Mass Effect: Unification (build 40316/06) (R6 RELEASED)

RED51 · Post by **RED51** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:42 pm

Jofre and Havey are ready! :jango:

willinator · Post by **willinator** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:04 pm

*Clears throat* Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gas bags and meat bags, Marth8880 is no longer the only person on this project with a map almost complete! It's been a long span of work, with constant interruptions and delays, but I will soon be ready to release this map to Marth. I give you...Eden Prime!

Eden Prime is a peaceful, agrarian world which was one of the first human colonies. In Mass Effect 1, it was the first mission, where you met the Geth (whom caused the crimson sky), Kaiden, the Normandy, Capt. Anderson, Nihlus, Ashley, Saren, and that poor red shirt that dies after the first corner. In Mass Effect 3, it is available in the From Ashes DLC, and is where you meet Javik.

The map cycles randomly between facing the Geth, Collectors, and Cerberus, as well as a blue, night-time, and crimson sky. I sadly do not have the latest version yet, so the Geth appear as Sanghelli. Enjoy!

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TWINKEYRUNAWAY · Post by **TWINKEYRUNAWAY** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:20 pm

Sir...now that's what I am talking about!!!!

DarthSolous · Post by **DarthSolous** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:27 pm

Nice!

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:05 pm

JES! Looks like what I want to see! Perfect! Well, almost perfect. A few things:

-Is there a directional light?
-Does it cast specular and shadows?

Please excuse me if those are blatantly obvious in the screenshots; I'm in the sun right now on my phone at Disneyland (Anaheim) so it's difficult to make things out.

I'm here for three days (yesterday, today, and tomorrow), so that's why I wasn't able to get you the most recent build: being at and walking around Disneyland and California Adventure all day from 8am until midnight really takes a lot out of you.

willinator · Post by **willinator** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 4:45 pm

Thanks for all the support guys, it means a lot. In response Marth, there is a directional light which casts shadows and specular. In retrospect, I didn't take the pictures from good enough angles to show the specular (except the one of the 'sploding centurion on the back platform).

Post by **AQT** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:02 pm

Holy cow! That looks absolutely fantastic!

Great work, man!

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willinator · Post by **willinator** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:22 pm

AQT wrote:In regards to the following screenshot, will players be able to see that line going through to the sky and what appears to be the edge of the terrain? If so, you might somehow want to make them both less visible.

Holy smokes, I can't believe I never noticed that before. I just went in and increased the height of the canyon walls. Thanks for the catch!

THEWULFMAN · Post by **THEWULFMAN** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:27 am

It looks good Will, really good. I feel it could be better however. I can't exactly put my finger on all my problems with it.

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The red sky doesn't feel like it matches with the terrain, and it seems too red. I feel decreasing the saturation on the red sky would help there. Maybe increase the brightness on it as well, since the sky seems darker than the terrain is. And it would be the other way around if anything.

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Here it seems the models aren't as dark as they should be for nighttime. See how very dark the terrain is? The unit models and props should be the same. Try fixing this with the top and bottom ambient lighting(Clicky!). Adjust as needed till they match, but the bottom ambient light should be darker than the top under most circumstances. If you feel it's too dark, then you might need to increase the brightness of the terrain and match the ambient lighting with it.

On the subject of the nighttime variation, I've always hated the .FX "stars" used in space and on Naboo. I prefer ones textured into the skydome. Later on Marth or I will send you a nice skydome texture with stars for you to use.

I don't see any issues with the blue sky day variation. Other than the problem that exists in all 3 weathers, the terrain texture. Not exactly a fan of how it tiles, but it's not the biggest problem.

Overall I like what you've done. I criticize because I know you can do better.

willinator · Post by **willinator** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:26 am

Thanks for the review WULF. The nighttime version's lighting needs tweaked, since all I did was copy some lighting values from stock Naboo. Top and bottom ambient lighting is present on all of the modes, however I am willing to change that and the skies. The look of the red one is just really hard to achieve, for some reason. As for the terrain texture, I'm open to any changes (ground textures aren't my strongest field). Just know I used the textures from ME3's version, since it doesn't have such color changing lighting on it.

CressAlbane · Post by **CressAlbane** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:07 pm

The only major qualm I had is that some foliage of pebbles or debris could help make some of the areas seems less sparse. Really liking the "compound" building, which has some amazing shapes in there. It's gonna be fun to fight on that!

Loopy53 · Post by **Loopy53** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:13 am

I thought the release date was the apocalypse (21/12/21) I hope marth didnt die! Anyhow, jan 5th is fine for something of this much awesomeness

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:41 am

Loopy53 wrote:I hope marth didnt die!

Nah I prolly didn't.

Dreadnot9 · Post by **Dreadnot9** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:08 am

Marth8880 wrote:
Loopy53 wrote:I hope marth didnt die!
Nah I prolly didn't.

And how do we know you're Marth?

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DarthSolous · Post by **DarthSolous** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:29 am

Marth8880 wrote:
Loopy53 wrote:I hope marth didnt die!
Nah I prolly didn't.

Yes! Marth and I survived! *hums "I'm a survivor"* lol

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:34 am

Dreadnot9 wrote:
Marth8880 wrote:
Loopy53 wrote:I hope marth didnt die!
Nah I prolly didn't.
And how do we know you're Marth?
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Because 5. Also Q. And

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DarthSolous · Post by **DarthSolous** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:50 am

Merry almost-Christmas!

Off-Topic: Again I present this Nebula as a gift for anyone who wants to use it lol...

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Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:51 am

Oh yeah! That actually looks really good!

We'll have to see if we can fit it in anywhere though.

DarthSolous · Post by **DarthSolous** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:33 am

Marth8880 wrote:Oh yeah! That actually looks really good! We'll have to see if we can fit it in anywhere though.

Thanks, I made it with some awesome nebula & star brushes I found on the web.

EDIT: Merry Christmas eveyone!

EDIT 2: Made this for you. If you want it, ask and I'll give you the bigger version:

And this one I'm not giving away, but I'm posting it here for fun:

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Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:36 pm

Release date is being extended to the 11th due to my inability to get substantial work done over break and my laptop's inability to export models using the ZE Tools, which contributes fully to the former. This should be the last time the date is extended.

Don't worry, guys, I am not going to pull a WULF.

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