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It's sitting on the backburner while we explore other options. I know some folks were excited about the addition, but I have some reservations about what it would do to the health of the vehicle game.
It's sitting on the backburner while we explore other options. I know some folks were excited about the addition, but I have some reservations about what it would do to the health of the vehicle game.
That's amazing. How long did it take you to learn/master blender? Do you have any advice for others wanting to learn it?
There’s no magic shortcut to learning new software other than download it. Watch and follow tutorials and just keep using it till the features become 2nd nature so you can use them quickly without searching. Once you build muscle memory with anything is gets much faster but the ramp up is always painful. Just stick with it!
Ah, good to know! I want sure where they actually were windows, they didn't seem too transparent from this angle I know others have said this before, but I really appreciate you guys giving us progress updates like these. It helps us put things into perspective
The shield shader will be applied once it’s in the game engine. This shiny material is just for my own benefit when modeling it in blender. In game and film dev we don’t always have the same shaders in our modeling software as will be used when the asset is done.
Looks nice. Do not forget to slap on a bottom mesh so that in the event this thing is constructed over a ditch, players cannot look inside from below. :)
Will do.
Those shiny bars were see, are those 1/2 way shield? Or are they cosmetic only?
Which shiny bars? The windows? The windows are shielded yes.
Outside looking really good, but what's inside will determine if it's fun to defend and attack.
If we get more of these larger construction pieces, it will add a lot of variety that players can get creative with.
Are there thoughts on what construction items can be "attached" to the command center? For example, roof access from and to an infantry tower.
There is a spawn room in the tower with a vertical shaft to the roof antenna for fast defense from an elevated position as well as a spiral staircase down to the roof deck from the spawn room and a grab lift to the deck from the 2nd floor.
Is Blender the company-wide software choice or a personal choice?
All the 3D artists at rogue planet use it.
Hey guys, just thought I'd share a Work in Progress shot before I head out for the weekend. I don't wanna over-do it and you get sick of me, but I think it's looking pretty cool.
Just a note though, this lighting is in blender and not in-game which tends to be less dramatic/high contrast for game play reasons. Have a great weekend!
Maybe add a panel on the platform just in front of the doorway so that vehicles can't spam inside
There is a fat pillar just inside the door to function as a line of sight blocker and to split attackers as well as provide more of a choke to keep vehicles out. Same with the garage. Support struts inside will act as a porous wall to prevent vehicles from getting in but let players pass.
Here is my suggestion for the ramps. See that vehicle spawn area? That thing is going to have to be at ground level no matter what. So if you could have one of the entrances run along parallel to that, you could reduce the number of places that *have* to be above ground from 3 to 2.
Making the vehicle ramp steeper will also give more wiggle room during placement.
For the other entrance, you might want to consider having the ramp start a little bit inside the building to give you more height without changing the area of the building.
The vehicle ramp does start inside the building. It’s unseen in this shot but the ramp starts at the edge of the vehicle pad itself and the dark sides are more guide rails when exiting. The ramp extends down for a while to the skirt and is at a gentle grade.
Does the building come with those vehicle pads pre-installed or are they snappable sockets where you need to drop the usual modules into?
Preinstalled currently.
Would it be possible to add foundation blocks to help placement on uneven terrain as well?
I asked that too but it just recreates the same issue of needing to support a large depth difference on all sides of the structure foundation. And it wouldn't really solve it, since then one side would have a massive wall from the block face where the other side is close to the surface.
Keeping the footprint of the building tight, and building in access ramps to each doorway is really the ideal solution.
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Another thing to do is to make another invisible ramp where the stairs are.
Old technique that not many games do nowdays.
All stairs are secretly ramps... you see any IK on those feet?
Comfy, although alittle offtopic, would there be a chance that the HIVE asset becomes repurpsed into a sort of hex-wide stategic building that gives buffs to your faction? Kinda like outfit modules, but in construction form.
That's up to design. We all pitched ideas, but there's allot of factors to take into account that "sound cool in my head" but when I discuss it with a real designer -- who understands the meta and game wide impact of every cool idea I have -- I am humbled by how complex and interdependent it all is.
Great to see you posting a response to feedback! Thanks! It is a concern of mine of how this thing is going to get placed anywhere when even the hexes DESIGNED for construction bases don't have flat terrain.
There are control points at the base of contonstrction elements which define the low-high range of terrain that is acceptable for placement. With the long skirt below the foundation line, it should be very forgiving. And we're adding ramps like this to ensure if the terrain at the front is higher than the back there's still easy access.
I'm doing everything I can to keep the footprint small at the foundation, hence the overhanging design which was suggested by Wrel to offer more play space without demanding larger flat areas.
nice to see the containment site texture sheet and geometry being used elsewhere in the game
are the existing construction assets going to have a similar pass to extend their bases?
Hi, actually this isn't anything from the containment site, but the look does feel less boxy and cleaner like we saw in the site with more rounded elements. Whether the older props get a fresh coat of paint is mostly dependent how long getting the new stuff in will take and if we have time left to go back and touch up older models. But I'm game for it.
It was mentioned that the door ramp might be too short for uneven terrain. Wrel had similar feedback and so we added a split ramp to keep the footprint tight and avoid oddly extending the stairs. Hope this addresses your concerns.
They really just need to extend the base of the structure. If people can't get into their structures because they built the entrances too high, that's their problem. But at least that one speck of janky terrain won't stop us anymore.
The base pivot is really above the first or second step but I added a split ramp that follows the round exterior to help people get on with uneven terrain without extending the footprint too much. So noted, and addressed.