Current stats on TROTB 2...

[GORT]

Yup. That's right The Rebellion of the Builder 2 is being worked on. So far, the first mission is pretty much complete and the second mission is about half-way. I'm kinda projecting this FM set to be about 10 missions long. Here are some pics for ya...
Mission 1: The Sands of Fire and Ice




Mission 2: A Travel Through Smelter Volcano






There is still a whole lot to be done on this FM set. I'll try to post more pics when I've progressed on the FM set.

[Peter Smith]

Excellent. I am looking forward to it. Send me a PM if you need a tester.

[GORT]

Here are four pics of the third mission, An Unexpected Confrontation...




The spiders here vary in sizes. The very huge ones are best to be avoided.

[clearing]

Great work, GORT! Can't wait ROTB2

[BrokenArts]

Oh see one spot to save. ⌐⌐ Looking good.

[GORT]

OK. I'm now working on the 4th mission. This one is taking up a great deal of time to make. I'm trying to make this city almost as big ass the one in "Unknown Treasure". In this city, you'll have access to rooftops, numerous buildings, and maybe sewers (that is if I have enough terrain brushes to create it after I've made the city.).In this mission, you play as Saria. What she has to do is try to gather some important info on the studies from the mechanists that are taking place in a particular spot in the maw (you'll know where if you've played TROTB.). Now Saria goes by her knight code. So she can't do some things that Garrett can do. But fear not. Garrett will have a crack at this city too.

[GORT]

Well, I'm pleased to say that the main layout of the fourth mission is pretty much done. Both the castle and Hammerite church will definitely be in this mission. Now, just to see if I can, I'm going to try my luck on creating the sewer system. Now there's no guarantee that this sewer system will be in the beta version of the FM set. Here's what the info. box has to say about the mission so far...

Brush Counts
4726 Terrain 1018 Objects
157 Light 660 Room
3 Flow 1 Area - 0 active

I still want to do a whole lot more to this mission. And not to forget, Garrett will be in this city too later in the FM set. Come to think of it, I may have to increase the amount of missions for this FM set. We'll just have to see. Anyway, here are 2 current pics. These areas may change later on.

[GORT]

Looks like I need to start all over on the fourth mission. The map layout is just way too much for DromEd. Oh well, at least I have a good plan on what to do. I just hope I'll be able to do this a little faster now. I don't want the fourth mission to take forever to create.

[GORT]

Well, looks like I'll be ok after all. I had to delete some bushes here and there, but its still looking good. Here's one final pic of the fourth mission. This pic kinda shows why this mission is taking a bit longer than the others. I'm making custom objects and AIs for my missions with anim8or.

[GORT]

OK, I've made a video of the first four missions. You can see it on youtube. Here's a link to the video. It may be a little dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i38Ww2d5NmM

[GORT]

Here's another version of the same video. I hope you can see this one better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2-PieM-dfI

[Peter Smith]

Thanks, GORT. I was able to see the second one fine from the LCD in my hotel. I think it will be better for most.

Looks like this one is not for arachnophobes.

[GORT]

OK, I've just got a few things left to do on the fourth mission. After I'm done with that, I'll be working on the fifth mission. I have a feeling that this FM set may grow into more than 10 missions. The good thing about that is that some of those missions are sort of repeats; only the other character is in them.
(ex: The fourth mission, Saria was there first. Garrett plays it later.)

Now I've haven't got my voice actors just yet, but I am using some TTS voices to complete the conversations. This only temporary. These audio files are only for the alpha version so the alpha tester will understand what's going on in the conversations, and never intended for the beta and final version of this FM set.
I must say that sometimes the voices will sound almost correct at times. But most of the time it just makes me want to laugh.

[GORT]

I'm finally going to start on the fifth mission. This is where Saria goes out in the woods where Garrett came out of. Now the first four missions are not fully done, but they are definitely playable and can be completed. So far the conversations should be complete.

Now I'm not so sure it ready for it yet, but I'm wondering whether or not I should bring out an early alpha test with just these four missions. I'm just not sure about doing this right now. What do you guys think?

[GORT]

Still working here. I still have a whole lot to do in the fifth mission, but here's a few pics.



Yup. It seems that Saria found her way into the Egyptian era as well, but in a different location (thanks to something she found in the city). I'm going to try to see if I can create a spear wielding AI with custom motion tags. Hopefully, it will turn out ok.

[GORT]

Things are getting a little busy in RL. But I am still working on this. At the moment, I'm trying to create custom motions for my spear wielding AI. It's a bit tedious, but I am making progress. I'll try to get a video on youtube to show the AI in action as soon as I can.

Here are two pics of the AI so far with no spear. The spear will be an attached object.



I may need to do some more work on the AI, though. He still looks too much like the AIs with a khopesh.

[GORT]

Well, things are going a bit slow at the moment. I'm still trying to create more motions of the that AI shown above, but my work place is demanding more hours of my time right now. Also, my mind is getting a little exhausted on the editor. So, I'm creating XG MIDI music to give me a fresh mind when I get back to it. Who knows? I could use those .mids for event music in parts this FM set.

[GORT]

OK, I'm still working on the motions for that spear AI. So far, it's got search and standing motions. Right now, I'm working on the fighting techniques (thrusting, swipe, and a few blocking styles). It's a tedious effort, but I'll do my best to get it all done. When it's all done, I'll even have it up for grabs. I'm also thinking about creating a battle axe type motions (not 100% sure yet). I'm still on the fifth mission. As of right now, I've titled the fourth mission "A City with Problems". I'd figure it suited the mission due to having Saria help out the people in the city with their problems. Now I've been doing a lot of thinking and planing of a flying mission. Of course, this would take place in a more modern time. The player would have to watch out for fighter jets, projectiles, and other obstacle. Now I've haven't got this part fully set in the storyline at the moment, but there is a part where Saria does go where Garrett was sent to in TROTB1's "Contradiction". For Saria, she must not confront Garrett here, but may need to help him on his way. Some places will be unavailable and places that were unavailable for Garrett will be for Saria.

As you can see, I have a hell of a lot to do here. I'll try to keep this thread updated as much as I can.

[clearing]

Excellent screenshots!

[GORT]

Things are looking really good in the 7th mission. I'm getting close to finish up and moving on to the next mission. In mission 8 Saria will be looking for Garrett after coming back from the Occult Woods. Unlike what happened to Garrett in the 7th mission, Saria couldn't get in the Smelter Tomb. So she looks for Garrett in another city. If you've played any of my FMs, then you'll know what city it is.

Now this city will have some differences that Garrett couldn't get to before. And there will be one particular area that Saria can't get to either.

[GORT]

I've just uploaded a video on youtube. It's a preview of the fifth mission, "The Secret of the Occult Woods"
Here's a link: Click here.

This shows Saria's game play. You'll notice that she is a bit faster than Garrett, and her light gem is more sensitive.

[GORT]

So far, so good. At the moment, I'm creating and taking out parts of the city in the 8th mission. Right now, I'm titling it "The Imposter". The south side is a little over halfway done, terrain wise. I'm hoping I won't have to take out too much. But if I have to, I can adapt to it with having certain areas that are unnecessary blocked by closed non-frobable gates. There may be a few alterations to the map because I'm using the version of the mission I was trying to update. The only hard parts of making this mission will be keeping it below the brush limit and making sure the events that happen while interacting with a few AIs to work properly. As for the next mission, I'm kinda fighting between two scenarios. Either I have a former Keeper confronting Saria or she discovers on how to use the time stones that she obtained.

[GORT]

Mission 8, "The Imposter", is pretty much done. I may or may not need to add more AIs in it though. Anyway, all of the objectives are in and working. Now it's time for me to start on the 9th mission. I'm still at the fork of the road here. At this point of the storyline, Garrett was sent on a magical journey to who knows where, and Saria is going back to the Hammerite High Priest, Richter to gather info on the the tomb Garrett was in. So here's my question. Which of the two characters should I start next?

Here's how the storyline scenario sequence is lined up so far:
M1 - Garrett
M2 - Garrett
M3 - Garrett
M4 - Saria
M5 - Saria
M6 - Garrett
M7 - Garrett
M8 - Saria

[Peter Smith]

Originally Posted by GORT

So here's my question. Which of the two characters should I start next?

Without having an outline of the story and how it fits into the previous missions, I cannot begin to answer that question. I'd be happy to look at an outline and give my opinion. Also to test this monster. Drop me a PM if you are interested.

[GORT]

I'll have to make sure I have all of the missions done and have the real voice actors first before anyone can beta tested it. The TTS voices could drive the testers nuts (Especially with Microsoft Sam's voice). I'll PM you the outline of the story.