The Dude's e3_terminal (and other works)

Something I cooked up. Special thanks to Jenkins for showing me the Entity Report.

very nice work man


I never liked terminal itself because of one thing

SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE SOME FUCKING MARCHING ANIMS FOR THOSE SOLDIERS!

That's a script-related issue. You see, the marching Soldiers aren't actually run by Scripted Sequences, but by Triggers. This means they have a very basic command running: Walk from point A to point B. The problem is that it doesn't specifiy on which animation should be used, so the combat animations are the default standard. I might change it once I figure out how to properly make scripted sequences.

Nice work!

Only problem is there's too many Scanners in the last pic, unless they're meant to show up after the parade gets ambushed or something.

my only recommendation is to make the wires a bit darker.

That's just how the map works; it's supposed to have that many scanners.

The wire color problem is synonymous with the mod I'm playing it in. MI 1.5 is my workhorse now ever since SMOD 3.5 died.

The Dude wrote:

That's a script-related issue. You see, the marching Soldiers aren't actually run by Scripted Sequences, but by Triggers. This means they have a very basic command running: Walk from point A to point B. The problem is that it doesn't specifiy on which animation should be used, so the combat animations are the default standard. I might change it once I figure out how to properly make scripted sequences.

soldiers have no proper marching animations

so until I get my old animating programS (with an S) back

it will have to wait

They do, they're just hard to access through the current circumstances.

Unless you mean a Nazi-esque march.

The Dude wrote:

They do, they're just hard to access through the current circumstances.

Unless you mean a Nazi-esque march.

the second one

From an artistic point of view, that's kind of lame. Yes, the Nazi party was responsible for many horrible things and managed to get away with it for the most part. Their march was not part of that collective. Honestly, what would be the point of having it? It's not very practical or interesting. You could even say it's downright retarded, not to mention it doesn't even try to seem serious. I feel that the best course of action is to bring back the Walk_easy animation and maybe edit it so that the Combine Soldiers are looking left and right occasionally.

See I want a march, an in unison march, all together, no mistakes

it makes the soldiers feel robotic, not human

if they are casually walking looking around at the little butterflies N shit
it feels like they are too human with emotions and rational thought

the soldiers should feel like cold blooded emotionless robots

I mean maybe not a nazi march, but something other than a calm walk

they need to be in PERFECT unison, also in rows of like 5-7 each or something to seem more hive minded

Well the Combine Soldiers are former humans, so it'd make sense to give them at least a trace of emotion.

If you want them to feel a bit more emotionless that's fine, but the Nazi march is not the way to do it. It doesn't exactly strike terror as much as having a solid, standard, uniform march.

Beisdes, the soldiers in the beta sounded way more human than in Retail.

Didn't some site say they were slugs in the suit

god that was a horrid guess

That was actually an older concept for the Combine Soldiers/Guards.

kgprodigalist wrote:

Didn't some site say they were slugs in the suit

god that was a horrid guess

Just in case anyone hasn't seen it, this is how Overwatch Soldiers look like underneath their suit:



And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

yes

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

Your opinion and criticism is just "add a march".

And The Dude can't do everything. He's not a one-man-mod-team.

just ignore him and keep doing what you do best.If ya need help just ask

TheNewCity wrote:

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

Your opinion and criticism is just "add a march".

And The Dude can't do everything. He's not a one-man-mod-team.

you need to chill the fuck out, srsly

all I was saying I wish this map had it I wasnt going

"ADD THEM MARCHING YOU BITCH!"

because I know that he can't animate
neither can I atm

I won't ask him to do something that's impossible

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

Your opinion and criticism is just "add a march".

And The Dude can't do everything. He's not a one-man-mod-team.

you need to chill the fuck out, srsly

all I was saying I wish this map had it I wasnt going

"ADD THEM MARCHING YOU BITCH!"

because I know that he can't animate
neither can I atm

I won't ask him to do something that's impossible

Well he can't do anything about it, so stop constantly talking about marching.

It looks good anyway, they're basically machines, they march emotionlessly.

TheNewCity wrote:

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

Your opinion and criticism is just "add a march".

And The Dude can't do everything. He's not a one-man-mod-team.

you need to chill the fuck out, srsly

all I was saying I wish this map had it I wasnt going

"ADD THEM MARCHING YOU BITCH!"

because I know that he can't animate
neither can I atm

I won't ask him to do something that's impossible

Well he can't do anything about it, so stop constantly talking about marching.

It looks good anyway, they're basically machines, they march emotionlessly.

FYI we were discussing the marching itself not that it should be added

its his map he can make them fuck each other if he wants

doomlord1992 wrote:

its his map he can make them fuck each other if he wants

misunderstandings...

misunderstandings everywhere

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

katatonic717 wrote:

TheNewCity wrote:

And Kat, just shut up. Go make your own map.

oh my god I am giving some constructive criticism and my own opinion

why are you such an ass to me?

Your opinion and criticism is just "add a march".

And The Dude can't do everything. He's not a one-man-mod-team.

you need to chill the fuck out, srsly

all I was saying I wish this map had it I wasnt going

"ADD THEM MARCHING YOU BITCH!"

because I know that he can't animate
neither can I atm

I won't ask him to do something that's impossible

hi

katatonic717 wrote:

See I want a march, an in unison march, all together, no mistakes

it makes the soldiers feel robotic, not human

if they are casually walking looking around at the little butterflies N shit
it feels like they are too human with emotions and rational thought

the soldiers should feel like cold blooded emotionless robots

I mean maybe not a nazi march, but something other than a calm walk

they need to be in PERFECT unison, also in rows of like 5-7 each or something to seem more hive minded