Creation Engine http://blog.shadowmecha.org Game development, Unity3D, Second Life, and Metaverses, man. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:15:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Better cloud physics http://blog.shadowmecha.org/2012/01/21/better-cloud-physics/ http://blog.shadowmecha.org/2012/01/21/better-cloud-physics/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:15:23 +0000 Logan http://blog.shadowmecha.org/?p=211 Work continues on making beautiful but processor lite clouds. Each one is a single mobile object with a trigger collided so it blocks the sun behind it.  It spawns cloud texture particles that respond to sun color at sunrise/sunset. Very pretty as they gently ride the wind.

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So, this is the after the fold content section.

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Multiplayer client after the click!

Please view the full post to see the Unity content.

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Please view the full post to see the Unity content.

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Updates:

  • better surface to interplanetary transition
  • groundwork laid for interplanetary starfield vs. 3D skybox
  • defeated enemies now drop HP and power boosts
  • New terrain
  • Tiled terrain engine basics now in place

Click through to play!

Please view the full post to see the Unity content.

Controls:
p + [ --> coupe
p + ] –> plane
p + = –> hoverpod

i –> create selected item (walls, turrets, etc.)

r –> fires rocket
b –> drops gravity bomb: on impact gravity shuts down for several seconds
k –> fires enemy-seeking missile
minus character –> toggles time dilation (slow motion)

l –> toggle headlight

/ –> teleport to guardian objective

o –> dump screenshot

f –> toggle fullscreen

WASD keys, <> keys, and arrow keys steer

 

 

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Updates:

  • Very Basic Multiplayer prototype added
  • Missiles acquire targets much more intelligently
  • Monowheel mode (buggy)
  • Configurable mob spawners
  • Mobs target your protection goal
  • Auto-cannons
  • Guard walls are now mouse-draggable
  • Sky now reddens at sunset and sunrise
  • Item pickups now disappear on collision
  • Turrets now lead their targets quite accurately

Click through to play!

Please view the full post to see the Unity content.

Controls:
p + [ --> coupe
p + ] –> plane
p + = –> hoverpod

i –> create selected item (walls, turrets, etc.)

r –> fires rocket
b –> drops gravity bomb: on impact gravity shuts down for several seconds
k –> fires enemy-seeking missile
minus character –> toggles time dilation (slow motion)

l –> toggle headlight

/ –> teleport to guardian objective

o –> dump screenshot

f –> toggle fullscreen

WASD keys, <> keys, and arrow keys steer

 

 

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