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Extreme makeover, Alien Arena edition continues...this mesh wasn't a total rebuild, but pretty close, same with the skin.

qbism wrote:Alien Arena screenshots remind me of old sci-fi book covers, especially the lighting. Looks good with the soft shadows.

Ah, yes, well that is definitely the intention, thanks for noticing that

The beginnings of Generation 3 of Alien Arena. The Gen 2 player models served us for six years from 2008 till now, but with the engine advances, it's time for a retooling.

Jay, CRX used to have exactly the code you're looking for, where the stencil shadows were stretched/deformed based on light direction, for a very fast, simple method of shadowing. I think that code was in the engine in SVN around 2006-2010, it was pretty efficient and fast, which is what I assume ...

Best to just show the trailer, too much to even write about...

http://red.planetarena.org/files/aatacticalpromo.wmv
Cool. In what way were you sponsored?

Some are giving hardware prizes for tournaments, others paying for booths in shows like Dreamhack, among other things. Kingston put our logo ...

Best to just show the trailer, too much to even write about...

http://red.planetarena.org/files/aatacticalpromo.wmv

Wow, that is terrific brushwork! Looks like a much more modern map format for sure.

Should be working now, had passwords set by mistake.

A lien Arena: Combat Edition has been released!

Combat Edition now includes the brand new Alpha Demo of Alien Arena: Tactical, a completely new mode of play that is objective oriented, slower paced, and requires precise teamwork in order to defeat the opposing team. Tactical pits Aliens vs Humans ...

I'm still here

CRX is still based on Q2, though the renderer and some other aspects are vastly deviated from it.

Wow, those screens look terrific. Very impressive.

The changelog will probably be the best source of info, there were a lot of things done in the past seven months of work. The next release, in the Spring is going to have a totally new game mode(large enough that we will also be releasing a totally standalone version of the mode itself).

OFFICIAL ...

Hello Irritant,

Your Alteria project screenshots looks really nice.
It has a horror/fantasy flair, which I like very much.
I didnt know "Alteria" yet and want to try the original version.

Unfortunately I cannot find it (planetquake links are dead).
Can someone upload it ?
Thank you very much ...

That is one hell of a cool monster Seven! Love it :D

I've been working on two projects, aside from signifigant engine work.

First, I am working on a mode for Alien Arena called AA Tactical. This is a team based mode, that pits humans against aliens in an all out war to destroy the others base ...

Yup, that's the game, though I don't think it runs on modern drivers, plus it was pretty buggy even then.

The old website has been archived here - http://red.planetarena.org/alteria_legacy/

We will be creating all new artwork and levels for it, but keeping a good part of the game play/style intact ...