OWA Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Heya guys and girls, welcome to this week's AR Blog. As usual, we have some cool stuff to show you This week's Blog is an all Soviet special! <h3>Terror Drone</h3> I made a few modifications to the terror drone to get the model you see below. The dome is slightly transparent to reveal the inner workings of the drone. I think it looks kinda like a Metroid now, lets see what you think. I just had to put it with the Apocalypse Tank for coolness factor. <h3>Soviet Ore Refinery</h3> Merovingian has nearly completed modelling the interior to the Soviet Ore Refinery. This is going to be a nice structure to walk around because a lot of detail has been put into the features. This structure probably won't have an MCT but a total of three building weakpoints which all have to be destroyed for building destruction. (Two furnaces and a key pipe section). Here are some images of the new conveyer belt with a safety net for catching the ore and funneling it down to the furnaces. <h3>Flak Trooper Reporting</h3> I showed you the conscript last week bu with a few edits we can transform him into a Flak Trooper. Flak Trooper's need the visibility to sight the oncoming air units so they don't use a helmet. However, they are equipped with an eyeglass target system for making those precise shots to strike down Allied air units. Look familiar? <h3>Team Messages</h3> The release of APB Beta was a huge success! There are a few nasty bugs, but that doesn't stop the new version of APB being a lot of fun I've offered to help the Reborn team get their stuff up together. I'm currently doing the string table, so if you see a weapon name that you like, be sure to thank me I also recently got a Bluescreen on my computer, but Eggman891 helped me climb back fro it and I didn't lose anything. Big thanks to him for the advice. APB's texture artist, mjfabian, has come to our aid and has started texturing the Soviet Flak Track. Be sure to stay tuned in for updates on that. dtrngd has started working on a new infantry-only map, RA2_Rocky_Pass.mix. Expect to see some WIP shots of that in the coming weeks. Soviet_Deso is texturing the Allied Chrono Miner and the Allied Grizzly Tank. Expect to see some work from him soon! At the rate things are getting done now, we should have a fully textured set of vehicles for the first release fairly soonish AR is standalone, if you didn't know. Tankmaster is making us up a new website. Expect to see that in action soon. <h3>Home Time</h3> That brings our blog to a close for this week. See you next week for more of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cnc_Pwnr Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I watched Mero work on the Refinery. Fun fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kakashi Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hmm, interesting. I like the terror drone, looks really neat. The flak trooper looks kinda like some b-movie actor, not that this is a bad thing . Also teh Betah has no Bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -SF-Ivan the Terrible Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Interesting concept with the refinery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammutpanzer Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Nice Blog OWA. The Terror Drone looks good at the moment. I need to compare it with RA 2 movies and pictures again. The Apocalypse Assault Tank is just awesome. I like the proportions of the Terror Drone and the Apocalypse Assault Tank. About the Ore Refinary I just can say Mero is a great guy and AR TV a great invention. The Flak Trooper looks at the moment like he is blind on one eye. Remembers me at a pirate and at Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody. Give him also a special eye that can see stealth (GAP) units and through walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jupiter Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 nice progress! Already eager for next weeks blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamWolf Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) WOW TERROR DRONE OMFG LOVE IT! and the flak trooper lol, would this map be inside the missle silo ? lol and a new site? cool Great blog guys as always, can't wait till next wednesday! Edited September 19, 2007 by -FW-Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElectroBS Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Terror drone looks great... though the flak trooper looks more blind than "vision enhanced", but a step in the right direction , keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xenon560 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Love the terror frone and flak trooper. will u by any chance testure the eye patch so tht it looks like a targeting system. also when can i see AR TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tiberian tesla mutant! Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) Terror drone looks nice, although personally it doesn't look like a Metroid. Also, bag of dicks, my favorite breakfast item at eye patch. That could be hopefully fixed so that he doesn't look like a Commie Pirate (secret character maybe?) Edited September 19, 2007 by tiberian tesla mutant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MuadDib15 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I like them. they look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rako88 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) terror drone looks great. i hope that the eyepatch will be chanegd into something more high-tech in the future, but that's just me. cnc reborn: CNC REBORN AN OFFICIAL STANDALONE GAME!!!!! AR: AR is standalone, if you didn't know. lol kind of funny. edit: itd be neat if the flak trooper had his own hud/reticle Edited September 19, 2007 by rako88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Merovingian Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 AR TV (Apocalypse Rising TV) Aires from my computer when i'm working on it. If you hang out in IRC (irc://irc.n00bstories.com/apocrising) you will get notices that i'm working, what i'm working on and a link to view it in your internet browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killboy06 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Nais blog as always. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 great blog love the terror and AT and the inside of the ora Ore Refinery. is looking kick ass but as for the flak trooper im not to crazy about and i think the face that he doesn't have a helmet takes away from the RA2 feeling but thats just my feelings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 great blog love the terror and AT and the inside of the ora Ore Refinery. is looking kick ass but as for the flak trooper im not to crazy about and i think the face that he doesn't have a helmet takes away from the RA2 feeling but thats just my feelings Look closely at this picture. The flak trooper could be wearing a helmet but it is hard to tell. We may hive him one of those synthetic russian army hats as seen on the left in this picture of Advnced Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 (edited) your actully very right ...i just checked the pic out and it and after a second look it almost looks like he is bald wearing a doctors mask with like an eye patch or something....my foot is in my mouth but.... i just played it just to check and is head is the color as the cons. so that kinda says helmet to me and i also notice it was the same color as the testla troopers armor Edited September 20, 2007 by WallyWooD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MuadDib15 Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 I think you should variable heads so that you don't have clones running around the battlefield since we have open heads and not closed in. APB did that for the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted September 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 APB did that for the beta. Err, no they didn't. There are selectable camoflages, but not variable heads. This is something we are looking into though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 And, FYI, variable heads was OWA's idea in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 i still think the flsk trooper wears a helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rufrky Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 i dont really care if he has a helmet or not, because in Renegade for that matter it doesn't do any good except for making the Head that of a slightly bigger target, because it counts as a head. Any way keep em comin, i hope to see a video soon of the Superweapons in action, yea even the Chronosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 well aren't we just the little ray of joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted September 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 i still think the flsk trooper wears a helmet Whoever suggested that we weren't going to give him a helmet? Currently we are undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest =NX=VinGummi2 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Nice blog, about the Ore Refinery, if you fully desrtoy one of the weakpoints, but not the others, will it then be possible to the other team to reapirt that weakpoint too, or how would it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LéAlex Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 <3 Terror drone will be whored by me, kthnxbai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Well, currently my thinking goes as follows: Weakpoints *can* be repaired, but ONLY before they are destroyed completely. Once they are completely destroyed they cannot be repaired. Buildings may optionally lose some functionality as it loses weakpoints, IE: The refinery might produce less credits per miner load once it's lost one or more weakpoints. Weakpoints health is completely unlinked to the buildings main health. Killing all weakpoints = building goes boom. Similarly, destroying the actual building also kills the weakpoints (kinda obvious). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major552 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 nice blog as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doofus Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) BOTH PICTURES MEGA-OWN!! However, i still think the Flak Trooper needs some type of head covering Edited September 26, 2007 by doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest player1 Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Nice Blog, I always thought that flak trooper had a picture, just like his camo says =/ But anyhow, love the refinery render. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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