Supreme Cmdr Posted June 15, 2000 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Very early sneak peek at what I'll be discussing in today's Dev Diary update. www.3000ad.com/pics/bcm/photo033.jpg www.3000ad.com/pics/bcm/photo034.jpg www.3000ad.com/pics/bcm/photo035.jpg www.3000ad.com/pics/bcm/bcs_1.jpg www.3000ad.com/pics/bcm/bcs_2.jpg [This message has been edited by Supreme Cmdr (edited 06-16-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blades Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Hmm. Yes SC, you need to explain this. For starters, why must you tease me so? That first .jpg had me doin a double Spock when it loaded up. Thats nearly unheard of.Do continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Nice explosion And the BCS pics are interesting. Guess I'll have to read that dev diary to find our what it is ------------------ Cmdr. Antilles Spectre Fleet Spectre Starstation ICV- Eclipse Chief Security Officer Learning is not compulsory... Neither is survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallion Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 Ohhhh, I do like eye-candy. Especially the explosive type. The resulting expansion of the flotsam will be just as appealing IMO. Looking par-excellant Waiting is now the hardest part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parias Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 I put the first image on my desktop so I can be nice and familiar with the scene I'll be seeing most ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you're passing by and feel like dropping in, keep passing by untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan[This message has been edited by Parias (edited 06-15-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aramike01 Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 OK, now I'm drooling. That's just wrong, man. *Wiping chin* Very, very, wrong! Btw, is it just me or does that BC have a striking resemblance to the GCV-Tsunami?------------------ Cmdr. Michael Kristophers Spectre Fleet Commanding Officer, Spectre StarStation ICV-Intrepid Recruitment Officer "You won't get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole!" [This message has been edited by aramike01 (edited 06-15-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG MILLER Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 That is very good eye candy SC, and I like it alot!!!Hmmm...That exploding BC brings the ICV-Intrepid to my mind. ------------------ CMDR GREG 'GMAN' MILLER ORION FLEET FLEET EXECUTIVE OFFICER T.B.G. NIGHTWATCH COMMANDER TSUNAMI BATTLE GROUP GCV - SARK ICQ 64202480 www.orion-hq.fsnet.co.uk'The righteous care about justice for all, but the wicked have no such concern.' [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 SMOKIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blades Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 FGS Mike! Will you quit it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoHashi Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 quote:Hmmm...That exploding BC brings the ICV-Intrepid to my mind. I don't know about that, but it kinda brings to my mind visuals of GalCom ships coming near New Frontier! Good shots!------------------ Cmdr ShoHashi Spectre Fleet Commanding Officer, PreComm Crew, StarStation New Frontier ICV Aries ICQ 484321 [email protected] "Attack With Effectiveness" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Blair Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 SC, I don't have more than 2 Thumbs so I can't raise anymore for those shots ! *Chris prays to god to give him more thumbs *SC, I understand how that is, I'm one of those who only has a 56K myself. I am still wandering, when you say MP are you saying that this JUST effects MP and not SP? I know you are making a compleatly different universe for MP for gameplay reasons but in single player will you see more than 1 planatary body? Hope I'm not beeing too quizitive...------------------ Cmdr. Chris Alan Blair Spectre Fleet Spectre Starstation ICV-Ticonderoga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted June 16, 2000 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 I refreshed the 2 images and added a 3rd. These give you an idea of the model de-construction, post-destruction. The dynamics engine introduces a random spin and directional path, to the parts as they fly off. Think of it as the updated version of the fragmentation you've come to know and love in BC3K v2.0x. The original frag code will still be added at some point (once I've assessed performance issues), so that once the model is finished de-constructing, the polys that make up those parts, will still come apart further, and those will form the basis of the new fragmentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallion Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 YES!!! I can see Tac and his fellow pea-shooter drivers now deconstructing. Looks per-excellance SC Would be cool to see the bodies fly also - not a wish-list item or anything like that.TTFN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Socas Navarro Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 Do the rest of the ships in the game come apart like the BC? ------------------ See you out there, among the starsCmdr Nava, GCV Nemesis (Official BC3k tester) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andergum Posted June 16, 2000 Report Share Posted June 16, 2000 WOW! The explosions look really cool... can't wait to see the parts spinning off in all directions. Are there still going to be the "explosion rings" as well?? Man this is gonna be sweet ------------------ Cmdr. Andergum Spectre Fleet Pre. comm. Cmdr. New America StarStation ICV Gummy 1 Official tester of BC3K the series... Long live the Insurgency! ICQ # 215323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted June 17, 2000 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2000 Those rings are called shockwaves Yes (two different types).All models are designed to de-construct on destruction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2000 Report Share Posted June 17, 2000 Wow! impressive explosion graphics. The ship breaking apart into its component polygons sounds a lot like the freeware game MISC. This is a good thing as the debris and explosions in MISC were pretty cool.Love the multicolored explosion graphic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse Posted June 17, 2000 Report Share Posted June 17, 2000 looks pretty cool. gonna be fun to blow stuff up 8P------------------ Cmdr. Antilles Spectre Fleet Spectre Starstation ICV- Eclipse Chief Security Officer Learning is not compulsory... Neither is survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parias Posted June 17, 2000 Report Share Posted June 17, 2000 Parias like pretty explosions. Parias want more pretty explosions! Yay!*Claps gleefully and bites the head off of a garden gnome*------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you're passing by and feel like dropping in, keep passing by untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisper Posted June 17, 2000 Report Share Posted June 17, 2000 It's a bit of a shame, I think. Such pretty ships, and they have to blow up and all... Oh well, there's more from where they came from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lightnin' Posted June 20, 2000 Report Share Posted June 20, 2000 I don't know; those screen shots from EVE look an order of magnitude better. BCM just kind of seems... washed out? Why are there so many nebulas?Am I looking at the same screenshots as everyone else?I saw EVE mentioned on one of the other boards, and everyone one said that the graphics looked kind of cool, but that eye candy wasn't everything. But now everyone is going nuts over these new BCM shots, and they aren't anywhere near as good as EVE. Or even Terminus.Why's everyone so excited?[This message has been edited by Lightnin' (edited 06-20-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aramike01 Posted June 20, 2000 Report Share Posted June 20, 2000 Lightnin', did anyone ever call you a "downer"? I've read a few of your posts and man, my mood has changed!------------------ Cmdr. Michael Kristophers Spectre Fleet Commanding Officer, Spectre StarStation ICV-Intrepid Recruitment Officer "You won't get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted June 21, 2000 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 First of all, JPEG compression kills the clarity of screen shots. Eve is not even a game yet. Those look a lot like pre-rendered concept screens. The lighting is definitely wrong. How do I know? I'm a graphics programmer. If I'm wrong, I'd be pleasantly surprised. Terminus??? You've got to be kidding. You obviously haven't played the demo. And judging by the fact that you only registered today, coupled with the tone of your posts, I suspect that you're probably here to disrupt my site. If you thought that Terminus graphics were better, the demo was only out yesterday, what are you doing here and not playing it? Why would you even want to play BC3K v2.0x????We're watching you. Don't be surprised if you find your posting priviledges revoked if don't behave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parias Posted June 21, 2000 Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 If you think Terminus looks better than BCM, you've REALLY got a screw loose. Hell, even the original Freespace looks better than Terminus does. Sheesh!Oh well, lets get back on topic before someone decides to steal my radioactive garden gnomes ------------------ Cmdr. Parias Spectre Fleet Chief Engineer, Starstation Destiny ICV-Galatae ICQ:1293359 Staff member at HardNews "Next time you're passing by and feel like dropping in, keep passing by untill you get to a river, and THEN drop in." -Jake Logan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andergum Posted June 21, 2000 Report Share Posted June 21, 2000 Why are there so many nebulas? Why's everyone so excited?Well I'll tell you.First of all space is full of stars and nebulas... have you ever seen the pictures from the Hubble Space telescope?? Seems to me that no matter which direction they point it, they can't help but find nebulas.Why are we so excited?? BC3K is by far the most detailed and intricate space game EVER made. A totally persistant universe (the first BTW), excellent AI, space combat, planetary combat control of support craft... I could go on and on... there are too many gaming options to count.Now, take that same game engine, refine it, add multiplayer support AND awesome graphics!!!What's not to get excited about?? ------------------ Cmdr. Andergum Spectre Fleet Pre. comm. Cmdr. New America StarStation ICV Gummy 1 Official tester of BC3K the series... Long live the Insurgency! ICQ # 215323 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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