OWA Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Welcome to the latest AR blog. I've been off ill today, so no college for me Ah well. With coursework finally done and exams looming things are getting tense. But the blog will always prevail! <h3>Ingame Stuff</h3> danpaul88 and dtrngd have both been playing around with a few things ingame. These things include the setup of pillboxes, various map objects, a spectator character especially for taking screenshots. TheBeerinator has also been adapting the Flak Track texture for maximum leetness. Here are some images! danpaul88 has also prepared this nice video of the pillbox (obviously incomplete) for your viewing pleasure. >>Video Here<< <h3>Yuri MK1</h3> Yes, it's Yuri! This is the first attempt at duplicating Udo Kier's somewhat tyrannical mug into beautiful 3d. The results are incomplete, but as a first attempt I think it can be considered a success. Notable changes to be made include the goatee, 'stache and iconic "Y" symbol that is usually present in the middle of Yuri's bald forehead. The lack of facial hair is due to the shadow not rendering in properly from the source image. Fear not! This shall be added at a later date. Yuri shall not be included in the first release of AR, but it is something I thought would be nice and nostalgic to all of you RA2 fanatics out there! Images below! <h3>Competition</h3> The icon competition has officially ended. Thanks for everyone who entered the competition! I believe it was a great success! The team and I were really impressed by some of the entries as some forum members came out of their shells and really showed us what they could do! Results will come soon. <h3>Team Notices</h3> I've finished my coursework, but exams are incoming. Wish me luck! I grabbed some photographs from my girlfriend yesterday, in the selection was an image of me in some civilian body armour. The story behind this one is that my girlfriend's dad works for a contracting company that manages the facilities of one of the british army bases out in Iraq. So I got to try on his armour and helmet. Pretty cool stuff. cfehunter got GTA IV like a lot of people did. We shan't be seeing him for a while (j/k ) He also has a hard drive going spare that he has offered to me, since he now has a terrabyte drive. I could use some more space, since I'm down to 2gb/200gb dtrngd has gone on a trip with his school. He'll be back on sunday. Have fun mate! BogdanV and Eggman891 have been tinkering with the fake worldboxes. More news on this when we get some more definite, positive results. The website should be uploaded within the hour. Coming online soon! <h3>Crush</h3> The community support section and the project of the week section have been killed off due to lack of interest. Thus ends the blog. Shoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killboy06 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Sweet Yuri. Epic blog OWA. Me watches vid now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deadpikle Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) Yay pillbox ^_^ Also yuri looks funny EDIT--- Yes I do know that Yuri isn't final. I was just saying he looks funny as he is now. Don't kill me, please D: Edited May 1, 2008 by Deadpikle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty BOB! Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 What the hell is Dan doing in a tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAoS Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gufu Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Pretty good. They be sappin mah Yuri! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killertomato Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) Epic work, TheBeerinator. Edited April 30, 2008 by killertomato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallywood Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 nice guys ....cant wait for more ....wed. is like crack for me now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest =NX=VinGummi2 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 nice pillbox, and nice yuri, and awesome tesla effect there too, can't wait to test and break all this stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zarconium Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I want to beta-test AR asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MuadDib15 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) That is an awesome 3th Yuri. I like how his mouth is like AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! Edited May 1, 2008 by MuadDib15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major552 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 (edited) Wow everything looks great good job OWA and staff! Edited May 1, 2008 by Major552 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xiphias6 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Nice pillbox...though the bullets look kinda strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M1941 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thats an astoundingly good face model ! nifty stuff as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phoenixx Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 AR gets a new site!!! Can I get a w00t w00t?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest m5mat Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Wow do pill boxes have a lot of health now, or is for testing purposes? Or have I been gone from APB so long I have forgotten? And can you use that same in-game model-changing thing the IFV uses and apply it so that tanks can look more damaged over time. Like after a vehicle takes a certain amounts of damage the model changes to a more beat-up, bullet riddled, rolling wreak of a vehicle. And maybe not just one change but multiple models that represent more and more damage. One for "moderate" damage, one for "heavy" damage and one for "held together by duck tape" damage. I think that would be pretty cool. You can see how damaged tank is before they get within range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Changing a vehicle model ejects you from the vehicle. You wanna be dropped out when taking damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Changing a vehicle model ejects you from the vehicle. No, changing a vehicle PRESET ejects you, you can change the model as long as you force the tank to come to a complete stop first (unless you like dust clouds floating around randomly like the old mirage tests) without ejecting the driver. But even still, forcing a tank to stop dead in its tracks to switch to a more damaged version would be very bad in the middle of a tank battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chronojam Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Yuri is a pretty crazy looking fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuddling Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 i lol'ed at yuri's O face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kakashi Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Is it just me or does it look like Yuri joined the Seals? I mean on that original picture his head looks more... narrow? Straigt? Don't know the correct term, sorry. Well the basic shape in the original looks like an upside down egg while the 3D model looks more like a watermelon, if you know what I mean. I know you said it's WIP, but I thought it's not a bad idea to ask about it. But yeah, anyways it's a good job as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest player1 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Great blog, but I think the pillbox could be just a smidge taller though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamWolf Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 That flaktrack,... pure win. Pillboxes in action!!!! Lol at yuri, nice model! Another great blog, keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DXR_13KE Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 i searched the thread before asking this: what software did you use to create the heads? other than that, nice blog and good work, shame the blog is missing some funny parts....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 i searched the thread before asking this: what software did you use to create the heads? Facegen Modeller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DXR_13KE Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Facegen Modeller thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killboy06 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I notice the Rino tank is bigger now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Srowell3 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 i want to see the results of the yuri. and the maps look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest r34ch Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Another cool blog. Nice PB's =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I notice the Rino tank is bigger now. Numerous 'toy tank' comments were noted and acted upon. It has been increased in size by 20% twice now, so we shall see how it fares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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