'd improve it a lot too. Also, I think you need some pillars to support that overhang there...

Hello again: quick update and a single query;

update: 1 - fixed the hideously boring architecture
2 - fixed Gman's hair
3 - could use voice actors: anybody interested?

And now onto the question: does anybody know where I can download either a Wad file full of tree textures: specifically transparent ones, or where I can get 2-d pictures with the backgrounds edited out?

Like a row of trees, or just the leaves so you can turn it into a brush based 3D tree, or what? I'd personally just make them myself, but you can probably find something like it in dod_forest's WAD... dunno if that's what you were looking for though.

Ever seen the trees used in microsoft flight simulators? whereas you have two transparent brushes sitting perpendicular to each other, making both the trunk and the leaves in a simple, resourceful manner.

Ill have a look around for the dod_forest WAD, it never came with my copy of HL Generation: any idea where I can acquire it?

the DoD GCF is a good spot to start looking.

Hi guys, I'm back after a long period of sudden and inexplicable studying into my Advanced Higher subjects - Finally got round to finishing the first 'chapter' of my mod - player can finally get a chance to kill something as opposed to looking around a fancy airport with big planes and later on a plane-crash that wrecked my R-speeds as well as the nice aircraft you are in:P

How's everybody doing? I haven't been on here in months!

Wow, nice to hear this is still being worked on.
Awaiting more awesome media.

Wooo!

Media Update Plz

glee

Will do - can you wait a week so I can put the finishing touches on one of the more exciting levels and Ill send you that (Unless you want to see more plane photos which I'm sure you don't :P)

Right - to work! [sits down with peanuts, crisps, some random jazz/swing/xmas music and Valve Hammer - the perfect recipe for Mapping :D] (please not - music and peanuts are optional - Hammer, and Crisps - are not... not for the moment anyway...)