Starcraft 2 mod

[redspike]

hey everyone.
This is news of a mod i have been working on.
This isnt a release , im just after feedback and ideas.
i would really like community help. im going to post on a few forums and
hopefully with the input of a community it will shape this mod to have a good
outcome.

There will soon be a beta test for selected people. But dont ask to beta , ill ask you if your helpfull.

There are currently a few bugs that you might notice in these screens.

The aim in this mod is to fill the gap between starcraft and starcraft 2.
I think its going really well. its allready really fun to play.

anyways. feedback and suggestsions. what shoudl i add/remove from this mod.oh and what should i call the mod?

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/akbd2006/screen06.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/akbd2006/screen00.jpg

also im running sc on a vista pc and i get werid colour errors. if anyone could help me fix that it would be much appriciated.

ive also done 50% of the protoss. tho ill keep them as a suprise. :)

[Aqo]

Are you planning to do anything other than change the building graphics into screenshots you took from blizzard videos?

[SilverCrusader]

Thats pretty damn smexy.

[redspike]

yeah i plan on chaning the tech tree and upgrades ect. ive also just finished doing the animation so that the buildings light up when units are made . and the fans on the supply depo move.
i will not be making units tho. maybe just renameing them . any ideas?

[Durandal]

Well, I'd say videos would be too low resulution and ugly. He probably just got them from screenshots, but it looks pretty good regardless.

Seems like the tricky part for you will be to get units into the game. Good luck to you :)

[redspike]

there are some parts im having trouble with.

does any one no the location of these (the .pcx or .grps )
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/akbd2006/thingsss.jpg

the main hud is almost done. but the actual pause menu and options bit isnt.
does anyyone know what makes that blue? ive been editing the .bin files but i cant see anything that says the colour.


and i spent hours searching through screenshots to find hi res images and good angled images for the buildings. and they werent easy to cutout or add team colours too. but most of them look decent. tho the munitions depo might be changed.

[Durandal]

You know, to be honest, I could never really find those either. I'll dig around for them and see if I come up with anything. If you really want some more complex modding help, to be honest, your best bet is www.maplantis.org.

[shaggydavid]

i have a pylon i did from a screen shot you can use.
http://www.warboards.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9745&d=1202975111

[VIPCOOL]

also im running sc on a vista pc and i get werid colour errors. if anyone could help me fix that it would be much appriciated.



Right click the exe.
Click on the compatablility tab.
Select the options 256 colours and run in 640x480.
If this method doesn't work, alt-tab out and back in several times until it works.

[redspike]

thanks that fixed the colour issues 100% !.

ive just finished cropping some portraits from several sc 2 videos.
im now trying to convert them to smk. anyone know the dimentions for
sc portraits? ill try and find out myself anyways :P

+ ill take a look at that pylon !

[migidu]

wow really looks good. wish i know how to do those too. hmm, for a name. :) its upto you. you're the one who created it. maybe bluntly "Starcraft 2" ?

[raidmax]

Wow, four SC2 mods in progress.
Maplantis's, someone's on the Moddb, yours, and Aqo's.

[Ling666]

My money's on Aqo.

And would the buildings look better if they had shadows? I keep getting the impression they're missing something.

[U-238]

does any one no the location of these (the .pcx or .grps )

I believe it's game\icons.grp. It's been a while since I've modded anything so I'm not 100% sure. However I do know that you'll have to use Shadowflares GRP converter (http://shadowflare.samods.org/dwnload.html#SFGrpConv) to open it because it's a compressed grp. (if you open it with Retro all you'll get is a bunch of awkward colors.)

[Bobo]

i say call it Starcraft 1.5 lol