Circa

Thanks! that's what we also thought, I guess, actually some years ago. I played Dark Forces II multiple times as a kid, and this location was probably the first i my experience to show a simple town in a Star Wars game. You would have to fight off a few mercs there, but still possible to enjoy the feel of a city, occupied by the Empire. It was fun to build.
There is no big secret, but it was probably the hardest thing to pull off in Radiant. In this regards NetRadiant works far better than the original level editor, as I used meshes and Brush triangles. The brushes were used for pillars, several triangle ones were placed together to form a wall under certain angle. The method you show either an ase or md3 model is actually a nice method! This was used for the mountains of Tatooine in JA, but we use it too for a more complex architecture, when using meshes and brushes aren't enough.
We also thought of making the city 1:1 like in Dark Forces, but it was difficult back when we started. Besides our map shows the city almost 10+ years after the events of the original game. We assumed, that the Empire is gone and the city is slowly restoring it, so the general layout is probably the same, but the materials and details look differently this time. We didn't recreate the Canal area, which you've recreated most remarkably.

I will always vote against AI voice generation, many voice actors take that quite seriously and your content could face legal issues if you go that route. They aren’t being paid for the work you are creating.
At the very least I’d be more impressed if you used the radio drama, I didn’t know that was a thing.

I will always vote against AI voice generation, many voice actors take that quite seriously and your content could face legal issues if you go that route. They aren’t being paid for the work you are creating.
At the very least I’d be more impressed if you used the radio drama, I didn’t know that was a thing.

Updated the app.
For iOS users:
Install TestFlight: https://apps.apple.com/app/testflight/id899247664
Then open that link on your iOS device: https://testflight.apple.com/join/5HSqhVHw
For Android users:
Install directly from APK: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptx301a1pas39n9/com.vlbor.jkchat.apk?dl=1
Install from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbor.jkchat
Changed:
- added server monitor widgets
- added push notifications
- added light theme
- added applied filter indicator
- added OpenJK colours option
- made filter lists order by selected
- made dialogs with input autofocus
- fixed crash after restoration on Android
- fixed time font size in Chat on iOS
Added Widgets to monitor favourite servers without opening the app or special server monitoring sites. The idea of home screen Widgets visited me pretty much long ago but I was "scared" to add it since I've never worked with Widgets before. But here they are so I faced my "fear".
To add Widgets follow official instructions: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT207122 for iOS and https://support.google.com/android/answer/9450271?hl=en#zippy=%2Cadd-or-resize-a-widget for Android.
To add a server for monitoring into a Widget you first have to add that server in Favourites in the JKChat app. To do so you need to filter out or search the needed server in Server List, tap on Star icon in the server card.
Once you added the server you can go to your added Widget to edit it to monitor your special server.
Android: tap on the widget and select the server to monitor from the list (Favourites). To refresh the list click Refresh button. To see players list click Players button.
iOS: long tap on the widget, tap Edit Widget, tap Choose server, and select the server to monitor from the list (Favourites). To refresh the list click Refresh button. You can use middle and large sized Widgets to monitor players list as well.
Tapping on the Widget with a server will navigate you to the app and open Server Info of that server. If you want to connect to the server or just open the app without any navigation you can select corresponding options in Settings.
Widgets UI is made by me (comparing to the app UI by my wife) so they are not that pretty. Maybe they will look better in the future.
I also properly implemented push notifications. They get triggered when you are connected to a server. Current triggers are: a player connects, you receive a private message, or a chat message contains keywords. All those things are configurable through Settings/Notifications. Tapping on a push notification will navigate you the chat.
And the last highlight feature is themes. It is experimental or just proof of concept so don't expect much please.
If you follow Apple and Google development guidelines (and I followed) then your Light and Dark themes can work out of the box. So basically I just enabled that was already available. Light theme is not adjusted to game colours so white colours can look invisible.
If you encounter any error, then please report me either in the feedback form in TestFlight or in this JKHub post or in JKHub PM or on discord PM: ent#9404.
Report the error either by copying it or taking a screenshot and showing me or just telling the steps to reproduce.
Thanks.

Technically not true, I've experimented with Telegram a bit and they have a group feature that lets you have multiple channels just like Discord (just a lot more simple). I created one out  of curiosity and as a potential backup of a backup in case anything happened to Discord.
I'm shocked that Telegram even works on XP, I wonder how long that will last. Unfortunately the JK community is already fragmented too much as it is, I would only want to promote a Telegram if Discord went away or people started to leave it for whatever reason.

Venator Star Destroyer

another Star Destroyer map im working on 










the detention area is made by Mace Madunusus from the MB2 team:

 
 

I saw he was cast but I believe the only rumor of him being Revan is simply because of the fan casting, not based on any insider info.
If he really is cast as Revan, I assume it would be a flashback since this story takes place only a few decades before The Phantom Menace. His role has been described as a cameo, so this would make the most sense, and would be a smart way of teasing a movie or series about him separate from this show.

We've updated the city – its streets, markets and of course – the cantina 🥹 
The locals got their classic looks from Dark Forces II. Not exactly the same, but the similar style is there. Also added a few more variations. Female skins coming too! 


 

 
 

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

damn, your story triggers such great memories for my self, as I look back and think to the time I myself started playing multiplayer in jedi academy.
the journey from being a noob to sitting down and spending several 100 hours a month training everyday for years and getting better at playing the game, to becoming a clan leader for a big server to making money from having a server, to that you start modding the game and then you sit here today and can look back and think back on the things that you yourself have experienced.
it gives some super cool flashbacks for me with this experiences i have  had for almost 20 years with the game, I've made a lot of good friends myself from it. some have gone others have stayed, I could never regret this experience without it and if i had the chance to start over i would gladly do it again. thank you for your super cool video Circa, thank you for what you do to keep this community up along with all the rest of us who still have a great love for the game and each other.

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

This is awesome, would be a fun and chaotic CTF map!

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

This is awesome, would be a fun and chaotic CTF map!

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

Tipoca City Simulation Test
"The Citadel" 
 
From the Clone Wars animated series S3 Ep1 where the Clone Squad "Domino" has to undergo a test simulation against a wave of droids, working as a team to reach the top of the tower and retrieve the flag.
 

 

It is clear this is a sensitive matter between Willemoes and JoF. We try to keep a very neutral stance around here and only censor personal attacks and hatred. None of the original post contains any of that, and yet replies and PM’s to Willemoes definitely have. We have hidden those and are locking this thread.
we have no means or reasoning to investigate this enough to take a side. All we can do is provide a method of communication but only if it remains civil and is relevant to the public. He spoke his mind and any further discourse can happen privately if he wants it to be. Any PMs sent that he reports will also be dealt with.
If any JoF members read his post and were hurt or offended and turn around and be vile and toxic to him in response, you are painting the worse picture here and proving him right. If none of it is true, prove it. Threatening his life is absolutely not tolerated.

moving along ok. there's a sky on map 2 after you take the elevator up on the roof and there's a TIE bomber.. i'd love to make that awful looking night sky better, but it's really nowhere to be found in materials\jknup. any idea how i could figure it out? maybe it can't be changed in the Remaster Edit, for some reason. i did unpack a ton of .mat files from those .gob files, but to find something that converts them to .png seems difficult. also i'm not sure its even helpful, i think the Remaster uses a different format all together for the images. 
Anyways, all other skies are done. 260 images has been made much more detailed so far 🙂
Here's another comparison: JuxtaposeJS Embed (knightlab.com) (better direct comparison than below)
 

JK2 doesn't natively support it, only mods would support it like JK2MV, at least that's how it is in JKA. What mod client are you running and what is the server running?
I just tried it on my end using JK2MV. /set name ^0Circa and connected to a random server and my name was black.

We've been considering hosting DF2 mods lately, would love to see this end up on here if that happens! Looking good! 🙂 

We've been considering hosting DF2 mods lately, would love to see this end up on here if that happens! Looking good! 🙂