I can help w/ map design and eyecandy.

Seeing as I'm the 1st to post, there's not much to say other than hello!

Then again, this was posted a minute ago.

Sounds good, good luck! I'm busy with my own stuff so I can't help unfortunately. Sorry

can probably do triggers. Would like to playtest too . Can also build the campaign and cpx files

[This message has been edited by Silvermoon (edited 06-04-2007 @ 06:35 AM).]

I could help you with the triggerage, if you'd allow me. I've tapped my own well of ideas dry, and have been longing to join in on a joint project, so this would be perfect for me!

My knowledge extends to almost all triggers, a good knowledge of how to use Quest Vars, an OK knowledge of how to use Stat Vars, but no XML Scripting.

I am a cinematic specialist... sign me up for that

Ill do some map design/eyecandy, triggers and campaign creator
Ive read the books and seen the film.

ok, new brainwave: how about we try to make it a campaign/RPG? like lvl up your saphira's egg to baby to dragon... etc. just posting ideas. say @RPG-style:yea/nay if you oppose or not.

[This message has been edited by bladebaka (edited 06-04-2007 @ 03:23 PM).]

Nay

No, its a good idea but i would rather have it like a story. So the more you progress in story quests the more Saphire grows and eragon gets stronger.

EDIT: Campaign-put-togethers? i thought u ment like making the story and things..if you mean making it appear on the campaign menu then cross me out of that.

[This message has been edited by OlympicCurse (edited 06-04-2007 @ 03:34 PM).]

I would like it to be a campaign, too, but with RPGs that can get a little difficult. (I only remember a few RPG campaigns, such as Tiffrol's Journey. It's a must play for new people here, btw.) Even that wasn't completed though (CaveTown abandoned it). I say that we start with one scenario for this campaign, and then if it is a success and is actually completed, we make it a campaign w/ Eldest as a second scenario, or something.

A think keeping it as a scenario is better. It allows more scope for things like secrets and campaigns mean you cannot carry events or equipment we could include from one scenario to the next.

Like Ulsfark said, we can make a campaign by making Eldest the second scenario.

I think its better to have Saphira get stronger at the same pace as the scenario story progresses otherwise you could have a fully fledged saphira at half way through if you've trained hard enough and that would ruin the rest of the scenario.

OK, but that's gonna reguire MANY(imaginary font size=60ft) character mods, and oly steven cains probably can do that(know of no others) that'd be like a baby char, first speak char, flying char, big, and bigger. also, we'd need a bow eragon char, farm char, and riding ability on saphira char, and horse char. etc etc etc.

btw, this isnt small enuf to be a scanario. same with eldest. maybe make a small campaign, like start in carvahall, goto yazuac(road skipped), goto teirm, goto cras leaona, goto Gilead, goto Beors, goto varden, a bit of questing in Farthen dur, then battle(maybe use the farthen dur scen.). then a cin. with the sage, etc.


ok, ta ta for now, playing my alagaesia map with me da'.

Trust me, it is small enough to be a scneario. You could fit the whole of Aglaesia onto a 1000x1000 map. And we wouldn't need so many mods, in addition, a dragon mod is already available (from Flip, god rest his soul, i believe) and we could alter the size of the unit with the SCALE UP event under triggers. Saphira egg could be a Phoneix egg.

YOu see that with enough forwar dplanning and innovative thinking you can create almost anything with AOM editor

For the horse-riding thing, just make him into a horse human soldier or an achilles/bellephoron.

A lot of units are similar-looking in AOM, so it is not nessecary to mod Eragon into archer/farmer/swordsman units. (As a farmer he might wear different clothes, anyway!)

Besides, the New X Editor allows for 2000 by 2000 maps, onto which you can fit 3 giant RPGs if you wanted to.

But, since you're the boss, it's all really up to you! Do you wanna make it a campaign? Or a scenario? Your choice However, once you start there's no turning back!!! (Not really. )

I would recommend like ulsfark said, do Eragon (and if thats a success) then do Eldest after and whatever the third book will be called.

I agree that making it a campaign would be very difficult, and an RPG means we'd have to betray the story - Paolini would be ashamed (he's only about 20 by the way)

Another problem would be a char for riding Saphira - we could just use a Nidhogg, but that would create a There's-a-lack-of-rider-on-my-back problem.

After the film, how could Paolini be disappointed anymore? ,
And if you want to have it as a scenario, it can be done, theres only a few areas in tbe book anyway (mostly town/forest, a desert, and underground cave)

Lol - Very true Silver. I did not particularly enjoy the film.

Well, I'm looking at the map on the inside of my book right now, and I can see desert, cliff/mountain ranges (The Spine) Forests and plains - not overly difficult.

Anyway, as someone new to joint map design, I have to ask: how do we deal with file sharing and real time communications?

@ leethaxor:

See my earlier posts - I suggested setting up a forum dedicated to this project if there's enough support for it, we can upload and download from that forum.

Also, as a said earlier, there is actually a dragon mod available, this includes both riderless dragons and dragons with riders. So this is sorted already.

Thanks AnnoDominius: The forum would be a good idea, but is it possible to upload files to a forum? Wouldn't it be better to use something like Some form of file upload website?

[This message has been edited by leethaxor (edited 06-05-2007 @ 07:36 AM).]

The forum we setup will have a facility that allows you to upload the file so that all members of the project can then download it when it's their turn to edit it. When they are finished they can upload the new version.

Ahhh! Right.

In that case, I think it would be smart to get the forum online soonish, with the school holidays coming up very shortly I'll be able to contribute a lot of time to this project

7 or 8 weeks til my holdiays Remember guys inform the WHOLE team about things happening.

For file uploads we can try dinno. I've got one, and I keep all my important stuff there, plus you can password protect folders, so only certain people have access to it.

If you wanna have a look, you can try this one

http://sohdiaa.diinoweb.com

Also what kind of music, are you looking for....because I know the AOM(X) music doesnt really fit the mood. I know of a place where we can obtain legal free music of a high calibre, that should be able to fit the mood. All I need to know is what type you need, and I will ask the author's permission. Also if you plan to add this like LOTR this is very easy to define in playlists.xml. But mp3/wav will increase file size

[This message has been edited by Silvermoon (edited 06-05-2007 @ 11:15 AM).]

thinkin maybe the Soundtrack of the movie(the main theme). the music was OK, even if the script wasnt.

i have a website, freewebs.com/bladebaka , and its got a few things on it(made it after saw nottuds' site). icould PW-Protect it and PM u guys the PW...

well, my idea was actually a joint campaign, like start out in cavahall, do a few maps there, have the razac come, leave with brom, etc etc etc. basically i wanted to do the book in AOM format.and at the end, we could ask the Farthen Dur map dude if we could use his map(and edit the chars a bit) for the end. then have a cinematic of his Head-ersation with Togira Ikonoka, the Cripple who Is Whole.

but, you all are my team, and i kinda have to go with what yall wanna do or its not gonne go too far...

as for the idea of the Eragon then eldest idea, i was gonna suggest releasing a demo of the first couple of scenes, then see how it goes.

dunno.

you all are the pickers.

ill do it either way, but was really hoping for the campaign. the reast of my fam are avid lovers of AOMTT. they saw the movie(and in the case of my sister hated it, cause she read the books first) and my parents loved it, and love my map, even if its a bit buggy. when i told them about this, they were overjoyed.

we could do the scenario, but i would like some training ifn the arts of cinematics, modding, debugging, and triggering. so if yall wanna do the scen. could yall write or find a tutorial to that stuff?


will place the carvahall map on my site: ill pm yall the PW.

[This message has been edited by bladebaka (edited 06-05-2007 @ 11:39 AM).]

I think it first might be prudent to produce the major outline as to what is going to be in the campaign and what is not, and also to decided the standard features like

What units are going to be used (achilles/jason/theseus etc)
What major story points are we going to use
How are god powers going to play into it

etc etc tec