Organic Alien Overhaul

MetaMind

Hi folks,
as some of you allready know, I m about to retexture the hole Alien Team with all Building and Charackters.
(Steam-Workshop: <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=118315718)" target="_blank">http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/file.../?id=118315718)</a>

I ve made great progress over the days and the following things are allready successfully retextured:

Buildings:


Buildings:
-Alien Infestation (HD now)
-Harvester (wip)
-Hive (wip)
-Egg (allmost finished)
-Whip (wip)

Charackters:
-Skulk (wip)

there is still much to do but I will update it constantly...

Go check out the screensshots and tell me what you think :)

<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/fnw6snu4vrs2.jpg" target="_blank">Infestation</a>

<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/byyu5a6gz9cf.jpg" target="_blank">Harvester</a>
<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/euedzg4ov6s9.jpg" target="_blank">Harvester2</a>

<a href="http://www10.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/f1nqekwy5ecp.jpg" target="_blank">Hive</a>

<a href="http://www10.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/s2h6spohdgzy.jpg" target="_blank">Egg</a>

<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/xik9aufnh1r.jpg" target="_blank">Whip</a>

<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/7zt4fotkf5lg.jpg" target="_blank">Skulk</a>
<a href="http://www7.pic-upload.de/10.01.13/7pxkbtupp16u.jpg" target="_blank">Skulk2</a>

more will follow... :D

MCMLXXXIV

I love this! The black infestation is very atmospheric. Keep up the good work...

Lambo

Might be interesting, keep it up.

Amb

Hey MetaMind, I'm loving your work atm, but I think you should remove the purple and red glow on the whips and eggs, it doesn't fit the creepy xenomorph theme. Also, is it possible to remodel the head of all the alien life forms on top of the textures? Change their hands into xenomorph heads and leave the rest of the body alone, that way you won't have hitbox/reg and animation issues.

MetaMind

I m glad you guys like it.

@Amb:
well I m trying to not make everything just dark and monotone...
Giving the Alien a bit colour would make them more enjoible to play but at the same time with the black/blueish athmospheric look.
Chaninging the actual models would break the server conistency check, I think, anyone know if this is right?
I would love to change the actual models when this do work on normal servers.

killer monkey

Holy crap thats amazing! Only better would be actual alien themed models. But damn NS2 bumb maps are beautiful!

Kouji_San

Looking good, but keep in mind that at some point the Hive and the Eggs will be translucent :)

MetaMind

yeah i want the translucent effect very much in the game but i dont know how it works...
Can anyone help me with that?
btw the standard ns2 egg isnt translucent either besides the fact that it has an embryo model inside it... very strange.

CrazyEddie

These textures are great! I'm using them in my games now and I love them. I actually like that they aren't exactly xenomorphs. They're clearly inspired by the Giger aesthetic, but they have their own character. It makes the game feel very different from stock yellow-and-green NS2, and yet also different from the Alien movies and the AvP properties. I like it.

Is it my imagination, or have you also redone the cysts now? And maybe also the Shift?

MetaMind

Yes I ve redone cysts so that they fit in perfectly... still some work to do on them.
I havent yet retexured the shift, I m about to retexture the Lerk right now :D