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Manta Ray Tom Selleck's Mustache Offline Posts: 538	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #735 - 05/23/18 at 17:19:08 Marltoro wrote on 05/23/18 at 15:37:16: There is a collision structure located in the DPC file. I know there's at least one in each car's DPC file but I haven't really experimented with those yet. I see. I wonder how that would affect gameplay as well. Maybe I’ll just stick to working on an upscaled “de-make.”
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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #736 - 05/27/18 at 11:16:12

I got a lot done for the UI and I got proper lighting implemented now. I should have all the UI controls for the lighting done real soon. The lighting controls will include the position of the sun, the color of the lighting, etc. It will even include presets like morning, noon, afternoon. You won't have to mess with lighting at all when you make your meshes in Blender, 3DS Max, or Maya.

Major things left:
-Finish lighting UI controls
-Implement item pickups
-Implement controls for creating A.I. paths and spawn points

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Mr.SLaM The offspring of Tom Selleck’s and Burt Reynold’s Mustaches Offline I make videogames for a living or something Posts: 1036 PA Gender:	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #737 - 05/27/18 at 13:57:47 Egypt is coming to life! I know we already had a working version of it, but I'm excited to see what your level builder and progress doed in terms of quality. I think I'm going to start that India level, but I may explore other options. Someone give us some world tour locations for us to annihilate.
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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #738 - 05/27/18 at 16:43:02

Berlin, Germany
San Francisco
Tokyo, Japan (You can run over weeaboos)
Roman Colosseum
Las Vegas
Hawaii
A huge cruise ship

Vegas would require flashing lights, which reminds me that I need to add animation support for the map editor. Animations in the TM2 engine are simply frame-by-frame animations which uses a separate mesh for each frame.

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Ripzsaur Tom Selleck's Mustache Offline Posts: 526 Gender:	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #739 - 05/28/18 at 09:23:02 Twisted Metal doesn’t have very many “Anytown, USA” type maps. Like the original Suburbs in TM1, but more rural. Sporadic house placement, a few shopping Plazas, a small independent truck shipping depot, a couple of gas stations, a small neighborhood or two, a park—Thatd be neat.
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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #740 - 05/28/18 at 19:47:06

Ripzsaur wrote on 05/28/18 at 09:23:02:

Twisted Metal doesn’t have very many “Anytown, USA” type maps. Like the original Suburbs in TM1, but more rural. Sporadic house placement, a few shopping Plazas, a small independent truck shipping depot, a couple of gas stations, a small neighborhood or two, a park—Thatd be neat.

You don't think Suburbs from Black pretty much fits this?

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Reply #741 - 05/29/18 at 09:22:57

Malefactor wrote on 05/28/18 at 19:47:06:

You don't think Suburbs from Black pretty much fits this?

No, not what I had in my head. I realize my description earlier sounds exactly like it. I was thinking more of a middle of nowhere type town. Like the town in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape or most of rural South Carolina. A couple of long backroads through trees that lead to a small town. Suburbs from TM1 is more fitting, but thats more of a Californian type map. The hills in TMB have the kind of house placement I was talking about, but the rest of the map still feels more developed than what I was thinking. Kind of like Suburbs meets the Ghost Town part of the Canyon map on TMPS3. Just not in a barren desert type, more in the middle of America, with farm land and a lot of woods.

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Marltoro Senior Member Offline Posts: 266 Ohio	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #742 - 05/29/18 at 10:12:32 I made a short video showing how easy it is to adjust the lighting in a level. There will be more options for things like color, ambient light, and lighting effects for night levels. Next I'm going to work on getting item pickups working. Really looking forward to releasing this.
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†Adonael That Space Fetus Thing at the End of 2001: A Space Odyssey Offline Posts: 1305	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #743 - 05/29/18 at 18:14:53 I don't have much to add, just that this is awesome work.
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Manta Ray Tom Selleck's Mustache Offline Posts: 538	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #744 - 06/08/18 at 08:10:53 Excited for the release.
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Coleiosis Senior Member Offline Music man Posts: 256 Sherrard, Illinois Gender:	Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread Reply #745 - 06/12/18 at 12:17:49 I can imagine the cruise ship to be like from Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #746 - 06/17/18 at 04:37:10

So I have been experimenting with the tool and the Unreal Engine.. Preferably Unreal Tournament. I export the models > Blender > Tweaks in Blender (Some of the models have holes etc.) > FBX output to the Unreal Editor > Import and tweak again in blender > Photoshop edits if needed for textures etc.

You can check out some of the screen shots here -https://imgur.com/gallery/Dyidapp

I will try and get some video up tomorrow and will hopefully have a download available for these maps.

I might even do a upgraded version of these maps as HD remakes. Could be a fun challenge and learning experience.

Marltoro, thank you again for being so awesome.

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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #747 - 06/17/18 at 19:22:34

Taurus wrote on 06/17/18 at 04:37:10:

So I have been experimenting with the tool and the Unreal Engine.. Preferably Unreal Tournament. I export the models > Blender > Tweaks in Blender (Some of the models have holes etc.) > FBX output to the Unreal Editor > Import and tweak again in blender > Photoshop edits if needed for textures etc.

You can check out some of the screen shots here -https://imgur.com/gallery/Dyidapp

I will try and get some video up tomorrow and will hopefully have a download available for these maps.

I might even do a upgraded version of these maps as HD remakes. Could be a fun challenge and learning experience.

Marltoro, thank you again for being so awesome.

Blender has some issues with Collada files. Could you show me an example of one of the models with these holes? I'd like to check if it's an issue with the exporter or an issue with Blender. Btw, I've made a lot of changes to the Collada exporter since the last release.

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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #748 - 06/18/18 at 18:00:34

So I currently have an Easter Island map blocked out. It's really small and simple, but should make a fun replacement for Moscow.

So, do we have death zones working for the map tool? Like can I add in the drowning from the Arctic and Tokyo levels, because that's really important here.

Also sorry for making levels with extra complexities, but I figure they're really good for testing out features.

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Re: TM 1+2 Modding thread
Reply #749 - 06/18/18 at 19:33:01

Marltoro wrote on 06/17/18 at 19:22:34:

Blender has some issues with Collada files. Could you show me an example of one of the models with these holes? I'd like to check if it's an issue with the exporter or an issue with Blender. Btw, I've made a lot of changes to the Collada exporter since the last release.

Moscow- the center floor on the lowest level had splits. The vertices are not connected probably.

Holland- inside the windmills. Same issue with the vertices not being connected.

I'll send some screenshots tonight. Unfortunately I am at work here. Till 11pm est.

I honestly believe it isn't blender or your tool. I believe it's the actual model itself.

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