Custom Content Challenge: January 2015: Elemental Planes Stuff

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               

I made this salt weird years ago, which is why I knew how to animate the maggots a few months ago. It uses a skin, but because of all the goings-on with the texture/skin combo, I had to only use a texture of 256 size with no more than 32 fps distortion. Not the texture above, but the smaller texture I used has an alpha channel which highlights the horizontal and vertical edges of the individual salt cubes. Due to the distortion type I used, I wasn't able to make a good flowing texture for the weird, but I'd love to see somebody come up with a flowing water txi to use instead. Itching to see what you come up with!

Works charms!

Except my first TXI is crashing the game on what I've got at the moment so that's going to require some fixing with my usual tactic of sledgehammering a working solution out, but hey, it'll work eventually. I'm planning on this skin being a shared resource through a few critters, so once its working on the one I'm using as a test it should work on the lot
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

When I used the large texture posted, it totally crashed the game too. It's just a complexity issue. You should be able to reduce the complexity by simply using a smaller version, or using a smaller chunk of the whole. Keep the refresh rate of the anim low-ish and it should be ok. For me the large texture crashes both the toolset and the game on loading of the model.

 

I don't want to deflate your experience, but if you like, I can simply hand over what I already have which does actually work. You can tweak the animation to whatever you want. Right now mine is just a copy of the one I shared for the maggot golem. It is a 256x256 patch of salt with a slightly crisper edge, and then it also has edge highlights for the envmapping.


Oh, also don't try to use a complex animated texture in conjunction with self illumination. Death lies that way.

 

Edit:

 

I ended up trying to see if I could modify my TXI animation a bit and get something more like the flowing salt I too wanted for my weird. After playing with the deformation type (arturo, wave, life, perlin, water, etc...) I found that only arturo was worth the processor time. I did change my translation channels around a bit and got some better results. Still wasn't able to make it how I really wanted. I remember doing this all years ago, but I had to refresh my memory why the others were crap. They kill the hell out of my video card due to the math involved (poor little guy). The next best bet I found was "water", which is substantially different, but still not what I was after.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

The djinn are genies from the elemental plane of Air. It should be noted that “djinn” is the plural form of their name, while “djinni” is the singular.

 

 

This creature uses a modified version of the "archimage animations" from: Alternate Combat Animations Pack (ACP v4.0) by

Ragnarok_mr4.

 

http://neverwinterva...ns-pack-acp-v40

I liked the archimage animations for my Djinni, but  also I wished that  my creature could hold weapons with his own hands. So I had to edit it, I don't know to much about animations, so probably the result is not the best, however a leats it's working properly, more or less...

 

 

This project have a long history, I have started it some time ago during the Arabian nights challenge; But because of a lack of experience , by my part, with creatures, and others problems I never was able to finished it then.


It have been made from a free model of Goro, from Mortal Kombat 4:

 

http://artist-3d.com...sp.php?uid=1752

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

The sketch at the end of the link could bring a whole new meaning to turtle graphics  '> as well as further ideas for the plane of water.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Ssythilac]

               

Mighty djinn!! Well done, Shemsu!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Very nice Djinni! (Can't wait to see Efreet, Marids, Doa and Janni!)

 

Other Elemental Denizens:

 

 

 

Magma

 

 

 

Mud

 

 

 

 

Oozes

 

 

 

Air 

 

 

 

Water

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Elemental Weirds:

 

 

 

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Very nice Djinni! (Can't wait to see Efreet, Marids, Doa and Janni!)

 

What makes you think that is gonna be more genies?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

What makes you think that is gonna be more genies?

 

Cuz you do consistently awesome work? (only hoping, not expecting, tho we definitely need a good Efreet if nothing else)

 

(MerricksDad probably has some good elementals coming too, as well as all the other usual suspects...)

 

I do however, demand a flumph!

 

 

(if not for this CCC, than perhaps for an April Fools Silly Creatures Topic '>)

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

MerricksDad probably has some good elementals coming too, as well as all the other usual suspects...

 

Working on ash elementals, ash zombies, and thinking to finish and release my updated realistic fire placeables. Not the animesh ones yet though. Not ready.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Cuz you do consistently awesome work? (only hoping, not expecting, tho we definitely need a good Efreet if nothing else)

 

I have asked because neither me or another person, have announced more genies. However the lack of an announced, doesn't means that I'm not going to do that....

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MerricksDad]

               

Looks like I may have to sit this one out. We've started buying a house ! '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_rjshae]

               

I detect a summoning from the elemental plane of real estate agents...

 

 

Anyway, good luck with your purchase!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_CaveGnome]

               

Looks like I may have to sit this one out. We've started buying a house ! '>

 

Congrats !

 

May i suggest this song to celebrate '>

https://www.youtube....h?v=o9OPFvhFq0c

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

Nah! If I know anything about buying a house, this video is more like what you need to sing MD -

 

 

TR