Flesh Snatcher

[N_I_C_S]

Hello !

I've put a new demo version online, with several code improvements :

- resolution of the main collision problems (staying trapped in corners, etc...) by revision of the BSP trace algorithm.

- Implementation of a scenery management system : now we can add, remove or load pieces of scenery from scripts in the map. I improved too the PVS system, which avoids now some bugs.

- I noticed that my insertion of convex brushes in a BSP tree algorithms were totally bugged !! That's why enemies behaviors were sometimes weird. Too many brushes were added, so I made routines that remove the unnecessary brushes. Now collisions are faster and more precise .

I also made a new piece of scenery, the most courageous of you can see it, and also hear a new end music version, by my brother himself ^^ !!

[N_I_C_S]

Hello,

I post just to give a few news :

the modeling of my castle progresses well, I think I'll finish the level at the end of this mounth .
Now, I try to insert the lights, it's not easy on more complex geometries...

Here are a few parts of what I've done :



...some funny details ?

[deepthought]

how exactly do the lights work? i went through your code a while back to give myself invulnerability, but didn't really see it in there. just curious.

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[N_I_C_S]

In fact, the light effects are simply lightmaps, which I don't generate myself but by using the little soft FSRad (I lost the download link ). This awesome soft makes pretty realistic textures by managing radiosity, etc... I recommend it .

i went through your code a while back to give myself invulnerability

Lol ! Did you succeed ?

[deepthought]

yes. I wanted to see what the rest of the level but i kept dying  the first time the turrets teleported in.

[N_I_C_S]

Ha ha, yes, you probably have felt from a rock ! There's a minimum altitude (it's in the world.Map class) ...

Hey, while I'm here, a little wip ?

[deepthought]

nah. i was so damaged after fighting the triangles from hell thw turrets would shoot me and i'd die.

map looks pretty awesome. what are you making it in?

[N_I_C_S]

Hey, thanks for the map ! But i'm sorry i didn't understand your question (yes, i'm a mushroom in english!) . Did you ask me what i'm modeling in the level ? In that case, it's a "sort of castle" .

Otherwise, for me this week, intensive modeling ! The level scenery is almost finshed (but as usual, I'm not totally satisfied...), and the next demo will be released probably in a week, time to "populate" the level .

And here are the usual screenshots , showing the try to have a more "survival" ambiance :

[deepthought]

what program did you use to make the map?

[N_I_C_S]

Oh, sorry !
I use Milkshape3D to make the meshes, a little bit Blender just to convert them in the .tri format, which permits me to lightmap with FSRad .

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[N_I_C_S]

Hello !

Here we are, the new demo is online at least !!

It's on http://fleshsnatcher.sourceforge.net/demo/
Standalone version + sources : http://sourceforge.net/projects/fleshsnatcher/

But I must say I'm not satisfied of it... I spent the last mounth searching new gameplay ideas, without real result, so I give a demo a bit empty and repetitive...

That's why I search a level designer ( see here (if you speak french)).

Nevertheless, I wish you a good test, and of course don't hesitate to be merciless with this demo !!

[N_I_C_S]

Hello,

a few news : the level 3 modeling begun since a long time but is blocked by some limitations of my modeler (Milkshape3D). Now I have no choice : Blender or nothing ! That won't be easy...

Despite that, I updated the demo with 2 little news : a bug fix on the musics (precisely their stopping), and the addition of a new soundtrack (replacing the techno one), very "djent metal", directly from "my brother studios" !

That's all, for the most assiduous, enjoy .

[deepthought]

under the church with the turrets the jump to the stairs is impossible.