Extreme Logging

[Xtreme Games]

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Short introduction:

Hello im new here but here is my extreme logging wip.Hope you like.

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The design / gameplay in general:

Well this game is about the extreme log haulers.It covers many different terrains and lets you drive hundreds of different trucks.It also always you to get out og your truck and walk around,customize your own character,and the big major one MULTIPLAYER.The first truck driving game with multiplayer.


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The art:
TRUCKS HERE

The trucks is only at 4k polys.
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2015/siden.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1294/sideveiw.jpg
This will be about what your view looks like.
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6310/veiw.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9524/leftview.jpg

SCENERY OBJECTS-Not drivable.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

That's an... interesting concept.

[Xtreme Games]

Thanks i hoped it to be.Its never been done.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Well there was that one trucker game but that totally sucked. Are/were you a logger?

[Xtreme Games]

No i wasnt.My dad drives trucks for a living and i love them and computers.LOl so i put 1 end to the other and came up with the idea to learn game making and here i am lol.I have uncles who were though.

[DELTATHUND3R]

lol sounds like fun matey keep us posted :).Nice start btw.:)

[UnspoiledWalnut]

My family used to own a logging company. But then the economy stopped. I worked with them a few times when I was in high school, but I wasn't strong enough to carry the chainsaw all day so that didn't work out very long.

[Rhinokio]

my brothers both worked in the logging woods, and my dad is a foreman millwright at a saw mill, and i used to work atthe same sawmill before i got in the game industry so i find this amusing and neat

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Can we tip the log truck over and cause our load of logs to spill over a highway, disrupting traffic for untold hours? Cuz I always wanted to do that in real life, but I think it would be illegal.

To actual contribute to the conversation though, is the game mostly focused strictly as a driving game or do you get to cut down trees and stuff? Or like take out a chainsaw and go on a massacre (in the Northeast, to avoid copyright infringements of course)? I think that might be kinda cool for a while, although it might get really not that much fun too. Unless you can tip them onto house and cars, because no matter how weird the gameplay is, it's always fun to break stuff.

[Xtreme Games]

Man butches of people on here that do logging.Ha ha well um ill keep you all updated.Btw i need help on this game ive done everything so far by myself.So if i can get any ue3 helpers or modelers it would be wanderfull.And ill try to make that happen i want to make this game as real as possible.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Be sure to have cheap trucker hotels and a CB so you can be like the psychopath in Joy Ride!

[Xtreme Games]

Only haul logs.Sry.And yes ill make sure that stuff is in there.And u wont be staying in hotels its about log hauling they drive day cabs cause they dont haul logs for miles.Just run to the mountain crab logs drive for like 2 hours to the mill and drive back to mountain for more logs.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Oh. Well... theoretically they COULD haul for miles right?

[Xtreme Games]

yes thanks

[BorisK]

ahaha yaaassss
i was just watching my fav show Ax Men

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Ax Men is pretty awesome. My favorite is Ice Road Truc... oh my god you have found a way to combine the two possibly greatest shows ever made into one video game! You, sir, are a god! Like Vivec or something!

EDIT: it would have been a lot better if I was actually saying it to you because the sheer excitement overtook my voice and I was talking with an extreme level of hand gesturing.

[Xtreme Games]

LOl Thats funny.Yea i guess so.Im getting alot more support form here than my other forum truckpol they dnt say crap but i dont think you can do it and stuff i have like 3 people supporting me over there.thanks guys....Much more to come.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Right on.

I got the same kind of thing when I was using the C4 engine for Empire City. I kind of laid out the idea of it, and asked a couple of questions, pretty much the same ones as I did here, asking about parallax and bump maps and a couple of questions about scripting to get me started, and a couple of people helped me and gave me some links to tutorials, but most of them were like "You have no programing experience, you're stupid, you need to learn C++ before you even think about that, you need a team of a lot of people to do everything and it'll take you years to develop and years to learn C++ and you're a noob and I hate you," and it was like WTF guys, I'm well aware it's going to take a long time, not like I said it's going to be released in a week and I'm making an MMO to compete with WoW or something. I mean, I get that I'm still learning, but don't you think that just MAYBE if you gave me a hand with what I was asking (which was mostly for some input on the concept and a tutorial for bump maps) everything would go a lot faster for me?

Oh, the machinery like the backhoe and bulldozer, are those going to be static or NPC kinds of things or does the player end up operating them?

[Quade]

these days its hard to be innovative when thinking of a new kind of game (eg. earth is attacked by merciless aliens). and even then, half the time new ideas are crap. But you've thought up something thats new and looks like it could make a good game, which is pretty hard to do.

Unfortunately i'm a complete noob so I can't really help that much but I hope your project goes well

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Yeah, now everything is focused on gameplay more than the story. Despite that though, even the same repetitive idea can make a really good plot. This is, though, totally different. This is... epic, even if when it comes out and it is absolutely no fun whatsoever, you will still hold claim to being the one who combined Ax Men and Ice Road Truckers into one epic attempt at the very least.

[Fallen667]

my two cents.. throw in a tree cutting chainsaw and make it about chopping trees, loading them on the truck and transporting them to the mill.. then you got yourself a multiplayer competition with action (maybe you can attack other players and disable them for few moments.. :D ) of cutting trees and truck-road-racing-kind-a-thingy..
i know your going for more of a laid back just-load-the-trees-and-get-them-somewhere-kind-a-thingie.. but that way would be more fun and would keep people playing..
like i said, just my opinion.. :)

[Xtreme Games]

Yea im thinking about adding that stuff.It will be advanced coding but ill figure it out...Maybe.But thanks for the support guys keep the questions and all that coming.I appreciate it im getting downed big time on another forum truckpol cause theres a bunch of emajor people that think they can dis me for asking for help.I mean i ask for help and there like why do you always ask for help.I mean for right now im a 1 man show.LOL.So im looking for help if you wanna help.I promise this game is epic and you can tell from the comments that have over taken 3 pages in just 1 day.

[UnspoiledWalnut]

Well it appears to me that they CAN dis you.

How come no one posts on my game?

[Xtreme Games]

Well it appears to me that they CAN dis you.

What you mean?

[UnspoiledWalnut]

It's very simple. Watch:

I hate you. You can't do this.

Now you try! It gets you far in life, look at the ads Obama ran to get elected!

[Hboybowen]

It's very simple. Watch:

I hate you. You can't do this.

Now you try! It gets you far in life, look at the ads Obama ran to get elected!

well basically no one post about your empire thing was mainly because the quality looked like it was done on sketchup or something not EYE POPPING:eek: or half way cool at all to me.

[fritzmonkey]

Well it appears to me that they CAN dis you.

How come no one posts on my game?

No one posts on your game because you posted a wall of text that no one cares to read. Real classy coming in to someone else' thread to complain about how you aren't getting any attention. You should change you user name to "SpoiledWalnut".

Xtreme Games, your idea sounds awesome. Very original, but if you are going to call it extreme logging I think you need to make it completely extreme. Like, you cut down the trees with a RPC (rocket propelled chainsaw), or you have a shark that bites them down or something. :D

[Xtreme Games]

Well fritzmonkey i wont do that lol.But i will make it extreme.I want this game very accurate and fun it would be an epic fail if i made a shark to cut down a tree.LOL.But cool idea.

[Xtreme Games]

Yup thanks

[Lynn]

Wow, looks like you got yourself a really great idea running for ya.
My Dad drives truck in the oil field, and I have always been looking for a great game that gives that same feeling of being behind the wheel of a good ol' rig.
Ill be keeping an eye on this one for sure.

Also, I love you models, they are very well done.
though your cutter there could use another pin in the middle joint, other then that, lookin good.

[Xtreme Games]

hope you like this cuts the trees down.

[Lynn]

your still missing the pin in the elbow, and another rod to move the "Cutter".

[Xtreme Games]

Omg uploaded the wrong image.LOL

[IllpIll]

Some porn?

Extreme Flogging?

[Xtreme Games]

^not appropriate.

[Xtreme Games]

This is a log handler called a L180F High-lift.Its still wip but this is what i have so far.take a look at the real thing http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/9419FA88-EF2A-4349-A251-9F4F4DD36ED4/0/L180FHighLift_FeaturesAndBenefits_566x300.jpg

[Xtreme Games]

Got it done.I love this machine its amazing.I see it being something every one will want to see in action.LOL

[Xtreme Games]

Hmm no comments.WOW

[GRoss]

Looking good!

[Xtreme Games]

Thanks took me a while.

[gokzor]

looking good... any chance we can have a look at a wire mesh view... also you going to do high polies for these?

Jody

[FrontAXL]

Here's little constructive criticism on your models. None of this is intended to offend.

The bulldozer on page 1 seems a bit out of proportion and definitely appears to be much smaller then one would expect to see in that environment. I'd imagine something along the lines of a Caterpillar D9 would be more appropriate. Your model seems like it's only one size bigger then a Bobcat. Here's a photo of a D9 that shows off just how big it is.

http://www.mirenco.com/Images/Pictures/ptr_whayne_mirenco_d9_group.PNG

The backhoe on page 2 is broken between the boom and the stick. The only thing holding it together is the hydraulic ram, which of course is physically impossible. The stick should be attached to the boom on a hinge.

The the clamp on the feller buncher could use improvement. As it looks right now, I don't think it's believeable. I know you can't show all of the intricacies of the real machine, but a little more detail will definitely help.

The log handler looks great with the exception of the hydraulic cylinders and rams. The rams are twice as long as the cylinders and the cylinders are much too narrow. The cylinders should also be mounted to the chassis directly above the front axle. Here's a photo of an L180F fully extended to show the differences:

http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/E9C1E6D5-B0D2-415E-B39A-3E887D4D8B61/0/L180FHighLift_Specifications_566x300.jpg

Best of luck with your project!!

[FrontAXL]

Getting one of these working ingame would be fun to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2V8GFqk_Y

[Xtreme Games]

gokzor these aren ot high poly.They are pretty low they range from 1,000 to 12,00 is the most.FrontAXL thanks for the info but as for the bulldozer they dont use that big of a bulldozer in the woods yes they do have one for building roads but i havent got it yet http://americanloggers.com/gallery/Dozers.jpg.jpeg .As for the back hoe thanks for reminding me lol i forgot to fix that i noticed it. ;) the feller buncher i dont understand what you mean?Could you explain more with maybe a pic?And for the log handler thanks i didnt notice that the hydrolic pump wasnt in the right place i will fix this.And the hydrolic pumps are to small but i was trying to take a short cut lol guess i was in a hurry i will fix.I appreciate the work you put in to help me out.It realy helps me cause i forgot about alot of that. ;)

Ill get the rest tomorrow and the wires for you all.


WIP Garage with animated doors witch will open when you get near.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9899/garagevv.jpg

[FrontAXL]

What I was calling the clamp on the feller buncher is actually the saw head. Your model lacks a lot of detail that would make me believe it can actually grab and cut down a tree. The blade needs some kind of drive assembly. It's just sort of there and ,to me, makes no sense without a motor to make it spin. The clamps need to look like they move. Right now they look welded in place and incapable of latching onto a tree. I know you can't add every detail, but it would definitely benefit from a little extra work.

I'm sure you know what they look like, but just for reference here's a few pics.

http://calhoun.env.duke.edu/files/imagecache/100/files/Feller%20Buncher%20III%20Tigercat%20724,%20with%20 Danny_0.JPG
http://www.atvpix.com/todd/timbco002b.jpg
http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/87/95/0000058795_20090715114454.jpg

[Xtreme Games]

Thanks those pics help.I looked forever to find some.LOL.I will fix that thanks.I cant add every detail i need to keep as low as possible but i see were your coming from.I will fix.

[Xtreme Games]

Is this belivable?
Here are those wires.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6604/desktopwt.jpg

[Xtreme Games]

Hate to double post but new project!

[sedoaspex]

REALLY ?????

Different strokes & all that.......nothing EXTREME about them for me. Never cared for their music, but there are a lot of bands out there that I dont get


But Nuno CAN play

[Xtreme Games]

REALLY ?????

Different strokes & all that.......nothing EXTREME about them for me. Never cared for their music, but there are a lot of bands out there that I dont get


But Nuno CAN play

What the heck?Im realy confused that makes no sence at all.....also lol new pics its done thats right done.I still need to lower the trucks polys but its pretty much done.

[LordsWarrior]

What the heck?Im realy confused that makes no sence at all.....also lol new pics its done thats right done.I still need to lower the trucks polys but its pretty much done.
unloaded
Lame joke about the band "Extreme". Nuno is the guitarist.

Ignore post and continue...looks like it could be a fun game!

-LW

[Xtreme Games]

Oh ok lol i was realy lost.Thanks

[200mph]

Your project looks very interesting!
Do you use blender for the modelling? (sorry if already mentioned)

[Xtreme Games]

No i use 3ds max 2009.And it hasnt been asked. ;)

[Xtreme Games]

Guys look on page 5 at the logging truck.I feel many of you have missed it. ;)