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Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:34 am
by AQT
Hello all. Seeing
Rogue One recently got my creative juices flowing again, which got me to resume work on this map I had neglected for the past four years. In a way, this map is like a spiritual successor to
Rogue One, seeing that it is set immediately after the theft of the first Death Star plans in Star Wars Legends. So expect to see some ideas from the movie incorporated here.
With two weeks of continuous work in so far, I think I can safely say that a release will happen very soon, hopefully by the end of next week. All that is left are mainly side-related art assets, two new game modes, and minor fixes/polish here and there. Updates on those will be coming up in the next few days.
(Fun fact: I didn't release any maps or mods in 2016, breaking an eight-year streak since 2008. D:)
For now, here are some screenshots of the updated visuals for the map. I'll be leaving the old screenshots in the first post for anyone who wants to compare how the map used to look.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:44 am
by CommanderCody
Awesome! Nice to see your creative juices flowing again
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:05 pm
by thelegend
This map looks great
The lighting and shading have really improved.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 2:57 pm
by Isaac1138
aahh, looks sooo nice, and obviously looks better than the other version. We need more maps from Dark Forces, Jedi Outcast, and Jedi Academy.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:44 pm
by Kingpin
Wow AQT, excellent work! I would love to see some before-after screens side by side to see how much of an improvement this is. Can't wait!
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:01 pm
by ARCTroopaNate
Looked good before but even better now! Glad this is coming back!
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:39 am
by suLac
I love what you've done so far, looks really beautiful
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 2:33 pm
by Marth8880
That lighting is looking really nice!
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 2:34 am
by BF2-Master
Images aren't working for me, but excited nonetheless! Rogue One has had me wishing I could play Dark Forces again (own it, just a time issue) and this fits to scratch that itch, especially with a campaign mode!
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:01 am
by CdtFox
Yeah! Finnaly! It was the second map on my "AQTwish list" after Naboo Jedi conclave....I'm a big fan of your work, can't wait the release.
The lighting is awesome
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:13 pm
by MikeTheBeast55
Really nice work AQT, I never knew you were planning on updating this map, I actually thought this map was finished but I was proven wrong from this post.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:02 pm
by AQT
Thanks for the support, guys! The images should be working again now.
So one of my inspirations to get back to work on this map was seeing how cool the Dark Trooper looked in thelegend's
SWBF3: Legacy mod. Here it is in-game:
Phase 2 Dark Troopers will be featured in three game modes, one of which is Hunt. Hunt mode is intended to recreate the massacre of the Rebels at Tak Base during the first demonstration of the Dark Trooper Project.
After the massacre is when the campaign mission takes place. Play as Kyle Katarn to investigate what happened at the base. Here's his updated look:
And a couple of Rebel corpses you will encounter along the way:
Just for fun, nothing really related to Star Wars Canon or Legends, a Wave-like game mode is in the works where the player's team fights off hordes of reanimated dead Rebels!
More on that and another nonstandard game mode later.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:49 am
by PilotHawk
That's some great work,
OffTopic: Where i can find those rebels corpses?! I downloaded some from the released asset thread but it was clones troopers corpses.
Re: Talay: Tak Base
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 2:00 pm
by RevanSithLord
PilotHawk wrote:That's some great work,
OffTopic: Where i can find those rebels corpses?! I downloaded some from the released asset thread but it was clones troopers corpses.
The dead Rebels here are exclusive to this map's assets, I'm afraid. At least as far as I know.
@AQT - Amazing work here, sir!
If this were converted for this map (or in general), that'd be nice.
https://jkhub.org/files/file/2414-mercenary-kyle/
Even if not, bearded Katarn still works.