Friday with Means - December 4th, 2009 - Who is not at the company party? ME!

**Alternity** · Dec 10th, 2009, 19:03:22

High res mission looked HAWT!

**Mekh** · Dec 10th, 2009, 19:56:26

Dasm, those screenies looks GREAT!

no. 4. You should get yourself a little light

**DaviasI** · Dec 10th, 2009, 19:59:57

I love when they do old/new side-by-side comparisons then you can really see the difference. Love the new water and skybox. Get some updated vegetation in there and bring out the new character heads/bodies and even n00bs will drool.

pict #4 looks totally unrealistic and needs to be done with better lighting and models, add a nice female opifex and a gun toting trox.

Looks like things are coming along nicely.

**windcaster** · Dec 10th, 2009, 20:37:03

Originally Posted by EdtaatdE

*sigh* at Whine Online... as soon as the screenies arrive they find something else to beg for... (xmas). /me hugs Means and Team

uh, scroll a few pages back, i was asking for christmas patch BEFORE the screen shots came out..

honestly i could'nt care less about screen shots the game does'nt really look bad imo as-is and i've been hearing about a engine upgrade for far to long to get excited over some pictures.

christmas patch i can actually enjoy NOW.. (soon) er, well.. hopefuly THIS year anyway.

**Dagget** · Dec 10th, 2009, 21:37:46

Looking good (screenies 1 & 2)

how long before the new grass/trees will be in place?

Also, regarding heads, will we get a chance to review all the 'reworked' heads before they are locked in? I'm sure the vast majority will be fine but you may yet find the users spotting a couple of 'gollums' in the mix that were not apparent from the artists' point of view.

**Surm** · Dec 10th, 2009, 21:51:26

Hey Means, ever watch Black Books? Too much of a coincidence otherwise.

**Fekal** · Dec 10th, 2009, 22:01:43

Originally Posted by Darkbane

Last time I saw him on test he was a fixer... This "Means" Something? Who knows

fraps or it didn't happen :-p

**Talita** · Dec 11th, 2009, 00:04:00

Originally Posted by Means

1. There was only one shot of the new engine (now with Sky!) in the presentation...the sky isn't perfect but now that it is there at all the artists can work with it to make it perfect.

2. A RK mission with upgraded Textures (to note the difference this will make without even using help from the new engine.)

3. A peek at the new Omni "daily mission" office coming in the next major update.

4. Me multi-tasking during the very short period of time I was at the company party.

I was hoping to add a few screens of the engine that were not in the presentation...however the H1N1 is currently victimizing one of my engine guys and I am not going to interrupt the other one who is working on something I want him to finish. Faster Faster!

Thanks for this update

RK mission pic looks really cool, will all missions be texture upgraded?

Warm Regards

**Amosco** · Dec 11th, 2009, 00:41:16

I loved the new screenshots. Thanks Means!

One question, though: Could you maybe give us a few more mission screens with the upgraded textures? That door liked kind of cool, but it was very monochrome and angular. It would be nice to see some more complex textures from the missions in the high res version.

**wormx** · Dec 11th, 2009, 01:33:43

Originally Posted by Means

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4. Me multi-tasking during the very short period of time I was at the company party...

You get to smoke indoors? wtb

**Dagget** · Dec 11th, 2009, 01:57:01

Can't smoke indoors in Norway - they are outside - which also explains them all being bundled up like polar bears.

**Solstiare** · Dec 11th, 2009, 02:27:41

what happened to the euro-mullet?

**Reacon** · Dec 11th, 2009, 03:49:29

Originally Posted by Means

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Nom nom nom's screenshots.

Sooo good!!!

**Sama** · Dec 11th, 2009, 03:52:36

is it just me or does means look like Michael Wincott in that photo???

**wormx** · Dec 11th, 2009, 03:56:53

Originally Posted by Dagget

Can't smoke indoors in Norway - they are outside - which also explains them all being bundled up like polar bears.

Ooh yeah, after looking closer on that pic I can see they are outdoors. My bad.

**Dagget** · Dec 11th, 2009, 05:04:26

As for the last pic - that looks like it could be a good storyboard panel that launches a quest done by the Illuminatti in TSW.

**Otinsainpas** · Dec 11th, 2009, 08:34:58

blob player-shadow on RK mission -1

but i assume shadows are on todo-list

**Means** · Dec 11th, 2009, 09:25:16

Originally Posted by Surm-ffs

Hey Means, ever watch Black Books? Too much of a coincidence otherwise.

Never seen it...but now you have suggested it I watched a couple clips on the net and can't wait to watch them all. Thanks for the tip

**Means** · Dec 11th, 2009, 09:26:27

Originally Posted by Otinsainpas

blob player-shadow on RK mission -1

but i assume shadows are on todo-list

Old engine = old shadows

Only the texture resolution of the npc and the mission structure have been upped to show what kind of a difference that will make...even without the new engine's help.

**Otinsainpas** · Dec 11th, 2009, 09:35:27

Originally Posted by Means

Old engine = old shadows

Only the texture resolution of the npc and the mission structure have been upped to show what kind of a difference that will make...even without the new engine's help.

then i must say it looks pretty good.. hard to believe its the old engine from the way light affects walls and floor tho
everything on my screen is so unshaded like there is nothin else than ambient lightning

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