Isles Of Ifrinn - Release

[iamcheeseontoast]

I've put together a copy of my game (Isles Of Ifrinn). Its very very basic setups and layouts.

Would like your feedback guys, especially for side mission ideas.

I've added a fps to scene so you can walk about, but theres also a couple of vehicles you can try out as well.
Feel free to play around with the rally car settings, Let me know/share any improvements please.

Instructions
Unzip the archive and add the BKC folder to your location. I have my BKC folder inside the skylineSDK folder. Anywhere else and you may have to change the BKC.xSkyProjSetting file to point to where u put it.

http://www.bigkidcreations.com/bkc_skyl ... 00.001.zip

[SolarPortal]

[SolarPortal]

just checked it out, and its really cool to see something made with Skyline

Layout looks really good and i like the winding paths.
Vehicle physics may work weirdly on a mesh body type. Trying to fix or see about setting collision meshes up in max using boxes.

I will have a look at the vehicles now that the bodies are made and improve the driving a bit more

Edit: Looking through the presets, i like the Rocks and Tree Stump, superb

Edit 2: I have improved the Focus rally car a bit more, you'll find it on your FTP in the BKC Folder.

Edit 3: Drove around the terrain with the new rally car, at 65mph(too slow lol ...changed.. ).
The main road takes a long time to drive round, needs more assets lol.

Tip: On the rally car increase the "player camera v2 action -> Stiffness Property to 0.5 for closer car driving.
Also reduce the camera speed slider if you get a mad jumping around when pressing the WASD keys.

[StarFire]

Keep it up Bill =)

[iamcheeseontoast]

"Vehicle physics may work weirdly on a mesh body type"

What do you mean by mesh body type?. Should vehicle parts be exported differently?? ie animated objects.

Also in the car file you have a CHA1 and CHA2 what are they.

PS Got something a bit special and fun coming soon.

[SolarPortal]

[iamcheeseontoast]

Sounds great. Havn't looked at any ambience, clouds, fog or anything else yet. I want the final map to have a cold clear look to it but with visibility reduced to only around 500/1000m. Water needs to be black and very cold looking.

How can I view the CHA1 and 2. I assumed they were boxes giving the vehicle some kinda shape.

Coll meshs would be great if they could be setup in max and exported with or separate to model.

[SolarPortal]

[iamcheeseontoast]

Thanks for the update.
I think I should be able to add cha1 and 2 boxes in 3dsmax and use the positions, sizes etc to setup the skyline cha1/2.
Would the box pivot points be at the same as the body? or the centre of the boxes?

Do we HAVE to have 2 or can that be 1 or 3 or more etc

I also notice you have quite a lot of overlap on ch1/2 does that make any difference?

Once I/we have all these little things ironed out I'll release copies of the rally cars max files for anyone who wants to see them.

I'm off on Tues/Wed so will play around more then

[iamcheeseontoast]

Got couple of ingame shots here.

Clearly showing the CHA1 and CHA 2 and how not to have them (Holden)

The thing that Im wondering about is these were taken while moving and as you can clearly see the physics "wheels" do not remain where the actual wheels are.

[iamcheeseontoast]

Thought I'd post these to show how the focus and holden - Centre of Gravity were setup in max prior to exporting. As yet I haven't determined which is better but will continue with trial and error as we go.

[SolarPortal]

[iamcheeseontoast]

CHA1 scale.x scale.y scale.z pos.x pos.y pos.z : in Local space
CHA2 scale.x scale.y scale.z pos.x pos.y pos.z : in Local space

Read this on the wiki, just wanted to check when you say "scale" you do mean size ?. Also is it in metres.

[SolarPortal]

yes

also the z is the length of the vehicle(bonnet to boot), x is the width of the vehicle (door to door).

[iamcheeseontoast]

Is it possible to add comments in the car file similar to the ones in the vehicle lua. Explaining what each bit is and does and also a minimum/maximum value.

[SolarPortal]

currently i dont think it is possible with the current serializer(code string parsing) used.
i have added this to the feature request list.

The wiki also needs more information set for each property. It was wrote quickly for basic information of each property.

[iamcheeseontoast]

Its not an issue and u have more important stuff to worry bout. Just handy to have ref at fingertips in each file.

[Ryzon]

Just played this, it is looking pretty cool. Cannot wait to see what you do with this. Nice job!