OWA Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Welcome to this week's blog. I've had a really busy week so far, but I took the time to get this to you on schedule this week <h3>Flak Cannon</h3> TheBeerinator has completed the Soviet Flak Cannon texture! This oversized party popper will certainly darken the skys with it's clouds of deadly flak. The Allies need to watch out for the deadly cluster shots which have an incredibly high chance of hitting anything that runs on jet fuel. Expect to see the Flak Cannon clipping the Allies' wings ingame after we fix an issue with how the cannon is going to tilt. Anyway, here is a render. <h3>Soviet Refinery</h3> Ric has really pulled out all the stops when developing the Soviet Refinery. This structure is looking to be our most detailed yet! I'll stop typing and let the pictures speak for themselves. Check these out. <h3>A New Idea: Repair Points</h3> With the abscence of the master control terminal in AR, technicians and engineers lose their repair bonus from concentrating repairs on that point. We have now remedied this with a fresh idea, Repair Points (official name pending). At the moment the basic idea is to have a few points around a building where repair units can get a bonus. These could be anything from broken pipes to terminals. The form has not been decided on yet. These new points will give the techy/engineer more options on where they want to repair. Stay near the entrance of the building just in case you are needed else where or go further into the building for safety whilst repairing. The choice shall be yours. More information will be released on this new feature when we have have sat down and discussed it a bit more in depth, but you probably get the general idea of taking the MCT concept and flipping it on it's head. <h3>????</h3> Ok, so this is not directly mod related, but I wanted to show you guys what I've been up to. I'm studying a module of comparative physiology at university at the moment. This is basically a module based on modelling, texturing and rigging animals. For my project on this module I decided to make a 3d cartoon worm, based heavily on earthworm jim and worms from the game of the same name. I was pretty pleased with how this turned out, so here's a screenshot. <h3>Team Messages</h3> I've been tied up with work so much that I have been working in the kitchen because there is no distractions from the internet. I've also bought a new cooler and ram for my pc, making it run a lot quieter. cfehunter has been learning how to model again, as he hasn't done it in so long. dtrngd has been doing awesome things with the allied power plant. It's looking great! danpaul88 has been laughing over how we believed that the renegade ai was smart for a second. TheBeerinator will be texturing the Tesla Coil soon Ric has been busy updating and improving the Soviet Refinery. Good stuff! <h3>OWA's Random Corner</h3> The fun you can have when you cross Big Mouth Billy Bass with Howard Dean... <center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center> <h3>More Next Week</h3> So we'll keep you posted on what's happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Allie29 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Is that flak cannon model final? Don't get me wrong, the texture is good and so is the base. The barrel... just looks plain odd. Looks more like a circus cannon than a deadly flak cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theta123 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Is that flak cannon model final? Don't get me wrong, the texture is good and so is the base. The barrel... just looks plain odd. Looks more like a circus cannon than a deadly flak cannon. I second this motion.The flak cannon looks all good exept the Barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamWolf Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 That Flak cannon looks awesome, another great job by Beer. I love the refinery internals, looks amazing! I like the ide about repairing, does put a twist on repair units. Lol nice worm! Cool blog, keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AdrwIvrsn Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Bah! I though TheBeerinator was gonna make the cannon out of cloth I'm also wondering, do different repair points have different amounts of bonuses? Great blog, and thanks for going out of your way to post this on time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Is that flak cannon model final? Don't get me wrong, the texture is good and so is the base. The barrel... just looks plain odd. Looks more like a circus cannon than a deadly flak cannon. It has a slight error, so we are going to probably redo most of the top half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glaed Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) The cannon's base is fine. The cannon (and how it attaches to the base)... I don't like it. Edited March 25, 2009 by Glaed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A_Mustang Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 cannon just looks off.... my advice is to taper the end off and make the barrel thicker-looking. repair points are a good idea. Nice blog BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HYBRID BEING Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) The flak cannon differs from one in RA2, but a small redisign is not bad) The barrel is just the size, howether the way it's attached to the base looks wierd. And no tapering, please. Flak Cannon is supposed to be HUGE (thats why i hate the one from RA3). About Repair Points: since damaged building will gain cracks, then why not make this cracks to be a Repair Points?) The worm is epic. "Groovy!", lol. Edited March 26, 2009 by HYBRID BEING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gurgle Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Nice blog, looking forward to a textured Tesla Coil :> The Flak Cannon looks odd tbh, but I can't pinpoint where. out. The bottom half of: Reminds me of that level in Killzone where you had to get up from the bottom to the top; and there were baddies on the top. It was insanely difficult (yet awesome) because there were soldiers above and surrounding you who could take cover at will and easily kill you while trying to go up the ramp - hope the Refinery turns out different D: Left worm eye is crazy; right worm eye is evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xiphias6 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I think the Flak's missing the "boxy" back. Or maybe it's manned. Looks awesome, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MartinMb Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 LOL Worm ! Nice Ore Refinery ! Its huge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ScampDugan Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) I think this Flak look like a "鸡巴"................ Edited March 26, 2009 by ScampDugan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stormweaver Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Will these 'repair' points be animated in any way? Say, the building looks fine but then a pipe bursts and that pipe/general area becomes an active repair point? Might look cool. Maybe the bursting pipe could hurt people too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWA Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 The cannon's base is fine. The cannon (and how it attaches to the base)... I don't like it. cannon just looks off.... my advice is to taper the end off and make the barrel thicker-looking. The flak cannon differs from one in RA2, but a small redisign is not bad) The barrel is just the size, howether the way it's attached to the base looks wierd. And no tapering, please. Flak Cannon is supposed to be HUGE (thats why i hate the one from RA3). It has a slight error, so we are going to probably redo most of the top half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest player1 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Complains about Flak Cannon Nice blog, keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UberEggz Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Flak cannon looks good, but the barrel is odd. Maybe make a seocnd base and place it on that and make a mechanical screw driver pushing the shrapnel thru the barrel? And make the top flatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jon Fox Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 The flak cannon ought to be a bit thinner. It looks like a Mortar from hell at as it is. It seems to me like it should look more like a FlaK 88 or something, and less like Mini-Gustav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kakashi Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Am i the only one that likes the lolcannon look of the flak? Maybe I played too much TF2 lately, but I think this flak might actually fit into RA2s "semi-comicstyle"... but of course that's for you guys to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xiphias6 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 [/chinese] The Ore Refinery's bottom stair doesn't look symmetrical D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 The Ore Refinery's bottom stair doesn't look symmetrical D: Because the shadows are tricking you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyrodaimon Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I thought that the flak cannon was already modelled... http://www.moddb.com/games/red-alert-2-apo...cannon#imagebox Well, the refinery looks awesome! Will you still use the two furnaces idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danpaul88 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 As with all things AR, someone decides that one pixel is out of place so they order the model to be quarantined and a new one commissioned instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonsense715 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 As with all things AR, someone decides that one pixel is out of place so they order the model to be quarantined and a new one commissioned instead. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfehunter Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I blame the various versions of max that we used to use and the tens of times things ended up being converted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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