Next Release?

CitizenZero · Post by **CitizenZero** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:40 pm

Hey, just wondering when the next HDTP release is going to happen? I saw on the main page that the Phase 2 Deco is finished and has been for a while, or are you planning on releasing the entire texture pack as a single file near the end of the year?

Post by **metche_steele** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:40 pm

CitizenZero wrote:Hey, just wondering when the next HDTP release is going to happen? I saw on the main page that the Phase 2 Deco is finished and has been for a while, or are you planning on releasing the entire texture pack as a single file near the end of the year?

Atm the next package released will be the weapons. The situation is that all the models are finished but theres all the texture work thats left. Our poor texture artists have been hanging on for months waiting for new uvmaps to tex up. Now that we have them, obviously, they have left and moved on from the team. We need texture artists!!!!

Sods law really

ctishman · Post by **ctishman** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:52 am

Well, damn. I wish I knew how to texture. I'm a digital arts major, you'd think I could figure it out. is there a guide to texturing out there somewhere?

Master_Kale · Post by **Master_Kale** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:37 pm

ctishman wrote:Well, damn. I wish I knew how to texture. I'm a digital arts major, you'd think I could figure it out. is there a guide to texturing out there somewhere?

Oh god, the delicious irony xD

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:14 pm

Texturing = Digital Arts. They are the same thing except you have to work with a UV map instead of using a grid - they are much similar. You should seriously consider joining as it'll fill your portfolio up with a lot of nice 3D images. I'm guessing you work in 2D right? So this will be second nature - plus those Video Game industry guys drool over this stuff

So yeah get involved cause it does help with your reputation as an artist. Deus Ex is practically a holy relic to the industry and it'll get you a lot of attention.

Jetsetlemming · Post by **Jetsetlemming** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:23 pm

Mr_Cyberpunk wrote:Deus Ex is practically a holy relic

XD Brilliant way of describing it.

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:53 pm

Well every game that wins GOTY seems to earn Holy Relic status in the industry and thats why if you ever get to mod a GOTY game or remake one it'll look hella good in a portfolio.

Now let us burn those Half Life 2 Infidels... GOD WILLS IT!

Shodan · Post by **Shodan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:34 pm

Why don't you release some of the completed phases while you wait for the others to be finished?

r00tb33r · Post by **r00tb33r** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:29 pm

Half Life 2 Infidels... GOD WILLS IT!

You know... I was much that way when it came out... I absolutely hated HL 1.
And it wasn't the visuals that attracted me. Actually I played them out of order, where I started playing EP1 before the original. I was shocked by the level of detail and actor and character quality. I liked it exactly for the same reason I like Deus Ex.
The two are quite similar once you get into it... And don't tell me about mute Gordon, if he would talk then some of the neat moments would have been gone from the game, like interaction with Alyx.
I kinda hate how everybody picks on the stuck elevator in the very beginning... Its actually no problem if you hurry your ass up like you supposed to (just pretend for a moment that you are actually chased by combine).
Anyway I'm just a sucker for quality...

Andrievskaya Veronika · Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:27 am

I still think this release is last. I have many reasons for this...

Post by **metche_steele** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:59 am

The next release will be our final release and will contain all objects/items/weapons.

We are not sure if we will ever release the characters we did because no one can animate them. Sound simple? Far from it - there is a major issue in animating in DX1. It's crap

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:17 am

We might have to save them for DX:R if you can't get them done. But I have confidence that you'll find someone to do the animating.

Post by **metche_steele** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:11 am

Mr_Cyberpunk wrote:We might have to save them for DX:R if you can't get them done. But I have confidence that you'll find someone to do the animating.

Since this project there was only 1 other guys aside from Phas who could have done it but even he couldnt understand it and he is a prof animator. So i would say it looks slim tbh.

fox · Post by **fox** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 pm

Damn, damn, damn... Has anybody considered to contact one of the original DX-animators in order to gain at least some hints? And where's Steve Tack these days? Has anybody yet asked in the DXAlpha-forums? There must be a way, damn...

Mr_Cyberpunk · Post by **Mr_Cyberpunk** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:28 pm

Unless you can find an animator that can work in Unreal1 technology I doubt we'll see the characters working. I'm not too worried however because I think Reborn is far more important now (though it always was important) as it'll lift all the problems the team has had with HDTP so far.

Lets hope that day isn't too far away

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