GLADE Team Project: Dark Magic

[modman]

Um, there is a new version of Dark Magic with a bunch of fixes (see above) and I'm wondering why it has been downloaded only five times so far.

C'mon, can I get some feedback please?

[titi]

The balance is getting better !

- You didn't used my enchatment tower models  . Did you miss them or do you think they don't fit?
- I don't like the the sourcery runes texture

[Mark]

Thanks for the info.  It has been almost half a month since the last post. 

About the Enchantment Tower models:  I saw them, but I don't think they fit.  The animations were a little strange.
About the Sorcery Runes:  What specifically don't you like?  The original texture was grungy metal, but I didn't have one like that so I used a different one.  I could have taken it from omega's, but don't you think the model looks way better?  It actually has good death and construction models.

WHY IS NO ONE POSTING HERE?

[Gabbe]

Didntlike that texture either,probably the redpartsand the grey/black parts,it lacks...detail i think.

[titi]

Look at www.burningwell.org in the texture section.
I made tons of texture base photos and uploaded them there!

For the enchatment tower: I don't like model and texture that much , thats why I changed it.
For me my version is better ( I think everyone likes his own stuff  ).  Especially with the animation and the really frightning looking particle system. My vote is not to skip it. What do others think?

here is mine:

Code: [Select]

[img]http://www.titusgames.de/tmp/titi.jpg[/img]and here is the current:

Code: [Select]

[img]http://www.titusgames.de/tmp/normal.jpg[/img]

[John.d.h]

I haven't seen the animations, so I can't really comment on that.  For the textures, the old one was a little bland, but I don't much care for so much red on the new ones.  They don't even look stone anymore... more like really evil mushrooms.  The wide part that looks kinda like an umbrella looks cool, though.  Maybe mix-and-match the textures?  The particles look evil and cool, so I'd say keep them.

[wyvern]

I haven't seen the animations, so I can't really comment on that.  For the textures, the old one was a little bland, but I don't much care for so much red on the new ones.  They don't even look stone anymore... more like really evil mushrooms.  The wide part that looks kinda like an umbrella looks cool, though.  Maybe mix-and-match the textures?  The particles look evil and cool, so I'd say keep them.

I second this motion.

[titi]

The animation is some kind of breathing. By this it looks frightening alive and when it dies, it goes down like a worm or something like this.

[Mark]

Oh, yeah.  It was the death anim that I really did not like.  I had made very intricate construction and destruction models and they reveived a lot of positive feedback.  Fine.  We will keep the particles, but not the models you made, although I think John.d.h gets the final say, him being the czar and all.

[Gabbe]

Look at www.burningwell.org in the texture section.
I made tons of texture base photos and uploaded them there!

For the enchatment tower: I don't like model and texture that much , thats why I changed it.
For me my version is better ( I think everyone likes his own stuff  ).  Especially with the animation and the really frightning looking particle system. My vote is not to skip it. What do others think?

here is mine:

Code: [Select]

[img]http://www.titusgames.de/tmp/titi.jpg[/img]and here is the current:

Code: [Select]

[img]http://www.titusgames.de/tmp/normal.jpg[/img]

If im gonna be a prick, i`ll ghave to say that, the bottom of the model is weird, scale up all the bottom vertices a little and maybe "texture in" some chaisn or roots or something?

[ultifd]

Thanks for the info.  It has been almost half a month since the last post. 

Hmm, didn't know a month = two weeks or so... :-/
I guess I'll do a test with Dark Magic later today... hmm...

[John.d.h]

Oh, yeah.  It was the death anim that I really did not like.  I had made very intricate construction and destruction models and they reveived a lot of positive feedback.  Fine.  We will keep the particles, but not the models you made, although I think John.d.h gets the final say, him being the czar and all.

I've been around long enough to know that I can usually trust Titi's judgment.  I'm not downloading the entire Dark Magic faction and Megaglest on which to play it, as that's going to be a pain in the ass on my internet.  However, if you can find those old con/destruction models you made, post some side-by-side screens comparing them to Titi's, or archive them all so I can take a look in the g3d viewer, and I'll make a decision.  With that said, Titi is the maintainer of the Megapack, so if he wants to include a version of Dark Magic in it, then there's nothing to stop him from doing whatever he wants with it.

[ultifd]

I gave the DM wiki page the new faction template, so that's nice. Do we still need the download section though? :-/
I also kinda cleaned up the video section, made it a nice gallery. It should be the same for pictures too...speaking of it, does anyone have nice DM related screenshots?

[Trappin]

Re-textured sorcery runes.

Code: [Select]

[IMG]http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz136/TrappinGlestMaps/Glest%20Other/ruins.jpg[/img]
file:

Code: [Select]

http://www.mediafire.com/file/sjrrol0gtu16nna/test%20models.7z
My work is always CC0 <zero> public domain.

[Mark]

Thanks.  Looks great!

I will install soon.

[Trappin]

I tried retextiring the pain tower using stone and brick textures but none of them looked very good - the model shown below looks kinda cool but it doesn't blend with the dark magic style.

[ultifd]

the model shown below looks kinda cool but it doesn't blend with the dark magic style.

Yeah...too bad, it does look cool...

[Trappin]

Whats the current status of this project? Is there a check list of things which need to be done here?

[Mark]

I guess it was done.  I split from the faction to work on greeks, modman got homework, and glade had already dissolved.  I'm the only one doing work, so a checklist wouldn't get finished quickly.  It seems pretty good as is, but with you sorcery runes it is even better.

[John.d.h]

IIRC, sounds are sorely lacking.

[Mark]

[facepalm] yeah, I forgot.

[Trappin]

I've got no practical experience working with sound files and Audacity - is anyone willing to rework the male/female melee attack and death sound files? There are loads of open source sound files at opengameart.org - I've listed a few below:

pack previews:

Code: [Select]

http://opengameart.org/content/grunts-of-male-death-and-pain  License(s):GNU GPL 2.0
http://opengameart.org/content/evil-creature  CC0 (Public Domain)

http://opengameart.org/content/5-male-attack-voices  CC-BY-SA 3.0

http://opengameart.org/content/7-male-pain-voices   CC-BY-SA 3.0

http://opengameart.org/content/vocal-grunts-tribehwav CC-BY-SA 3.0

http://opengameart.org/content/girly-scream CC-BY-SA 3.0

Code: [Select]

http://opengameart.org/content/vocal-grunts-0  CC-BY-SA 3.0
single voice .wav files

Code: [Select]

http://opengameart.org/browse-menu/audio/24/10?page=1
Don't stumble on on the homestretch - a few tweaks on the textures, some new sounds and a final tuning for balance is all we need!

[KendL]

So i have some problems when i'm trying to download this mod. I often have problems with downloading files for Glest, may be because i leave in Russia. Can you make another link to download this mod?

[MoLAoS]

The link is on the first page. It works fine for me. Although I am in America I guess.

[tomreyn]

This download is from media1.gamefront.com, which is an alias for wpc.1f32.edgecastcdn.net, which means you download from a CDN (coral distribution network), specifically Verizon Edgecast (the second largest CDN there is) which means you will download from a location which is close to you in Internet topology. So actually there should be no problems anywhere between your ISP and the download location (i.e. the problem would most likely be somewhere between your computer and your ISP's peering points). If problems persist, try to download through a remote proxy server. Or from this mirror.