I alone, have been working on a paper mario style map.

When the flashlight has been activated, it will change from a 3P Side Map Camera, to an FP camera. For about 15-30 seconds, which allows you to get past obstacles you could not see in the 3P Camera.

WIP Pictures:







Still work to be done on the BSP model, and I need texturers to make mario style cliffs, ground, and the 2d background.

cant say its not a big improvement for you advance. how do you plan on scripting the camera to move and keeping the camera constantly in 2d?

Well....
Someone care to script for me :D?

Bungie, go back to work on Halo 3 ODST. lol.

hello onotix

It could work when you press q, you enter a vehicle (yourself, via the biped tag) with the camera being far away and not in FP, and when the timer runs out you get out of the vehicle.

maybe something like this:



I dont know if itll work, but I just put into script form what I said.

Im uving it with textures

Looks to be a bit interesting, although I don't know how well the engine will hold Paper Mario styled gameplay.

Post updates plz.

Renders with ripped Textures

I edited the BSP a little, I am still deciding whether or not to have Pipe Teleporters, as they cause Degens in the BSP and I cannot seem to fix it. And the map is pretty small, so I am thinking of making it larger in scale, though I might add more zones.

looks fun, you should take away the white background on the trees however...

It has alpha

actually looks quite good lol , make sure you finish this project , not seen many out of you that have been completed , this ones sure to be a good one if its done right.

Thanks sonic :P
Tell me when you get that 3p following thing working, I plan on implementing that into this map.

Ingame:





I am planning on making a new sky, and creating better lightmaps.

I never played paper mario but this project looks neat. You shoud get or make some sort of mario biped.

the textures look alot better then other maps who have ripped textures.

Advance , Kirby was gonna throw together a test map for it because we are in the beta stage of that camera testing , if you want , or rather with your permission instead of throwing together a quick map , your map can be the test if you want? , i dont use xfire or aim , only msn so make sure you have that and hit me up via it so we can talk about it , that way we all benefit from this.

I`ll PM you now with my msn details , as its also easier for us to group chat with Kirby that way when he gets on.

Hot Grass

Yoshi footprints eh?

Looks great.

I can vouch for this level , i can see the potential it has (Advance that was the word i was looking for last night! XD)

I have used the bloom mod on it , and it looks even nicer with that , trust me , hell its gonna be nice , it would be nice even if it did not have the camera gimic in it , aslong as all the other stuff works fine :)

Anyways , Kirby has been working hard on the camera and he tells me that it follows fine now after tweeking , but there are still some minor bugs , so hopefully those will be worked out :)

Actually does look neat :D

I think I will release 2 version, the current one with the special camera. And the other a larger with added stuff to the current one but FP only.
Edited by Advancebo on Dec 22, 2008 at 10:11 AM

Makes the pipes into portals k???

or are you gonna?

wow bo, nice job. this turned out alot better than i thought it would

New BSP Additions

Moved Flag Location


New ? Blocks for more Routes


Randomized Older Blocks for Challenge


New Bridge for New Underground Route


New Entrance to Route Leading Straight to New Flag Location


Oh and the ground you see at the bottom


*Flag Location, Bridge, and Entrance tie together for the new route
Edited by Advancebo on Dec 23, 2008 at 12:48 AM

you are awesome

Bumped to get above spam

So there's going to be two versions then? One with FP camera, and one with the 3rd person camera Kirby is working on? If so, i'd just do the 3rd person, to me it'll fit this map better. Also, try to get a mario biped, that'll make this complete and awesome.

Or maybe make a MASTER MARIO (chief+mario) for the lulz

Version 1 will be this current map with ability to switch to FP for about 30 seconds, then revert back to the 3P Kirby is working on.

Version 2 will be FP only on a larger, same map, with more areas to play on.

Alright. Can't wait to see how this goes. Also, get on Xfire so I can send you something.

.. hasnt sonicXtreme explained this cam wont work well for MP?.. acualy.. hmm.. im gonna try that.. hmm.. yes.. mb.. but anyways, if this new idea doesnt work, it will have to be a SP. also, even if you tag remove the ability to turn, one of the scripts required for the cam re-enables the turning, so without forcing them along a 2d path, its not gonna work very well.. yes, we can force them to look foward or backwards every few seconds, but it will remove part of their control for a second each time it does that...

Anyways, its best to do it just FP, or 3rd person. not a mix. (unless you just have certain cross road areas.. but its still not gonna be the best) Get on MSN or something, ill try and explain how the cam works on there.

you never said that to me before :P no in all seriousness i dont remember you mentioning that.

are there going to be any more stuff from ngmt

I did.. remember when everyone was talking about 2d camera like a week ago, and I mentioned they are getting overhyped since it wont work correctly for MP... I think I even made a post about it.. idk about the posting about it, but I do know I DID tell you about it not working for MP.. im prety sure we even went over it with our groupchat with the1