Mace's Dev Diary

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Hello everyone,

I don't have much to say other than here is what I have been working on since I joined the Movie Battles II team a bit ago. And some stuff that won't be in the next update but is in the works for the future :P

First off, I am going to do some stuff that you guys have seen before, starting with Revans Flagship Duel. (AKA Leviathan Bridge duel for the BaseJKA version)

Here is the MBII mapping wiki on the map.
http://www.redsaurus.net/mb2mapwiki/index.php/Maps:mb2_duel_revan
(In case you have not seen it yet)

It is a 3v3 duel map, Bastila and 2 jedi accomplices, vs Revan and 2 Dark Jedi
Screenshots:
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http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Revansflagship/shot0345.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Revansflagship/shot0349.jpg)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Revansflagship/shot0346.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Revansflagship/shot0347.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Revansflagship/shot0348.jpg
(Screenshot looking out at the skybox)
For those who are wondering: Yes, on the pipe and on the outside of the ship there IS fake bumpmapping... its not perfect because well.. its JKA :P Some parts of the map are also destructable (Not as much as a map I am going to show later on)

There is also a little surprise near round end, but I will leave that for you guys to figure it out. It is not huge, but I can be life threatening :P.

The second map I implemented into Movie Battles II was Ravager Duel.
Here is the wiki:
http://www.redsaurus.net/mb2mapwiki/index.php/Maps:mb2_duel_ravager

http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/Ravager/shot0001.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/Ravager/shot0047.jpg)
http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/Ravager/shot0002.jpg
http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/Ravager/shot0039.jpg

Next one Isn't technically my map, but I did the awesome skybox and sith fighters outside :P. Rest goes to Shadriss and Inyri (for harvester models)
http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/StarForge/sf6.jpg
http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/StarForge/sf4.jpg
Im proud of it, sorry XD

3rd map I added into Movie Battles II is RC Bridge duel (RC referring to my Republic Cruiser map - Not Republic Commando)
Wiki:
http://www.redsaurus.net/mb2mapwiki/index.php/Maps:mb2_duel_RCbridge

Since the map is very similar to the Republic Commando RAS counterpart, we decided to do a FA based on that section from Republic Commando (See wiki) Although the map is not exactly the same.
Thanks to Plasma for adding the crates in the map, and the FA.
Screenshots:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/MBII_Rcbridgeduel.jpg
Destrucability FTW?
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/shot0006.jpg

Now, done with the Duel maps XD
The first assault map is Jedi Enclave on Dantooine. We had gotten permission from SMoKE to convert his map to Movie Battles II. I am not the only one that worked on it (although I did most of it) Plasma started off by adding a few simple things to the map and doing the Full Authentic... I did just about everything else after he put in the spawns/objectives/new things in the Courtyard. (And the FA mind you) Thanks again Plasma for those :P

Once again, here is the Wiki page:
http://www.redsaurus.net/mb2mapwiki/index.php/Maps:mb2_enclave
Screenshots:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/MBIIpics7-17.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/jedienclave.jpg)
(I know theres fighting, but I thought it was a good pic :P)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/jedienclave2.jpg
Rebel Spawn
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0326.jpg
Imperial Spawn
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0204.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0329.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0328.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0322.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0324.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0327.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Enclave/shot0326.jpg

Radiant Layout pic:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/jedienclavelayout.jpg

(Some gamplay pics are on the gallery, btw. - as is these screenshots here [Map Showcase Section])

The next thing is.. uh... Duel of the Fates... BEFORE you go like OMG WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DOTF OMGZ :P, I didn't do anything to the layout... just visuals, with the help of Frost who did the textures :P (look much better imo)

On my machine I also increased the FPS by somewhere between 15 and 25 FPS by adding Hint portals and fixing some VIS work and Areaportals that were missing in spots. Lighting is also smoother in the main hanger (Added Phong shaders to the ceiling, and changed the barrel things in the middle of the hanger to patches) Along with new glow shaders throughout the map.

Sadly, for you glitchers, you have lost some of your advantage points also, such as getting inside the map by the forcefield things in the gen room from patches... and standing on top of the glass in the generator room also :P. Your fault, not mine, don't whine :P.

Hey, if you are gonna glitch, and you get caught... its gonna most likely get fixed :P

These screenshots are once again, on the Map Showcase section of the gallery.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0338.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0337.jpg)
[url]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0321.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0316.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0319.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/dotf/shot0050.jpg

Thanks again to Frost for the textures, which are both more realistic and look pretty good (especially the hanger floor)

These updates DO also include Duel DOTF.

Some of you also know about the Christmas DOTF which was a combination of work from Plasma and myself. Plasma did the textures and I did the actual map work... see the thread (incase you haven't seen it) for more info.
http://www.moviebattles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19355
That map should be compatible with the next release, since its has its own BSP and does not have the textures with the map. (uses released DOTF textures)

Now, since I am done with all that (wow)
I am on to my WORK IN PROGRESS section

First one, a lot of you know... Republic Cruiser, which will be converted to a Movie Battles II playable format, as long as a few other mods (Different layouts for each though)

For that map, I suggest you follow this link, it is the most updated.
http://www.jkanews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51&start=0
(pictures included, 3 page thread - except for additional links to older screenshots)

RC ftw? :P

Enjoy that one, I know you guys have been waiting for it for almost 2.5 years (one month left to go till then XD)

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

(For those who don't notice - Theres a post above ^^)

Here is another MBII map called Leviathan Escape.
Again, the wiki:
http://www.redsaurus.net/mb2mapwiki/index.php/Maps:mb2_leviathanescape

This map is very WIP, and hasn't even begun any testing phase. (besides my own personal tests)

So, I'll start with the layout that is subject to change (although its very accurate compared to 2 specific areas of the Leviathan ship in kotor - I combined the 2)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/levlayout4.jpg
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http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0021.jpg (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0023.jpg)
[url]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0022.jpg
First pictures are of the Rebel Spawn.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0029.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0030.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0031.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0032.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0033.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0045.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0046.jpg
These next are of the Imp spawn (Which will be a movable one... this is the first position)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0035.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/shot0036.jpg
Here is a WIP in-radiant shot of a maintenance area... I'll tell you how you get to it in a bit, kinda cool :P
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/tehtunnel.jpg

Now, this map probably has the most interactivity that I have done thus far... although it is giving me a lot of issues too :P

First, is this massive entity spam :P
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/thatbetterwork.jpg
This is basically, where you shoot the pipes on the wall (wherever you hit it) steam will come out based on that. It works in-game :P

Then this little surprise :P
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/leviathan/Escape/corners.jpg
Corners in the map are FULLY destructible, so watch out... some go away in chucks... others just go straight away, depends on how much damage they take.

I will be working a lot more later to get collapsing pipes and that kind of thing, but there is something thats kinda neat with the ceiling lights... you shoot them, they go out :P so be careful with that :P

Ok, so how you get into that maintenance area is kinda neat... there will be a special section on the floor where ... if it takes enough dmg from heavy stuff (such as TD and rockets) the floor will collapse into that maintenance area... with fuel surrounding you :P some of that fuel will spill on to the floor via efx file.. and the collapsing of the floor will be completely scripted in.

Then, for round end (if the rebels board the Ebon Hawk) I will make a small cut scene type thing or a delay for the objective, and have the door to the Ebon Hawk close... and the ship take off and start to leave the hanger... when it leaves the hanger the round will end :P neat feature imo :P

Hope you guys enjoyed reading through all that... it took a while to put together :P

Hope you like my Work in progress stuff also!

Thanks, and enjoy!!!
-MaceCrusherMadunusus

[WorldsLargestIpod]

You see, i look at that and think "Are these mappers robots???!!!??"

So many Maps, and So many FA's that are definately going to be compitently made. [MBII team]

[Killer]

Very nice overall there Mace :D

Not to be a bother, but your second-to-last screenie for the Ravager duel has a small z-fighting error I believe. I saved a picture of it and edited the picture to show where it is. It's very small and hardly noticable, but if you wish, you should fix it. If it's not z-fighting and just my eyes failing me, let me know.

Here's the screen:

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Yeah it does look like it, I just checked the .map though, I don't see anything.. those aren't perfectly updated pics though ^^ I'll check in-game in a bit, if it does.. it just means I need to recompile :P

[The Swashbuckler]

Mace, I gotta say, I'm impressed. All these maps look pretty much just as they should. Also happy to hear about a potential FPS increase for DOTF...

[Metaguardian]

Lovely work as usual Mace.:D

Also why didn't you call your Dev Diary title something cool.:confused:

[Mcbober]

Yes, excellent maps, Mace. *Thumbs up*

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Also why didn't you call your Dev Diary title something cool.:confused:

I was in a hurry :P

Thanks though everyone, I might have a video edit later on of a preview of something (Vegas is being gay atm, thats why I can't post it)

Edit: Anyone else notice that my sig works half the time, and doesn't others? Lol.

[MandaloreBIC]

*whistles*

damn, that new dotf must be a bitch to compile

gj man ;)

[GoodOlBen]

That new DOTF nearly made me reinvigorated, I think I might be able to stand some DOTF 24/7 for a longer while :F Though with all the other awesome maps that are coming... I wonder how someone can do DOTF 24/7 ^^

[Wildebeest]

Edit: Anyone else notice that my sig works half the time, and doesn't others? Lol.

Sigs are shown once per page. It's part of the way to make image sigs less annoying.

[Back2Murder]

Dude. That's just awesome. I love all the kotor maps especially since i'm quite a fan of the games.

[Hawk]

dotf looks nice...

and hey i was wondering if you could add, like, naboo starfighters hanging in the hanger seeing as thats where they keep them :P

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Actually, I started doing a script for those where they fly out of the hanger in the beginning of the movie... I don't have time to finish it for the next update though... need to work on other stuff... (will probably be in in the future)

I cannot add them in stationary though (the ones that remain in the hanger) because they cause too much FPS drop.

[Teon]

That's too bad :(

I was thinking how we'll get more cover in Hangar.

P.S. I still say, remove DotF from one of the builds/betas (and bring it back in build after)

[Riles Lek]

P.S. I still say, remove DotF from one of the builds/betas (and bring it back in build after)



No. They can save it from past builds. Plus, even if they would remove it, it would probably make 98% of the community leave.

[Plasma]

P.S. I still say, remove DotF from one of the builds/betas (and bring it back in build after)

While we're at it we should get Valve to remove de_dust2 as well!

[Golden Mando Bro]

That's too bad :(

I was thinking how we'll get more cover in Hangar.

P.S. I still say, remove DotF from one of the builds/betas (and bring it back in build after)

Yeah we can do what u did to cloud city. Just take away the ''mapping rights'' lol that'd be hillarious.

And Riles that 98 percent of the community includes uppercuts, AND AOD members, AND NS members AND chosen members. It's definately worth it.

[Teon]

Yeah we can do what u did to cloud city. Just take away the ''mapping rights'' lol that'd be hillarious.

And Riles that 98 percent of the community includes uppercuts, AND AOD members, AND NS members AND chosen members. It's definately worth it.

He he, that was what I was thinking :p

@ Plasma, yes they should, I don't even like that map :mad:

[MandaloreBIC]

While we're at it we should get Valve to remove de_dust2 as well!
Also, maybe we can get Blizzard to complete Starcraft: Ghost. :rolleyes:

[MoDSec]

Yeah we can do what u did to cloud city. Just take away the ''mapping rights'' lol that'd be hillarious.

And Riles that 98 percent of the community includes uppercuts, AND AOD members, AND NS members AND chosen members. It's definately worth it.


He he, that was what I was thinking :p

@ Plasma, yes they should, I don't even like that map :mad:

why is it that ppl hate our clan...the main cause of that hate isnt even active anymore....

NS im just lost there lol......never heard anything bad about them ever xD

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Alright, I know it has been a long time since I have posted in here, but there is a good reason to now.

I am happy to announce, that Republic Assault Cruiser is done. There are a few things such as bug fixes, and finalizing the FA and such but other than that it is finally done.




For those who have not been paying attention to actual map design development itself, have a look here at the gallery. It contains all of the things you need to look at to see the maps design. (MBII Site) (http://www.moviebattles.com/gallery/p17_sectionid/87) (My Site) (http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/MapPictures/mb2rc/mappics.htm)

To start you all off, I have some gameplay pictures from the beta build.


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(6) (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc11.jpg) (7) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc14.jpg) (8) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc15.jpg) (9) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc16.jpg) (10) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc17.jpg) (11) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc18.jpg) (12) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc19.jpg) (13) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc20.jpg) (14) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc4.jpg) (15) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc5.jpg) (16) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc6.jpg) (17) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc7.jpg) (18) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc8.jpg) (19) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/RC/Gameplay/MBIIrc9.jpg)

Now that you've seen some of the good moments of one of the test sessions we had on RC, I am going to explain and show you some of the map events, as well as the new Random Events introduced into RC.

Random events are actually fairly complex in how they work, but simple at the same time. The map consists of a set number of events it can choose from. At the beginning of each round, it chooses 3 as possibilities to be done at the round. After that, it goes to a yes/no possibility. Some events do not have that, to make them occur more often, but others do. After that, it goes to more randomizing, which then randomize which time period within the round it will happen. Meaning, it gets to be pretty hard to predict when these will go off on you. :)

However, quite a lot of them have audio and visual keys. Some, only have audio keys, so if you have turned your sound off, your loss. :P

There are also another kind of 'Random Event' that happens every round, but what is random about it is the intensity, sound effect, and timing. The ship is being massively bombarded by numerous ships. With this effect, you have a slight screen shake (you will notice it, but for me at least, it doesn't affect gameplay at all - it barely moves at all tbh) as well as a sound effect that plays with it.

Now, I will show you some of the random events that happen within this map. Starting with:


Turbolaser Blast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKNzAQLfNk


This random event has both visual (message) and sound cues. It is placed directly in main, meaning you need to pay a large amount of attention or else you will die by explosion or the vacuum of space. If you hear/see it is going to go off, you have 10 seconds to get to either side of the room behind the containment doors. From there, you have access to the lower maintenance area to pass.


Reactor Core Damaged
(Outdated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kki0rCCM_LI


The Reactor Core Damaged event is pretty simple, it changes the overall lighting of the map as well as some of the textures to go with the loss of power and the conversion over to the backup generators. In addition to that, there is a slight gravity change, adding a small variation to gameplay. The gravity changes from default 600 to 800 which can make you throw grenades off, and jump wrong... so be careful :P


Droid Starfighter Crash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVwJns5X30 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVwJns5X30&feature=related)


This event is pretty special. It lands itself on the secondary route to the bridge, which can give either team a slight advantage if there is access. This one has no real cue at all, meaning you have to be extra careful. The purpose of this event is to block the extra path, making you take somewhat of a risk to go this way. If it lands on you, you could quite possibly die pretty quickly. However, if you are on one side, you have the option to remove the debris with a quick bomb placement. Remember to get away after placing, else the explosion will kill you. After that, fire still remains in the way... but you can go through with a tiny bit of damage, just don't forget to stop drop and roll!

Now, there aren't just random events, there are also some some-what player controlled events. Here is the first one.


Airlock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh0giMxHDo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kh0giMxHDo)



Plain and simple, hack the consoles, airlock opens then closes again. However since players are not in protective gear, they are sucked out and killed.


Shuttle Landing and Takeoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGaChPKLaKY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGaChPKLaKY)


This next one is again, simple. It, however, is not player controlled and happens every round.

Now, lets take a look at what happens if you win or lose a round, or overall when the fraglimit/roundlimits are hit.


CIS Objective Win - Self Destruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsqxWH1k9g0


The Objective for CIS/Imperials in this map is to cause the ship to self destruct. If that happens, Republic/Rebels have to attempt to escape in the escape pods. (CIS/Imps can do this too if they want) Be careful where you step though, these self destruction explosions can be lethal! Overall, I just think this is pure awesomeness and the perfect way to end a round through one team completing the objective. And thanks to some of Ace-Venturas code, if the CIS complete the objective, but the entire team dies the ship still self destructs and the CIS still win by completing the objective. Even with the delay before end round.


CIS and Republic Overall win

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcU-ztMBDTw


This one, is fairly unique and special I believe as well. This happens only when the map itself ends on the fraglimit, roundlimit, or timelimit. The Republic get reinforcements, and the CIS see the total destruction of the ship. This wont happen every round, so I hope this is used well with those rotation servers. If there is a draw however, nothing happens.

Now that I have told you of some of the multitude of events that happen in RC, I would also like to still tell you that there are more, however quite a few are simple. Another one is called Full Security where more of the turrets placed across the map are activated. They, however, can also be deactivated by another hack by the Secondary Objective.

The last thing, is that this map has many visual keys towards what doorways are what. View the key here: [URL]http://www.moviebattles.com/wiki/Mb2_republiccruiser There is one door type not on there, it has the locked door visual, and red exterior. Those doors, are operable via Secondary Objective.

I hope you enjoy all of this, and hope the wait for the release of RC is worth it for everyone, I enjoy this map beyond belief. I know its my own map, but it is probably my favorite now.

Please be sure to check the next post for some credits on the map. Thanks to everyone!

-MaceCrusherMadunusus

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Credits


I would also like to thank all of the many others that gave support in this map. Special thanks to all the beta testers and their excellent gameplay testing and feedback, as well as some ideas for the events and features across RC. The same thing goes for the entire dev team as well, all of the features were not single handedly designed by me, so thank you.
I would also like to thank Zudni, Wildebeest, and Ace for their work on the new misc_turretg2 override codes allowing for changing of the shots, muzzle shots, and the active and dead models.
Thanks to =Someone= for his brand new turret model made for the map
Thanks to Lervish for his dead clone models
Thanks to GoodOlBen for some blood textures & Some Explosion Effects
Thanks to Plasma for the gunship reskin and some textures
Thanks to Pahri for the Shuttle Transport model
Thanks to Frost for assistance skinning the model.
Thanks to Azuvector for his Enhanced EFX FX_Runners
Another special thanks to all those that helped with sound design throughout the map, including Frog, Bluestormtrooper, Sareth and Plasma.


Again, thanks to everyone. I really appreciate everything.

-MaceCrusherMadunusus

[Metaguardian]

Congratulations Mace. When I first heard from you about the various features of this map project I thought it was a visionary project, but now the interactivity, aesthetics, gameplay, and all those elements have come together and I reckon this will set a new standard for Mb2 mapping. Quite possibly this might inspire a 24/7 Republic Cruiser server for a while upon release.

[=Someone=]

ITT: The most inspired map of MB2.

[Hawk]

Wow Mace, that may very well be the most amazing and technically complex map ever created for JKA. Nice work, can't wait to play on it.

[Xadus]

I love you Mace. :)

[Airplane!]

Oh my god.. that looks AWESOME! Great work man.

[Subaru]

<3 Mace <3 RC

[TroyMin]

Does the shuttle landing/taking off serve any purpose besides just being a cool visual script? I mean does it alter gameplay as drastically as the other scripts seem to (besides the fact that it can be used as cover for a bit... hmm...)?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Does the shuttle landing/taking off serve any purpose besides just being a cool visual script? I mean does it alter gameplay as drastically as the other scripts seem to (besides the fact that it can be used as cover for a bit... hmm...)?

Idd, its pretty much visuals and cover. Its main purpose is to show how some of the troops land in the hangar.

[Acemaco]

looks good
too bad i cant install it on wine

[GoodOlBen]

This is possibly the most eventful and variable map you'll ever play in MB2. It has so much interactivity and random events that the players will always have to be on their toes :p

[Particle Man]

Needs to be released now, imo.

[Azuvector]

Next up, Kashyyyk? :P

[Torrentazos]

I love you Mace. :)

I love you mace. :)

[DepulsoR]

Wow! Congratulations, that's looks awesome!

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Next up, Kashyyyk? :P

Nope, CC then Kashyyyk.

[Tardismania]

i think its safe to say all your hard work has payed off eh mace :)

[Airplane!]

Nope, CC then Kashyyyk.

Oh.. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-- :eek:

Hell yes.

[MrEmperor]

Awesome and epic. We need RC 24/7! The cure to dotf!

[Hexodious]

Agree, at least RC has more of that traditional star wars feel :D

[Nichilus]

I love you Mace. :)I love you mace. :)
WE. LOVE. YOU. MAAAACEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! :)

It looks so complicated... sounds really interesting, and it also looks like you created a perfect team since so many of you have somehow participated in this project!

But damn... I can't wait for the RC4 to come out :confused: so much eyecandy thingies that will be there xD

[Lucariolix]

Where is the download link for rc :( :(

[Particle Man]

Agree, at least RC has more of that traditional star wars feel :D

RC looks fantastic, but NOTHING has the Star Wars feel of Frost's DS.

[Def1led]

Wow, great work on the republic assualt cruiser... that's some tight **** guys

[Hexodious]

but what about frame rates on older machines?

[Maick]

Great, enough said.

[Lervish]

but what about frame rates on older machines?
I'm sure you have no reason to worry, Mace always takes that kind of things into account and I can't remember any reports of bad FPS in the testing so far. :)

[GoodOlBen]

but what about frame rates on older machines?

It was stable enough on my old PC. At worst it would be 30 but I used to get 30 in places like DOTF main corridor and the hangar.

Mace is almost sickeningly obsessed with VIS in his maps, so you should safely expect the best possible FPS for the amount of awesome the map delivers. ;)

[Hexodious]

Excellent :D

[Flash]

I believe you have found the cure for cancer.. I mean dotf.

[Shadriss]

...Mace is almost sickeningly obsessed with VIS in his maps...

Also with pseudo-bump maps, shaders, skyboxes, brush placement... the list goes on and on and on. Also, the word 'almost' should simply be deleted. He IS sickeningly obsessed with it. Of course, in this case, that's a GOOD thing.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Update #2

This one is not quite as big as Republic Assault Cruiser, however that does not change it one bit. Everyone here should recognize the location, have a look!




The Emperors Lair! Here are some screenshots that show off the map!


[/URL] (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0426.jpg) (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0428.jpg)
[URL=http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0429.jpg](1) (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0433.jpg) (2) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0430.jpg) (3) (http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0432.jpg)

There are a few features with this map itself as well, sure not as interactive and awesome as Republic Assault Cruiser but it holds its own. The first one is the death of the Emperor when he falls down the pit. The second, is the catwalk collapse. However, I do not have the catwalk video done for you all tonight, so I will get that to you tomorrow. For now, have a look at the first!



Emperors Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pmMsCxJpck

Special thanks to Frost for the Effect and sound!


Catwalk Collapse
Coming Tomorrow

And I know they may only be a duel map, but hey, it needs its official place!

Hope you Enjoy it! Look for some more soon!

[Frost]

Rock on!

[=Someone=]

Makes me wish duel maps were popular. Looks epic, Mace.

[Metaguardian]

Great work Mace, just make the emperor death effect longer and extend higher.

[Particle Man]

What they said.
Also, I'm working on mb2-sized music for this very scene; shall I finish it up and send it to you?

[Frost]

It's the same length than it was in the movie, Meta.

[Metaguardian]

It's the same length than it was in the movie, Meta.

Oh okay. Still though,in the movie the blue effect whooshed right up above Luke and Vader. Mimicking that height would make the effect more impressive.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Oh okay. Still though,in the movie the blue effect whooshed right up above Luke and Vader. Mimicking that height would make the effect more impressive.

The effect goes up and past where I am viewing from in the map which was at ground level.

[AlphaFA]

These maps need something... I know, THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED.
RAWR.

[MrEmperor]

These maps need something... I know, THEY NEED TO BE RELEASED.
RAWR.

Very much true. BUT, they should be released in a timely manner.

[Hexodious]

Mace I am more interested in you starting a Taris MB version after all these (+CC/Kash) are done :p

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Mace I am more interested in you starting a Taris MB version after all these (+CC/Kash) are done :p

That will not be happening

[Particle Man]

I'm working on mb2-sized music for this very scene; shall I finish it up and send it to you?

Quoted for truth?

[Azuvector]

Quoted for truth?

Poor taste to QFT yourself. :P
Also, IIRC it uses the same music as VOTJ.

[Particle Man]

Oh. Mine would fit better (Fairly certain the VOTJ music was ripped from JK2) because it has big pieces of the luke-vader fight scene, wheras the VOTJ has bits from Jabba's palace and other parts of the Trilogy.

[Hexodious]

Thats a shame mace, I guess I'll just have to have a JKG partitian to visit it.

[Particle Man]

Catwalk Collapse
Coming Tomorrow

Oh. My. God. Purely epic scriptin–

Wait.

GIEF VIDEO NAAAOO

EDIT:

Why the hell did you make Palpy's Dark Side Sit-N-Spin PURPLE?!

[Hexodious]

liking the starkiller model in those photos :D

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Small update to emperors lair.

HIGH RESOLUTION LIGHTMAPS.

For those wondering what that means let me explain. JKA has a forced maximum lightmap resolution of 128x128. No matter how low you set the _lightmapscale in a map a entire surface must still fit in a single lightmap. There is a way which some Q3 games support for higher resolution lightmaps which is a forced compile line from the q3map2 compiler.

However, I have been able to overcome that with a small little trick. In doing so, I also limit the high resolution lightmaps to certain surfaces of my choosing, doing that allows for higher performance because the entire map doesn't have it.

So, enough of that. Lets have a look at the Before and After.

Before
[/URL]
After
(http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/shot0286.jpg)

And finally, a comparison between the lightmaps. Default 128x128 on the left... new 1024x1024 on the right.

[URL=http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/Emperors%20Throne/lm_0001.jpg] (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/lightmap_0113.jpg)

Enjoy :P

[MrEmperor]

Fantastic Mace! Looks much nicer now.

[antiflag]

awesome lightmap is awesome!

[Sxx]

Very nice! =p

[Hawk]

Good job.

[Yzmo]

You have to teach me those little tricks :)

[Particle Man]

Do you HAVE to call it the Emperor's Lair? The Emperor has a Throne Room. Batman has a lair. The Emperor's got a mothafookin Death Star, Dock Ock has a lair.

[MrEmperor]

But this is his lair in his Death Star.

[Particle Man]

But this is his lair in his Death Star.

It's his throne room... lairs are for people who need to hide. The Emperor has no need to hide.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I believe it was called his lair in the crosssections book were I got a lot of the references.

However, picky sw nerd alert.

[Particle Man]

...picky sw nerd alert.

That's the only purpose God gave me.

[TheLOLipop]

That's the only purpose God gave me.

Glad he didn't give you anymore.

[Frost]

The Emperor has no need to hide.

Oh really? Didn't he end up getting owned by one guy in a dark suit? He is old and frail.

Even if he wasn't, it sure is smart to keep your face in the open in the time of CIVIL WAR...

[Particle Man]

Oh really? Didn't he end up getting owned by one guy in a dark suit? He is old and frail.
He was owned by David Prowse 'cuz he didn't see the attack coming from his "friend" of over 20 years.


Even if he wasn't, it sure is smart to keep your face in the open in the time of CIVIL WAR...

The Empire isn't the Mafia, it's a legitimate (albeit evil) government. Did James Madison hide during the war of 1812? No, he was still President of the United States. He wasn't thrusting himself on England's doorstep, but he wasn't hiding in a dark cave somewhere. Same to Lincoln (who was killed AFTER the war so shush).

You could also say the same to both Bushes and to Obama. He's in charge of a nation more or less at war, but we all know where to find him.

The fact that the Empire was at war doesn't change the fact that the Emperor has more responsibilities than just telling some punk kid that his feeble skills are no match for the power of the Dark Side...

[MrEmperor]

Actually... no. Palpatine never really put his empire first and foremost. His main goals were always prioritized Sith first. So telling a punk kid with the potential to be either your greatest threat, or next apprentice, or next body, is kinda more important than the empire. I mean, he did leave the rebels alone entirely to keep an external threat to constantly solidify his power. Plus there was that whole camassi thing, the alien slavery/genocide, etc. But hey, Empire first, ne?

[Particle Man]

MrEmperor made a writing

He left the rebels alone so that he could justify a constant state of Martial Law AND because he considered them no threat.

Why would you hide from something you don't consider to be a threat? It's not a lair!one1

[MrEmperor]

...The Dark Side messes you up?

[Particle Man]

...The Dark Side messes you up?

O****son. YOU GOT ME.


I'm MEEEEEEEeeelllllttttiiinngg....

[Nichilus]

You could also say the same to both Bushes and to Obama. He's in charge of a nation more or less at war, but we all know where to find him.

Actually, practically every mindful being in the galaxy knew where Palpatin resides. The thing is nobody dared to hunt him there.

[Particle Man]

Actually, practically every mindful being in the galaxy knew where Palpatin resides. The thing is nobody dared to hunt him there.

That's exactly what I was saying. Everyone knew where on Coruscant he lived, but he was such a badass nobody would touch him. Ergo, he does not require a lair but rather a throne room!

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Lulz error with the high res lightmaps... working on fixing now.



I shall update this post when I fix.

Fixed.

[Particle Man]

I love how mace completely ignores my semantix.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I love how mace completely ignores my semantix.

I dont ignore anything. I didn't say anything because its a pointless argument as the name of the room is staying. If I were to make the Emperors throne room it would be on coruscant.

[Particle Man]

I dont ignore anything. I didn't say anything because its a pointless argument as the name of the room is staying. If I were to make the Emperors throne room it would be on coruscant.

The Emperor's throne rooms were the private command centers of Emperor Palpatine. They were located in the Imperial Palace on Imperial Center, onboard the Death Stars, Naboo, Byss, Wayland, and all other locations that he might be expected to visit. His favorite throne room was on Coruscant, located a meter higher than the surrounding rooms and overlooking the entire planet. (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Throne_Room)

Or, more specifically... (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Throne_Room#Death_Star_II)

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Ok, I have references provided by Lindsey from the Complete Locations book, which labels it as the Emperors Lair.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Complete_Locations#Episode_VI

See for yourself, but since I cannot seem to find the pics on my HD you just have to deal with that.

[Particle Man]

Ok, I have references provided by Lindsey from the Complete Locations book, which labels it as the Emperors Lair.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Complete_Locations#Episode_VI

See for yourself, but since I cannot seem to find the pics on my HD you just have to deal with that.

At this point I'm starting not to care anymore, but if you click the link labeled "Emperor's Lair", it takes you to the page I posted above about the Emperor's throne rooms.

[Lervish]

Who cares what the map is called as long as it's awesome?

[Particle Man]

Who cares what the map is called as long as it's awesome?

memememememeemememememe!

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

At this point I'm starting not to care anymore, but if you click the link labeled "Emperor's Lair", it takes you to the page I posted above about the Emperor's throne rooms.

No **** sherlock? That is what it is on in the website. Emperors Lair is what it is called in the book, and I am staying with that. Its a website that can be edited by anyone.

[Particle Man]

No **** sherlock?

Now you're just gonna make me cry.

Anywho, I've made my point and you've made yours. Do as you will; any further discussion at this point would be moot.

[Achskol]

Silence, you exhaust me.

Who cares. I'd be happy if it was "LULZ PALPY'S PLACE".

[Nichilus]

At this point I'm starting not to care anymore, but if you click the link labeled "Emperor's Lair", it takes you to the page I posted above about the Emperor's throne rooms.
Obviously... who would bother doing 2 same pages with just different names :rolleyes:

[Lindsey]

Jesus christ its just the name of a room :D

My fanboy sense is tingling! :rolleyes:

[Supa]

memememememeemememememe!
Quit being a canon fanboy. Map quality should matter more than the name.

[Particle Man]

Quit being a canon fanboy. Map quality should matter more than the name.

Quit making senseless remarks? Map is almost done, he's doing final tweaks to make it glossy and perfect, which is why the name discussion is perfectly appropriate.

[Supa]

I think the name is fine. It is Mace's map, I think it's only appropriate he decide the name, it won't make it any less playable.

[Particle Man]

I think the name is fine. It is Mace's map, I think it's only appropriate he decide the name, it won't make it any less playable.

This is a point Mace has already made and to which I've already agreed.

[S1ck]

This is a point Mace has already made and to which I've already agreed.

Just because its his map and he can name it w/e the heck he wants doesn't mean its CORRECT. Its just his choice and who really cares?:rolleyes:

[FrenzY]

Khyron has already relinquished his argument as moot, let's move on.

Great work as usual, Mace. Excited to see more of CC and other related projects. :)

[Particle Man]

Anywho, I've made my point and you've made yours. Do as you will; any further discussion at this point would be moot.

I stick with that statement.

EDIT: Just saw Frenzy's post lol.

[Def1led]

Man I hope it looks just as good as RC does in game :P I just checked that **** out. Keep up the work.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Man I hope it looks just as good as RC does in game :P I just checked that **** out. Keep up the work.

Well, since you're a whore and didn't wait... I will just say it looks even better now than the leaked version does :P Gameplay has changed quite a bit since as well in addition to improved FPS, by like 1 or 2 max XD

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I have created a small preview for Cloud City for everyone, simply detailing the new Carbon Chamber.

[/URL]

With some pictures of course.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9-ztg5FOws) (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/Cloud%20City/shot0029.jpg)[URL=http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/Cloud%20City/shot0031.jpg] (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/Cloud%20City/shot0030.jpg)

Enjoy :P

[darkzolo]

nice mace cant wait!

[Lervish]

Epic!

Now go finish it!

[Nichilus]

Will you make it into V1 release, mace?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Will you make it into V1 release, mace?

Thats the plan yes

[Mango]

..How is that even JKA? Jesus that looks amazing.

[JohnMatrix]

Really nice, how important the chamber is though? It looks like Jedi friendly area.

And Han floating there means escort objectives again?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Really nice, how important the chamber is though? It looks like Jedi friendly area.

And Han floating there means escort objectives again?

Its the same importance as the old carbon chamber... but overall I would say this is a bit less jedi friendly because some of the surrounding areas that were in the old version are now closed off halls.

Right now, it is still escort but there is a possible change to that but it is not final nor even implemented yet.

[Angrenost]

Cloudcity escort objective isn't bad as the escorts in some other maps as the the player doing the objective can take a part in the battle pretty fully as Han can't get killed by rebs and he can be moved around in combat zones.

[Nichilus]

I think it's the only map where both teams can escort the objective to win the round.

[GoodOlBen]

I think it's the only map where both teams can escort the objective to win the round.

And that was part of it's charm. A few sneaky rebels could sometimes slip past the mindless rushing imps and grab Han.

[Hexodious]

CC was the only map I've actually enjoyed camping on :D

[DarthNormaN]

I love this shot, lights built into the floor are awesome! :P
Now give us some shots of the upper city :)

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

With the announcement of V0.0.2 server side patch release I am pleased to announce the Tatooine Revamp project I have been working on on top of everything else. Some of you may have noticed it appear in my signature as well.

This would have been released with this patch had we made it have a client portion as well. (along with a few other fixes)

There may also be a video made for this later, but we shall see. It isn't so important at the moment :happy:
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/shot0132.jpg)
What has been fixed/changed in this though? Lets have a look

New dotproduct terrain, featuring 1/4th the tris of the previous terrain increasing FPS
New emplaced gun in one of the buildings allowing you to fire on the central area.
New Rebel Transport model by Teelos
Updated VIS further boosting FPS
Updated lighting setting - sunset.
Corrected lighting contrast in many interior areas
Fixed OBJ ship window wallbug
Fixed multiple z-fighting spots
Fixed multiple texture missalignments
Fixed multiple surfaces lacking caulk
Fixed over 90% of current wallbugs
Imperial side now features full 64 spawns (Fixes server crash)
Rebel side now features full 32 spawns (Fixes telefrags)
Removed water layer in the sky. (wtf?)


And now, for screenshots.

[/URL] (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/shot0124.jpg) (http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/shot0126.jpg)[URL=http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/shot0128.jpg]

Enjoy!

[SPaMSandwich!!]

you're never gonna release cloud city are you?

[Radical]

With the announcement of V0.0.2 server side patch release I am pleased to announce the Tatooine Revamp project I have been working on on top of everything else. Some of you may have noticed it appear in my signature as well.

This would have been released with this patch had we made it have a client portion as well. (along with a few other fixes)

There may also be a video made for this later, but we shall see. It isn't so important at the moment :happy:
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Madunusus/MBII/shot0132.jpg)
What has been fixed/changed in this though? Lets have a look

New dotproduct terrain, featuring 1/4th the tris of the previous terrain increasing FPS
New emplaced gun in one of the buildings allowing you to fire on the central area.
New Rebel Transport model by Teelos
Updated VIS further boosting FPS
Updated lighting setting - sunset.
Corrected lighting contrast in many interior areas
Fixed OBJ ship window wallbug
Fixed multiple z-fighting spots
Fixed multiple texture missalignments
Fixed multiple surfaces lacking caulk
Fixed over 90% of current wallbugs
Imperial side now features full 64 spawns (Fixes server crash)
Rebel side now features full 32 spawns (Fixes telefrags)


Enjoy!


Huzzah!!

P.S. The new look for Dotf-V2 is really looking nice, exellent work as always, mace. :p



you're never gonna release cloud city are you?


A wild obvious faggot troll appears ...anyways... it's going to be in V1 hopefully. *looks at mace*.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

A wild obvious faggot troll appears ...anyways... it's going to be in V1 hopefully. *looks at mace*.

It will be, it has 1/2 of just 2 areas left... one of which is very small, the other I just have to figure out how I am working the design. Plus a few exterior textures but I have immenor helping me with textures when he can now.

[SPaMSandwich!!]

lol you know i'm just playing mace ;)

[RebelScum]

Hey, it looks like an authentic Tatooine, Mace! Good job!

A couple things I noticed from the screenshots:

1. I know this wasn't the case in the old Tatooine, but I think it would look a lot better if there was some small landing platform below the shuttle. Just my two cents.

2. Maybe it's me, but the cantina seems a bit too dark:x

[Radical]

A couple things I noticed from the screenshots:

1. I know this wasn't the case in the old Tatooine, but I think it would look a lot better if there was some small landing platform below the shuttle. Just my two cents.

According to the chat I had with mace, he won't touch the map right now, until a new release *after V1* or if there's more room to make more improvements in the future, I take it.


2. Maybe it's me, but the cantina seems a bit too dark:x

I did mentioned this to mace that I will miss tatooine's good ol' night sky and he said that it's way too bright *night version* , then the new daybright version, lul. So I take it that the screenshot is just way 2 dark.

[StarWarsGeek]

2. Maybe it's me, but the cantina seems a bit too dark:x

Quite honestly, I like it dark. The cantina in episode 4 was pretty dark too. Maybe the light from the colored signs could be increased a bit to give the area a cool purple/blue tint. :D

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

According to the chat I had with mace, he won't touch the map right now, until a new release *after V1* or if there's more room to make more improvements in the future, I take it.

Yeah, this map has "done" status for me right now, so I am not going to do anything else for the moment as it takes time away from working on CC, RC, or dotfv2


Quite honestly, I like it dark. The cantina in episode 4 was pretty dark too. Maybe the light from the colored signs could be increased a bit to give the area a cool purple/blue tint. :D

I planned on making new hologram ads entirely... never got around to it though.

[Hawk]

That makes me actually want to play tattooine

Did you uh... remove the water layer of the atmosphere :p

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

That makes me actually want to play tattooine

Did you uh... remove the water layer of the atmosphere :p

Yup. /me adds to changelog

[Garyn Dakari]

Wow! I saw this here http://www.moddb.com/mods/republic-assault-cruiser a few months ago, and I assumed it was dead! Great work Mace! When will this be released?

[HolmstN]

I know when the water layer was implemented that it was intended to prevent Mandos from camping up on the rocks. Is there a new method to preventing this?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I know when the water layer was implemented that it was intended to prevent Mandos from camping up on the rocks. Is there a new method to preventing this?

Clipping

[Dragunoff]

Clipping

its fun to take the remote as a jedi/sith and go up there xD

[STARUSHKA]

Mace, I saw on your site, MBII Republic Cruiser - 99.99%, when he appears?

[Supa]

When it's done.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

For those who haven't been paying attention, I have posted FINAL screenshots of Republic Assault Cruiser on facebook and moddb. So have a look at those!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.165404500189919.45504.165196503544052
http://www.moddb.com/mods/movie-battles-ii/images/republic-assault-cruiser-final113#imagebox

That, however, is not what this post is for. Who here remembers community coop kamino? Well, I have been working on it since then with the beta team, improving on it even farther layout wise, and making the visuals better across the map. I wont go into details as to how I am doing that, you have to guess.

Here is part one, two pictures of two of the main areas on kamino. Lets see how many differences you can spot. Some of the changes aren't visible in the screenshots. Lets just focus on what is visible though.



You can also post your opinions on facebook and moddb as they are there as well. Whatever is easier! Guess away!

Lets see how well everyone knows movie battles maps outside of DOTF!

[deejv]

Lights upwards! Lighting! it doesnt look like eyerape anymore, so much of bright white, now it really looks like indoor area and I very me gusta that. Also the glass on left looks kinda... clearer! the second picture : Well The outside area visible from windows, looks good, really good :P

[andrew_asdf]

The baby tanks are missing near the main door into the baby-tank 2 pillar room area/reb spawn.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Lights upwards! Lighting! it doesnt look like eyerape anymore, so much of bright white, now it really looks like indoor area and I very me gusta that. Also the glass on left looks kinda... clearer! the second picture : Well The outside area visible from windows, looks good, really good :P

Got some of them here! Not all though :P


The baby tanks are missing near the main door into the baby-tank 2 pillar room area/reb spawn.

Nope, that is still the same, if I moved the camera over you would see them.

[Obviously Not an Alias]

In the first picture to the far left, the glass housing the energy tube things has a different, less shiny shader. Also, there actually appears to be moving water on the outside instead of just empty space leading to the skybox.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Here is part two!! What is different in these pictures? (Should be a little easier than part 1!)




Guess away!

[ChaosUnleashed]

1st picture seems to show a new window by the Kamino-style pillars.

2nd picture shows 2 doors in the main area?

Imustseetherest.

[Lervish]

I kNOW THE ANSWER

[Mcbober]

Can I play?

[Ford]

.(@).=Ford: hmm
.(@).=Ford: different lighting?
.(@).=Ford: by the reactors
MaceMadunusus: post in thread nub
.(@).=Ford: theres a new door in the second
.(@).=Ford: and the central pillar has stripes

[Radical]

I see new lightning effects on those tubes on the 1st pic, added the hallway from your older version map(s) from the map tests, and you made some areas a bit darker/less contrast. Nice improvements overall.

[Dra-Gon]

1st picture - window on the background, on the right where the tubes with electricity are, there was a glass over that area

2nd picture - new doors, the middle pillar as well as those pillars near wall have now black stripes in them

edit: oh and do the current kamino have those lights in the middle part of walls?
edit2: oh the stripes are there already :/ ok fail me :D But the lights on the ceiling is new

[Mushima]

I'm more concerned with what changes have been made to the alt-route with that side door. P:

[Commander C.]

I see:

-Improved shadows
-Windows in the main room
-The steps on the stairs seem to have an additional face (i.e. they are kind of slanting downwards)
-Second door in the second pic that wasn't there before
-Newly decorated ceilings?

-Can't really see too well in the first pic, but is that a mini-tunnel next to the entrance?

-Walls and ceiling have an interesting texture? Or are those gridlines just from testing out the map?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

You guys are getting some of them! Keep it up! Ill post the answers soon enough. However, its time for part 3!

Two more screenshots for you guys! Sorry for the late post, I have been fairly busy but its here now!




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[Radical]

Keep up the good work, Mace.

[Lasersailor184]

You guys are getting some of them! Keep it up! Ill post the answers soon enough. However, its time for part 3!

Two more screenshots for you guys! Sorry for the late post, I have been fairly busy but its here now!

Remember to like us on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/MovieBattlesII

Pfft, who likes movie battles?

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Two more pictures, I hope these are the easiest thus far!

[Maick]

Nice mace!!!

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Here is the answers for Part 1 and 2... I was actually shocked how much my lighting had a difference. (I havent played the old kamino in over a month, and even I was shocked... lol)






How well did you end up doing?

[GoodOlBen]

The best part still remains to be shown :)

Assuming Mace can work out the kinks with it.

[STARUSHKA]

looks amazing

[Juggernut]

Shader lights <3

[Maick]

Interactive clone babies!!!?? xD

[GoodOlBen]

Interactive clone babies!!!?? xD

It's awesome, I assure you. I will probably release a replacement that features a sound of a baby crying to accompany it once we get this out in the open.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Assuming Mace can work out the kinks with it.

I believe I have already, just need to finish up some details before I commit to the SVN :)

[dusty]

mace and everything he touches = win.

[STARUSHKA]

Interactive clone babies!!!?? xD

Right here the mini-game anounnced in v1. If you remove diapers from baby and will carry all it to object you will be rewarded by a rank the Beloved Daddy.

[Maick]

I believe I have already, just need to finish up some details before I commit to the SVN :)

Lol, no more WOOOHOOO's buut WEEEEhhh sounds heheh, anyway nice work Mace!

[Anterias]

So.. what will these babies do exactly? XD

Are they the ''thing'' Ben mentioned :(?

[Hexodious]

[Insert Dead Baby Joke]

[Mcbober]

It's awesome, I assure you. I will probably release a replacement that features a sound of a baby crying to accompany it once we get this out in the open.

Not usually into your replacements but that sounds GREAT.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I have created a LiveStream account.

I will be broadcasting whenever I am working on stuff for MB2 or JKG. I will record them as well, for watching later. It is currently a free account, and likely will stay that way. ($350 a month otherwise) so I am sorry for the low quality, but I think its still plenty viewable. It may also help some of the newer level designers of the community to see how I do some of the things I do.

I have also setup an Auto-pilot feature and On-Demand. Auto-pilot allows select videos to cycle through when I am not broadcasting on the stream. Which consists of videos from MB2, 3, and JKG. On-Demand allows you to view some of my recorded broadcasting sessions from before. Just in case you weren't there when I was broadcasting.

You can see the Channel here: http://www.livestream.com/macemadunusus

I Hope you take a look, I may not be broadcasting new stuff for a few days as I am moving back into uni on thursday evening. And I have to prep some stuff before that. We shall see though, I will try to get some new things up for you.

Feel free to chat, and leave me messages as well!

All of the things posted today, show some content and WIPs for DOTF V2!

[Anterias]

Wow isn't 350$ a month a bit outrageous?

[Obi-Wan Kejoshi]

It is currently a free account, and likely will stay that way. ($350 a month otherwise)
:P

Nice idea, I'll take a look or two when i'm back at my own apartment where i got a better internet connection.

[STARUSHKA]

Watching your work right now, epic stuff I really like it. Can you do broadcast 24 / 7? ;d

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Watching your work right now, epic stuff I really like it. Can you do broadcast 24 / 7? ;d

I could, but you would see a lot of nothingness or me not doing anything (like right now)

Just waiting for the compile XD

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Just compiled DOTF V2! About to do a test run though the map. Streaming live of course!!!

http://www.livestream.com/macemadunusus

[Supa]

Just use Justin.tv, Mace. Pair that with FMLE and you'll be able to stream as much as you want for free.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

While I am at it, since I am going to be gone for a few days. I am going to do a run through of kamino and tatooine, for those who would like to join!

Klax requested some RC and CC as well, so I will be doing those. However I have an appointment in 30 mins, but ill continue after that!

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Alright, now I am back from my appointment, so time for some Tatooine, CC, and Kamino!

[Requiem]

http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/mappicselection.htm

Stalk you later:goth:

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

http://macesmapping.map-craft.com/mappicselection.htm

Stalk you later:goth:

Indeed, havent updated those in god knows how long though :)

[Cazador]

I have wached all videos, and all maps are cool. The question is. When?

PD: In chat my name was Acrond

[Def1led]

I knew you weren't throwing dotfv2 out the window mace lol. Can't wait.

[Lervish]

What I'm expecting the most is CC, it's a thing of beauty and it's what this game needs the most!

[Radical]

Yeah... CC should be the first priority. DotfV2 can wait for all I care.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Yeah... CC should be the first priority. DotfV2 can wait for all I care.

CC requires a lot more effort than dotf v2. Plus, im working on MB3 CC and MB2 CC simultaneously. Dont worry, it will get done. I am stumpted on what to do for a few things design wise though.

[Lindsey]

The problem is DOTF is currently played more then any other map, CC is desired of course but the wisest choice would be to get DOTF V2 out so players would play it, start noob raging how their favorite map was ruined then seek out other alternatives. Enter CC.

Do I have to come out of retirement to finish DOTF myself? >_> :p

[Def1led]

The problem is DOTF is currently played more then any other map, CC is desired of course but the wisest choice would be to get DOTF V2 out so players would play it, start noob raging how their favorite map was ruined then seek out other alternatives. Enter CC.

Do I have to come out of retirement to finish DOTF myself? >_> :p

Agreed, and hopefully DOTFv2 will make DOTF 24/7 servers playable for more than 20 minutes without getting repetitive.

[Dra-Gon]

shut up you guys :confused:
So far what I've seen on mace's vids, the layout of dotf v2 is nearly the same. I don't think anyone would stop playing the map because a ramp in hangar is missing.

Mace, the dotf v2 looks really great! When I've seen how you do the stuff and the changes, all I wanted was to play it immediately :pray:

[StarWarsGeek]

I don't think anyone would stop playing the map because a ramp in hangar is missing.

We can always hope...

What I'm hoping happens is that AOD throws a fit and decides to use the current version of DotF that no one will have and causes a version hell. Kinda like how the old CC often kills rotation population because no one has it (except it's not hated). Then people stop playing at AOD because it's running an old map no one has and we all live happily ever after on other maps.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

What I'm hoping happens is that AOD throws a fit and decides to use the current version of DotF that no one will have and causes a version hell. Kinda like how the old CC often kills rotation population because no one has it (except it's not hated). Then people stop playing at AOD because it's running an old map no one has and we all live happily ever after on other maps.

This sounds good to me too.

[Particle Man]

What ramp in the hangar? /confus

[Wytchking]

You know, the one next to the swimming pool

[Particle Man]

So far what I've seen on mace's vids, the layout of dotf v2 is nearly the same. I don't think anyone would stop playing the map because a ramp in hangar is missing.


ramp in hangar is missing.

wat

[Def1led]

He means the catwalk or I'm guessing you guys already knew that.

[Anterias]

Fail troll is fail D:, Obviously he meant the goddamn catwalk. Which is bloody annoying in a 1v1 duel...

Well Defiled was faster.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

After I got back from class today, todays test session was still going, so I decided to join in and broadcast. While I missed the full session, I got some play in three maps: DOTF, DOTF V2 and RC. Check it out below! Its a full hour and roughly 45 minutes long.

http://www.livestream.com/macemadunusus/video?clipId=pla_937d702d-d336-4fab-ac8c-af809daf98c4

This is not my best playing at all, its kinda laggy while broadcasting and being on university internet in the dorms. And chatting with others watching the stream :P

[Lindsey]

I'm liking what im seeing in DOTF V2, it looks fresh, and it looks like alot of people will be raging cause so much looks different one way or another >:)

[Manyo]

I just hope dotf v2 will be a complete replacement of dotf and i wont have to deal with dotf - dotf2 - dotf rotation servers in future.

As Hex said it should solve the "we just get 5 disruptors and block main totally until side is hacked" imbalance of this map in open gameplay since there is way better cover for all classes. Iam a bit sad though that i see the same throne room. If you also could integrate a new throne room which is essentially harder to defend i would be perfectly happy.
The look of it is just awesome. Keep up the good work.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Here is a picture showing one of the upgrades from the current MB2 CC that I made for MB3 CC. Of course, as I said before, this will in turn benefit mb2. This new and improved texture will be downscaled to work for JKA and replace immenors current texture. So, increased quality across the board. Working on two maps at the same time for different games, while only working on one. Success? I think yes!

[Radical]

CC will destroy AOD (Always On Dotf, not the clan) 24/7 and CC will take over once again as supreme leader of 24/7 servers like in the good old days. :p


By the way, nice work, mace.

[Andrew Past]

RC > CC
RC >>> DotF

[Snodog]

CC will destroy AOD (Always On Dotf, not the clan) 24/7 and CC will take over once again as supreme leader of 24/7 servers like in the good old days. :p


By the way, nice work, mace.

You dont know how much I hope this comes true! =D

[Hexodious]

RC > CC
RC >>> DotF

Theed > RC :P

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Theed > RC :P

:(

[Andrew Past]

Theed > RC :P

No. No. Away.

[Lunar]

Theed is too sniper friendly :/

[Andrew Past]

MB2 is too sniper friendly :/


Fixed.

[Hexodious]

Sorry mace, but Theed just has it all for me simple fast gameplay at its core with a million options in a single area. I think I may even like it more than Lunar!

[Serath1]

What's that 3rd door in imp spawn in dotf V2 for?

[StarWarsGeek]

Sorry mace, but Theed just has it all for me simple fast gameplay at its core with a million options in a single area. I think I may even like it more than Lunar!

You just don't like RC because it doesn't support your dex 3 whorage. ;D

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

What's that 3rd door in imp spawn in dotf V2 for?

Looks, that's the door they entered to get into the hangar from the outside courtyard.

[A VERY CRAZY ANGER NERO]

Okay, Dotf looks atleast visually better, but the gameplay is probably not going to change much. I noticed that the stupid pillars by the sides of the main corridor no longer exist, now there's large pillars. Does this mean that popsnipers will have to jump out of their cover to be able to shoot at anything? I'd really like that.

Are those windows breakable? I take it they are not, because you could walk to the edge there and see the void.

This looks like quite a FPS killer, but I guess it's because of the best texture quality and dynamic lights+glows?

[Jack]

Mace's maps will kill our PC's :P

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I work pretty hard to find a good balance between detail and performance. I have reduced detail in RC A LOT from its basejka counterpart to account for MBIIs lower overall fps, enhanced efx and model count.

I am NOT trying to kill your PCs, if anything im trying to make them run as best as possible in the current engine. Not wasting tris or texture data on meaningless things.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

I have done a partial mini-revamp to Jabba. This includes parts of the map which were originally planned for a JabbaV2. Many areas are also left out, as they are unfinished. So pretty much, I just put the finished changes into the current Jabba, while leaving the others for potential future updates. This is the result.

There are only a few minor visual changes, most of the changes are behind the scenes in the form of brushwork and VIS. (The map is a mess)

So, here are pictures of the visual changes. The first few pictures you will see the big room in main has a lot more cover, and is a lot less open. The second set of pictures shows the area just outside of the door to the rancor pit. Instead of the mini-cantina looking area, it is now more of a cave with flames to light it up.







Here is a list of the CURRENT changes. A few more may happen during testing, you never know.


Added more spawns to Rebels. There are now 32 initial spawns to prevent telefrags.
Added more spawns to Imperials. There are now 64 initial spawns to prevent telefrags and crashes.
Added 60 second delay for initial Rebel spawn change to prevent flanking right off the bat.
Added new new pillars to the area in main to add cover and variety.
Added a new room outside of rancors pit, that looks more authentic.
Fixed a few wallbugs
Fixed a few areaportals
Fixed the cooking area in kitchen
Slightly updated lighting
Revamped brushwork in the main area, so that it aligns to the grid, and is easier to modify for later.
Revamped VIS stage, less detail brushes, more efficient structurals, and hint brushes.
Caulked LOTS of extraneous surfaces.

[ChaosUnleashed]

Liking the new Jabba areas. :D

[Radical]

I can't wait to see any new changes on the Rancor pit, and will you be adding any new "secret areas" that we have to break a wall to via pass the imps? :p

Keep up the good work, Mace.

[Hexodious]

New jabba changes, yes! Been wanting a revamp for years. Hasn't been updated to support larger wookiees, sbds or deka in a while. Especially in the prison area if you get a chance to edit those mace.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

New jabba changes, yes! Been wanting a revamp for years. Hasn't been updated to support larger wookiees, sbds or deka in a while. Especially in the prison area if you get a chance to edit those mace.

Yeah, I know about that, but I wont be fixing it because the brushwork down there is horrendous. I'd be better off making a whole new area down there. Maybe in the future, but this is about the best I can do for now.

[Particle Man]

<3

[[lotf]Infinite]

Hi Guys I want ask 1 question This Revamp is % ? and this revamp for jabba or duel jabba ???? :) :)

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Infinite;723920']Hi Guys I want ask 1 question This Revamp is % ? and this revamp for jabba or duel jabba ???? :) :)

I already answered this in two of the other places you asked.

What did I tell you about asking the same thing over and over again? If you don't want me to start ignoring you entirely. Calm the hell down, and be patient.

[[lotf]Infinite]

i mean this revamp is for jabba i mean ? or duel jabba ? plz dont read other wrong question

[Ghost]

Infinite;724078"]i mean this revamp is for jabba i mean ?

he mean he mean. man that's obvious why so stupid questions...

[[lotf]Infinite]

sorry for stupid questions ghost and i think ur 18 but i m 12

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Does everyone know what this set of pictures mean?








It means, YavinAssaults max_qpath error has been fixed, without chairwalker having to contact us back.



It also means, Yavin Assault will once again be in Movie Battles II!

[Radical]

**** yeah!!!

I so ****ing <3 mace. :p

[Maick]

lol nice touch to bring it Mace :D

[Verack]

It also means, Yavin Assault will once again be in Movie Battles II!

Oh glorious day. I remember loving that FA due to those annoying birds. Hopefully they're still in the FA on the redone Yavin.

[Yoshimitsu]

It means, YavinAssaults max_qpath error has been fixed, without chairwalker having to contact us back.



It also means, Yavin Assault will once again be in Movie Battles II!

For that we grateful. Does that also mean that swoops can run freely ?

[Flof]

It also means, Yavin Assault will once again be in Movie Battles II!
I only made an account so say: AWESOME!!!!*.*

[Flof]

when it will be released approximately?

[Radical]

when it will be released approximately?

Sooner than you think.

[Xukain]

Does that also mean that swoops can run freely ?
Yes. :)

[w00ki]

Please remove vehicles from open and we are fine.

[Rhythm]

Loving the Jabba changes Mace. Those birds though...

[[lotf]Infinite]

what are u do,ing flolf :D its me antisith1 lol

[StarWarsGeek]

Please remove vehicles from open and we are fine.

What for? It's the only official (non-duel) map with vehicles, that's like half the fun. The other half of the fun is the birds in FA. :P

[Lunar]

what are u do,ing flolf :D its me antisith1 lol

.

[Radical]

Please remove vehicles from open and we are fine.

Get the **** out!.

[Flof]

Sooner than you think.
:eek: in about a month or later?

[[lotf]Infinite]

:eek: in about a month or later?

Idk it lol but how are u ?? :D

[[lotf]Infinite]

:eek: in about a month or later?

Idk but how are u flof ??,its a good question :)