My new character for UT2004

[legacy-stuartlee]

Name: Tag
Version: 1.1
Compatibility: UT2004
Description: Custom character for UT2004
Comments: Its my first character for UT2004. Made in about 2 weeks from scratch for a college project. Painted all the textures myself in Photoshop, and included team skins too.
Screenshot: and movie clip - see website
Credits: Me! - Stuart Lee aka Interactionman
Homepage:
Download: www.interactionman.com/tag

[legacy-DimensionSeven]

It looks VERY nice!
My problem is that his mask should have used the teamcolors. On each picture it's green. Teamcolors only on the boots is quite misleading. (Imagine a match in ctf4 where you try to headshot him just because his face suggest he's on the green team.)
Is it CTF4-friendly, anyway?

[legacy-Mr_Caravaggio]

Good work.
I think I would've done more for the team skins though, going to get a few friendly kills when he's poking his head over a hill.

edt: hmmm, my teamcolor crit has been stolen before I could hit the send button. Okay, how about this, did he break his legs at some point because his arms looks like he's been on cruches for a few centuries. :p

[legacy-DimensionSeven]

Originally posted by Mr_Caravaggio
Okay, how about this, did he break his legs at some point because his arms looks like he's been on cruches for a few centuries. :p

Nitpicker! :D

[legacy-stuartlee]

wow, that was quick, feedback already!

re. team colours - I took the screenshots and movie clip before I fixed the team skin head textures. They didn't work properly at first and I had to do the screenshots and clip to hand in for college. Since then I have made the team skin heads (which were always there) work properly.

I also added gloves to him at the last minute which don't show in the screenshots or clip but are in the render.

fyi - you have to add TeamFace=1 to the UPL file for team colours to work on heads.

re. CTF4 - I only did red and blue since they are the defaults. If people really want 4 colours thats great, I can do them. Not played CTF4 tho, so have to check what the extra colours are first. Also I've never seen 4 colour team skins on other characters in the game, but I assume you add _2 and _3 to the file names, like _0 for red and _1 for blue?

p.s. yes, he's been working out :haha:

[legacy-CyberChrist]

Great model... CTF4 skins would be nice, though.

[legacy-eviL<3]

:eek::up: This looks AWESOME! DownLoading!

[legacy-DimensionSeven]

Originally posted by stuartlee
wow, that was quick, feedback already!

You're at the right place to find nitpickers! :p


re. team colours - I took the screenshots and movie clip before I fixed the team skin head textures. They didn't work properly at first and I had to do the screenshots and clip to hand in for college. Since then I have made the team skin heads (which were always there) work properly.

:up:


Not played CTF4 tho, so have to check what the extra colours are first.

:p and ;)


Also I've never seen 4 colour team skins on other characters in the game

CTF4 is a custom gametype, retail characters don't have green and yellow teamskins. But quality models and skins released nowadays support them. ;) :noob:


but I assume you add _2 and _3 to the file names, like _0 for red and _1 for blue?

I have no idea. Ask Klasnic, he's an expert! :up:

[AnubanUT2]

Great model ... I'd have to disagree with others who think that all quality models nowadays have to support a customn gametype with 4 team colors. I think it is up to the developer himself if he wants to support a non-standard gametype. But you should always have the normal red and blue tcs ... but yeah this is a really solid model and you should decide for yourself if you want to support a custom gametype. You don't always have to jump on a bandwagon. There are many many of us who don't play custom gametypes that have 4 teams going at eachother at once.

Of course you could add them as an update and enhancement ... but don't feel you need to support the extra tcs right out the gate. Our mod for example has solid models and skins but not 4 team colors and they won't because we made a decision to support only standard UT2K4 gametypes and ours of course. So the decision is yours but I am sure the majority of UT2K4 players won't complain about not having green and gold team colors.

BTW I love your Tcs ... they are pefect. Not overdone like so many models I see. Very good.

Keep up the good work ... looking forward to seeing more models from you. :up: :)

[legacy-Klasnic]

I'm only an expert in my own mind :D DS

_2 for the green and _3 for the yellow/gold.

Looks like a great model too, Stuart. I haven't had a chance yet to play him but he looks like a welcome addition to my roster
;)

[BuffyTheSlayer]

http://img11.exs.cx/img11/894/tag5xy.th.jpg (http://img11.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img11&image=tag5xy.jpg)http://img93.exs.cx/img93/1602/tag32da.th.jpg (http://img93.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img93&image=tag32da.jpg)
:heart: :up:

[legacy-stuartlee]

again, thanks for the good feedback guys :)

nice to know after all the late nights/early mornings that people actually like what Ive done. Cool to see people have downloaded and used my guy in their games too (buffy - he was born to ride that bike!!)

Have a few alternate versions planned with new textures and I'll certainly do CTF4 skins as quite a few people have mentioned it to me already.

Stuart
[IAM]

[legacy-Juggalo_Kyle]

its really nice, good job :):up:

[legacy-DimensionSeven]

Originally posted by stuartlee
Have a few alternate versions planned with new textures and I'll certainly do CTF4 skins as quite a few people have mentioned it to me already.



:cool: :up:

[legacy-Klasnic]

Having had a proper chance to play around with him he's Klasnic approved. Great model and great pic by Buffy to compliment him :D

[legacy-N1nt3nd0]

kinda reminds of the Unreal 1 guy

[legacy-~Mr.Crow]

Nice Arms are a little far out. lol my current chacter has red coloring for blue team so im gonna change ive gotton alot of FF.

[legacy-stuartlee]

Hi all,

thanks again for all the feedback.

A few people have mentioned CTF4 support and I was going to do that but instead, as a little gift to you guys I've done a WHOLE NEW VERSION!


http://www.interactionman.com/images/tag_rip_webportrait.jpg

So here is Rip (I just love those 3 letter names!) Tag's NECRIS twin, complete with CFT4 support :D

Download from the same place and replace existing files.

Stuart
[IAM]
www.interactionman.com/tag

[BuffyTheSlayer]

I hope you make more hot model like him !!! :heart: :up:

[legacy-eviL<3]

Whoa, NECRIS! DownLoading, NOW!

[legacy-eviL<3]

Here are some ScreenShots of the Cool Necris Model:

http://img230.exs.cx/img230/1546/3302005untitled061132jt.th.jpg (http://img230.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img230&image=3302005untitled061132jt.jpg) http://img230.exs.cx/img230/2535/3302005untitled061167gz.th.jpg (http://img230.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img230&image=3302005untitled061167gz.jpg) http://img230.exs.cx/img230/1483/3302005untitled061257fa.th.jpg (http://img230.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img230&image=3302005untitled061257fa.jpg)
Riding my MotorBike :D
http://img230.exs.cx/img230/4456/3302005untitled061339gq.th.jpg (http://img230.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img230&image=3302005untitled061339gq.jpg) http://img230.exs.cx/img230/6440/3302005untitled061449wv.th.jpg (http://img230.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img230&image=3302005untitled061449wv.jpg) http://img211.exs.cx/img211/2324/3302005untitled061784zt.th.jpg (http://img211.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img211&image=3302005untitled061784zt.jpg)
Eat my Lightning!
Muhuha MiniGunner from HELL!
RoFL, a Commie waving the Red flag! ( And look at his cool bike ^^ )

This Model Owns, and is now in my Sig :alien::up:

[legacy-CyberChrist]

Originally posted by stuartlee
So here is Rip (I just love those 3 letter names!) Tag's NECRIS twin, complete with CFT4 support :D
I love you. :D

[legacy-eviL<3]

Originally posted by CyberChrist
I love you. :D

LoL!

[Death Dream]

Good model. I might skin it if you let me. (Maybe, I still got other stuff to finish). But other then that it reminds me of Time Splitters. lol

~Death Dream~

[legacy-stuartlee]

hey, thanks for all the 'love' people! :heart: heh

Those screens look great evil<3... tho it looks like he's on fire in most of them! Whats that all about? And is that the rocket bike from Clone Bandits?

Stuart
[IAM]
www.interactionman.com/tag

[legacy-eviL<3]

Originally posted by stuartlee
Those screens look great evil<3... tho it looks like he's on fire in most of them! Whats that all about? And is that the rocket bike from Clone Bandits?

Well the Fire is Vas On Fire (1.20) (http://www.ut2003hq.com/pafiledb2/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=4019) Mutator, and the Bike on the last Pic is the MoscowBoy Bike

(http://www.demiurgestudios.com/CloneBandits/Images/Screenshot0004.jpg)http://www.demiurgestudios.com/CloneBandits/Images/moscowboy.jpg

from:

http://www.demiurgestudios.com/CloneBandits/Images/CBlogo_finalBrown.jpg (http://www.demiurgestudios.com/CloneBandits/gameplay_over.htm)

DownLoad (http://download.beyondunreal.com/fileworks.php/mods/clonebandits_1.1_no_umod.zip)

:heart::up:

[legacy-SkY]

ah update on this model, cool , downloading again :up:

[legacy-eviL<3]

Originally posted by SkY
ah update on this model, cool , downloading again :up:

You're late :rolleyes:.

:p

[legacy-SkY]

Originally posted by eviL<3
You're late :rolleyes:.

:p

yes im a bit slow these days :haha: , nice model :up:

[legacy-stuartlee]

LOL - Vas on Fire mod is hilarious!!! :haha:

It's true the simplest ideas are the best.


Stuart
[IAM]
www.interactionman.com/tag

[legacy-eviL<3]

Originally posted by stuartlee
LOL - Vas on Fire mod is hilarious!!! :haha:

It's true the simplest ideas are the best.

Yeah, it owns! And nobody knows about it, so psssst :haha:

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

If I want to push this model to clients, what are the ini lines I must add on the server ?
ServerPackages=...

It's not in the readme

thx

[AnubanUT2]

Originally posted by eviL<3
Yeah, it owns! And nobody knows about it, so psssst :haha:

Nope we vets don't know about it even though it's been out since UT2K3 days. :haha: :haha: :p

[legacy-stuartlee]

Originally posted by Entil'Zha
If I want to push this model to clients, what are the ini lines I must add on the server ?
ServerPackages=...

It's not in the readme

thx

erm.. actually I have no idea! I have never administered a server for UT and not made a character for the game before this one either.

I will find out and let you know.

Of course if anyone else knows or can point me in the right direction to find out that would be great.

Stuart
[IAM]
www.interactionman.com/tag

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

stuartlee,
Maybe this can help you ?
http://www.levels4you.com/forum/view.l4y?view=138093

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

I tried the little tutorial and it works
I was able to create TagMod.u en RipMod.u

So in order to push the Tag model to clients you need these serverpackages:

ServerPackages=Tag
(for the ukx)
ServerPackages=tag_textures
(for the textures)
ServerPackages=RipMod
(the compiled u)
ServerPackages=TagMod
(the compiled u)

and the server needs these files:
...\System\tag.upl
...\System\TagMod.u
...\System\RipMod.u
...\Textures\tag_textures.utx
...\Animations\Tag.ukx

However, be warned, RipMod.u en TagMod.u already exist on redirect servers (such as http://uz2.gameservers.net/ut2004/ )
They're different filesizes than mine because these files were made with JAFO's Botmanager.
So I suggest using those already existing.

Download here:
RipMod.u (http://users.telenet.be/detox/unrealfiles/RipMod.u)
TagMod.u (http://users.telenet.be/detox/unrealfiles/TagMod.u)

[legacy-stuartlee]

cool, I like it when people answer their own questions! heh

So you're pushing my guys out to people who connect to your server now?

Stuart
[IAM]
www.interactionman.com/tag

[legacy-Entil'Zha]

Mine is a private server where I always play with friends. So I can push whatever I want.

But at least now people know how to do it for this model.

And a fine model it is ! :D