[MOD] New Sophia's Armor

[tom.morrow 89]

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If any of you have gone through the game-archives and loaded this model with GrannyViewer,

or downloaded the very old/odd ciSacred Sophia's Armor mod, then you may have noticed

that this armor model comes attached with Sophia's body, and hair too. In fact the only

part not attached to the model is the wings, which come in a separate .GR2 file.

It was in my mind for quite some time to have this model broken up in pieces and make it

availabe as parts in the game, and I'm working on it since last month.

If all goes well I may have an alpha version consisting of 8 parts of armor + 1 slightly

modded hair style by the end of this week in the weekend.

As the project evolves I will probably be posting a few screenshots here.

THIS topic attempts to give a background story and has a few screenshots of one part.

Some feedback on the story would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

best regards

You must return to the beginning of the end...

[Yoshio 91]

This is fantastic to read as since I saw this named mod from ciSacred I was asking myself exactly the same question, is it possible to break it up and make turne it into a "normal" armor!?

I will closely follow your progress and very much lucking forward to your first alpha! Please keep on going!

[tom.morrow 89]

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A small progress update

 

Here's a screen shot working on the bracers:

 

 

 

cheers

 

 

Meditating on the meaning of life...

[gogoblender 3,184]

I love that you're doing this Tom, keeps the game alive, and through creativity.

I'm watching the thread too, love seeing how peeps re imagine this game.

 

 

gogo

[Dragon Brother 619]

I rather like this, always great to see new content being developed for this wonderful game. Keep us posted!

[tom.morrow 89]

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Another small progress update

 

here working on the boots (again)

 

 

 

 

Some feedback on the background story would be nice, thanks.

 

 

cheers

 

 

Health warning: you have been playing for 12 seconds...

[Pesmontis 166]

Do you intend to change the textures for Sophia's armor as well?

[tom.morrow 89]

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Alpha.01 will include 9 .gr2 files which are: 8 parts of the armor and the changed seraphim hair style

( that is if all works out well since I have some minor problems I'm trying to solve )

and 6 new sections to be appended into surface.txt, which are referenced by the new armor

and of course instructions on how to install them

The surface.txt sections are referencing a different texture file, the colour will be shining iron / silver

but of course it's up to the players if they prefer to change them back to the original.

The original textures do not show the same way when applied on the new armor even tho it's almost same.

Some small discrepancies that render minor regions in black and the effects are weird.

It seems the game does handle the effects different for NPC's and different for PC's

 

cheers

 

 

Hit any user to continue.

[tom.morrow 89]

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And.... another small progress update

here working on Shoulders and Hair

In regards to the textures:

they will not be the same as the original Sophia's armor

since the Background Story is going in a different direction.

After I have finished and uploaded the alpha version

I will get down and continue that story some more.

cheers

Loading bluescreen...

Edited November 29, 2013 by tom.morrow

[tom.morrow 89]

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And yet another small progress update ...

 

Here working on skinning the helmet

 

 

 

 

Best regards

 

 

 

It's a snark! no, it's a boo-...

[tom.morrow 89]

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Another small progress update ...

 

here weight-painting ( skinning ) the bracers

 

 

 

It looks like that the alpha version will take a few more days to be completed

I'm sorry about that, but it just needs some more work

 

I promise it will be totaly worth the wait :wink:

 

 

cheers

 

 

 

All your base are belong to us.

[Pesmontis 166]

A new hair style will probably be too difficult, don't you think?

[tom.morrow 89]

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True, you're probably right on this one

I will have to see how it behaves tho

 

I may include it in the alpha regardless to

and leave it for anyone interested to choose

 

There will be another small progress update soon

 

 

 

regards

 

 

 

No, I cannot load any faster!

[tom.morrow 89]

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and here is the Torso part of the armor

 

 

 

best regards

 

 

 

Loading errors, please wait...

[Yoshio 91]

I really like your work! Absolutely looking forward to this mod!

[Pesmontis 166]

How does it look in-game, have you tested that yet?

[tom.morrow 89]

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I am still working on some small issues, like parts clipping through other parts,

but the armor is already in-game and textured and it's looking good.

 

 

Would you like me to post an in-game screenshot

or would you rather wait until the alpha is out?

 

 

 

Here is another progress update, working ( skinning ) on the legs parts:

 

 

 

 

 

cheers

 

 

 

It's a girl and her name is Marina!

[Pesmontis 166]

Screenshots !! :-)

[Yoshio 91]

What a question! For sure we would loved to see a screenshot! ;-)

[SX255 630]

Yes, screenshots of your success so far will be great.

How much more work do you have left to do on this?

Edited December 9, 2013 by SX255

[tom.morrow 89]

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The pieces are all chopped and ported, and in-game, equipable and textured

 

My to-do list is:

 

- edit / tweak almost all the items to make them behave more "normal"

(follow more normally the physical body movement)

Items still on this list: bracers, pelvis, legs, boots (that's half of 'em)

 

- edit / tweak them to prevent them to clip through each other

aswell as the body clipping through them

Items still on this list: bracers, pelvis, legs (boots are being checked)

 

- procure 8 un-used itemtype ID's (new, unused even by CM patch)

 

- write the script additions for the alpha version

 

- write the installation instruction

 

Currently I have severe connectivity problems but the work on the mod is non-stop

Will upload an in-game picture once I stabilize my connection

 

 

cheers

 

 

 

Downloading seraphim DNA to your computer...

[tom.morrow 89]

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Greetings Ascarians

 

I know it's been a while, but rest assured that the progress goes well

Only problem is I am on a very restrictive setup right now

since my rig has no web access leaving me to access the web through

a small laptop with only 8.MB video ram.

I cannot even type on this thing let alone upload images

Still, since I haven't had an update for so long, here are a few screenshots

 

This one is about a week old

 

 

 

 

Next 3 are fresh from the engine, taken today ( on a darker-skinned seraphim model )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy (^_^)

 

cheers

 

 

 

When there's a way, there's a will. When there's no will, there's a reason

[Pesmontis 166]

Awesome, Tom !
Really slick, it looks far too good for an alpha release!

[Yoshio 91]

Fantastic work You did on that one!

It really waters my mouth and I hardly can wait for a "alpha" version of this one!

[tom.morrow 89]

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Greetings Ancarians

 

Again, its been a while since my last post

 

I have had some unexpected setbacks the last few days

and things that are constantly slowing me down.

 

The latest, I just got my 1st ever BSOD ( blue screen of death )

 

After the reboot my antivirus and firewall got bugged and wont start at all

 

After a few tests it seemed that something went seriously wrong

Currently checkdisk is at step 4 of 5 and about 44% progress

( after an hour of "fixing" countless references and errors, even in system files u_u )

It may take a few more hours to know how severe the damage realy is

 

Regardless, the mod files are secure in my mailbox

but the progress has stopped until I get my system back up and running

 

I kept high hopes of having this alpha released this weekend

but now I just hope my system will get back more or less intact

 

Will keep you posted with any news ASAP

 

 

cheers

tommy

 

 

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