The Interlink Facility

[Roy Awesome]

Someone left something in the game files











Album with a bunch more pictures: http://imgur.com/a/fl8Tq


These are very obviously WIP pictures of the Interlink Facility in Planetside 2. I found them in the game files. Want proof? Fire up ps2ls and look for Common_Structures_FacilityInterlink_Proxy_Base and Common_Structures_FacilityInterlink_Proxy_Building

Some stats: They are larger than the other 3 facilities, and they have a ridiculous amount of playable space. I would say that the bunker-ish building is about the same size of a counterstrike level, and the dish is much larger. It's Fucking Huge (tm)


Go SOE Go! I want to see how this develops.


EDIT:
I exported the model and put it into Unity. The red platforms are what I added. I can't promise you wont fall through the tech plant.

http://testoutfit.info/InterlinkTest/WebPlayer.html

plz dont rape my bandwidth

EDIT2: Huge Oopsie. These form one building. Didn't notice that at first.



The Unity scene has been update

[Zulthus]

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[Roy Awesome]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

So they use Blender, eh? Good to hear... that's the program I've been dedicating most of my free time to.


As for the facility, it looks... interesting.

No, Shpookdefied used blender to look around at the exported model. These pictures aren't from SOE, they are exported from the game client

[Babyfark McGeez]

The design (err, shape) looks nice, let's hope the base layout will look nice too. =)

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by Roy Awesome

No, Shpookdefied used blender to look around at the exported model. These pictures aren't from SOE, they are exported from the game client

Oh, they left the actual assets in? That must've been a pretty big slip up. I thought you meant screenshots.

Originally Posted by basti

SOE artists use Maja / Max and Zbrush. just as the majority of the industry.

Dont ask me why tho. After dealing with Maja, max and blender, its save to say that blender is in every way superior. And besides being superior, you can just add new stuff to it as it is open source. ZBrush on the other hand is brilliant for sculping. Blender tries to emulate, but just isnt as good there.

Yeah. I've dinked around with Maya, and I just don't see why it'd be better than Blender at modeling. It's great for animation, but doing hardsurface/organic modeling in it is just clunky and slow. Blender has an extremely fast workflow. It's as good as $4k programs like MAX/Maya if you know how to use it. Sure, it doesn't have as many tools, but it's getting up there. All of the keyboard shortcuts just make it so much easier and efficient to use.

I haven't used ZBrush, but I have used Sculptris. Blender's sculpting tool definitely isn't amazing, so I use Sculptris to do organic modeling and import it into Blender.

I'd sure hope that if I got a job in the 3D modeling business, they'd let me choose the program to work with.

[Hamma]

It could definitely end up much different than this. Clegg showed me some of the early bio lab concepts when I was at SOE and they looked NOTHING like the final product.

Originally Posted by Methonius

I'm sure they'll mix in the new bases they create on the old conts as well. It will sure mix things up a bit cause it's getting kinda stale for me on Indar. That's probably happening for most ppl since there seems to be nothing in the game really atm to make ppl go to the other conts right now.

This is a good question.. I wonder if they will "intermix' Interlink facilities..

[Dougnifico]

Originally Posted by Hamma

This is a good question.. I wonder if they will "intermix' Interlink facilities..

They really should. Put it in over time, no rush. But whenever the put out new facilities, just go back periodically and put them on old conts. That way they never feel old.

[basti]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

So they use Blender, eh? Good to hear... that's the program I've been dedicating most of my free time to.


As for the facility, it looks... interesting.

SOE artists use Maja / Max and Zbrush. just as the majority of the industry.

Dont ask me why tho. After dealing with Maja, max and blender, its save to say that blender is in every way superior. And besides being superior, you can just add new stuff to it as it is open source. ZBrush on the other hand is brilliant for sculping. Blender tries to emulate, but just isnt as good there.


Anyway, interlink:

Folks, WIP doesnt just mean "work in progress", it also means "the final product may be something completly different that doesnt even resemble the current status".

But dear god i hope it is underground, and i hope it is big. Let it be something like a PS1 base again, just with less tunnels and more rooms. But still with the straight forward linear gameplay PS1 bases provided.

[Roy Awesome]

I exported the assets and put them into Unity

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1940586/Int...WebPlayer.html

plz dont rape my bandwidth

[AnamNantom]

Originally Posted by Roy Awesome

I exported the assets and put them into Unity

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1940586/Int...WebPlayer.html

plz dont rape my bandwidth

You know what this could be used for? I mean putting bases in Unity, or otherwise exporting them to be run through? Planning out strategies. If you could, say, set up these Unity imports to allow multiple players.

[Canaris]

oooooohhh a multi story base that looks like you'll need infantry to go in and take it, my my whatever next

[Thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Canaris

oooooohhh a multi story base that looks like you'll need infantry to go in and take it, my my whatever next

LATTICES !!!! (you heard it here first !!)

[Pella]

Looks good.

[Mastachief]

Originally Posted by Thunderhawk

LATTICES !!!! (you heard it here first !!)

dam it was about to quote the same

woot a proper base (i love the biolab also)

[ringring]

It's impossible to pass judgement on that.

If there's one thing I hope it's that the DEVS playtest with with real players who will employ some critical judgement and not simply go 'wow'.

They should not just playtest this through they should give it a thorough BETA test.