Natural Selection
Hydra_Goliath
Join Date: 2005-05-09 Member: 51251Members
Join Date: 2005-05-09 Member: 51251Members
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The NS development team is currently looking into doing a Source version of NS, in several interviews with flayra, he has stated there will most like be (if not 100% confirmation) a Natural Selection: Source. there is no current date when it will be released.
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"omg they should make this half-life2 ololololo!!!!11111"
I still don't understand why they can't just create a sticky in yellow\red letters that reads "NS: Source Information" or something similar
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FTW
^^^ QFT
my guess is they'be probably made a SMALL start on the artwork but nothing big.
I wouldn't expect any real progress to start being made until they release 3.1, whenever that may be :-/
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I don't get it. They have the whole concept of the game, they just have to port it over to source? Why would they do new concepts and arworks? I don't think it is needed, or am I wrong? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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I don't get it. They have the whole concept of the game, they just have to port it over to source? Why would they do new concepts and arworks? I don't think it is needed, or am I wrong? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They have to re-make the artwork because it is to low-quality to include in the Source version (it would look crappy).
Honestly i don't know why their already worrying about new features rather than updating all the textures\models\skins\animations\ etc... for the new version. That should be more than enough work, almost like doing a whole new game.
Once all that is done and its working good on source engine, THEN they should start thinking about new features.
EDIT: Another option they could do just to get it done sooner is "port" as much of it they can over to source the way it is. Then update with patches after that. Think HL: Source ... although i'm sure a lot of the levels would have to be re-lit and physics would have to be taken into consideration. Still a pretty big task.
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OH BTW IBTL!
if you look in the background you'll see that vehicles have been included as has the much requested bascket ball chamber for the aliens.
if you look in the background you'll see that vehicles have been included as has the much requested bascket ball chamber for the aliens. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
OMG OMG that 0N0S is about to eat those ladies!
Honestly i don't know why their already worrying about new features rather than updating all the textures\models\skins\animations\ etc... for the new version. That should be more than enough work, almost like doing a whole new game.
Once all that is done and its working good on source engine, THEN they should start thinking about new features.
EDIT: Another option they could do just to get it done sooner is "port" as much of it they can over to source the way it is. Then update with patches after that. Think HL: Source ... although i'm sure a lot of the levels would have to be re-lit and physics would have to be taken into consideration. Still a pretty big task. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wait a minute. That is an artwork. You actually have to draw it with penciles and stuff so you can't say it is low quality. Look at the concepts on the main page. I think they look pretty good and the gorge looks actually quiet dangerous but when they model the characters for the game they have to change the quality because the hl1 enginge models are low quality.
If you would make the game for source, you would use just the same concepts and artworks, just make it better than they are in hl1.
I don't have an idea about that, maybe you are right.
Slightly more elaborate: We have determined that the big bottleneck will indeed be the art assets (textures, models, animations, etc.). Our first preliminary research has been concluded - we now have a rough idea of what has to be redone in how much detail. Thus begins the conception of single items - asking ourselves questions such as what additional details we should integrate into the new marine model, and so on.
So, as you can see, it's getting nearer, but still a long way off.
I'm happy with the current NS, any new one will be a huge change, so I'm expecting it to take a year or two at least.
If you would make the game for source, you would use just the same concepts and artworks, just make it better than they are in hl1.
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by artwork i am referring to the modeling\texturing part not the concepts
I think, realistically, we will have to wait until xmas 2005 (or maybe October 31st 2005- it would be a nice way to mark NS's 3rd birthday).
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I can't speak for the development team, but IMO I doubt any mod dev team would really want to do that on the first few builds. Once NS:S is not cripplingly buggy and has no more placeholders they'll probably release version 1.0, but this is just a guess...that's basicly what they did with NS:v1.0 I believe.
<a href='http://www.pexgames.com/games/halflife/mods/naturalselection/interview/zunni/index.html.en' target='_blank'>http://www.pexgames.com/games/halflife/mod...i/index.html.en</a>
If his NDA is how it should be, no.
My advice: stop obsessing over what the devs have done, when they did it, what they're doing right now...speculation will only make you anxious for the finished product, and you'll get answers when they want to give them, not when you ask for them.
That's what I was thinking...maybe cause Nemesis Zero said something about research being done *or his lock button is borked.*