Rogod Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 Heh, I'm not too worried about lower end hardware as I'm mostly trying to get the old game to run on new hardware, but it's good to know it still runs well. - Thank Unity for that There will be some optimizations to come too, which is good for everybody. Lind Whisperer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overjay Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 I came across this forum accidentally, and this is my first post. Dude, you're awesome, remaking this glorious game for modern demands and hardware. Thank you! I'm amazed by your progress! Also, a little suggestion about the feature I was lacking back when I was a kid - power path should provide lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 @Overjay Thanks, I'm GLaD you like it. Lighting is something I'll need to handle carefully, as there is the potential to have light sources all over the place (buildings/paths/crystals/dynamite/slugs/barriers/e-fences) but I am going to have to be conservative with some of these otherwise there'll just be an overload of colours & effects that could lower performance (even on a good computer). This being said however, I will probably substitute some of these potential lights with flare effects, freeing up space for other lights. @Mikkel246 Yeah they'll walk over the lava in Driller Night as well as the water in Frozen Frenzy but it's only if there is no other way to get there. There needs to be some tweaking to the A* algorithm. (At the moment walls, lava & water are just weighted high in their nav-mesh, but there needs to be a separate clause to deal with things that are impassable then they can all be added to that category.) Lots to do But thankfully, lots of hard things already done. Lind Whisperer and Mikkel246 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redacted Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Hey there, nice project! Looks like you made some good progress @tomfyhr is asking me for the slug model that's in my profile picture, and I will upload it soon. Are you interested in it too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 @Pascal Sure, I'll take a look. I'd be looking for the following though: Low enough poly to be used in game (not for cutscenes) Centred around 0,0,0 Texture Any animations would be a bonus :)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 wow wow wow If you put the graphics quality to fastest, the game runs insanely fast v0.07 don't seem to have bugs sooo what are you planning for v0.08? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 v0.08 is going to be some more mechanical stuff like getting tools, raider upgrades & more missions hopefully. (I've figured out decoding the original map data so I'll be converting that.) Ideally I'd want v0.08 to get to the state where you start a mission, complete the mission, get your score then return to the main menu. - I think this'll make it all feel a lot more like the real game. Sadly I'm probably not going to be doing monsters/slugs/vehicles - these will come more gradually for later versions. However, I may start playing with the first/third person stuff in v0.08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Tools, raider upgrades and missions sounds amazing Getting all the tools to work is more important than monsters in my opinion one question - when are you going to make it so the raiders can take the resources out of the Tool Store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 That would hopefully be done in the same breath - if they can get tools from the toolstore, I'll probably tackle ore/crystals from the toolstore at the same time. My implementation of this however may differ slightly from the original because the objects have physics and would clip into eachother and explode out from the toolstore upon doing so. So I'll probably have it so the resources are still stored in your bars on the right, but raiders can take them as they wish one at a time. (This also stops that bug where you build something and one raider is left clearing everything up at the toolstore afterwards ) Mikkel246 and risingstar64 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, Rogod said: (This also stops that bug where you build something and one raider is left clearing everything up at the toolstore afterwards ) I remember it took me soooooo long time to figure out what they were doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingstar64 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 From a design stand point, it kinda makes sense; instead of adding more logic for removing resources from the tool store to carry to building sites, the developers instead decide to empty the necessary resources from the tool store right from the start, and treat them like any other resource just sitting on the ground. Then the raiders target it since it was 'newly discovered' and close by, and take it over to the building site. I can understand that. Its just that, in practice, more often than not many of those resources are not used, so they have to be 'taken back' to the tool store. Definitely made things interesting for me as a kid, thinking that I had discovered some kind of bug allowing my raiders to create resources out of thin air Mikkel246 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi guys, sorry I haven't posted an update in a while, there hasn't been much to show lately. This being said, I've just converted all of the maps into my own (human-readable) format and made them available from the level select screen. (The time taken to do this was mostly spent writing a converter this morning ) While this does mean you can access the whole game, this venture is not complete yet as the map loading process is missing a few buildings, small spiders, crystals, vehicles, monsters, landslides, erosion & win-criteria. These will be added to map files (and map loading process) as features come online. It's just nice to see all old the maps again (and super easy to edit with a text editor now ) Mikkel246 and risingstar64 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 amazing work, looking forward to 008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Me too - v0.08 should be awesome by the time I get through with it. Roughly what I'd want the versions to look like: v0.08 - All maps, objectives, score screen & maybe radar v0.09 - Building plates, landslides, breaking-wall rocks & fix for raiders drilling walls from 1 tile away v0.10 - Selectable raiders, 1st/3rd person, raiders going to toolstore to get resources & other raider functions (maybe e-fences & dynamite) v0.11 - Small vehicle functionality (probably just digger & truck for the time being) v0.12 - Selectable buildings, laser tower functionality & building upgrades v0.13 - Monsters & slugs (maybe action stations) v0.14 - Large vehicles & other small vehicles v0.15 - Vehicle upgrades v0.16 - Bats & small spiders Things that could come in any of these versions: Tooltips when hovering over menus Tooltips when hovering over things in-game Erosion In-game menu Saving Ore refinery functionality Fix for walking through walls/across water Lava shader/particles Resources staying on building sites Teleport up/down sequence Sandwiches Of course, this is all subject to change but roughly highlights some of the main areas of work still to be addressed and my priorities for what order things get done. Some things are likely to leak into other versions depending on difficulties faced in implementing things (i.e. if they're easy to do, I'll do them sooner, if they're harder to do, they may get pushed back a version for a faster release turnover.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 HOLY MOLY you crazy man!!! Rogod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKalius Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 This looks amazing! I can't wait to see what other things you'll add to this. Keep up the great work!! I found this trying to trouble shoot my own Lego RR issues... (And why it wouldn't load.) This is very impressive. Will keep an eye out on new developments of this Project! It's great to see something in development that everyone will be able to use! EDIT: I managed to get Logo Rock Raiders working using this method, but I've already read previously that this didn't work for you. Nevertheless, I'll be sure to keep on-top of this project and follow it for updates! Rogod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-34_Warrior Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hey @Rogod, Your project is really awesome! I took the time to go through all your versions to see how fast you work. I was amazed when I stumbled upon this project of yours. I would really like to join your project. I could animate the characters and monsters and model/rig them too. further more polish the models for you. maybe HD'fy the UI. because I had the same idea of remaking RR. So I started with the Rapid riders as a starter. (purely because the geometry is simple and i wanted to learn hard surface moddeling too) The Rapid Rider low poly- http://prntscr.com/f831ze The Rapid Rider High poly with ID materials- http://prntscr.com/f832wv The Rapid Rider in Substance painter- http://prntscr.com/f831zg Here is low-poly Bastion to proof I can animate - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bbDyg Let me know what you think. cheers, T-34 Rogod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Thanks guys GLaD everyone likes the project @T-34_Warrior Ping me a message with a Unity collab ID and a Trello email address and I'll add you to the project. I'd really appreciate some help with some of the animated models. - While I've not started fiddling with anything animated yet, I am aware I lack the programs/licenses to animate them myself. (I'm also probably way out of practice since the last time I animated a model.) I'll probably stick to modelling the buildings myself so the style is consistent (unless you can replace them all in one fell swoop I guess ) but the monsters, minifigs, vehicles & slugs are going to need brought to life. Feel free to dive into the code as well if you want to get some animations in for folks in the coming versions - not only will the models need to be able to move, but will need to move at the right time in the game of course. Lind Whisperer and T-34_Warrior 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redacted Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 On 9-5-2017 at 8:25 AM, Pascal said: Hey there, nice project! Looks like you made some good progress @tomfyhr is asking me for the slug model that's in my profile picture, and I will upload it soon. Are you interested in it too? Hey @Rogod, finally had the time to upload it. You can find it here: https://sketchfab.com/models/6a8396586ba04cd3ae67eae86bc5e1e2# I hope it will be useful for you! tomfyhr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 v0.08 promises to be better than v0.07 Mikkel246 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hey, who kicked that one crystal over! The Ace Railgun and Rogod 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Those clumsy ice elementals hiding in the wall behind the camera Mikkel246 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel246 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 we need v0.08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaitodaimon Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Since it seems that you have hit a milestone in your project, may be it would be worth to release the source code, so others can directly help you with the project if you do not have time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogod Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 @Mikkel246 v0.08 is coming! T-34 Warrior & I have been working on some new things for it @kaitodaimon I cannot make the source code open source as this is not an available construct in Unity collab. - I am happy to add people who can actually help of course. (FYI, a lot of the difficult stuff is already done, it's now just filling in the parts we haven't done yet & models/assets/anims which T-34 Warrior has well in hand.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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