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O F F I C I A L V A N G U A R D F O R U M S
Jan 13, 2007 - 02:40 AM - by
Wizoz
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibdin
Proof that the game will be released unfinished...
But where do we stop? 8 different hairs? 16, 32, a 100? There's never going to be enough hair choices to suit everyone. There's about a thousand things I would love to expand on before we ship, but at some point you have to look at the time we have left, pick a number and go with it. It's a fact of life with anything.
But finished or unfinished, you will more hair choices. Really.
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Jan 11, 2007 - 04:40 PM - by
Wizoz
We haven't set the min / max limits on the character creation sliders yet. They will be in there for release. Once it's set, it will limit most of the oddities that you see now.
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Jan 11, 2007 - 04:40 PM - by
Wizoz
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigbert
"I will buy someone a nice meal at Red Lobster if this game's subscribers reach beyond 200,000 at any point in its existence."
Thanks, I'll let you know when.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigbert
... I can tell you that there is no such thing as a nice meal at Red Lobster. I hear in the Mid West people actually think thats what seafood is supposed to be like.
Some people on the west coast think the same thing.
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Aug 25, 2005 - 05:00 AM - by
Wizoz
Quote:Originally Posted by Blhurr What's the cheapest way to learn Maya? I don't have a couple grand and I don't really want to enroll in school but the latter might be an option if it is the only option. Are the level design features of Maya available in the trial versions?
I believe the student version has everything you would need to learn modeling for video games. Personally, I bought a book, and started doing tutorials out of it. Once I learned the basics, I started modeling anything that interested me. School is usually a good thing if you can swing it. But I have hired artists that were self taught that had the talent.
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Aug 25, 2005 - 04:54 AM - by
Wizoz
Quote:Originally Posted by Faille What version of Maya do you use?
Which leads to my next question, how are upgrades of software done in such a production? ie, if Maya 8 came out tomorrow, would you automatically upgrade to it, or have some people upgrade and evaluate, or not bother since everything is setup around whichever current version you are using.
We started with version 3 I think, and upgraded over time up to ver.6.0.1. At this point, all our tools are set-up and working, so we won't be upgrading again until after ship. And even that isn't guaranteed.
We can't risk breaking the tools and / or spending coding time converting the tools to work with a newer version. So sadly, no new versions.
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Aug 25, 2005 - 04:49 AM - by
Wizoz
Quote:Originally Posted by Frax So, how long after Vanguard comes out will we see the first dungeon pop up as a deathmatch map? :P
That would be pretty sweet. The artists have been debating if that is even still possible at this point after all the engine MOD's.
When Sigil was first started, we were asked to make a short movie clip showing ur vision of the game. After we were done, we took the level, and turned into an unreal deathmatch level. We played it for days. It was really fun.
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There's about a thousand things I would love to expand on before we ship, but at some point you have to look at the time we have left, pick a number and go with it. It's a fact of life with anything.
