Old stuff

[StratonAce]

A kind fan has volunteered to redesign the Evolution home pages for me recently and today, while searching for graphics and screen-shots on my hard drive for him, I came across an old stash of previously unreleased shots that I had forgotten about. So, thought I'd share. Many more can be found at...

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/evolution-news.html


http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older3.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older5.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older7.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older9.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older11.jpg

[StratonAce]

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older17.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older24.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older27.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older28.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older32.jpg

[Maddieman]

Originally posted by StratonAce:
http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older17.jpg
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">LOL! The hud text says it all! images/icons/grin.gif

[StratonAce]

he he, Maddie. That's an easter egg that can be found in my next public demo. Coming soon, well, in about maybe 2 months. images/icons/smile.gif

[biXen]

Nice as always, it's like you can see your sweat in those shots Strat images/icons/wink.gif

btw, tell that designer to preferably find a place for the button in a place where it stands still, now it's aligned wrong (should be valign=top and is probably middle or default)

[HairlessWookie]

HAHAHAHAHA lesbian mode...HAHAHAHAHAHA
nice shots ace...how'd you do that light effect? lens flare?

[StratonAce]

I made several different lens flares in Photoshop, then made several different particle effects out of each one. Then, in game, had to have several different FSM's for each source of light that I wanted to throw off lens flares. images/icons/tongue.gif

[zephyrin_xirdal]

Lens flares as pfx ... that, Sir, plainly is ingenious! And btw the screenies are phantastic!

[Maddieman]

I thought it was Wookie who was supposed to be "the Particle Master". graemlins/hhg.gif

[Bruce Hamilton]

Originally posted by Maddieman:
I thought it was Wookie who was supposed to be "the Particle Master".<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I bet Straton taught Wookie everything he knows. images/icons/tongue.gif

[tommulder]

OMG! those lens flares are AMAZING it makes it look freakily realistic, with the photodigitised textures images/icons/tongue.gif drools


mmmmm


oops! i back now... that 'lil flying craft looks pretty niftey too! Once agains stratonace... a big high five to you images/icons/grin.gif

[StratonAce]

Thanks guys. Actually, you can see early versions of my lens flares in the last Evolution demo, in the Sector 4 level. But, as you can see I made slightly better versions shortly after I released the demo. images/icons/wink.gif

Also, the light on the lightstick there is pretty much just a lens flare modified for that particular aplication.

[StratonAce]

Here's a few more....

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older4.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older6.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older8.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older26.jpg

http://evolution.paynereactor.com/temporary/older30.jpg

[biXen]

Erm... quite easy to see where Strat hosts his pics images/icons/tongue.gif

The site will be up again pretty soon (providing he has backups) images/icons/wink.gif

(Paynereactor has moved to new servers)

[StratonAce]

Well, Bix, it must have fixed itself. images/icons/smile.gif I haven't done anything yet, and the pics are now back up. Wierd.

[HairlessWookie]

Hey Ace, do you know of any way to attach a pFX to a camera? I mean, with straight messages. In camerapaths, the camera doen't know what "this" is. I'm trying to work out a sort of image enhancement mode for the sniper view with pfx and HUD alphas.

[StratonAce]

Well, you could use the pfx in an FSM and then group it to the camera in the front of it..... OR, you could just make this new hud out of brushes in the map and of course attach it properly to the camera and they could use alphas for transparency. Of course, if you wanted some complicated animated effect the pfx would be the way to go. Although never overlook what all can be done with DO's. They RULE! In an early Evolution map I once made an entire destructable building out of DO's. You should have seen it, it looked amazing when it came crashing down. Unfortunately I overdid it a bit and it totally killed the frame rates, so I scrapped it..... but boy, was it sweet! images/icons/smile.gif