Yavin IV: Plateau (released)

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What other skies/fx should i add??

Poll ended at Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:51 pm

dusty
9
31%
sunset
8
28%
wintery sky
5
17%
foggy
3
10%
snowy
2
7%
other (please post)
2
7%
 
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agentsmith38 wrote:I'm not sure if anyone has posted this:
When you play the mode Order 66, you spawn as the Empire's Dark Jedi and attempt the Jump-Attack move you lose the ability to attack, jump, force and sprint (I think you lose Sprint, can't remember)
yeah i noticed that idk how to fix that tho :O
will see what i can do about the jedi

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will fix all of those
except gun icons seems i cant fix that XD
the crash was probably XL its being very naughty lately
may axe it XD

@THEWULFMAN
ooo.. that sounds cool ill do that XD
my regular night is bad anyways XD

@padawan
yeah im notorious for typing too fast will fix those up :D
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Maybe you should use FragMe! solution to fix the icons.
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here i am...
my first (and so far only) session was kinda weird. the map itself is fine (except for the floating objects etc. as mentioned by other testers), but i could't really see much because i play in 1st person and the grass is just too tall. i recommend making paths for 1st person gamers so you can (at least) see where you're going.
the weirdest part of my session was the crash. after a few minutes of slaughtering alliance troops, the game crashed. no error message. i have no idea what happened. to be honest, i stop playing a game after a crash because it happens too many times with my modded GTA SA and i'm just "very angry"( :quotes: ) every time it happens.
i think i'll continue testing the map tomorrow and i hope it won't crash.
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hrmmm weird it never ever crashed for me :S i wonder whats wrong
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Sorry it's so late:

Well playing the map a second time I can say there is what I make out to be an improvement both in the maps visuals and overall gameplay, however from what your previous beta-testers reported, the same errors are still popping up all over the place, so instead of going over them all as I'm sure everyone else has already done, I'll try to be a little more brief then last time.
As I said, there are some improvements, the top of the plateau certainly looks nicer packed with thick grass, but I think there's too much of it. There's already too much going on in the map in terms of fx and this completely packed space isn't really necessary.
I did mention this in my previous report, but the foliage on the ground does not disappear when you get close, which I think it should (look at the stock Endor for example). This makes shooting people on the ground very hard, with many trees as obstacles, the grass and bushes may look nice but there needs to be a better way of seeing through it.
One bug I did notice before and again now, is this:
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(Just used the same picture as before.)
I did point it out before, shouldn't take too much effort to improve.
The final thing was the cave system was still very buggy. I'm not sure how much effort went into it after your previous reports on it but there was still many bugs. Don't get me wrong, the new lighting looks fanastic, but it's still tedious to walk up, and there are many object placement bugs.

In conclusion, you have improved the map in the basics - eg. visuals and gameplay and it feels a lot nicer to play, but the nitty-gritty stuff that many of your beta-testers pointed out before has still not been completely fixed in this second beta. You should look into really perfecting your map now that it plays and looks well, instead of adding more stuff.
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Thanks
yeah completely forgot about that texture ill get it on asap
as for the cave yeah i fixed alot of areas that i could see have problems
will triple check for objects/areas that arent placed right
yeah im looking for an appropriate rock foliage to use for the plateau right now and
ill see what i can do with that grass
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here i am again. unfortunately, it seems like my crash was caused by the game itself, and it's still crashing. i couldn't fix the problem yet.
also, i was in the hospital for two days (just a little collapse, it's ok now), so i couldn't continue testing.
well, to make it short: i withdraw my participation in this map, mainly because of the crash problem. i'm sorry, but i don't know how long it'll take to fix it and i have less time anyway.
good luck, i'm sure the map will be great.

~Deathplayer out. :bobba:
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great pic

sounds good
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Ok here is my review with some pics now
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the fog is a nice idea but I think it could use some work also try to change it where you don't see units that are far away in the fog

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are words needed?

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the birds wings are messed up

in the tunnels I think you shoud add more tourchs or make the lighting better

also imo the local side should be allied with the rebels as the imperials are invading and both the locals and the rebels should be trying to escape and survive like the enemy of my enemy is my friend saying.
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not sure about the fog
but the rest will be simple fixes :D
thanks for your input :D
i originally was going to do the locals like that but it wasn't balanced right so i made it like this
maybe there just very very angry at people XD
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Ok
"maybe there just very very angry at people XD"
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that's GREAT but you have a floating icon
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okay peoples im days away from release all i need now
is some volunteers to help me localize in other languages
so post if you'd like to help :D
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Spidey reporting in for doing the Austria...erm, German localizes. :)
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so spidy was faster...
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so so far its
darth_spiderpig for german
google translate for the rest XD
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I can do French :D
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[Padawan]Helkaan wrote:I can do French :D
okay :D
anyone for
spanish and japanese
i can do italian if necessary



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