[King Tiger tank engine starting]

The Firefly pretty much shat on Tigers later in the war.

[Apocalypse Rising Overdue Update!]

Actually just yesterday I fixed the bug that caused AI entering vehicles to crash the game, you can now safely transition AI into vehicles and out of (like you could in 3.4.4).

 

They also have proper damage zones (head does more damage and all that good stuff).

That's brilliant! Nice job Jerad!

[Apocalypse Rising Overdue Update!]

Awesome.

 

Yah the attack dog is interesting... how to implement it, hmm.

 

Weapon:

- weapon kinda like TSR's chameleon spy's knife, which is I think the only melee weapon I've ever seen in Renegade. Too bad it lacks a third person anim.

 

- With scripts 5.0, is it possible to get the dog to actually "lunge"?

 

Unit implementation:

- AI controlled base guard unit? A few of them Patrolling around and thru your base, they respawn after some time if killed. Definitely useful for both teams, but more so for Soviets (against allied spies). With scripts 5.0, can some kind of game logic be made, then applied to the dog unit itself, or the dog's weapon, or the dog's AI behavior, to allow the unit to detect spies?

 

- Purchasable AI units that follows your character and attacks incoming enemy infantry? Can it come with you inside the vehicle you enter? Or just follow the vehicle you enter?

 

- Player controlled = lol. As the dog, (I figure) you can't use tanks.

 

- Terminal purchase, like robot tank, so you control dog and when it dies, you are still standing at terminal. Buy another one!

 

- Strap bombs to the dog. Suicide, doggy style.

 

- Give the Dog model a dog body armor set, like the ones used in real life and shit. Makes the unit seem more able to resist damage, rather than "WTF its a DOG, why isn't it dead already? All my shots hit it!"

 

- Bark. Seriously, have it bark when there are enemies, or spies spotted, somehow. When the dog unit engages a target, have it bark like a bossy muther fucking boss!

It will probably be some sort of lunge animation tied to an attack, similar to what we're planning for the Terror Drone, but for an infantry.

 

I'd personally like to look into having dogs purchase-able and playable but then also AI purchase-able as an extra layer of base defence. AI dogs can't be passengers because the AI isn't that good. They could follow the player around though So maybe we could have dogs as an add-on that follow you around and kill any infantry nearby!

 

Dogs can't drive, but they run really fast!

 

Crazy Ivan could strap bombs to dogs if he wanted to!

 

Body armour is something that we could definitely look into and explore a bit.

 

Ahh yes. Now, with the gates finally opened, the attack dolphin and giant squid could be made possible!

 

What about A Path Beyond? Would you guys be willing to share the dog animations with them so that they can get in the Soviet attack dog at some point? Maybe ask Chronojam to do the Ice Bucket challenge or something in exchange? Or how 'bout get someone from APB staff to do a humiliation stunt like the ones performed on the show "Kenny vs. Spenny", then give BHP the animations?

 

After the person does this on your guy's bidding, then the dog animations may be shared with them! Fair, no?

I haven nothing against sharing, but with this kind of continuing attitude towards us (although sort of understandable) I don't see it happening anytime soon.

<22:53:06> "moonsense715": AR blog is out 
<22:53:17> "Catalyst": AR is boycotted here.
<22:53:52> "KingKickAss" disconnected (The King lives on)
<22:54:08> "[SSG]-ChronOS": unless the game is out it still doesn't exist 

It is truly up to Jerad though, since he is the author of this new rig and animation set. All W3D Hub projects will be able to use this rig regardless, which means Tiberium Fiends for TSR! It would be awesome to work again with APB in the future to maybe help them fix up their Giant Ants though!

 

Oh, and as for mind control, anything on that front?

 

You guys aren't implementing Yuri's Army as a 3rd faction anytime soon, amirite? But the Psi-Corps soldier for Soviets - with scripts 5.0, is it possible for some kind of mind control weapon in Renegade?

No Yuri as a third faction, but we'll be looking into Mind Control logic for the future!

[Happy Birthday Aircraftkiller!]

It's Aircraftkiller's birthday today, so let's wish him a good one!

Happy Birthday!

[W3D vs UDK]

 

Unreal Engine 4 is free now, eh?

 

Hmm...

 

so is Source 2

 

Hopefully they have scrapped Hammer.

[CNCNZ.com Roundtable featuring One Winged Angel!]

Hey folks! After 2 years away, the CNCNZ.com roundtable has returned! For those of you who don't know what this is, it is basically a feature that is based on asking prominent members of the C&C Community several C&C-related questions! This time round they asked our very own OWA to weigh in on some questions surrounding C&C's future!

After a 2 year absence, the Roundtable Discussion finally returns. In this new edition we talk about the current state of the franchise, has the interest level in the franchise and/or the community changed, the most interesting things happening in the community right now, and lastly, what does EA need to do to bring Command & Conquer back and when.

To check out the full article head here!

[Do you enjoy your job?]

Nope, I don't share those worries. I make video game art for a living. I bike to work every day. It's a relatively stress-free life.

I share the same sentiments as this guy. My work attire and casual attire are practically the same and I get free ice cream on Wednesdays. Although I may not get paid the most money, I'm happy with my job.

[remove my account here please]

The account wasn't removed last night due to the server being down. It will be done tonight.

[remove my account here please]

The account will be removed tonight. Sorry to see you go.

[Awesome Youtube short films]

Here's one:

[New Members Introduce Yourselves Here]

Hello chaps.

Long time no see dude!

[W3D vs UDK]

This is super exciting!

[remove my account here please]

Ok, but only if you are sure. Please re-post here to confirm.

[apocalypse rising sdk?]

We don't have an SDK ready for the public just yet. Also, the next blog is now on the top of my to-do list, so expect it sometime this week.

[Zodiac Signs]

Aquarius!


(With a butt!)

[Android + W3D Hub + Mod Tools?]

I'd just stick to PC and the mobile skin personally. I can look into whether there's any handy plugins though for sure.

[People in the game deveopment industry]

 

That's $34k btw. But I'm only on the bottom rung of the programming ladder and Ben's in QA at Creative Assembly right now.

 

It's about a 20%-30% paycut to work on games instead of software and software is easier to get into, so you either do it because you love it or you just don't do it.

 

Yeah i'm from the UK so i'm working in GBP too.

 

 

AircraftKiller,

 

Thanks for the information, but even 40,000 USD would be too low to cover my bills etc...that's like 25K GBP

 

I make 45,000 GBP and i still dont live as comfortably as i like...

 

I live pretty close to London and the cost of living is ridiculous so it's all relative i suppose

 

 

That's (your wage) near enough a senior artist/manager level wage in the industry, but I've heard that lead artists, producers and such make up to around £55k It takes a while to get there though!

 

To be honest, even though the pay may be low, the fact that my job is to play video games and find bugs makes it not feel like a job at all.

[Creative Music]

People still make music using the Mario Paint Composer... and it still sounds awesome!

 

[abadoned w3d or canceled w3d games/mods]

its St0rm arrac with the giant spider. the map still exists but not the required server scripts. you wont be able to play it, you will need St0rm server scripts.

 

Do you have a link to it rackz?

[abadoned w3d or canceled w3d games/mods]

I remember their being a Renegade map with a giant scorpion type thing on it that players had to kill. Anyone still got that map?

[EDM / DUBSTEP / DRUM&BASS / JUNGLE / ACID / ELECTRONICA thread (post videos in SPOILER tags)]

Put a donk on it!

 

 

[People in the game deveopment industry]

I'm earning around £15k a year currently, but my position is quite low. I'd say that a degree isn't as essential as actual industry experience, because a lot of it is who you know, not what you know (although knowledge helps greatly!)

[W3D Hub Game Night - Friday 20th]

 

We'll be playing some Unreal Tournament 2004...

Patch 3369 or some other setup for UT2004?

 

 

Should be the latest build that's on GoG/Steam.

[Explain your Nickname]

I've been through a few nicknames before I settled on this one. I started off on Westwood online as Leechimon, "Leech" being my surname and the "mon" part coming from a Hereford colloquialism for friend. A lot of people confused it with Digimon though. I was then Vanguard for a while, named after the Vanguard V-Twin engine that my dad wanted for a go-kart. Vanguard evolved into VanguardValentine, the "Valentine" bit referencing Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy VII. Then around 2006 I decided that it was time to get a permanent nickname. Sephiroth was my favourite character from Final Fantasy VII and One Winged Angel was the title of his theme tune, so I went with it. I also have an alternate nickname which is Ultimako; a fusion of Ultima (ultimate magic from the FF series) and mako (The energy that the Shinra reactors feed off of in FF7).

 

Nowadays people call me OWA (pronounced oh-wah) or just simply Ben or BenBen.

[W3D Hub Game Night - Friday 20th]

(Credit to Godwin for the Orca and Kalle Bowo for the Tiberium Earth)

We're organising a bit of a game night this Friday, so come and join us on TeamSpeak at ts.w3dhub.com

We'll be playing some Unreal Tournament 2004 (and fragging Lord_Kane a lot) as well as other great games! If you have some free time, make sure to stop by and say hi to us! We don't bite, honest!

Game night is scheduled to start at 7PM GMT, so we'll hopefully see you there!