2009-05-02, 12:03 AM
Re-skinning really isn't that much trouble. I'd mostly just re-colour stuff and do a little of this and that (photoshopping mostly) ...I'm not a huge fan of SoM's esthetic in the first place. If I really wanted to change the artistic direction, I'd start by making the faces way more abstract, and I'd take the eyes off some of the monsters (because they look ridiculous -- hell I'd probably do that first)
^One thing I have noticed though, is the equipment art seems way better than the NPC art.
Oh btw, I did have a tiny thought about my map additions insta-killing the player. Before I'd finished everything the screen would flicker blue. I thought that might be cause I was playing it with virtually software graphics. But I noticed reading something of John's that screen flickers like that are an effect... then I remembered the water lair key area was on the starting map. So it's just a hunch, and I have no idea how, but I'm 99% sure the death is somehow because of however Tom has setup that water drowning event to work.
PS:
What exactly do you mean? Were the files just sitting there on the game disc? If so I wonder if the PS1 era armored core discs also have model files out in the open like that?? Ripping them from the game is impossible to do perfectly. Do your models includes textures? I've ripped textures from PS1 games without much trouble before. Do you just want to make them look more SoM like? The gear in SoM is really a cut above the rest of the game. I'd almost prefer making the SoM gear look more like KF2 gear (like I said, it looks too good for the NPCs)
^One thing I have noticed though, is the equipment art seems way better than the NPC art.
Oh btw, I did have a tiny thought about my map additions insta-killing the player. Before I'd finished everything the screen would flicker blue. I thought that might be cause I was playing it with virtually software graphics. But I noticed reading something of John's that screen flickers like that are an effect... then I remembered the water lair key area was on the starting map. So it's just a hunch, and I have no idea how, but I'm 99% sure the death is somehow because of however Tom has setup that water drowning event to work.
PS:
Quote:How about all the gear from KF2 for a start? Have all those in .mqo format right now so we could easily get them in the game.
What exactly do you mean? Were the files just sitting there on the game disc? If so I wonder if the PS1 era armored core discs also have model files out in the open like that?? Ripping them from the game is impossible to do perfectly. Do your models includes textures? I've ripped textures from PS1 games without much trouble before. Do you just want to make them look more SoM like? The gear in SoM is really a cut above the rest of the game. I'd almost prefer making the SoM gear look more like KF2 gear (like I said, it looks too good for the NPCs)