VC WIP Shine o' Vice

[turbocharger 1,029]

This reminded me of that scene from Shrek when they're travelling to Far Far Away

 

- Are we there yet?

- No, donkey.

 

- Are we there yet?

- NO!

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- ...are we there yet?

[Braindawg 1,640]

Users that were spamming the topic for the last two pages have been reported.

Anyone posting further redundant release date questions or spam will be reported as well.

 

Please, refrain from asking release questions and be patient.

Edited January 13, 2019 by Braindawg

[Sneed 12,855]

9 hours ago, IerdnaBoi said:

Any news?  

Instead of waiting for this mod and spamming this thread with useless posts, how about you learn to read?

You are on thin ice.

Edited January 13, 2019 by George Costanza

[ArkianHue 204]

Are you guys open to ideas and suggestions ? 

[Sprunkadelic 196]

8 hours ago, JohnsonHu said:

Are you guys open to ideas and suggestions ? 

I assume so but since they’re relatively close to release, suggestions probably won’t be added until Act 2. All the content is probably set in stone and the only things that can be added is stuff that fixes bugs, for now at least

[ArkianHue 204]

At least we can report bugs and glitches ☺️

[Spider-Vice 43,571]

4 minutes ago, IerdnaBoi said:

Close to release,do you mean 17 months close?pff..

Silent said that..

Mods are made in people's free time, they don't owe you anything and can take any time they want. Constantly asking when it's going to come out or being condescending about it, is not going to change anything and may even demotivate the mod creators. Improve your attitude in this topic, please.

[Jerkоv 91]

It's kinda amusing to see people here utterly anxious to play it. I mean, it's ok, I know that you guys are looking forward to play it, but look, I'm waiting for a first release since 2014, even before Speecy and the others joining the team. Gosh, it's even "cool" to see that my first post here is from April 1, 2014 in the first page.
Let's simply wait for it. I'm sure that it's going to happen soon. 😊
(P.S.: I hope to see a upload of the first and subsequent releases on ModDB, cause SoV needs much more attention.)

[Silent 15,930]

5 hours ago, IerdnaBoi said:

Close to release,do you mean 17 months close?pff..

Silent said that..

Why are you angry? It's your own fault.

[ArkianHue 204]

This is intense !

[Shagg_E 294]

On 1/13/2019 at 11:19 AM, IerdnaBoi said:

Any news? 

Spoiler

 

 

P.S. Oh, now I spammed the topic, sorry...

Edited January 17, 2019 by Shagg_E

[Speccy 6,370]

6 hours ago, Shagg_E said:

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

P.S. Oh, now I spammed the topic, sorry...

It’s never too late to unspam it by teaching Kalvin how to properly export cutscene animations!

[Ivan1997GTA 1,830]

6 minutes ago, IerdnaBoi said:

But are we there yet?

If you and other impatient people keep this up, we're not gonna get there at all.

[Uncle Sikee Atric 12,199]

20 minutes ago, IerdnaBoi said:

But are we there yet?

 

Your best bet is to stop pushing, take a break and leave the team alone.... 

 

There's a motto for all modders and no amount of pushing will change that motto, because real life and other commitments will always take priority.  The motto is :

 

It's done when it's done!
 

If you keep up, you'll be banned from the thread.

 

[Jinx. 8,027]

56 minutes ago, IerdnaBoi said:

But are we there yet?

SHUT UP ALREADY

[Uncle Sikee Atric 12,199]

1 minute ago, Jinx. said:

SHUT UP ALREADY

I already gave him a final warning and in plain sight.  There's no need to keep it up.

 

[Spider-Vice 43,571]

5 hours ago, Uncle Sikee Atric said:

If you keep up, you'll be banned from the thread.

 

From the forum even.

[Shagg_E 294]

On 1/17/2019 at 5:00 PM, Speccy said:

It’s never too late to unspam it by teaching Kalvin how to properly export cutscene animations!

I sent him a message, but I want to dublicate this info here too for others.
I know, all it looks like I'm hiding info, but actually I'm currently working on cutscenes' big tutorial which also will include my maxscript to make characters' and cutscenes' creation much easier: creation of non-standard objects(here's it's skeleton) and characters, limbs moving, objects attaching, eyes animation, creation Biped for any body proportions and many other options.
I don't know when it will be finished, so you can try to use beta version(tested on max 2009 and 2012), which contains all except "eyes" and "Biped" stuff.
Actually, if you already know how to make ingame animations and you have the scene in 3ds max - all you need to do is to export characters' animations as usual ingame anims through "ANPK Tool", then look this example(code has detailed comments) to find out how to activate it in the script/mission.
Also, if anyone will have some questions about cutscenes in VC - write me anytime, I'll try to help as soon as I can.
Unfortunatelly, right now I do not have enough time for everyday modding and that's the reason why I could not to join SoV team or even Discord channel, but again: I'll try to answer any question in PM as soon as I can.
Also here's sad news: yelmi.com site(pioneer of cutscene modding) has died. yelmi don't want to recover it, but he tell me he will try to publish all useful stuff(tutorials and tools).
Before my tutorial comes out, you can download an archive with yelmi's, Andræs's and my notes. They're random, they're in russian, but maybe they will help to somebody.
As you see, all this stuff looks disorderly: that's why I want to make it much easier and more automatic and that's why I need to finish my maxscript before making tutorial: for me it's much easier to make some processes automatic("Char Helper" in my maxscript's beta) than trying to explain them.

If somebody will make another tutorial before mine - it will be great.

Edited February 7, 2019 by Shagg_E

[deadasfuqboi 285]

You're amazing

[Jeansowaty 6,202]

This topic is nothing else but a feast for impatient kids waiting for this mod to ever get released. Wait a few 20 more years then. (sarcasm intended).

[ArkianHue 204]

Just ban them ! especially him

Edited January 19, 2019 by JohnsonHu
just angry that is all !

[deltaCJ 933]

Shagg_E is a prophet!!! 

Edited January 23, 2019 by deltaCJ

[Speccy 6,370]

 

This month, progress was made on interiors that I shouldn't leak and further scripting.

 

Spoiler

We think the base model of the car in the second screenshot was originally made by Monitor57 for VC Myriad Islands. The design underwent many changes to fit the 1987 setting.

 

Edited January 23, 2019 by Speccy

[Ivan1997GTA 1,830]

3 hours ago, Speccy said:

Nice car, it seems like a good replacement for the Stinger. You know, I think you should call the car either "Carbonizzare" or "Itali GTB".

Edited January 23, 2019 by Ivan1997GTA

[gts. 2,325]

4 hours ago, Speccy said:

Nice ride, but is it me or the wheels are somewhat high poly compared to the vehicle?

[QaisAla 112]

9 hours ago, Speccy said:

That boat looks outstanding!

Edited January 23, 2019 by QaisAla
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[KDST 270]

The rims of the cheetah looks more medium poly, whatever excellent work!

[Speccy 6,370]

Vice City in 1987 is a place you thought you knew, as you've never experienced it.
 

Watch in 1080p

 

Edited January 25, 2019 by Speccy
"NEW" GTAFORUMS LAYOUT F*CKED ME OVER AS USUAL

[El Penguin Bobo 3,332]

4 minutes ago, Speccy said:

https://youtu.be/6F3IpvBqDYQ


That video link doesn't work. EDIT: Now it works now that I quoted it. Sorry.

Edited January 25, 2019 by xXPinguXx

[Speccy 6,370]

Well I fixed the link and my entire text got removed. FML.

EDIT: and a new page on top of that...
EDIT #2: I've made a bit of a mess just now but I blame the sites' layout entirely for that. Here is what I indended to post:

 

29 minutes ago, Speccy said:

Vice City in 1987 is a place you thought you knew, as you've never experienced it.
 

Watch in 1080p

 

While the map is being worked on, I made a custom Tropic yacht model. Driving it around inspired me to consider implementing it into a potential mission. Then, a random storm occured and there was a truly eerie atmosphere at open sea. This got me thinking of exploring the possibilities of coding a proper, destructive storm as a setting for a future mission. I haven't seen anything like it done before in any 3D-era GTA. There wasn't any documentation for memory addresses to alter wave behaviour but I knew it was possible from observing the effects of the "catsanddogs" weather cheat. It took a few hours to find the correct memory address but the outcome is quite cool. I hope it will be interesting for you guys to experience a storm actually serving a purpose in a mission.

more epic waves:

 

Spoiler

 

Edited January 25, 2019 by Speccy