WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

My first proper UDK project and my first using mostly custom content!

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Building bits.

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Couple of the models I'm most happy with.

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nice stuff PSY, very simple, but refined!

Yep, good stuff man!

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'beta!

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The Cube Beta

Looks good Psy, shouldn't the tree around the nighttime lamp post be receiving more light though?

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Making a level entirely out of cables. Prototypes so far are promising... turns out ropes and cables are broken in Portal 2 codebase, they just stay still and never move, so using Ep2 (or maybe SDK Base?) for this. I'm still not really sure what the point is. Maybe it's asking whether walls have to be solid? Or what "dynamic architecture" means? Shrug.

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Making a level entirely out of cables. Prototypes so far are promising... turns out ropes and cables are broken in Portal 2 codebase, they just stay still and never move, so using Ep2 (or maybe SDK Base?) for this. I'm still not really sure what the point is. Maybe it's asking whether walls have to be solid? Or what "dynamic architecture" means? Shrug.

That's neat, but how does it work? Are you gonna outline a layout, then fill in with clipping? You say it's dynamic, so will the ropes (and collision) move? Can the player change it dynamically?

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That's neat, but how does it work? Are you gonna outline a layout, then fill in with clipping? You say it's dynamic, so will the ropes (and collision) move? Can the player change it dynamically?

Yeah, collisions are what I'm trying to wrap my head around... either (a) I build a bunch of invisible func_brush collisions and pre-place them and get angry with how long it takes or (b) maybe the "walls" don't have to be solid? Right now I'm thinking of some mechanic with wind / tractor beams, or whether it even needs gameplay at all and could just be Dear Esther type of thing.

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turns out ropes and cables are broken in Portal 2 codebase, they just stay still and never move.

Are you sure? I'm using ropes in a Portal 2 map, and they seem to be working fine.

There is a longstanding issue in the Source multiplayer(since CS:S) where ropes won't always move correctly. It can be worked around: I usually parent the rope entities to a silent env_spark, which I then parent to whatever is moving.

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Are you sure? I'm using ropes in a Portal 2 map, and they seem to be working fine.There is a longstanding issue in the Source multiplayer(since CS:S) where ropes won't always move correctly. It can be worked around: I usually parent the rope entities to a silent env_spark, which I then parent to whatever is moving.

I just tried this and it didn't work... I mean that if I drop an env_wind into the level or use the "setforce" input on the ropes or "rope_shake" console command, then the ropes still don't sway at all, they stay perfectly still.

EDIT: ah, okay, I see... they must get cached as "static" or something, unless you parent them to something that moves to get them moving... okay, awesome, I can use Portal 2 after all!

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A little something of what Minos and i have been up to during the last couple months. Just a small scene in Cryengine 3. Minos did the buildings, shacks, walls and lighting. I did the foliage, trees, terrain and props (except for the military vehicle). Credit also to Mark Winter for putting together the video and Jamel Drayton for the fx.

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http://%7boption%7dA little something of what Minos and i have been up to during the last couple months. Just a small scene in Cryengine 3. Minos did the buildings, shacks, walls and lighting. I did the foliage, trees, terrain and props (except for the military vehicle). Credit also to Mark Winter for putting together the video and Jamel Drayton for the fx.

That's pretty good man!

Did you guys get a little indie team together to get access to the SDK?

We have CE3 licensed for our game.

Coolbeans. Every thing's looking top notch

Looks good, if a little 'generic'.

i thought cryengine 3 sdk wouldnt be out until august?

Dev teams (not mod teams) were/are able to get early access to the SDK for evaluation around the time CE3 was announced. The rest of us have to wait till august.