DarthStevenus

Officer variant: EDIT: I may redo the helmet. I stupidly just inverted the colors on that piece, so now the shading is all off. Highlights are shadows and shadows are now highlights.

Got the rest of it done. That's cortosis BTW, like the Shadowtroopers.

I haven't updated this thread in a while, but I haven't given up on this project or anything. I got a new game during the last Steam sale that kind of distracted me for a couple of weeks (Dragon Ball Xenoverse if anyone was wondering), but I've been working on something for the last hour or so while I sit here at my sister's house with nothing to do. Obviously I haven't gotten past the head, but you get the idea.

The Youtube channel Every Frame a Painting did a video recently about the soundtracks of the Marvel movies. I disagree with some of the reasons he brought up (that the music never defies your expectations), but it did inspire a bunch of response videos that are also interesting, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVRiofzRErc The composer for Rogue One also did the score for the Star Trek movies and Doctor Strange, and I've seen people point out before how similar the main themes of those movies are, so maybe he's just not a very creative composer? I'm not real familiar with his stuff beyond those movies. Anyway, my biggest problem with the movie was the main character. Jyn was practically a blank slate to me, not much character to speak of. Like if I try and describe her personality, the best I can come up with is that she's kind of tough and resourceful, and she misses her dad.

I think Ramikad is probably right about _cs 1 and _rs 1. For a second I was going to suggest using a lightJunior, but I think those only light models and don't affect the lightmap, so it would cast light on your model but your model wouldn't cast a shadow. With regards to the ambient lighting, setting it with a value that's too high will kill all your shadows. I usually set it with a value in the range of 15-30. But watching your first video again I see some good shadows on the walls and other parts of the map, so whatever your ambient light is set at is probably fine. Guess it was just the lack of shadows from the stools and tables that threw me off.

Love the approach of multiple solutions to things, and the recruiting thing is really cool. My only complaint is the lighting looks a little flat. For example, the tables and stools in the first video don't seem to cast any noticeable shadows. Do you have an ambient light value set on the worldspawn? Or was this maybe a no light compile?

Saw the movie last night. It was pretty good, I didn't leave the theater disappointed. Although, like Force Awakens, there was a bit too much fan service for me. But I wish they would have just left out the

That's high praise. Without going into too much detail (no spoilers) could you say what you liked about it? The story? The characters?

Oh god no, lol. Jar Jar is preferable to nothing.

Oh, I was just talking about the fan service stuff in Force Awakens. The shot of Finn picking up the little training ball droid in the Falcon, when he accidentally turns on the chess board (also in the Falcon), when they throw Phasma into a trash compactor, when they referenced Han's line from the original Star Wars about the Falcon making the Kessel run in 12 parsecs, etc. Basically the scenes or lines that reference the original movies in a way that lacks any subtlety. That and the fact that the basic outline of the plot of Force Awakens closely mirrors the plot of the original Star Wars, with a dash of RotJ thrown in. A young, technically minded kid living on a desert planet, who has dreams of seeing the rest of the galaxy, gets swept up into a plot to thwart the big scary Empire with a droid that contains some vital information of great interest to Leia and the Rebels, and there's also a Death Star. I can't tell you how annoyed I was when I saw they were making yet another Death Star. If any of their other movies revolve around a Death Star after these two, I might be out for good. That's just creative bankruptcy. And I'm concerned about it just because that stuff annoys me. I don't mind references if they're subtle, and if there aren't too many of them. But Force Awakens had a lot of them and they weren't really subtle at all. It just feels to me like some cynical Hollywood producer is shoving in all these lines because they think it'll give the movie some added value by piggybacking it onto my nostalgia for the originals. But I'm hopeful Rogue One will be different. Lucas has said he liked it apparently, and I know he didn't like the fan service in Force Awakens, so I'm taking that as a good sign. EDIT: I'm not seeing this supposed cameo among the ships, can someone just tell me who it's supposed to be?

...what part of that are you confused about? I need a little more elaboration.

I'm so ashamed I didn't think of that.

I really like the new Deus Ex games you guys.

Listening to some prog metal, Ants of the Sky by Between the Buried and Me. I don't know how a band can go from heavy metal, to 70s funk, to smooth jazz, to a hillbilly hoedown complete with banjo, then back to heavy metal all in one song, but god damn it they make it work. Also can someone tell me how to embed youtube videos in posts? I can't seem to figure it out.

With regards to the EU purge, I'm really only disappointed by the loss of Kyle Katarn. He's basically Han Solo with a lightsaber, which is a refreshing change of pace from the typical Jedi characters. Overall though, I don't care much about Disney ditching the EU because I haven't read most of it. The only thing I'm concerned about with Disney's take on Star Wars is all the reference/nostalgia stuff. I liked Force Awakens but man did all the references drive me nuts. We'll see with this one if they continue all that or not. But the fact that they decided to make their next movie some kind of prequel revolving around the Death Star (again!) makes me skeptical. The cynical old man in me makes me think they only chose to do this story because it would give them an excuse to have classic Star Wars stuff to tingle those sweet nostalgia centers in our brains. Stuff like Darth Vader, Mon Mothma, the Death Star, Star Destroyers, X-wings, TIE fighters, Rebels vs Empire, AT-ATs, Stormtroopers, etc. It looks slick and exciting, and I'm sure it will be enjoyable, but I don't think it will really add all that much to the Star Wars universe.

You won't be flying around in an X-wing outside the ship or anything. I just did that for fun. This'll just be used in a few cutscenes.

Unemployment! I don't remember the siege_destroyer map, I'll have to look at that one again. Let me know if you wanna use my star destroyer for something. I can give you a map file, or an ase model.

Got some in game pics of the star destroyer. Gotta do something about the tip of the ship. The way it extends way beyond the midsection at the front looks weird.

There's no rush for anything, that bit of the soundtrack is for a cutscene at least 3/4 of the way through the story. I'm still mapping the first level.

More star destroyer work. Slowly adding detail. The second picture reminds me of a praying mantis head.

Sure, I'll check it out. Thanks!

Sounds good! Worked on the star destroyer some more just now. Fixed the proportions and added some simple textures. Will add more detail later.

Thanks, that worked. Sounds good but it awkwardly cuts out at the end so we'd need to find a better clip on youtube, and you can still hear some rumblings of the aftermath of the explosion (though I can probably live with that). If you get some time and if it's not too much trouble I'd appreciate if you could whip something up for me in the studio. I'll give you credit either way of course.

Yes indeed Thanks, but I can't seem to get that download to work. Every time I click on it it just takes me to some unrelated spam sites. If it's not too much trouble could you upload it somewhere else? I've used filedropper.com before, that one seems to work okay. It's super fast, you don't even need to create an account or anything.

A small update, something I was working on this afternoon.