[Merged] Shadows of Auraxis - Episode1: Before the Shadow

[Miir]

Video is up (finally)

Download from:
www.malvision.com

[Cider_Ownz]

Am downloading now....... CAN'T WAIT!

[Manitou]

Very nicely done. I enjoyed it! Kudos to the crew and to Miir! :clap:

[Strygun]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=714

It is an excellent movie! Absolutely superb!

[SilverLord]

Damn .zip conpressed folder crap. School suxx0rs and I can't open it. What kind of file type is the movie in?

[Strak]

The movie is a .wmv file

Well I am sure I am "signing my own death warrant", but what the hell.

Technically the movie is well done. The music and voices are decent enough.

The action, it's alright.

I'm 99% sure I do not like the way we VS have been portrayed so far.

Downside #2 it's going to take ALONG time to develop the plot to a point I give a rats ass about the characters or whats going on. It's currently December 16th, so that puts it behind schedule by about a month I believe.

In short it is an ambitious project and I suspect it will only get better, but the trailer was way cooler.

Strak

[InfiniteStorm]

Actually, as far as story goes, I kinda like where the Vanu are headed. They are being treated as if controlled by an ancient force with a higher purpose. It doesn't fit the story line of the official game exactly, but as far as intrigue, it is good. It seems as if the Vanu are gonna be protrayed as a mysterious element in this series rather than another battling faction. Something tells me all VS troops will either be in MAX suits or in Rexo so you won't be able to tell if they are actually human in this series (eventhough we know they are). I liked it overall, just wish it was a bit longer cause it is good and fun to watch.

[DoomWarrior]

little dissapointing on its length by how long it took to make it, but it was good, and wat was the first song that played called, i liked that

[Diddy Mao]

phear my tr cr 5

[xMrGanjax]

OMG Finaly! It looks awesome w00t!

[SkunkPunk]

woot, as soon as i get home im dling it

[Pytagoras]

Yeah.. this is on the path to becoming something great!

However, I got some minor issues that I would like to point out.

The Intro

First of all, I find the blue text during the intro annoying. It takes up almost the entire screen and blocks the view for the beautiful enviroment you'll find on Auraxis.

The music played during the intro is great, except the drum that starts 50 seconds into the episode. It's inconsistent and creates a cut/stutter in the great flow of the music.

The pause between the intro ending and the first frame overviewing the Diyala Pass is too long.

The Episode

The NC Squad Leader are mumbling a bit. I have to really concentrate on what he is saying.

When you are driving by the convoy (from back to front) the camera is turned towards the vehicle in front (Harasser). I would prefered the camera had just continued or ended when it passed the Harasser.

When the camera paned across the pass just before the attack started I noticed some stuttering in the image, but that's mainly because of some limitations in Planetside. Maybe turn the mouse sensitivity way down and drag the mouse across your computerdesk to get a smoother turn/pan.
The same image would in my view be a lot more intrigueing if the camera had paned across the pass and stopped with the NC Squad Leader and another NC soldier on top of the hill, hiding, in the middle of the frame without the convoy in it. Then followed by a short pause and then both of them firing at the same time in secondary mode. (Missiles goes straight towards their targets).

Why does the TR Soldier on the Maurader disembark when he has a superior weapon and protection on the Marauder?

During the battle, you can see three backpacks around the ANT. I would prefer bodies.

After the battle you see a Deliverer come over the hill and parks. 6 soldiers then proceeds to run towards it. Even though I didn't count them first time I saw the movie, I knew they where too many to fit in it. The next scene gives the impression that all of the soldiers are inside the Deliverer in addition to the driver. Just picking on the details here, but as a experienced Planetside-player I just couldn't avoid noticing it.


Allright.. Now I've been writing alot of bad stuff about the movie, but it is still pretty good in my point of view. I can't wait for the next episode. :)

[Indecisive]

yeah...we had some problems. lol.

And its only episode one. You shall get more.


/edit/ we are making a story of planetside...we are not completly following "the" storyline....


You have to forget all this weapon supperiority shit, and just watch the movie.

[Indecisive]

Did the site crash or am i smoking something?



/edit/


ruh-roh.



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[Black]

Ill download it when i have a chance ;)

[Phaden]

Ok, lets pretend that im retarded. Say i log into Malvision as usual, then i click on the movie section and i get to this page http://www.malvision.com/file_list.php?gameid=22 So then how the F do i DL this movie!

EDIT NVM its what i thought, a tiny hotspot button in red arrow format.

[Pytagoras]

It's not that I want Prowlers all over the screen, but that detail was kind of odd you know.

[TeraHertz]

Well, my 331 MB estimate on file size was only out by 273.2 MB O_

The voice actors talk too fast, or maybe thats the comression, and since when have the Vanu Sov. been anything other than human?

Other than that, nice movie.

[Zatrais]

Well, my 331 MB estimate on file size was only out by 273.2 MB O_

The voice actors talk too fast, or maybe thats the comression, and since when have the Vanu Sov. been anything other than human?

Other than that, nice movie.

Because you've awoken the beast whitin and screwd over humanity, like the republic warned about, guess we'll have to save your asses now :D

Oh and, kick ass movie MiiR, best yet. Exelent, can't wait for the next ones :)

[InfiniteStorm]

yeah...we had some problems. lol.

And its only episode one. You shall get more.


/edit/ we are making a story of planetside...we are not completly following "the" storyline....


You have to forget all this weapon supperiority shit, and just watch the movie.

I still like where you are taking the whole Vanu thing.

Also, in response to the marauder gunner disembarking. I assumed it was hit by a missle...which didn't destroy it but in a real war movie would have disabled it. Maybe you can take those vehicles down to 1 or 2 health so when you shoot them with two phoenix missles, they get detroyed. Overall, still a good movie.

[InfiniteStorm]

Well, my 331 MB estimate on file size was only out by 273.2 MB O_

The voice actors talk too fast, or maybe thats the comression, and since when have the Vanu Sov. been anything other than human?

Other than that, nice movie.

They aren't following the extact storyline of the game but making up an original one. So maybe in Shadows of Auraxis, the Vanu are not human. :scared:

[Hamma]

Very nice work as always, to the entire malvision team.

[GusHobbleton]

In an ideal world, we wouldn't have you knowing any of the original game history. We're changing a few things to make it more realistic.

First of all, the reason he got off the marauder was because the missile disabled it. One phoenix missile is gonna pack a hell of a punch. Secondly, we are redoing the VS. In fact, we wish that you had no previous experience of the VS. Now you know exactly who it is that's marching in the end there.

Oh well, I'm sure we'll manage. You still won't be able to infer the rest of the plot.

Keke la ^^

[Hamma]

There are always critics, just keep up the good work :p

[Rbstr]

trying to Dl it now, it sounds good.

[Vis Armata]

Anyone else download the file, only to get a message stating that the file was "invalid or corrupted"? Or, when trying to extract the file, the extractor says there's no file there? I've had that happen all day...

edit: Mozilla browsers don't seem to play nice with Malvision downloads. I've got it now.

[EarlyDawn]

Love the new Vanu Approach.

[Lonehunter]

I hate to say this but, I am VERY disappointed. The first thing, was that the Trailer was made before they even started filming the movie (correct me if I'm wrong), secondly it was delayed, third, the decided to make it episodes (that really got me going), fourth it's just an ANT jacking, fifth they got the Story line wrong. By what SOA said, the NC and VS formed after the Achient Tech weapons and caverns were discovered. I hope you guys didn't spend that month making that one episode. Man I REALLY thought you guys could've pulled this one off but I think not. Once again I really hate to say this but, damn. I Absolutely KNOW I will be "flamed" for this. But on a positive note, the cordination was excellent, the voice acting was superb, aand those extra animation were fantastic. :( Also, Mir, how come you guys have to get rid of all your old movies again?

Again, I'm sorry I came off like a "hater" but that's just my opinion, like it or not, sorry.

Edit:

We're changing a few things to make it more realistic.

First of all, the reason he got off the marauder was because the missile disabled it.
How is that realisitc, a vehicle made for battle being dissabled by a Pheonix?
Secondly, we are redoing the VS. In fact, we wish that you had no previous experience of the VS.
That's asking a hell-of-a-lot from the viewers.

And yes I know, EVERYBODY IS A CRITIC. Sorry about that. :)

[TeraHertz]

I completley agree lonehunter, but since people seem to think I just "whinge" these days, I toned down my opinion.

i think the being presumptious enough to rewrite somone's storyline is actualy pretty cheeky. It's basicly like saying to them "you're version was sh**, so we're doing it again."

[Hamma]

:boohoo:

[Spee]

Tera, it's more like saying "Your story was fine fo a game, but not a movie. We're making tweaks so it adds a more cinematic aspect to it."


That said, I simply have a beef with the female narrators voice. Its somewhat nasal. Other than that, GJ :D

[Marsman]

Well I thought it was great as usualy for miir - keep up the great work - looking forward to the next one! :cool: :D

[TeraHertz]

The woman at least speaks clearly for the most part, unlike the NC commander. Though the woman is so obviously reading a script....

[Rbstr]

Man you critics i thought it was very well made, and i can't wait for the next episode. the new vanu story is better than the one that PS has put together, the only thing i would do is add more NC thatshing TR carnage!

[Indecisive]

I hate to say this but, I am VERY disappointed. The first thing, was that the Trailer was made before they even started filming the movie (correct me if I'm wrong), secondly it was delayed, third, the decided to make it episodes (that really got me going), fourth it's just an ANT jacking, fifth they got the Story line wrong. By what SOA said, the NC and VS formed after the Achient Tech weapons and caverns were discovered. I hope you guys didn't spend that month making that one episode. Man I REALLY thought you guys could've pulled this one off but I think not. Once again I really hate to say this but, damn. I Absolutely KNOW I will be "flamed" for this. But on a positive note, the cordination was excellent, the voice acting was superb, aand those extra animation were fantastic. :( Also, Mir, how come you guys have to get rid of all your old movies again?

Again, I'm sorry I came off like a "hater" but that's just my opinion, like it or not, sorry.

Edit:


How is that realisitc, a vehicle made for battle being dissabled by a Pheonix?

That's asking a hell-of-a-lot from the viewers.

And yes I know, EVERYBODY IS A CRITIC. Sorry about that. :)



Shut the fuck up.



We all have real lives in the actors guild, yes, even miir. He gets zero money for this. whatsoever. We have had numerous interuptions that shall not be mentioned.....


and.


THE MOVIE DOES NOT FOLLOW YOUR OPINON OF PLANETSIDE! HOW LARGE OF LETTERS DO I HAVE TO PUT THIS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!


SOE didnt exaclty put in an enthralling story. If we wanted to use SOE's version, you would see about 3 minutes of background and then 30 of zerging.

The movie, as its says in the opening credits, is filmed in planetside. We make our own, plot, and put in 3 hours per shoot filming it, then Miir puts god knows how many hours editing it. Also, I know that Jaydog worked his ass off making that 3li3t3 music.



You think you can make anything remotly as good as this? Be my guest. Really. There are very few movies that I can even stand to watch. Make one.

[Kaymon]

Yeah.. this is on the path to becoming something great!

However, I got some minor issues that I would like to point out.

The Episode

The NC Squad Leader are mumbling a bit. I have to really concentrate on what he is saying.

We'll be revealing his name in the second episode. As for the mumbling... the voice actor is a personal friend of mine - I'll bring it up, see what he can do.

(Missiles goes straight towards their targets).

It was a Phoenix - they don't. ;)

Why does the TR Soldier on the Maurader disembark when he has a superior weapon and protection on the Marauder?

Because it just took a direct hit from a fuggin rocket launcher. We're not binding ourselves to the game rules. In our storyline, a direct hit from a rocket is enough to disable a vehicle.

During the battle, you can see three backpacks around the ANT. I would prefer bodies.

So would we. In fact, we tell the actors not to release until they're either rez'd, or the shot is over. I suppose some backpacks made their way into live footage. There was a lot to go through, and the actors are all gamers - that urge to click out is hard to supress. You'll get your bodies. :)

After the battle you see a Deliverer come over the hill and parks. 6 soldiers then proceeds to run towards it. Even though I didn't count them first time I saw the movie, I knew they where too many to fit in it. The next scene gives the impression that all of the soldiers are inside the Deliverer in addition to the driver. Just picking on the details here, but as a experienced Planetside-player I just couldn't avoid noticing it.

I tried telling them that...

Allright.. Now I've been writing alot of bad stuff about the movie, but it is still pretty good in my point of view. I can't wait for the next episode. :)

Writing a lot of bad stuff? It was constructive critizism, and well appreciated. If a person doesn't know what they're doing wrong, they can't fix it now, can they?

[Kaymon]

That said, I simply have a beef with the female narrators voice. Its somewhat nasal. Other than that, GJ :D

She had a cold...

[apachepilotpat]

it was really damn good
i love the shots of aruaxis at the beginning and the vidoe quality is great(i can watch it in full screen and it's still great) maybe clearer voices and i don't like the blue letters in back of the intro. other than that it's the best planetside movie i've ever seen

i actuall under stand why the nc want a ANT. they are brand new and don't have any real bases so the have to hijack and make their own.

[Kaymon]

I showed this thread to one of our actors (and the NC commander voice actor), and he had this to say:

"Never let facts get in the way of a good story"

[Nisloscen]

I loved the movie. NC Commander sounded good, but the script didn't match his style of talking. I'm a mumbler and things I say sound good until you make me read something that doesn't flow. The big blue text stuff has to go, I loved the style from the XoO movie. The intro lady sounded great(aside from the cold) and reminded me of the UT intro "The year is 2291...."

I love the Vanu! I love the caverns! While I'm at it... I love Ceryshen! No I'm not being sarcastic, and yes, I am a pilot.

[BlackHawk]

DOH! Now it works for some reason...

Great movie! Please let the TR win next time though ;)

[Jagd]

The female narrator should go back to her job reading tax forms to the blind over at the IRS. Nasally or not, if she just added some inflection to her voice or tried to sound even vaguely interested in what she was reading it would go a looooong way.

[Kaymon]

The female narrator should go back to her job reading tax forms to the blind over at the IRS. Nasally or not, if she just added some inflection to her voice or tried to sound even vaguely interested in what she was reading it would go a looooong way.

I suppose my views of her voice are somewhat skewed, seeming as I've known her the better part of 20 years. But, that is her voice sounding interested. She was a one shot deal, though. I can't think of any place we'd need the narrator again.

Interesting you should mention the blind. Close, but no cigar. She works with the deaf.

[Hamma]

Please, lets cut the drama in this thread

[Katanaboy]

that urge to click out is hard to supress.
Ack...gad!!! MUST CLICK!!!!! (restraining his hand)

*explodes*

Anyway, didn't we successfully get everyone to hold off on respawning? On the other hand, it was quite funny to see Miir kill everyone around me while invisible, it was like the Black death or something. :)

[Jagd]

See what I can't figure out, is how you could read something aloud to the deaf... Unless you're like, a mean person or something, and are just trying to taunt them. ;)

[EarlyDawn]

My only thought would be to make the missles actually hit the vehicles. That would have cleared up a lot of confusion on the Ground Pounder issue. Also, the speed at which the foot escorts was irregular. And yeah, the deliverer thing was rather absurd, not because of the occupancy number but because it just paused there with them all standing around it.

And if they're scraping the barrel for NTUs to make vanguards, why wouldn't they take the marauder!?

Cool Vanu approach.

[1024]

they didnt take the maraduer because no one knew how to drive it...? :p

ask Kay.

[Spee]

Thanks for the clarification on the cold bit. Im all for the female robotic voice, but not when it sounds like it'z about to sneeze. :p


Oh, and How the shit did JayDog make that awesome music? Does he pwnz0r his own string quartet or something?

Oh, one peice of constructive criticism, that doesnt effect anything directly, but would be nice to see: Instead of a massive zerg-like battle, where every member involved runs silently at each other, guns firing, could it be possible that there could be some shots of a panicked TR yelling in surprise, or perhaps trying to call for backup, only to be shit before he can finish the comm?


Also, there was a peice of info on the OF as to how to disable animation culling. Not really a big thing at all, but that part with the Vanu MAXes just looked awkward with the 1 FPS animations.


Once more, just tiny little things.

[Chaaos]

I thought it was great. Sure it didnt have a HELL of a lot of action but it is a story instead of the all the other PS movies that are "kill kill *insert hard rock music here* kill kill slow mo' kill". It was the first episode and it gives the impression that there will be ALOT more action to come.


Very well made, great music, and very interesting storyline.

I give it 2 thumbs up... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Lonehunter]

After quoting me
Shut the fuck up.
Now how did I KNOW that would come up? Seriously? Why talk like that? Does swearing at somebody over the internet make you feel good about your self? Is it because you often swear? Is it because you won't have to worry about confronting the person? No reason for it man.

We all have real lives in the actors guild, yes, even miir. He gets zero money for this. what so ever. We have had numerous interruptions that shall not be mentioned.....
Yes I completely understand that, and that had no real purpose as a reply to my post.

THE MOVIE DOES NOT FOLLOW YOUR OPINON OF PLANETSIDE! HOW LARGE OF LETTERS DO I HAVE TO PUT THIS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol: Another thing, are people trying to imply the action of yelling when typing in Caps? Either way, it doesn't ensure the message's success any further than normal letters, so you don't have to type like that. Second, I just thought it would follow my opinion on Planetside, considering mine follows SOE's, along with hundreds of other players. Nothing was ever said about them making the plot NOT follow SOE's.

...then Miir puts god knows how many hours editing it. Also, I know that Jaydog worked his ass off making that 3li3t3 music.
yes, thank you both. Like I said, the filming, video capture, and scene position were excellent, ass well as the music, great job Jaydog.

You think you can make anything remotely as good as this? Be my guest. Really. There are very few movies that I can even stand to watch. Make one.
I never said I could, that's another common misconception about people. Somebody critiques there work, and they assume that that person can do something better when that was never the person's intentions.



:boohoo:
Hamma I like that one, new since I've been gone.


Edit: Gohan, I took the liberty to correct your spelling for your quotes :)

[Pytagoras]

We'll be revealing his name in the second episode. As for the mumbling... the voice actor is a personal friend of mine - I'll bring it up, see what he can do.

......

Writing a lot of bad stuff? It was constructive critizism, and well appreciated. If a person doesn't know what they're doing wrong, they can't fix it now, can they?


I've met too many individuals that doesn't tolerate contructive critizism whatsoever. Good thing there is still someone who do. :)

Just on a sidenote, a Phoenix fired in secondary mode goes straight forward instead of the drunken flying the primary mode can be interpreted as. ;)

[Miir]

Thanks for all the input guys. As I've said to people before we are limited to what we can do with the game engine and are always looking for new engines to film from. Half way through the filming SOE was nice enough to put in the framerate optimization. (w00t) Which pretty much killed the game to me from a filming standpoint. Apparently you can now turn it off now so that is a bonus. But when you have 30-40 players spending 5 hours of their time on a weekend trying to fuss over little things that can't be fixed in the game engine is not worth it.

As far as the content in the film goes. I think Kaymon and Gus did a great job writting the story but then again I also know whats going on down the road so this small piece is just the start of a sweet plot.

See ya in the new year.

[Jagd]

Oh, and How the shit did JayDog make that awesome music? Does he pwnz0r his own string quartet or something?


It sounds like a keyboard doing strings, but it could also be a sampler or maybe just Reason.

[FireWolf22]

Well I would love to see it but I can't. For some reason I can't get past the redirection screen after log in. I click on the link to not wait but then you don't get logged in and you can't download the movie. Sorry Miir would love to watch it.

Wolf

edit: Actually for some reason I can log in then I'm not logged in. I will get one screen (any of the screens after I complete the log in then click on the don't want to wait link) that says I'm logged in. Then if I go to any other page, I'm no longer logged in. If I get back to the movie page, I'm asked to log in again. I have attempted to log in 47 times this morning. :mad:

[InfiniteStorm]

I can't wait for the next episode. I'm anxious to see where this plot goes and where all those Vanu MAXs are "assualting"

Go Miir. Hope to see a new one very soon.

[Miir]

Well I would love to see it but I can't. For some reason I can't get past the redirection screen after log in. I click on the link to not wait but then you don't get logged in and you can't download the movie. Sorry Miir would love to watch it.

Wolf

edit: Actually for some reason I can log in then I'm not logged in. I will get one screen (any of the screens after I complete the log in then click on the don't want to wait link) that says I'm logged in. Then if I go to any other page, I'm no longer logged in. If I get back to the movie page, I'm asked to log in again. I have attempted to log in 47 times this morning. :mad:

First log off completely. Then delete your cookies. Then close all instances of your brouser. Then try and log back in and see if that fixes your problem.

[TeraHertz]

alternativley I'll upload it for you and watch as miir flails about helplessley with no little or no legal rights to the material :D

Only joking. ;)
Have you registered "malvision" and its logo as a trademark miir?

[Jagd]

LOL! TeraHertz you're all... "Hehehe, I'll steal your shit. Just kidding! But seriously, do you have any legal recourse if i do?"

[Miir]

alternativley I'll upload it for you and watch as miir flails about helplessley with no little or no legal rights to the material :D

Only joking. ;)
Have you registered "malvision" and its logo as a trademark miir?

meh... that's the internet for you. :P

Logo = property of one of my Staff who's actually a RL artist. ;)
Name = naw... it's not a business.

[kerosene31]

Very nice! The music is very cool. The editing was well done. I especially liked how the TR woman's voice was staticy over the radio, but was clear when you showed her up close. Nice touch!

[TeraHertz]

Welcome to Malvision�, property of me! ;)

"TeraHertz" is registered.
But not my me O_

heheh, seriously you should register it, it wouldnt cost you much and Malvision� would look cool :D

[Veteran]

Awesome video.

[FireWolf22]

I deleted all my cookies and temp internet files. I closed out all my IE 6.0.2800.1160.CO windows. I am on my work PC with Windows 2000, I shouldn't even be on the forums or attempting to downoad the movie, But I want to see it damn it. Oh well proby something to do with my work PC. Will try at home. Thanks anyway Miir. :(

Wolf

[Indecisive]

We're not binding ourselves to the game rules. In our storyline, a direct hit from a rocket is enough to disable a vehicle.


Thank you god.

Any "this is unreallistic" comments shall be directed to this quote.

[GusHobbleton]

*copies and pastes all of his replies into notepad so he can easily get them into one post*

Allright!


I hate to say this but, I am VERY disappointed. The first thing, was that the Trailer was made before they even started filming the movie (correct me if I'm wrong), secondly it was delayed

True on both counts. The trailer will still be a somewhat accurate representation; ie: there will be a MAX jump scene, there will be tr reavers ambushing some NC, there will be some NC ambushing some reavers, etc.

It was pushed back due to some unforseen complications.


third, the decided to make it episodes (that really got me going)

That was our plan from the beginning. We don't have the ability or desire to put out a full length feature. Can you imagine the file size on that? Also, you'd be waiting years for it.

fourth it's just an ANT jacking

ANTs are useful. As the guy said, they can use those nanites to make 9 or 10 vanguards. I'd say it's quite a haul.

fifth they got the Story line wrong. By what SOA said, the NC and VS formed after the Achient Tech weapons and caverns were discovered.

We're changing the storyline somewhat. Also notice that we don't have rebirthing technology. When someone dies, they die.

But on a positive note, the cordination was excellent, the voice acting was superb, aand those extra animation were fantastic.

TBH, those are the points I was disappointed about :P

How is that realisitc, a vehicle made for battle being dissabled by a Pheonix?

Have you ever seen a jeep get smoked in the engine by a high ordnance missile? It's a buggy, not a tank.



i think the being presumptious enough to rewrite somone's storyline is actualy pretty cheeky. It's basicly like saying to them "you're version was sh**, so we're doing it again."

TBH, their idea was kind of crappy. What's the point of fighting a war you can't win? Their entire plotline is pointless and endless; perfect for a game, horrid for a movie. We have an end in mind.


NC Commander sounded good, but the script didn't match his style of talking. I'm a mumbler and things I say sound good until you make me read something that doesn't flow.

I agree with you there. We wrote the script before we had any idea of who was going to do the voice acting for each character.

I'm planning on redoing the character a bit so it makes more sense that he mumbles, and change his style so that it works with him. It's either that or reduce the guy's lines, and I don't really want to do that.


Ack...gad!!! MUST CLICK!!!!! (restraining his hand)

*explodes*


Almost.



Oh, and How the shit did JayDog make that awesome music? Does he pwnz0r his own string quartet or something?

Oh, one peice of constructive criticism, that doesnt effect anything directly, but would be nice to see: Instead of a massive zerg-like battle, where every member involved runs silently at each other, guns firing, could it be possible that there could be some shots of a panicked TR yelling in surprise, or perhaps trying to call for backup, only to be shit before he can finish the comm?

Also, there was a peice of info on the OF as to how to disable animation culling. Not really a big thing at all, but that part with the Vanu MAXes just looked awkward with the 1 FPS animations.


1) Jaydog is the man, and I want to be surgically altered so I can have his babies.
2) Noted. We're trying to make this as realistic as possible.
3) Yes, that was mentioned on our own forums. Thank God.



and very interesting storyline.


Wait until it goes somewhere. Wait until Kaymon and I cram some philosophical subjects in; hell, there's already one, if you look for it.


it doesn't ensure the message's success any further than normal letters, so you don't have to type like that.

Actually, it has been shown that people who have a hard time reading and comprehending properly can read larger text in capital letters better than they can normal text. Wierd, eh?

[FireWolf22]

Damn it all to hell Miir. I figured it out. I needed to leave the remimber me checked then I was able to stay logged in. Like I said, on work computer, don't want security knowing my login names and stuff. I'm still f'd over here though. I'll be damned if they didn't proxy your site. I log in and click on the download link and plam proxy. Those Damn bastards. I'll try again. I have had that problem before. Sometimes when I would download a movie from your site I would hit proxy. The next time I would not, don't know.

Wolf

[NuclearSiege]

My Comp Wont Open This Piece Of S**t. I Hate Zip Files.

I Hate My Life

Bang!!!!!

[NuclearSiege]

Jk

[Indecisive]

www.winzip.com



Winxp has it built in i know.

[Doop]

Holy shit. Best movie ever. Some of you guys are being too picky...it's binding to how the war on Auraxis would be in real life, not in a PC game.

As for the Vanu (and me being a VS meself), that ending was just fucking cool. Like when the camera is zooming in in the caverns and reaches the slushy window thing, it makes a weird sound. An alien sound. Feh. I think when it said "Proceed with the assault" while it made that noise, it was an alien saying that, and they were translating. Then I think all the MAXes are actually Vanu's, not VS's, Vanu's.

Like I said in the previous thread, when you posted those screenshots of the episodes, half of them were pictures of VS people and TR people in rooms...not shooting eachother. I guess they're teaming up. :O

What I'd like to see is the Vanu seeing how the VS is trying to emulate them, and the Vanu begin to help the VS with the war, and after it's over, take the VS under their wing and make Auraxis what it was before the TR arrived. Whatever. Like that'll happen. :/

Now the traitor TR guy, he was the best char in the game, easily. :]

[Cider_Ownz]

How should I say it?

PWNZ04 M0V13!!!!111

Yup, that pretty much sums it up. Not much to add since pretty much every possible rant has been ranted and answered to. I'll just say what everyone has to say- you need better voice acting! that also means (among many things whom I don't have the power to list) are TR screaming "What the hell?!" and "Ambush!" and the NC screaming "Freedom through force!" and stuff like that.

[Spee]

Oh! One more thing I noted.


How rag-tag are the NC? Are we talking, like, small group of people with absoloutly no funds, and have to kill, steal, andloot just to get by, or, are they at least moderatly organized, and have some foothold?


If the former, I don't think it'd hurt to give them all either agile or standard armor, and lame weaponry, being as they wouldnt yet have the resources to make advanced weaponry such as jackhammers, and lack the NTU to spare for reinforced exo. However, just what I think. :groovy:

[xmodum]

i loved the video , the best thing was zooming up to the 1 way glass in the caverns and a vanu saying that shit that no1 would ever get if u guys didnt put the subtitles under it! :lol: i also loved the vanu comin from the geowarp AWSOME TOUCH!! :rofl:

[Lonehunter]

Gus, thank you so much, seriously. You replaied to all of my points, correcting me on most, and gave me all kinds of info I did not know. You also did it with out anger, flaming, or swearing. I truely and honestly thank you.

[EarlyDawn]

Eeek, it may have helped to note that the rebirthing technology isn't found in SOA. That kinda changes your perspective on things!

[ChewyLSB]

To the person who said just damage the vehicles down to 1 or 2 hp:

That wouldn't work... at that low of health you would lose control of the vehicle, and the vehicle would be smoking and sparking and whatnot.

[xmodum]

To the person who said just damage the vehicles down to 1 or 2 hp:

That wouldn't work... at that low of health you would lose control of the vehicle, and the vehicle would be smoking and sparking and whatnot.
yes very good point

[SandTrout]

you dont necisaraly have to blow the vehicle up with the missile, you can lay some boomers and manualy detonate to cause the desired effect. Difficult to arange though.

[martyr]

movie is teh coolness.

[EarlyDawn]

To the person who said just damage the vehicles down to 1 or 2 hp:

That wouldn't work... at that low of health you would lose control of the vehicle, and the vehicle would be smoking and sparking and whatnot.Erm, if a jeep gets hit by a shoulder-fired anti vehicular guided missle, I would hope it'd be sparking and smoking. :rofl: :lol:

[ChewyLSB]

No he said that the problem was was that they WERE getting hit by rockets and they weren't getting destroyed. So he said to pre-damage the vehicles down to 1-2 hp. I said that there was the problem that they would be smoking and sparking BEFORE they would be hit by the rockets.

[EarlyDawn]

So shoot them all at once :confused: