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FPSC Classic Work In Progress / Gutted

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Robert F
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Posted: 21st Dec 2008 23:10 Edited at: 17th Feb 2009 23:44
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Its the year 2013, The world is in a helpless thought, its The Great Depression all over again. Millions dieing per day from starvation, Millions of new diseases. Millions of Jobs lost... Then it happened. All in one Meat Factory, a new disease has come, a disease that threatens to take over the earth.

Level 1 - Boneless Escape [99%]
Level 2 - Raw Sewage [10%]
Level 3 - ??? [0%]
Level 4 - Building a Virus [0%]










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Krowsnest
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 00:19
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wow, really nice

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Robert F
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 00:25
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Thanks!

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Bendak11
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 01:45
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Lol, is that a leg bone?

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puppyofkosh
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 02:41
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Looks like a bright future.
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Robert F
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 04:29
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Quote: "Lol, is that a leg bone?"

A Femur to be exact.. lol

Thanks Pok

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ASTECH
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Really nice one Robert! By the way... I've had some time that
I've been dormant. I will get back to you soon one the holidays roll
by a little ways.

Astek

-Indestructible-

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Robert F
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 04:34
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Quote: "Really nice one Robert! By the way... I've had some time that
I've been dormant. I will get back to you soon one the holidays roll
by a little ways.

Astek"


Well in the meantime Happy Holidays!

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Braden 713
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 06:45
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Screenshots look fantastic!
Keep up the great work man
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Robert F
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2008 21:40
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Thanks, Im working on it right now, so I should have some more screens soon!

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dumpus
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2008 01:42
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A little overused storyline, but the screenshots look promising. Hope to see more!

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Robert F
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2008 03:45
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Here is a new screen, its not that good but its a screen anyway!

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Defy
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Nice man, Unique.


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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2008 11:42
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I like the derelict feel, great job!

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Robert F
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2008 15:03
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I have the first level about 95% done. Just adding a little bit more stuff.

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Robert F
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Posted: 24th Dec 2008 05:03
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New Pics (Level 2, in Office)





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dumpus
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Posted: 24th Dec 2008 17:16
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Very nice. Can't wait to see more!

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puppyofkosh
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Looks nice, but sorta unrealistically dim.
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Robert F
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Posted: 24th Dec 2008 18:15
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Quote: "Looks nice, but sorta unrealistically dim. "


What do you mean by dim? As in plain and boring?

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Aertic
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No, by unrealisticly dim, he means its too dark, it's as if you can't see anything, like as if your going to walk into a box not knowing its there...
Brighten up the enviroment or add some little more numbers onto the lights range, not 100, but probably 25-75.


"Your greatest teacher is your harshest critic"-'Butterfingers'
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Robert F
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Posted: 24th Dec 2008 22:30
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Quote: "No, by unrealisticly dim, he means its too dark, it's as if you can't see anything, like as if your going to walk into a box not knowing its there...
Brighten up the enviroment or add some little more numbers onto the lights range, not 100, but probably 25-75."


Actually the smallest range I have is 75, the rest are bigger. Its just the hex codes im using, they are a bit dark. I got them from COZ along time ago. People always tell him its to dark to. So maybe that's why. They are really good codes though.

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Braden 713
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Posted: 26th Dec 2008 11:24 Edited at: 26th Dec 2008 11:25
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New screens look awesome Robert!

Quote: "but sorta unrealistically dim"


He makes a valid point, however if you are in fact planning to change the lighting, make sure it's not too drastic.
I think merely a slight increase would be perfect!
Because you still of course want to keep the grim, dark, erie feel of the game.

Hope to see more soon
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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 26th Dec 2008 21:35
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I'd add a light from that monitor as well...

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Robert F
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Posted: 28th Dec 2008 00:38
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Alright, thanks guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I have been pretty busy lately!

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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 01:30
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New Screen!




Updates:

Edited and Messed around with Level 1, added a few rooms and get rid of a few things. Really bad news though, my test game takes about 20 minutes to load. Like a REAL 20 minutes. It slows down when its calculating the light for all the objects.

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ASTECH
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I like the last screen the most Robert. By the way, do yourself
a favor and add illuminate effects to those lights.

Astek

-Indestructible-

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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 01:57
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Ahh, there is like 100 in the first level. It will take me so long. I suppose it will make it look better so I will get working. You probably wont see any updates from me for a while. I want to finish my puzzle comp. entry. After the winners are announced I will work on this again.

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Krowsnest
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 02:26
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That screenshot is amazing Robert, its like perfect on so many levels......

Sorry, almost dozed off there for a sec, but it is seriously very good, looks sorta hard to squeeze through thou lol

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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 02:57
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thanks!

Quote: "looks sorta hard to squeeze through thou lol"


Thats the least amount of problems right now. Im telling you the load time is HORRIBLE!

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Braden 713
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 08:09
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Quote: "Im telling you the load time is HORRIBLE!"


That's harsh to hear man, game looks incredible still though.

So you don't think there would be a way of reducing the sheer amounts of lights, without affecting the overall look and feel that you've perfected already...?
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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 08:58
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Quote: "That's harsh to hear man, game looks incredible still though.

So you don't think there would be a way of reducing the sheer amounts of lights, without affecting the overall look and feel that you've perfected already...? "


Well im going to try. I think I will at least be able to get rid of at least `15 lights. That should help it pretty good.

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Avenging Eagle
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 10:11
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You could try altering the lightmap quality in buildsetup.ini because it looks quite high now, and you'll save on loading time if you reduce it.

Also, I'd build-game it and test out the loading times of the compiled level. It may not actually take that long to load since the lightmaps will be "ready-made"

Great work so far!

AE

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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 18:01
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Quote: "You could try altering the lightmap quality in buildsetup.ini because it looks quite high now, and you'll save on loading time if you reduce it.

Also, I'd build-game it and test out the loading times of the compiled level. It may not actually take that long to load since the lightmaps will be "ready-made"

Great work so far!

AE
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What do you think is a good number to put it at? I know it also has to do with my graphics card a little bit. I only have a Geforce 8400.

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Avenging Eagle
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Well, for test games, I guess you could have your light map size at 1024 and your quality at maybe 20-40. You might want to play around with these values and see which one you'd ideally like to have in the final build, then perhaps half it, and use that value for your test games.

AE

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Robert F
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 20:05
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Alright I will try those... and report back.

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xplosys
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Posted: 31st Dec 2008 00:53
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Robert F,

Really love the last screen shot. The only thing I would change is the ceiling.

Best.

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Robert F
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Posted: 31st Dec 2008 01:23 Edited at: 31st Dec 2008 01:34
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Quote: "Really love the last screen shot. The only thing I would change is the ceiling."


How about a wood ceiling?

I changed the light quality to 25, it was at 100. lol
It still takes about 5 minutes to load. My plan now is to have less lights but make the ranges bigger.

Edit: I just changed it a little bit, now its at 3:56 seconds to load the first level. Thats a pretty good start. I think I can bet it down to about 2:00 minutes though.

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xplosys
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Posted: 31st Dec 2008 01:58
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Quote: "How about a wood ceiling?"


Sounds good. It's just that you have a floor for a ceiling. If they just weren't the same it would look better.

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Robert F
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Posted: 31st Dec 2008 02:36
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I see what your saying. Somebody else told me the same thing when I posted this at IGD...

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Silver Eye Productions
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Posted: 1st Jan 2009 17:12
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Nice game!

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Robert F
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Posted: 1st Jan 2009 19:24
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Thanks! I am almost done with my Puzzle Game so I should be able to work on this again.

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Robert F
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Posted: 7th Jan 2009 23:54 Edited at: 7th Jan 2009 23:54
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Just to show I am still working on this here is a pic of a storage closet in the office...Kind of a useless picture but whatever.



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Robert F
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Posted: 8th Jan 2009 23:28
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Making a demo right now....

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Indy Dude
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cant wait to play man.
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Robert F
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Posted: 20th Jan 2009 03:03 Edited at: 20th Jan 2009 03:08
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New Picture, will start updating alot more when I find out the results to the puzzle comp.




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puppyofkosh
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Nice sig, and screen, great atmosphere.
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Robert F
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Posted: 21st Jan 2009 19:44
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Decided instead of a Demo I will just release the first 3 levels...


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DozBlind
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Really nice. Im new to all this but I love the way the lightings done. Makes it really synister. Off topic - any tips on lighting for ww2 undercover games?

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Robert F
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Posted: 24th Jan 2009 15:15 Edited at: 24th Jan 2009 15:16
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Quote: "Really nice. Im new to all this but I love the way the lightings done. Makes it really synister. Off topic - any tips on lighting for ww2 undercover games?
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Thanks, its quite tough to do a ww2 game, unless the whole thing is going to be inside and not outside. Its really hard to make a good outside scene. Its possible but really hard. That's why you don't see to many of them on the forums.


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Im working on a ww2 game, its not easy. If you want to do an outside level, collect one hell of a lot of trees and place them around the outline, but still it won't look amazing... Try avoiding outside levels

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