My first Mech, New Version Available!!!!! Options

[Machine]

I want to give special thanks to LKO for his great tutorial and help.

It's a very big mech; which would fit nicely with LKO's mech warfactory :biggrin:
Inspired by Emperor (Harkonnen Devastator) I present you the GDI Devastator.


Preview in max


In-game and TS style cameo

 devastator.zip ( 411.76K ) Number of downloads: 99

The download (with the unit, basic coding and the cameo).

The coding:

Rules.ini:
[DEVASTATOR]
WalkRate=1
Speed=3 ;low values 3 or 2 work fine
Turret=no

Art.ini:
[DEVASTATOR]
Cameo=DEVAICON
Voxel=no
Remapable=yes
Facings=8
WalkFrames=40
StandingFrames=1
StartWalkFrame=0
StartStandFrame=320
PrimaryFireFLH=0,0,0
StartFiringFrame=320
FiringFrames=1

I hope you enjoy this "small" unit as I do.
Give credit if you use in a public release

EDIT: BTW I forgot to say that I have not found the FireFLH; would be a great help if someone does

EDIT2: New Version!!!

Compare; center unit is the old version, the others the new one
 deva.rar ( 273.25K ) Number of downloads: 85
The donwload with the new version; I does include the old cameo, and new rules
Rules.ini:
[DEVA]
Name=Leaviathan ;Golem or whatever you may want, Devastator doesn't suit GDI
WalkRate=1
Speed=3 ;low values 3 or 2 work fine
Turret=yes

Art.ini:
[DEVA]
Voxel=no
Remapable=yes
Cameo=DEVAICON
PrimaryFireFLH=0,0,0
SecondaryFireFLH=0,0,0
WalkFrames=40
UseTurretShadow=yes ;*; By some reason this doesn't work

This post has been edited by Machine: Feb 10 2007, 03:53 PM

[Creagor]

Really nice dude!

The legs seem a bit too thin - im having doubts about wether they could hold that body up. But aside from that, im loving it. Well done, especially as its a first mech.

[Uufje]

Looks pretty cool!

[Machine]

You're right, next version will have wider legs now

[Blacksilence]

damm that looks good. keep up the good work.

This post has been edited by Black hawk: Feb 8 2007, 08:14 PM

[Disturbed]

A Second LKO is born... I personaly would not use that unit as i do not like the way it looks, but it's just brilliant. It kind of reminds me of my first mech (I Will share if i can find it in the files).

[vOi!king ship]

I am a phophet! I told you Machine, you're a second LKO

Though the name rather confuses me. GDI, being a "peace"-loving organisation wouldn't use such a name. Maybe Pacifier?

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

juhu, another shp maker. :biggrin:
the next X-Mech Calender is up to you machine.
btw the unit looks good and for the first one really impressive.
Next time you make such a big unit, it would be better to make it with a turret. then the fireFLHs are better placeable because of the higher amount of rotation frames.

now start making smaller shp units. because the smaller they are and still have a good amount of details the better you are. And Infantry is the highest goal. :biggrin:

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Feb 8 2007, 09:58 PM

[Machine]

now start making smaller shp units. because the smaller they are and still have a good amount of details the better you are. And Infantry is the highest goal. :biggrin:

Sir, yes sir

I already have an idea, will be a wacky desing for some maybe, and will be an infantry (sort of)

A mech calender for the end of the year?, I'll would prefer a shp calender, or we may get too many mechs .
There's never too many mechs.

BTW, I might give it a turret, but that won't be today

[Bittah Commander]

Damn, that thing looks nice (especially considering it's your first) :blink:
I agree with with Creagor about the legs being too thin, though you already know they are

It's a pity that in TS while you can have a unit with only a barel (and no turret) which can only move up and down, you can't get it to work without giving the unit Turret=yes in rules.ini, meaning that even though the turret can't rotate, the unit 'll be able to fire in any direction anyway...
If this wasn't the case, you could've made the legs the unit and the body the barrel, which would look very interesting ingame. It still would... But the fact the unit 'll be able to fire in any direction without turning just makes it worthless :(

[Corsair]

Wow, great job Machine!

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

A mech calender for the end of the year?, I'll would prefer a shp calender, or we may get too many mechs .
There's never too many mechs.

OK, only mechs could become boring so mixed with infantry, buildings etc. A mixed Calender.
Maybe we make an shp-calender together. Thats not so much work for everyone and the designs are very different, giving it much more variety. But the year is long, and we will see what comes. :biggrin:

[Machine]

OK, only mechs could become boring so mixed with infantry, buildings etc. A mixed Calender.
Maybe we make an shp-calender together. Thats not so much work for everyone and the designs are very different, giving it much more variety. But the year is long, and we will see what comes. :biggrin:

Making a shp-calender together, sounds good. Since I think that doing it alone, would be a task too big for me, specially I might be in the university classes; it still amazes me that you did yours alone

@Bittah Commander:

I'll make the body the turrent in a near future; too bad that if it were a barrel should be voxel, since I don't like voxels mixed with shps, look at the titan, without watching any pics of it, that are not in-games, you could hardly say in which side the barrel is, since it's always switching positions.

@El D34dlyto:
I named Devastator, because I originally inspired in the Harkonnen Devastator of Emperor; But I'm not going to give it that name in-game; since all big GDI mechs uses names of giant creatures, I was thinking in Golem, Leviathan, or something like that

BTW it's nice to have your feedback

[Machine]

Sorry for the Double Post.

Here's the New Version

New features:
-A turret
-Wider Legs
-AA (not Anti-Aircraft ; it had it already)


Compare; center unit is the old version, the others the new one

 deva.rar ( 273.25K ) Number of downloads: 85

The donwload with the new version; I does include the old cameo, and new rules

Coding:

Rules.ini:
[DEVA]
Name=Leaviathan ;Golem or whatever you may want, Devastator doesn't fit GDI
WalkRate=1
Speed=3 ;low values 3 or 2 work fine
Turret=yes

Art.ini:
[DEVA]
Voxel=no
Remapable=yes
Cameo=DEVAICON
PrimaryFireFLH=0,0,0
SecondaryFireFLH=0,0,0
WalkFrames=40
UseTurretShadow=yes ;*; By some reason this doesn't work

Give credits if used

This post has been edited by Machine: Feb 10 2007, 03:52 PM

[Bittah Commander]

The new one looks quite a bit smoother and the legs (and feet) actually fit with it now (and wider feet like it has now if it gets a turret anyway)

Could you take a screenshot of it with the turret facing a different direction as the legs?

[Machine]

Could you take a screenshot of it with the turret facing a different direction as the legs?

Here you have


@All:
Are you worried by the turret shadow? Do you think the unit would be better, if it didn't have a turret, but a more fitting shadow?.
For those who don't get it, the new version, having a turret, can't have a proper turret shadow, althought the tag exist in the game, it isn't used, or doesn't work; so I had to use a round shape for the upper part of the shadow, if I was going to give it a turret; I could have a full shadow if the unit doesn't have it.

[Aro]

Don't worry about the turret shadow machine, i think its brilliant the way it is.

[Machine]

Don't worry about the turret shadow machine, i think its brilliant the way it is.

Good to know :biggrin:; so I can start to focus in my next unit, or should I say soldier

[vOi!king ship]

w00t! Infantry shps for the win

[Machine]

Go and see how is it so far in the graphics fridge