Need a modeler?

[BTAxis]

Winter and myself will handle that part. No need for you to spend time on that. Also, the mo files are generated from the wiki. All source text goes there.

[TrashMan]

Hrm...well, that makes making modification for my own amusement a bit more difficult...

[Mattn]

Weapons don'nt have any research description nor standard descrptions.
Haven't figured out how to put them in yet (how do you open the .mo files anyway?)

The descriptions are in the wiki at http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/List_of_msgid/Equipment

You can't edit the mo files, but you have to edit the po files - see http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Translating

[Mattn]

Hrm...well, that makes making modification for my own amusement a bit more difficult...

you can always edit the po files and compile the language files yourself (make lang for linux, autobuild for windows with code::blocks). just the official texts go into the wiki - what you are doing locally for your own pleasure...

[TrashMan]

Heh..all I wanted was to add descriptions for the coilgun and vindicator. Now I'm not sure Iwant to bother with that. Alltough it does look ugly to see empty research proposlas/report.

NWM...is the current Needler gun to your liking?

[blondandy]

Winter has to vet this kind of thing first. Ensures consistent style.

If you want to get involved with this, perhaps you could chat to him on IRC.

[TrashMan]

Well, here's the image of the current gun:


B.t.w. - what else needs doing? Should I start experimenting with armors?

[attachment deleted by admin]

[BTAxis]

On the topic of armour, we need the human stuff, but also the Shevaar model wearing armour. And possibly all the aliens wearing a heavy kind of armour (they only get two suits right now). There's plenty of work to do in that area.

[Winter]

Well, here's the image of the current gun:

I like it! It's got that alien quality to it that we want, but still looks enough like a gun to imply functionality and danger. I'm happy to put that into the game as it is (possibly adding a sniper scope later, separately, as a weapon add-on).

B.t.w. - what else needs doing? Should I start experimenting with armors?

Armours are definitely a big big thing. In all the time I've been with this project, only one armour model has been contributed.

Aircraft will become a priority later on, but right now it's armour, armour, armour.

Regards,
Winter

[TrashMan]

Armor it is then

*btw - I still haven't given up on the portable gatt. gun. I'll get you over to my side of thinking...eventually

[Mattn]

yes, armours would be very cool - i agree. the women models need heavy armour, we need the "hovering" armour (wilminator is currently working on the pathfinding code for jet-packs)

*btw - I still haven't given up on the portable gatt. gun. I'll get you over to my side of thinking...eventually

Keep in mind, that even if Winter and BTAxis don't want to include it into the singleplayer campaign, that i would be happy to include more weapons for the multiplayer stuff. All you have to deliver is the model and maybe a basic item+tech definition

[Mattn]

oh btw. i'm not sure which software you are using - but you should have a look into http://ufoai.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ufoai/ufoai/data_source/models/characters - there are bip files and character source files for 3dsmax

[TrashMan]

I use a mix of 3D Max 7.0 and Truespace 5.1 .. importing/exporting as needed. It depends on what I'm doing. I generally make models in Truespace and then import into Max for refinement and texturing, altough sometimes I make the whole thing in Max..depends


So, just to make sure there aren't any misunderstandings...what we need is:

1. New nanotube armor (or whatever the current one is called) - light, medium and heavy?
2. Human flying armor (with jetpack? more versions?)
3. power armor
4. adv. power armor
5. Anything else? Maybe a somewhat better version of the normal combat armor?

[BTAxis]

No, we do have a model for the power armour already. See also this thread.

And as I pointed out before, we also need aliens in armour.

[Falion]

Pretty hard to "research" alien armors, too eventually turn into human versions...if there is no alien armor in game being worn by the aliens for us to research ROFL