Hampsters...

pathfinder · #1 March 25th, 2002, 01:50 AM

Hampsterattii raceastyle. Just a fun one I did over the week-end. Uses a very slightly modified EEE AI from the TDM-mod pak. Very much a work-in-progress but I thought i would go ahead and throw this one out for grins. Compatible only with SEIV Gold.
My thanks to Ms. Kitty from the CM:BO forums for permission to use the hampster pics Last year.

The ships are all original though the Phong did provide a rough template for some of the ships.

I make no warranty that this set will work for you but I hope it does.

Guess it might help to tell ya where they are for d/l:

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...&f=50&t=000001

Be nice of someone could come up with a speech file for the little ver... er sqeekers

[ 24 March 2002: Message edited by: pathfinder ]

PvK · #2 March 25th, 2002, 04:20 AM

This is a very nice set, I think. I was expecting it to be a comedy set, with furry spaceships and so on.

PvK

geoschmo · #3 March 25th, 2002, 04:26 AM

I had hampsters as a kid. You need to increase their reproduction rate.

Geo

pathfinder · #4 March 25th, 2002, 05:08 AM

PvK: I been pulling my hair out trying to make a hairy texture...no luck yet. hehe, and I too am looking to improve the speech file...3 stooges maybe?

just thought i'd put it out to see if I am heading in the right direction.

oh...on the reproductions rate...the *&^%$ little squeekers are running all-over the place in the game I have going atm (AI is running the show-I'm just observing). remind me of that ST episode with the tribbles *shudder* hampster stuff all over space...

PvK · #5 March 25th, 2002, 06:15 AM

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Originally posted by pathfinder:
PvK: I been pulling my hair out trying to make a hairy texture...no luck yet. ...

Oh, ok. Well, you could get a long-haired fancy hampster wet and then blow-dry it, and take a digital photo. Ought to end up looking like a natural colored tribble. You could keep the nice space ships, but use this for the "shield" effect...

Just an idea...

PvK

pathfinder · #6 March 26th, 2002, 03:05 AM

PvK: I found a way..make a transparent shell and put a hair/fur texture on that and fur texture on the base....pain in the butt to do as I have to do each part in DOGA L3 with this effect *groan*...

Captain Kwok · #7 March 26th, 2002, 05:28 AM

Good job!

My only recommendation would be to increase the size of the ships a bit to fill up the portraits a little nicer. But other than that, it looks like it's lots of fun.

pathfinder · #8 March 26th, 2002, 05:38 AM

Thanks Cap'n, next Version I'll do just that (especially the satellite, mine and small fighters). I'll also re-do them with the better "fur". May take awhile as I am currently working on another set and I would do it after the next TDM-modpak to get revised EEE AI files

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