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  1. Not entirely true. It may have failed utterly in Japan, but worldwide, figures have passed 300,000. Rising Star (publishers of the game in Europe) stated that they were "weeping with joy" at it's success.

    Considering how big Rising Star are, then it's no surprise that they were overjoyed. That game had loads going for it, and a lot of the core Wii audience were going to buy it..............but 300,000 worldwide - don't think much else needs to be said really.

     

    The 300,000 that NMH sold worldwide won't exactly attract Ubi to release a game that's making a comeback on the Wii........and one that did sell poorly in the first place.


  2. That's bull and you know it, with the numbers Wii has, the audience most likly has a Wii along a ps3/360. It didn't sell best on GC that's true, but it was the lead platform for development.

    Some of you lot seriously need to wake up. No one bought No More Heroes.......it bombed, and you're wanting a game like this exclusive to the Wii and thinking it'll sell better than on 360/PS3 combined.

     

    Ubi's done their numbers, and they of course know what's best.

     

    Edit - The post above. So true.


  3. Where's everyone getting this 'BG&E sold best on GC'?

     

    It sold like shit on everything, difference is that it has now become a cult classic...........and that audience has moved on and is now split between the 360 and PS3.

     

    Makes no sense at all to put this on the Wii.

     

    Nintendo should not stand for this and should refuse to license their games so why the hell don't they

    Because Nintendo make a 'fuck ton' of money from licensing fees and for every cartridge sold (in the DS's case).


  4. Write a list of games you want for both systems.

     

    Pick the list that appeals to you the most.

    Listen to this man. It's the only correct answer, and it really is that simple.


  5. What's your course title again, Colin?

    I study 3D Games Art at Hertfordshire. Just finishing up on my 2nd year now, and fuck, still got so much to learn before I finish. Need to pull my finger out next yr or I risk not being able to walk into a job. That's the most worrying thing about this discipline.......that if you aren't prepared to put the work in, then you're unlikely to be able to get that dream job. But if you enjoy it then automatically you'll be putting the work in anyway! :heh:

     

    Also, post the promo shots!

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    Those were the screens we released last week. Characters (probably the strongest point on the project) are done by a fellow team member. Hopefully it'll all come together in the end. Only another few more weeks on this now. Hope you all like them. :smile:

     

    Can someone give me advice for a newbie to 3D Studio Max?

    There's a nice link here which has some introduction tutorial videos for max, and then moves onto some more advanced stuff. Once you understand how the viewports work and how to manage the 'stack' then I recommend you have a look through some of the tutorials on 3dtotal.com as well. And once you feel ready for some character stuff then search out the 'Joan of Arc' body modelling tutorial.

     

     

    It seems like Jamba and darkcloud have given you some useful things to think about when tackling your current model, so take all that info on-board.

     

    I tend to never use 'edit mesh'........maybe I've just never modelled that way, but my typical workflow is to just start out with a cube, then convert to 'edit poly' and start extruding cutting away from there.

     

    Just remember that if you have any polygons that aren't affecting the shape of the mesh, then there's really no need to have them there at all. I've modelled cars in the past, and the best thing to do is to always keep your mesh as controllable as you can, then later on when you want to add the details it won't be so messy. Hope that makes sense there.


  6. It's not working for me...it keeps saying my email address has been used, which is hasn't...

    No idea if you're using Firefox, but apparently the site has problems with it. So use IE.

     

    I've signed up, but no idea if I'll ever use it though. That probably depends on how well it's integrated into the game.


  7. Yeh of course. Although nowadays all texture painting is done using a photo as the base texture. Really depends on what you're doing though.

     

    For example the scummy area of the toilet (right side of texture) is a few grunge textures blended and then also some areas painted in by myself. The actual main blue areas needed tidying up from the photo I used with bolts having to be moved and things like that.

     

    We had our Beta today, which ended up going really well. There's 5 projects in our yr group, and ours was definitely one of the better ones out of those.

     

    If anyone wants to see some screens that were released today then just ask here. As I made 4 promo shots this evening.

     

    And Jamba, looking forward to it mate. I'm not really the animation type, but I remember your last animation stuff you posted up and it was really quite good. Animation scares me! :shakehead

     

    This may be of great interest to you. This is the showreel of the Animation Lead on Condemned 2. Some awesome animation work in there, and it makes me want to play Condemned 2 as well.

     

    http://www.foofinu.com/Lico_AnimationReel_2008.mov


  8. Been quite a while since I've posted in here, so I apoligise. Good to see people posting up anything they're working on though.

     

    Jamba - Sorry I didn't get back to you about the road texturing a few pages back. How did it go, as I'm guessing it's been and gone now with that piece of work. Wouldn't mind knowing how you tackled it anyway?

     

     

    I'm currently working on an end of year project, which we're making a mod for Crysis. It's purely a simple single-player driven level, but the point of it being so that we can just cut a game trailer from it and present it. If time all works out though hopefully we'll be able to release it playable for people.

     

    Anyway, it's called Scream Park. Simple zombie sort of infestation within a circus/fairground sort of place. I've created a few things so far, while I'm also working with two other people on it. I created the object below so thought I'd show it here seeing as it's probably the best bit of work I've done for it so far.

     

    Got so much to be getting on with before the deadline in under a month..........all quite worrying.

     

    scream_park_ferriswheel_promo.jpg

     

    (lack of AA really harms that image, oh well)

     

    Also a portaloo.

    portaloo_finished.jpg

     

    And the flats for it, which need tidying up a bit.

    portaloo_flats.jpg

    (generic spiderweb needs changing)


  9. HDTV?

    Aren't the majority of widescreen monitors 16:10?

    Yep. Well PC monitors anyway............but then again if you're playing DVD's through your PC, then programs like VLC would scale to 16:9, or if you're using a console that is connected to the monitor and you want to play them then you'll need to make sure your monitor can do 1:1 scaling (or whatever it's called).

     

    I'm here on 2x 1440x900. Needing moaaaar verticle pixels!


  10. Id say rokhead is one of the most known forumers.

    I met the ledge years back. Great bloke.

     

    If I remember correctly my original sign up date was 5th Feb 2003. So I've been here for years in some shape or form, although in more recent years I've not posted as much as I would of liked to. You get older, and life is generally too busy with lack of time in a day and all that.

     

    I can even say I was an admin for an afternoon. :heh:


  11. i'm also watching the fountain, which is making me go :hmm:

     

    hugh jackman with a beeeeard *drool*

     

    EDIT: ZOH MY GOD bath scene!!!!!!!!! :eek:

    Amazing film, with a damn moving soundtrack to go with it. Shame it goes over the majority of peoples heads entirely............I even had to watch it twice and research into the story after to fully understand it. Give it 10-20 years or so, and it'll be a cult classic which is regarded as a masterpiece. Shame I can't say the same for Aronofsky's film Pi.

     

    Think I'd fail at the symmetrical face test.....as I have an annoying flat mole on the right side of my face. Want to get it removed really, but not too sure about how to go about it. :hmm:


  12. Hmm, Dominoes. Can't decide on its quality, I think its behind Pizza Hut but then you have Big Al's who trumps em both. Its a tangled web.

    I'm a student.......so quality tends not to matter at the moment I'd say. If we don't eat Domino's and want to go even cheaper, then it tends to be 'Flapper Pizza' which is made and distributed from the legendary DJ Flapper at our Union.

     

    Herts people may have heard of Lights Pizza possibly which is the name his pizza Co. is under.


  13. But you don't have to pay off your student loans until you start earning £15k a year? It doesn't really effect your life during your time at uni at all as far as I can tell.

    But for some of us who don't have divorced parents, the loan just isn't enough. I go along with his recommendation of getting a job in the 1st yr and getting a little money behind you and saving it for the 2nd/3rd year.

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