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[Geoffrey]

Who said userart? There are more than enough textures in the tiles files ( omfg good one once again fakir )

[Semicharm]

Who said userart? There are more than enough textures in the tiles files

Well the screens look nice, even though the textures are kinda old and cliché.. let's just say the look semi-charming! Omfg good one Fakir!

Well ya, there's plently of textures, but as YOU said they are "kinda old and cliché".  There just isn't much there that would fit the map's theme, so aside from the "old and cliché" game textures the only option would be to import userart (point and match, Semicharm )

 

[Semicharm]

Royal Rumble is still kicking even though there hasn't been any signs of life lately.  I just recently decided to do some con modified enemies.  Nothing earth shattering, but at least enough to keap things interesting.  Among the things considered are civilians, but I don't have any suitable art just yet.  Just thought that it would be a change of pace considering that most maps seem to take place after the aliens have taken over.

[Semicharm]

Well, I've been offline of a few days due to computer problems.  Everythings back up now.  Hopefully once I get some things squared away I'll have some time to get this going again.  

Oh ya, I've imported some new textures.  Most are hi-res too, but not hi-color yet because I haven't updated my editor with jonof's latest source release yet.

[Semicharm]

OK, I didn't want to do this, but I've been away from this for so long now I might as well just dismiss any pretense and make it official: all of my maps and projects are now postponed until further notice.  Thanks to those who've helped me (you know who you are), you have my undying appreciation.

[MSandt]

Well sounds... dunno. Postponed doesn't really mean cancelled right? I mean - I haven't built anything in months but started yesterday working on that level of mine & cbp6. Just wait for the spree or something. Don't try to take too big steps with this one - such as those civilians. The screenshots are looking pretty cool - maybe indoor areas could use a bit better lightning.  

[Semicharm]

Canceled?  Don't know at this point.

I ran out of walls and such awhile ago so the best I could do to balance the lack of shadows is use more ambient lighting.  Unlike the old duke maps, all light sources are counted for, more or less, but it's not quite so apparent from the screens I posted.  I was almost finished with design and everything, but it just didn't feel right.  Great architecture and such, but the game play was just the same old.

[Semicharm]

Well, it looks like I'm going to have some free time for a little while (long story).  I've been putting around with Duke a bit lately, mostly in my current map slated for release, Royal Rumble.  I've been cleaning it up and removing some stuff that wasn't finished so that I can push ahead for a release, hopefully before the end of year.

Here's as it stands now
Design: finished
Gameplay: finished except a few monsters (see Cons)
Texturing: finished (see Textures)
Shading: finished, pending texture updates (see Textures)
Textures: revamping for hires replacements which will work in "classic duke" too!
Cons: new commando pigs and troopers are still in progress, civilians have been killed

I'll be in touch with my testers when the new textures and cons are ready (if they're still interested).  New testers are also welcome!

Now for the bad news: This is likely to be my last release so I hope that you all enjoy this one!.  

Well, I suppose there's a chance that the next map after this one in the episode (ya this was all part of a big episode) could see the light of day since I managed to retrieve it from my old backups, so it depends how much was left to be done.  JF and RR took too much to remake so I really don't see any others on the horizon past that.

[Semicharm]

Well, things came up and I had to put the project on the back burner for awhile, so it looks like it's going to be late, but it will come sooner or later.  At least I have started several new chapters for my novel!  One of them is almost finished too.  (Check out my sig).
 
Anyway, I do have some progress on Royal Rumble to report.  Most of the con code was finished in a few hours, OK half a day.  I don't want to spoil it, but the new ones are smarter and tougher.  I haven't added the modified aliens in yet because there's a few effects I want to add, but I'm still hitting the wall/sector limits.  It doesn't help that I redid the theater either, but I think that the results will speak for themselves.  More hires and custom pics have been added, but I don't have all of the hires replacements I want yet and some of them in the texture packs don't fit anymore, so I have to mod or replace them.   That's all for now.  I'll give my beta's a headsup when when it's time.  Again new testers are still welcome.

[MSandt]

Sounds cool man - just try to get it done.