And the mask comes off.

[Cailyn Alaynn]

Yep I ALWAYS started my heroes in Galaxy City, at least up to the point where I couldn't any longer.
If we get a vote (hmm maybe a bribe would help?), then I'd vote that APR restore Galaxy City to a viable zone.

Psh! I can not be bribed! ...Unless it's something from a whole list of things which could totally be used to bribe me. -cough-

I will say that I do have plans in regards to Galaxy City. I won't say what quite yet, but I think you guys will like it.

[Paragon Avenger]

Duh, it's Atlas Park Revival not Galaxy City revival.
Wow, a separate game for each zone.

So not a good idea.

[Von Krieger]

Galaxy City is remade as a theme park celebrating the life, times, and exploits of the man,. the myth, the legend, Dillo.

Hoorb.

[Goddangit]

Galaxy City is remade as a theme park celebrating the life, times, and exploits of the man,. the myth, the legend, Dillo.

Hoorb.

Amazing air sounds.

[Paragon Avenger]

They could combine Galaxy City with Dark Astoria.
Make it either Dark City or Astoria Galaxy.
Or Dark Galaxy.

Our Hero, Super Flying Wolf scans Dark Galaxy for signs of mischief.
"Help me!"  A cry is heard.  SFW soars to the aid of the distressed.
"What seems to be the problem, ma'am?" SFW asks.
"I thought I saw a naked flying wolf." The Distressed Citizen said.
"Hey, you try getting overalls over wings lady." SFW asserted.

[Zombie Hustler]

I will say that I do have plans in regards to Galaxy City. I won't say what quite yet, but I think you guys will like it.

You're totally going to rename it Meteor City, aren't you?

"Come visit the wonders of Shivatown!"

[Cailyn Alaynn]

They could combine Galaxy City with Dark Astoria.
Make it either Dark City or Astoria Galaxy.
Or Dark Galaxy.

Dark Galaxy sounds like a Silent Hill-esque kind of zone.

[JanessaVR]

Dark Galaxy sounds like a Silent Hill-esque kind of zone.

That was the old Dark Astoria - truthfully I loved it a lot more than the new version, though I did love the new Lovecraftian storyline that came with the new zone.  I loved to just fly around the old Dark Astoria, flying blind through the dense fog, with undead everywhere and possibly Adamastor lurking about.

Moth Cemetery was delightfully spooky...

[ivanhedgehog]

You're totally going to rename it Meteor City, aren't you?

"Come visit the wonders of Shivatown!"

nope, it will be an amusement park for villains, Tragic Kingdom

[Ohioknight]

The underlying power system in CoT is largely a freeform system that will be used (internally ) to construct the externally exposed powersets.  By that token, the CoH powersets would be similarly constructed and presented.  There will likely have to be some adjustments with probabilities, but that should be the majority of the conversion. We planned ahead.

Thanks, to Shard, Downix and IG for your responses -- it sounds awesome.

how comfortable are you with bit packing and the math behind quaternions?

Man, Quternions would have made a great name for the mysterious team before Nate's announce.

[Zombie Hustler]

That was the old Dark Astoria - truthfully I loved it a lot more than the new version, though I did love the new Lovecraftian storyline that came with the new zone. 

Overall, I prefer "new" DA, because there is actually content there now, as opposed to endless tracts of barely populated (by BP) space, but I do wish they'd have found a way to keep the fog in it. Probably not quite as dense, but some degree of it.

That and the occasional NPC "ghosts" that you'd see wandering in the fog.

[JanessaVR]

Overall, I prefer "new" DA, because there is actually content there now, as opposed to endless tracts of barely populated (by BP) space, but I do wish they'd have found a way to keep the fog in it. Probably not quite as dense, but some degree of it.

That and the occasional NPC "ghosts" that you'd see wandering in the fog.

Yes, the new zone is an exotic, overt horror show of eldritch abominations openly walking the streets, but what you can't see is always scarier.  The old DA had that feeling in spades.  Even disregarding the Banished Pantheon zombies wandering everywhere, you could never shake the feeling that some unknown horror was lurking around the corner, or just ahead of you, concealed by the fog...

[Zombie Hustler]

Agreed. I can't recall for certain, but I want to say the sound/music ambience was different in Old DA, too- quieter, eerier. Was there a lot more "noise" in the new DA, or am I just misremembering and it was the same?

I recall the Devs talking about why they got rid of the fog in one of the new DA previews on the website, but I always wondered if they really thought twice about it. Limited experience with mapping and textures and things; is it a big deal to render fog in an MMO?

[Waffles]

We could do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFREs4GaJVU

Replace the word "Slab" with "Game" and it's a slam dunk!

[Cailyn Alaynn]

Nice try...
I really am too busy with other projects to do anything more than point you in the right direction. I'm certainly not going to write conversion tools, especially since a while back I took time out to explain the geo structure (which isn't even the animations, just the geometry) to a few people who approached me about creating a "other model formats -> geo" converter, but none of them came through or got very far with it. At the moment I'm much more interested in creating new geos and animations for the coh engine than extracting them.
However, it seems that reading and writing custom file formats without the help of a library to do it for you is something of a lost art. I blame the .NET and Java culture for this, leading many people to learn programming in a way that leaves them without a practical understanding of how the lower levels they're building on actually work, and dependent on someone else to solve the hard problems in a library for them.
But if you want some pointers for animations... how comfortable are you with bit packing and the math behind quaternions?

Hey, I'd like to think that was a *GREAT* try! :D
I've never pretended to be any sort of programmer. At all. I'm SO not.
So...It might be less surprising when I say that I have NO idea what quaternions are, or what bit packing is. :\

[Goddangit]

Hey, I'd like to think that was a *GREAT* try! :D
I've never pretended to be any sort of programmer. At all. I'm SO not.
So...It might be less surprising when I say that I have NO idea what quaternions are, or what bit packing is. :\

Its a method of expressing rotation.  See my earlier post on quaternions.  Ornot.  You'd probably be happier not knowing.  :)

[Cailyn Alaynn]

Thanks, to Shard, Downix and IG for your responses -- it sounds awesome.
Man, Quternions would have made a great name for the mysterious team before Nate's announce.

Why is my name the one in bold? Nate's name should prolly be the one in bold. lol

[Remaugen]

Does UE4 support random events such as weather changes? I would love to finally see it rain every now and then, or snow!


We're almost there!   ;D

[Power Gamer]

Does UE4 support random events such as weather changes? I would love to finally see it rain every now and then, or snow!


We're almost there!   ;D

Just one more level of immersion, Remaugen!

[Sinistar]

Haha, Funcoland, now that's a name I haven't heard since I was a kid.

Yes, may Funcoland/Gamestop one day go the way of Blockbuster Video....