DarkBlizz

It looks rather nice, but it could use some foliage and doodads to spice it up a bit.

Gives the raven a simple way to attack, and adds a tiny bit of firepower to a fight. That's about it.

Quote from: the_ace on March 30, 2010, 06:01:38 AM
I still play with this Mod and really love it  :jig:


I've never seen *.dds files before. Am I allowed to ask what software you use to edit them?
How does your Mod work? There was no "Assets"-folder in gamedir before. Why does SC2 use them and how did you figure out how to name the files?

dds files are used for image wrapping sprites. You can download a patch for photoshop online that allows you to open them or, if you don't have photoshop, you can download a dds converter that turns the files into a readable image type like bmp, and can then edit them in the GIMP. The Assets folder comes out of the Sc2Assets file in your base. The reason the mods are implemented so easily is that the custom files, as long as they are named correctly and put in *essentially* the right spot, they will override the preexisting textures and commands.

Once you start working on the actual textures, you're going to want to look for files with diffuse in their name, as those are the actual colored textures.

Truthfully you should give the Ghost or Strategy AI a try. It is given full map vision, but no extra resources, and the AI is actually really good at countering your units. I found myself steamrolling the 7.0 AI without too much trouble, but the Ghost AI tends to beat me about 40% of the time, especially if it gets terran.

So yah, just a suggestion if you want to try it out.

Wow, gotta say. This AI is actually a formidable opponent. Completely wiped the floor with me and I'm used to completely rocking the 7.0 Ai.

Just have it so in the next version you have direct access to the AIdifficulty attributes, and can set them yourself.

My biggest complaint with 7.0 is that they always retreat their armies in my battles. Doesn't matter if they outnumber me 3 to 1 and could crush me easily, the moment the two armies clash theirs runs away and I peck at them as they leave. 6.1.1 didn't do that, so I wonder what they changed...

The Hydra has two diffuse textures instead of one. I'm not sure why, but for my mod I just recolored both of them the same and it colored it correctly.

Quote from: ProzaicMuze on March 27, 2010, 09:05:48 AM
Maybe it's just the pictures, but the skins look too dark

I can't make out any texture details Xp

Yah in retrospect the color scheme is too dark. Try setting the gamma up a bit for the game and see if that improves it much.

ASK AND YEE SHALL RECIEVE.


I posted a link to the download. If you see any visual glitches or spots that appear to be missing, please let me know.

Oddly enough, the blood textures are shared between Zerg and Terran, so I don't think I can really edit them all that much. With that said, the mod is done. I'll post it in a minute.

As of right now, the mod is just about completely done. All I need is a bit of assistance from somebody who has done this before. I'm looking for the texture for the Zerg blood, anybody know what it's called?

I for one, cannot wait for the Galaxy Editor to come out, and must keep myself entertained by messing around with the visuals till it finally arrives.

Protoss, because to a certain extent it doesn't require too much strategizing early game. The zealot can go toe to to with the marine and the zergling and come out on top. Protoss generally is a good way to start off, as each individual unit is worth more.

 
Not being invited to the beta is like being the 9th marine and only having one dropship...