Well this DA team has some incredibly committed and skilled people taking part. I'm really glad the 3d part of things is moving at a good pace -- that tends to be the greatest speed bump towards progress yet the most important.
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Well this DA team has some incredibly committed and skilled people taking part. I'm really glad the 3d part of things is moving at a good pace -- that tends to be the greatest speed bump towards progress yet the most important.
Nah the reason we're moving so fast is because there is one person on the team who has too much time on his hands, that and he uses Corsix mod studio so he doesn't have to wait all day for the code to load up before he can edit it.
Dark Angel Within, Dark Angel Without, Dark Angel Forever.
Get your Soulstorm Skirmish/Multiplayer Wargear mod here or check out the thread here
Now on Facebook as Raven Morpheus, there's only one...
Hehe, more fluff == better. But this mod will rock anyways, with or without Belial.Belial - jeez you don't want much do youKeep it up!
Ok. I prolly shouldn't do this but here is a sneak preview at what you can expect the Icons to look like.
I slaved pretty hard to get these few looking extra good to show off to the public so I hope everyone enjoys.
Ok thats all you get for now!
Last edited by RW Retribution; 19th Jul 08 at 3:26 PM.
sweet. Dark Angels have always been my favorite SM Legion/Chapter due to their robes and hoods. Looks gangster.
Those are some very nice Icons.
I will be following this mod with interest.
Nicely done Retribution. Thanks for showing us the preview.
mate those are brilliant! I'm really looking forward to this. great job
Well you see there's is a problem fluffwise - if we allow you to build Belial you can only build him once per battle, if he's killed off you can't really build him again, death is death...Originally Posted by Brother Trusk
Hehe, more fluff == better. But this mod will rock anyways, with or without Belial.Belial - jeez you don't want much do you
But if we give you the Master of the Deathwing you can build as many as you like because it's not one person, besides it's only a name...
I also need to thank Fuggles for an idea that he gave me for one of the units we have in the mod. Thanks Fuggles, you'll be on the list of credits.
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 3rd Jul 08 at 2:38 AM.
if this mod needs any supporter userbars or sigs made i'd be happy to do it. holidays just started here in australia and i've got a lot of time on my hands.
-EDIT-
Here's a sample of my work:
Last edited by ulriktheslayer1; 4th Jul 08 at 1:02 AM.
Awesome!!
@Ulriktheslayer1
Just remember that by forum regulations that all signatures must be under 30,000 bytes (aka 30 KB), in which case you may wish to change yours before you get a warning as well as it is over the 30 kilabyte limit at the moment even with just the "Annihilation" userbar
One percent of the Blood Gods consume 99 percent of the blood and skulls. #OccupyTheSkullThrone
"Repent! For Tomorrow You Shall Die!"
STEAM & GFWL: Malkael (Brother Malkael)
is this mod still alive?
they posted an update 6 days ago
Ah excellent It's looking incredibly awesome
Is there anyway I can lower the file size of the image while retaining the quality?
P.S: By the way, is that sig any good?
NO. The mod is dead. We've had a big argument over how the mod should be made, and we've all decided to jack it in.
Of course this mod is still alive. We can't keep making updates though, if we do we'll give away a lot of things we want to keep secret...
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 27th Jul 08 at 12:07 PM.
Well said::
We must keep something to keep you lot interested.
Two quick questions:
1. Is this Mod for DC or SS?
2. Will this Mod be compatible w/ the Combiner Mod?
Thanks.
2 quick answers:
1. We're aiming for SS but if there is enough interest for a DC version we may do one.
2. Yes. At least I think so. To be honest I have no idea what the Combiner Mod actually does in terms of code but we'll take a look at being compatible with it - we are aiming for as much compatibility with other mods as possible.
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 8th Jul 08 at 12:44 AM.
The Combiner mod is a pretty simple but useful mod that allows you to play all Race mods at once, basically.
Ok well I've had a look at the thread and first off I can see the above quote being a problem because at some point we will need to amend the taskbar.lua in order to incorporate a third resource (we're currently using Ork population for some units and we'll need to change all the Ork icons to something more Dark Angels)
But I'm dl'ing the combiner mod now so I can see how it works just to see what problems we might have in being compatible with it.
Given that the combiner mod is for DC though I don't see as we'll be paying all that much attention to compatibility with it, this is for SS primarily and if enough people show interest we'll "downgrade" the mod to DC after it's complete and worry about compatibility then...
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 8th Jul 08 at 6:29 AM.
how do we "show" interest? Cuz i have my pen ready to sign.
combiner will be most likely updated to SS eventually
I guess day 1 DLC was too casual for EA, so let's start doing 8-month-early DLC! - Shuma
Eagerly awaiting DoW3 with mod tools. You hear me Relic?!
Well when the mod is finished and people have dl'd it or want to, just say if you want a DC version and we'll see about downgrading it.
Chances are that by that time most people will have SS and most major full race mods will have been ported to SS so we don't envisage a great demand for a DC version. Having said that the mod may just work as is in DC, dunno though haven't tried it but SS doesn't really add a lot code-wise that we can't take out in a day or two...
I will be posing a preview of the Custom UI. It will be a very limited preview because we don't want to give everything away now do we?
No.... We don't.
Ooooohhh sweet. Would this be the one we (the team) have all seen?
@ Modding team,
Just wanted to say that I am soooo looking forward to this mod that i check the forums every couple of hours in the hopes of seeing a beta release, love your work, hurry please before i loose my sanity!
Heh. We've got an internal discussion to sort out before we release a beta. We have a number of alpha versions and we can't work out which one to base the rest of the mod on. (Probably shoulnd't be telling you that though).
Please be patient, it will be weeks, or possibly even months before we're at the stage of releasing a public beta (I felt we were close but looking at it we're not, I just got all excited at the fact Thud has done us some AI.)
@ravenmorpheus,
No I have been working on something different but close. All I will say at this time is that I have had help from The Watchers in the Dark. They tell me you need to limit your public information or you will be whisked away to the bowels of the Rock to have your mind wiped and be turned into a servitor so that you can do the mod teams laundry.
Is that the "you" as in me personally or the "you" as in anyone in general?
I know what not to reveal, for example I haven't revealed that we're doing a (highlight next bit to read)
yet
Good news people...
...we're still rocking!
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 10th Jul 08 at 4:38 PM.
Ok so some of you may have noticed the bikes in Morats opening post.
Well we've done a re-texture of them, here's a sample pic.
Enjoy
Damn Dark Angels and their secret-mumbo-jumbo... Maybe I should give the Inquisition a hint... but then again...
Nah, just keep it up.
whats with the non-DA icons, are they for different mods?
I believe thats just RW Retributions sig. Best ask him.
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You know what would rule? A squad of watchers
Well I'm gonna be a fluff nazi and say no chance. Watchers don't go roaming around the battlefield, they're found "in the background" in the depths of The Rock, besides what would they do, chew your ankles
We have toyed with the idea of using the Watchers in the Dark as something other than just the Lion Helm bearer but we can't come up with anything that is plausible fluff-wise...
That is one thing I don't recall Morat mentioning, we're trying to keep the mod as fluff correct as we can (although I guess we can take some artistic licence, GW do every time they want to sell something new so I'm sure we could...) whilst also maintaining a reasonable interpretation of the codices - Angels of Death, the cheapo thin one which you needed Codex SM to use it, and the current one.
We're having Jawas instead, they'll come along and steal your vehicles and sell them back to you
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 27th Jul 08 at 12:11 PM.
Ha!We're having Jawas instead, they'll come along and steal your vehicles and sell them back to you
I have released a small number of space marine icon packs for the FoK mod (not for the team but as a third party) and have since made many icons for random things in not only the DoW games but for others as well.Khorney:
whats with the non-DA icons, are they for different mods?
The icons in my sig are some of the latest in what I hope is a long line of new icon sets I am creating for soulstorm. However having said that Soulstorm does have decent icons already and I follow the ideology that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
I am currently working on a chaos icon pack for Soulstorm in the hopes that I can replace the piece ofones Relic used since the first release of DoW. Here is a sample.
All the other races seem to have fairly decent icons that honestly do not need to be replaced other then custom ones for Tau septs, Chaos legions or IG regiments.
Anyway... While I am focused on this Dark Angels mod I am giving it my full attention when I have free time. And I will say that this mods Icons will be exclusive and you will not see them released otherwise. I will maintain that any future use of the icons that will be released for this mod will not be permitted by me to be used in any other mod or for any other reason outside of this mod.
Now having said that... If someone contacts me and wishes to employ my services to create a set of icons for their mod then I will be more then happy to help in the creation of icons for them. Not that anyone with a skilled hand at photoshop or Gimp couldn't do what I do. All you need is a good set of reference material and alot of free time!
As a mater of fact, I have a friend who wants me to make a set of icons for him using his own space marine chapter he painted himself. They look pretty good and should make for an awesome set of custom icons.
Last edited by RW Retribution; 18th Jul 08 at 5:38 AM.
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Damn bloody nice pro look!
RW Retribution,
Do not take it badly but I think your icons are too complex (ie the inside render is too complex and difficult to read and identify the unit. Do not used TT models to make icons but use dow 3d models, add an effect for the render to stand out from the background colour such as dim shadow or a glow.
Here are examples :
I like how diverse the TT models look and I can alter their colors or find them with a slew of different trinkets.
I used the DoW 3d models on my space marine packs I released to the mod community on another site. I wanted something different and unique for this mod. The DoW 3d models are a bit to vanilla and don't offer a difference in flavor. (I.E. space marines are space marines are space marines)
With TT models I can get all the little dark angel insignias, talismans and penance along with the dark angels flavor you can only get from miniatures.
As far as my Chaos Icons I posted above. I made those before I started work on this mod and wanted a very complex feel for chaos as chaos is exactly that.
Anyways... Once I get my 3d rendering programs working in linux I may start using the 3d models again for icon work. 3d studio max is a coding nightmare to run in linux and I have yet to get blender to even load. So my creativity will have to take a back seat until I can gain access to higher quality programs to accomplish my work.
As far as your comments, none taken. I'm not the best nor am I even close to being good at this type of thing. However I do enjoy myself deeply for being able to do this for a respectable mod team and hope my work will be acceptable to the rest of the mod community.
Last edited by RW Retribution; 19th Jul 08 at 3:35 PM.
those look really good.
Ok update just in case anyone was wondering whats happening.
The mod is still alive. There that's an update, and all I can say at this time
Well, that satisfies me. I was just about to ask...
Oh dear we've dropped off the front page, time for an update methinks...
So an update - we have 99% of the AE code finished, it just needs a few amendments here and there and some playtesting to iron out the kinks and some work on balance.
We are working on graphical issues mainly now and Greenphearo is doing some great models for us as well as tweaking the ones we already have.
Ravenwing Retribution has done some great icons for us, some of which he has shown in this thread, and he's also working on our taskbar and other UI parts.
Thud has almost finished the AI as well.
Dunno if I'm giving too much away there but I've said it now so
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 11th Aug 08 at 1:12 AM.
Ok another update just in case people are wondering -
I'm on vacation from September 1st, the rest of the team have left and the mod is now officially dead...
Hahahahahaha, got ya.
The mod is still alive (although you wouldn't know it from looking at the private forum - it's like a ghost town in there :shudders: ), Greenphearo and Ravenwing Retribution are getting the 3D model and 2D UI work done now, not a lot more I can say as the AE coding is practically done and we don't have a lot going on at the moment.
But we could do with a couple of experienced playtesters to test the mod as it is and help us with balancing issues before we go too much further down the line.
So please PM Morat if your interested in giving us a hand.
Last edited by ravenmorpheus; 22nd Aug 08 at 1:45 AM.
Oh dear we've fallen off the first page again...
Anyway, minor update time.
We have a new member of staff (looks like Morat forgot to mention this in this thread) - please all give a big welcome to Eruck. His role within the team is as yet remaining undisclosed to the public, mainly because it'd tell you where we're at.
Welcome Eruck what ever you are doing it must be special lol. Keep up the hard work guys your mod is looking amazing I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Uraahh SemperFi Marines!!! For the God Emperor of the Imperium
*crosses fingers*
*hopes it's new synch kill*
No... Im not busting into a rap.
I'm saying that I'm back.. Again... *snicker*
Mod is looking good. Hope everyone is waiting in anticipation.
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