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  1. Oct 7th, 2000, 04:07 PM #1
    SteveCRM
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    Question

    I just was at my friends house and we played Age of Empires 2. How are the buildings so real? The castle even has weathering marks on it!
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  2. Oct 7th, 2000, 04:31 PM #2
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    Uh...maybe it's a secret that only kewlos artists know. I WANNA KNOW IT TOO!!!! >:( I am working pixel by pixel on my tilesets. They are decent but I sure could use some realistic looking stuff.
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    Exclamation 3d???

    I heard they used textured 3D models in AoE...but that might be a rumor or something.... Other than that its prolly just practice
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  4. Oct 7th, 2000, 10:12 PM #4
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    I think it is rendered 3d textured graphics, that would be almost impossible to make any other way...what programs do they use? Other than 3D studio max...is Truespace any good? Pov-ray?
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  6. Oct 7th, 2000, 10:34 PM #5
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    rofl, you can always take a screen shot of AOE and use those textures! j/k
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  7. Oct 8th, 2000, 08:45 AM #6
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    I was thinking about that...those buildings look pretty good...hehehe
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    Lol... You can look at them and spend hours trying to recreate another version for yourself. That is what I do. An then, you created it! lol
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    Hey DarkMoose, since I have some free time and I guess I am going to start practicing my drawing, you want any help you your tiles?
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    btw. what kind of game are you making, Steve?
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  12. Oct 8th, 2000, 01:38 PM #10
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    I just thought of this a few days ago, so it isn't going to be started for a while...but It will be a medieval rpg...not with dragons and magic though, it will be more realistic. The main character is forced into a thieves guild because his family was kidnapped, so you have to go around stealing for them. And I'm not going to give away the ending...
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  13. Oct 8th, 2000, 01:55 PM #11
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    I'm trying to start a Midiaval RPG too...Do you mind sharin some code with me, lol! I am a beginner
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  14. Oct 8th, 2000, 01:56 PM #12
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    I haven't made many games in VB either. Im using BitBlt. I learned it from fox http://www.foxmccloud.tsx.org.
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    Like I always say. Vb isn't the fastest language! So USE your possibilities and take DDraw. It workes just as easy, and has many speed advantages
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  16. Oct 8th, 2000, 07:42 PM #14
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    You know any really beginner tutorials I could look at?
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    I really should do the URL of this genious page into my signature. But I don't want anybody to think the page would be mine.

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    thanks, I'll check it out
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