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Work in progress Beyond the Mountains of Madness (full conversion) (previously: The Elder Sign)
ZyLogicX Offline
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#11
RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

Here is the first pre-alpha test map.. please let me know what you think.

This pre-alpha contains the following:

-First starting map
-Dev. Commentary (enable in Options)
-Voice-acted notes

The download link is here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?6nqm1kq14aa6n7i


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#12
RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

that's a fine job Mate!
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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

I've gotta say that the first level 'ought to need some improvement. Perhaps considering replacing the low definition ground outside, the outside walls can have the player looking into the house though the large gaps near the top, and the grass and trees outside really bothered me; They had their original collision. So you should try to put some block boxes around the grass to make it easier to walk though or by. But of course this is a pre-alpha test map. Tongue

What I really liked was the idea to have development commentary and the voice-acted notes. The idea to have the inside connected to the outside was also a good idea. Smile

08-04-2011, 10:31 PM
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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

#EDIT

PRE-ALPHA v0.1 (Dev. Commentary included)

You can ignore this pre-alpha demo version, if you are not interested in developer commentary.

INSTRUCTIONS:

-Extract the "The_Elder_Sign_The_Asylum_v0.1_PREALPHA.rar"-file and copy the "The Elder Sign - Episode 1"-folder into the Amnesia/redist/custom_stories folder.

-Extract the "The_Elder_Sign_The_Asylum_v0.1_PREALPHA.rar"-file and copy the "commentary"-folder into Amnesia/redist/commentary
(You can either combine my commentary folder with the original commentary folder, or you could place all the files inside my commentary into the original commentary folder.)

Download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?f39617xupuzxx4s

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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

Ah, I listened to your commentary. ^^

I know what you mean, when it comes to outside environments.

Grass Fix:

There are two ways to deal with the grass.

1. Click on grass in HPL2 editor and on the right side of it, once selected, with present data about the individual grass piece. There will be a tab on that side near the top of it called "Static Object". Once clicked, there will be a checkbox called "Collides". If you uncheck the box, you can walk through the grass, except that you'll have to do that for every single one you placed.

2. You could add a block box that can be used so that the player can't walk into the grass. Block boxes are located in Entities --> technical --> "block_box". The pink area will be the area the player can't go to if set active.

Ground Fix:

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with placing planes. Go to "Primitives" on the left side, and then click on the "..." button next to the black that is underneath "Materials". Scroll down and double click on "static_objects". Then double click on "cellar_base". Then double click on "floor". Then double click on "cellarbase_floor_alt.mat" and then click and drag in the editor to make the ground.


Well then, good luck on your custom story. Smile

08-04-2011, 11:00 PM
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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

(08-04-2011, 11:00 PM)Kyle Wrote: Ah, I listened to your commentary. ^^

I know what you mean, when it comes to outside environments.

Grass Fix:

There are two ways to deal with the grass.

1. Click on grass in HPL2 editor and on the right side of it, once selected, with present data about the individual grass piece. There will be a tab on that side near the top of it called "Static Object". Once clicked, there will be a checkbox called "Collides". If you uncheck the box, you can walk through the grass, except that you'll have to do that for every single one you placed.

2. You could add a block box that can be used so that the player can't walk into the grass. Block boxes are located in Entities --> technical --> "block_box". The pink area will be the area the player can't go to if set active.

Ground Fix:

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with placing planes. Go to "Primitives" on the left side, and then click on the "..." button next to the black that is underneath "Materials". Scroll down and double click on "static_objects". Then double click on "cellar_base". Then double click on "floor". Then double click on "cellarbase_floor_alt.mat" and then click and drag in the editor to make the ground.


Well then, good luck on your custom story. Smile

Well, you made me stay awake for another half an hour... but I think its all good, although I still think the technology behind it is poor.


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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

(08-04-2011, 11:24 PM)ZyLogicX Wrote:
(08-04-2011, 11:00 PM)Kyle Wrote: Ah, I listened to your commentary. ^^

I know what you mean, when it comes to outside environments.

Grass Fix:

There are two ways to deal with the grass.

1. Click on grass in HPL2 editor and on the right side of it, once selected, with present data about the individual grass piece. There will be a tab on that side near the top of it called "Static Object". Once clicked, there will be a checkbox called "Collides". If you uncheck the box, you can walk through the grass, except that you'll have to do that for every single one you placed.

2. You could add a block box that can be used so that the player can't walk into the grass. Block boxes are located in Entities --> technical --> "block_box". The pink area will be the area the player can't go to if set active.

Ground Fix:

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with placing planes. Go to "Primitives" on the left side, and then click on the "..." button next to the black that is underneath "Materials". Scroll down and double click on "static_objects". Then double click on "cellar_base". Then double click on "floor". Then double click on "cellarbase_floor_alt.mat" and then click and drag in the editor to make the ground.


Well then, good luck on your custom story. Smile

Well, you made me stay awake for another half an hour... but I think its all good, although I still think the technology behind it is poor.

It isn't poor technology - it just simply wasn't designed for outdoor environments.

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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

(08-05-2011, 04:34 AM)DamnNoHtml Wrote:
(08-04-2011, 11:24 PM)ZyLogicX Wrote:
(08-04-2011, 11:00 PM)Kyle Wrote: Ah, I listened to your commentary. ^^

I know what you mean, when it comes to outside environments.

Grass Fix:

There are two ways to deal with the grass.

1. Click on grass in HPL2 editor and on the right side of it, once selected, with present data about the individual grass piece. There will be a tab on that side near the top of it called "Static Object". Once clicked, there will be a checkbox called "Collides". If you uncheck the box, you can walk through the grass, except that you'll have to do that for every single one you placed.

2. You could add a block box that can be used so that the player can't walk into the grass. Block boxes are located in Entities --> technical --> "block_box". The pink area will be the area the player can't go to if set active.

Ground Fix:

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with placing planes. Go to "Primitives" on the left side, and then click on the "..." button next to the black that is underneath "Materials". Scroll down and double click on "static_objects". Then double click on "cellar_base". Then double click on "floor". Then double click on "cellarbase_floor_alt.mat" and then click and drag in the editor to make the ground.


Well then, good luck on your custom story. Smile

Well, you made me stay awake for another half an hour... but I think its all good, although I still think the technology behind it is poor.

It isn't poor technology - it just simply wasn't designed for outdoor environments.

Well, I think it's poor, and I know it wasnt designed for outdoor environments. (listen to my dev. commentary)
I mean come on, gras should be able to walk through right in the beginning.

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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

It's not grass, it's a static object, and static objects should not be able to walk through in the beginning, while it is easy to make it other way.

If it were to be designed for outdoor environments, it would be grass like this http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-6295.html

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RE: The Elder Sign (trilogy)

ZyLogicX
nice Alpha , btw Smile

yes, i agreed about stories.

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many times i stuck and can"T move in grass, its little Bugged Rolleyes
+ some broken textures
and just love story about Insmouth (Call of ChtulhuExclamation)
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