Strider
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« on: June 25, 2004, 04:25:43 PM » |
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Hey there! This is Strider here. I've been working on a project for some time now, and it's time to show it off. It is a game demo called OMECHA. OMECHA was a project started by me and my brother. I am a 3D artist and he is a programmer. We have been working on it since January and thought it was about time we posted something. The demo is not yet available for download but you can check out some shots of it here - http://www.tealstardrop.com/jlederer/omecha.htmand download the trailer here - (11 MB and about 1:30 min) http://www.tealstardrop.com/jlederer/movies/trailerlarge.avi-DESCRIPTION- OMECHA is a 1st/3rd person battle game. You control mechs and pick up weapons to destroy your opponents. -FEATURES- Terrain-based outdoor world 1st/3rd person perspectives 2 Playable characters 3 AI Opponents Dynamic lighting Interactive HUD Infrared Radar Screen Sprite/Billboard Effects Shader Effects Force Feedback/Rumble 5.1 Surround Sound I did all the graphics/models/textures/animations/... so I'd be glad to get some feedback on them. Hope you enjoy it and I'm glad to finally be a part of the Truevision community.  Here's a taste -   |
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Inquisitor
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2004, 04:50:41 PM » |
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Wow ! Looks really cool ... are you a Mechwarrior fan ?  |
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JeffWeber
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2004, 05:04:25 PM » |
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That is very impressive. Nice to see a project that is more than just a cool idea and one that shows some real progress.
Can't wait for the playable demo.
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rocky
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2004, 05:22:25 PM » |
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Sweeeeeeeeet!!!  Now that's what I'm talkin about. Definately let us know when we can get to the demo. Rocky |
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Arli
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2004, 06:32:46 PM » |
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That is mighty impressive. Cant wait for a playable demo! I hope you guys are planning multiplayer capabilitites..cuz id love to kick the rest of the TV3D team in this game .. *evil laugh* .. |
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Slider
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2004, 06:46:48 PM » |
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Very nice indeed. I love the lightning and effects. Good job  |
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2004, 06:58:19 PM » |
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heheh, really great indeed !
I'm amazed by the quality of this, almost a full game already !
keep up the good work !
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2004, 07:26:17 PM » |
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Wow! That's incredible... How come we never heard of that game before?? XD Anyway, congrats on making such a complete game... those are kinda rare in the scene..  And the video looks hella promising.. the HUD with animated thingys that change when you get damaged are really awesome... Keep it up!! :shock: |
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BYTE-Smasher
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2004, 07:35:41 PM » |
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What codec did you use for the video? I can't seem to get it to play.....
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BYTE-Smasher
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2004, 07:43:20 PM » |
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never mind!! got it to go!!! FREAKING AWESOME!!!!! wow... that's all I have to say...
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Damien
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2004, 08:06:17 PM » |
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very nice mang |
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2004, 11:08:40 PM » |
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that looks pretty sweet. As with the others, can't wait for a demo. Multiplayer would be awesome as well, and I'm sure that anyone here would be quite happy to help out with that aspect if you needed it.
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Strider
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« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2004, 01:06:37 AM » |
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Wow, what a great reaction. I'm glad you like it. As for multiplayer, you never know. Not in the plans yet anyway. And as for never hearing of the game before, we didn't find it necessary to post any questions during development because everything we needed was already asked. We just looked in the appropriate places, like the forum search and the TV3D docs and tutorials. Following those examples you can do anything. Anyway, I've been trying to get the demo to work on a different computer before releasing it to you guys, but I've been running into a few problems. As soon as I figure them out, I'll release the demo. Most likely it will be released this weekend. I'm sure it will still have some bugs, but if you're that anxious to play it, I will release it. I could use some testers anyway. |
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mathijs
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« Reply #13 on: June 26, 2004, 04:47:32 AM » |
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1) Your game looks very VERY cool.
2) More people should do what you do and just browse forums to answer all their questions :p
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rocky
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« Reply #14 on: June 26, 2004, 11:18:54 AM » |
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@ Strider,
For whatever reason, can't explain but it seems I've seen this avi or screen shots before. I don't know why but I know I have. I just couldn't get away from thinkin about this while watching the clip.
Had you previously shown this in TV or in some other engine/site location?
Whoa, talk about Deja a Vu. :?
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« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2004, 11:41:37 AM » |
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Really professional! |
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Strider
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« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2004, 12:27:43 PM » |
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@Rocky As far as I know, the trailer is only available on my website. I have never shown it on the TV forums until now. The only thing I can think of is maybe you were in Minneapolis and saw my senior show in May. OMECHA was exhibited there and maybe you saw it. I doubt it, but that is the only other time it has been shown. You can check out the exhibit on my website - http://www.tealstardrop.com/jlederer/exhibit.htmThe OMECHA v1.0 Demo release is coming soon. |
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« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2004, 02:05:46 PM » |
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pimpness mang pimpness can't wait to play hurry the hell up and get us a playable demo! |
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BYTE-Smasher
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« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2004, 02:23:26 PM » |
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this is now on my "games to play" list.... right under halflife 2... and right above doom 3......
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Strider
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« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2004, 05:54:21 PM » |
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After a lot of testing and retesting I think we came up with a version that should run on other computers if you have the following installed -
DirectX 9.0b
Truevision3D SDK 6.2
VB6 Run-times
XBOX Controller Installed
I would think most of you would have that already except for the XBOX controller. The demo is untested with other controllers, but may still work, just with differently mapped buttons/analogs. If it becomes a problem or too many of you don't have controllers, we can always remap it to the keyboard sometime down the road.
I was able to get this demo running on a 750MHZ Pentium 3 Processor w/ ATI All-in-Wonder 7500 video card and 256MB of RAM (Granted, I got about 8 fps and ran out of texture memory like that), but it should work on most computers I think. My development setup is an AMD Athlon XP 2800 w/ ATI DV Wonder 8500 video card and 512MB of RAM and it runs flawlessly. As long as you have a decent processor, recent video card (mine's even pretty old), and a good amount of RAM, it should run well.
If you have problems running the demo, post your system specs and the error you are receiving and we will try to solve the problem.
So here it is - [EDIT] Demo has been removed until further notice
Included in the OMECHA v1.0 Demo.zip are 2 exe files. One with sound and one without. We found that our program had problems with certain sound cards, so if the OMECHA.exe doesn't work with your setup, try the OMECHA -sound.exe.
Have fun blowing stuff up and make sure you read the readme.txt before playing or posting questions.
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