I say 'night'; it shouldn't really take more than half an hour. This is where some dudes from the community come and help me shoot some of the more specialised scenes for the trailer. On the cards this time: artillery, road-kill, and command mode. Much less complex than last time, mainly because these are just isolated shots rather than a sequence. I'll need about 5 volunteers to be on IRC (#empiresmod on irc.gamesurge.net) a few minutes before we start, including an admin who can lock the server and manage map changes. The password will be announced in IRC. Anyone is welcome to join, as long as they are willing to take instructions. Drop your name in this thread to let me know, or alternatively just turn up. It should be taking place at about 6:00GMT+1 (London time) give or take 10 minutes, so the server will be open in time for the masses to still play as usual. If you see the server passworded and were hoping to play, I apologise. It'll only be for a little while, and I can promise that this will be the last time. Thanks.
is that 6:00GMT as in 24 hour clock? or 12 hour clock? id wouldnt mind helping out. i dont have a mike however.
Mics are not necessary at all. The time is 6PM London time, this site may be helpful if you don't know when that is. Trid3nt: Yes, I am. After I have this, I need to slot it into the timeline, tweak a few little bits that I'm still not happy with, and figure out a few bits of text. Then it's good to go! The one thing I'm not sure how to show is the squad skills. I think I'll probably end up using something highly visual (like the scout's hide or the artillery strike). Show a brief shot of the menu in first person, then switch to third to catch the effect. I definitely can't show all of them, but I can at least indicate that they exist. Auras will be too difficult to show without breaking up the action, so I guess players will just have to read the changelog
what would be good is a demonstration of the arty strike, then hide, probably on a flag map, followed by rev, or something.
i'll be there, tho itll be a bit of a rush... PLEASE WAIT FOR MEEEEE any way, sorry to take this thread slightly off topic, but why do all of trid3nts quotes involve hands down trousers?
I'll be there if you need someone to kill IE I will be the guy to be run over or the guy to look at the arty shell coming down upon him. I can do anything you want, just thought I'd offer to be the fodder first.
Sorry I didn't post an update last night when we were done, the forums seemed to be down. It all went well, and everyone was really good. I messed up a few times (over-writing previous demos and such) but people were patient and we managed to re-record it. I'll check out all the footage later on today and start adding it to the timeline. I can't promise much will get done though, because my A-Level results come out today, and there's going to be a lot of parties to attend :p If I manage to get a few more snippets tonight or saturday (during normal play) I am pretty confident that I can finish it up over the weekend. Then I'll whip it off to Krenzo, and it'll be ready to roll out.
