EE version 0.173 Final (no more stuffs)

Fanger · Post by **Fanger** » 04 Mar 2007, 22:11

I just thought I would make an annoucement that, since I had a massive slump of ideas for NI, I stopped working on them and in order to get my creative juices flowing began execution of an idea I had been kicking around for a while, and that was the addition of a 4th side to EE, an Alien side that would play different and allow me to do some whacky stuff that the more conventional human sides would not have. That said the Alien race is definately going into the game as I am roughly 50% done with them at this time, they have far fewer units and will be very different from the other sides but still balanced..

Once I have the aliens finished I will get back to NI which I am starting to get an idea about what I want to do. I will not make a major release of EE until I have NI finished though, and NI and the Aliens will be duel released as a mutator expansion pack for EE to conserve download amount. However if you have any balance issues with the current set up by all means bring those to me If there are enough and they are valid/serious I will make a release to fix those..

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 05 Mar 2007, 00:02

mutator = more parts that players can get wrong.. don't assume they will do it right.

Andreask · Post by **Andreask** » 05 Mar 2007, 01:36

But...NI are aliens by trade. They come from the moon.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 05 Mar 2007, 02:09

They are legal immigrants. Learn the difference.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 05 Mar 2007, 02:26

But..they're emigrants, not immigrants >_>

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 05 Mar 2007, 06:01

NI are people from earth, that went to live on the moon...

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 05 Mar 2007, 06:02

fear them mello

Pxtl · Post by **Pxtl** » 05 Mar 2007, 06:34

w00t! 4th faction! Yay! Can we hear tidbits yet? We've got hovers, walkers, and tanks... how do you decide a fourth movement class? Immobile (transported turrets)? Low-elevation gunships that are targeted as land-units? Sluggish high-flying airships? What? What's their shtick gonna be - we've got weapon/artillery, stealth, and speed - what's the alien focus, toughness? Regeneration?

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 05 Mar 2007, 06:39

From what I've seen, they're focous is being tottally bad ass.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 06 Mar 2007, 02:48

Think more mobile force akin to Zhon of TA:K.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 06 Mar 2007, 04:27

Ah, cool... Zhon, without the suck. But... aliens... erm... plz tell me these are S3Os with decent skins...

AF · Post by AF » 06 Mar 2007, 04:39

You'd know if you surfed smoths forum once in a while....

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 06 Mar 2007, 04:45

They're... dark. And vaguely Tron-like. They need to be less dark, and have more contrast and preshading, or they're just going to be black blobs on most peep's screens. The designs themselves are cute, though, and I like the glowy bitz.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 06 Mar 2007, 04:57

yep, s3o-ed models. Standard fang cuteness, he has a neat touch. Yeah the texture could be better but in game it *works* for some reason. I have a copy of them on my hd did you want some shots argh?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 06 Mar 2007, 05:11

Nah, it's enough to see where they're going. Might be fun to try and re-skin one just to see what can be done, but I'm too busy right now.

Fanger · Post by **Fanger** » 06 Mar 2007, 07:40

I intend to add more detail later, atm Im trying to map them and texture them decently which is what I consider the current stuff, and get them in game for balance purposes.. I only have about 7-8 units left and then Im gonna head back to working on NI while I take some time to add more detail on the aliens here and there..

They worked out to be sorta a test foray into uvmapping for me, and I have it fairly down pat, however if you want to have a go at one I wouldnt care..

1v0ry_k1ng · Post by **1v0ry_k1ng** » 06 Mar 2007, 10:32

the icons for the minimap need shrinking and a black outline, that game on altored was really confusing because all the minimap icons overlap.

OOmiz · Post by **OOmiz** » 06 Mar 2007, 12:18

I agree. Making the minimap radar icons half the size would really make the minimap feel less clogged.

I would also like to point out another thing that was evident in the Giant Hills game. There really isn't anything that can take care of the lvl2 GD ground attack helis. Imho they need to be nerfed, by no means made useless, but a bit less overpowered.

On a side note it's really wonderful to see so many people playing EE at the same time. I hope to see more sessions like the one last night.

AF · Post by AF » 06 Mar 2007, 13:56

mix lvl 2 anti air units into your forces and build lvl 2 SAM towers

Decimator · Post by **Decimator** » 06 Mar 2007, 18:24

Or interceptor helicopters, they'll rip any anti-ground heli apart.

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EE version 0.173 Final (no more stuffs)