The Pendulum Wars Elite

[Lambent Veteran]

The Pendulum Wars Elite
Hey all,
My name is Dylan and I have accomplished the first level of Betrayl with a Wretch and boomer involved. (Check Sig) I have completed two test levels, and recently, I have begun a position as a Senior Game Test Manager for the Beast Team. Enough of this chit-chat and let's tell you what I'M bringing YOU today!

An Introduction to Pendulum Wars Elite:
Pendulum Wars Elite, AKA PWE, is a mod that you will playing as the UIR. For those of you who don't know what the UIR is, it is the force that the COG used to fight before E-Day. It was the war known as the Pendulum Wars. Since there is not enough information to build a non-fiction mod, I have built a Gears Historical-Fiction. The characters armor in this campaign do not represent the real UIR. The main actor of PWE is a character known as "Kevin Adams." He is best described as the 'Marcus' of the story. You will get to know more of him during the full version of the campaign. This is not a written story, so the campaign can go anywhere, as far as who dies, where they go. It's not planned out, it's just a 'freestyle' campaign. You will get to know the rest of the squad, and names will be given to them, they may have a story to tell. They're not just left out. Your looking to find Prescott, because he is trying to help Adam Fenix with using the HoD to destroy the UIR forces completely! Look forward to a monkey dog, and some other surprises. Will you encounter Delta squad? Will you encounter Adam Fenix? Will you kill Prescott? But most of all, will you survive the COG?


Meet the Team:
Lambent Veteran - Founder, Design Director, and Matinee Director of "The Pendulum Wars Elite"
JUGGERNUT - Design, Cinematics and Matinee Assistant ; Voice Actor of Control
Birdman Breh - Voice Actor of Kevin Adams

Scheduled Release Date:
Unknown
Alpha or Demo Video Scheduled Release Date:
November 18th, 2011
(Tried my best to target the alpha release or demo video before Gears of War 3)
*Release Dates are Scheduled to Change*


Demo 1 Deployed: http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/790032-The-Pendulum-Wars-Elite?p=29562766&viewfull=1#post29562766



WARNING:

NO VIDEOS ARE TO BE UPLOADED BY PLAYERS ONCE ANY CONTENT IS RELEASED.
ONLY OFFICIAL VIDEOS WILL BE RELEASED!!!
If this so happens, you will be REPORTED!
Even if it is not posted on the Forums and your a member of the Forums.

Updates will be in the second post below.

[Lambent Veteran]

The Update Post / Last Updated 10/5/11

Newest update(s) is the bolded one.

Update 1: Announced Pendulum Wars Elite. - May 3rd
Update 2: Added new member of the team. - May 29th
Update 3: More info on the campaign:
http://forums.epicgames.com/showpost.php?p=28388413&postcount=45
Update 4: Pendulum Wars Elite has officially been postponed until further notice for various reasons.
Update 5: Pendulum Wars Elite progress has officially been resumed!
Update 6: Full release date changed, alpha and demo video release date added.
Update 7: Pendulum Wars Elite Demo is nearly done, just creating a cinematic, and waiting for a fix from Shooter.
Update 8: Some changes were done ont the character, such as the lighting. And last cinematic is 95% done.
Update 9: Character material has been finished, (THANKS KANTHAM! YOU ROCK!!!) check this (http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/790032-The-Pendulum-Wars-Elite?p=29178436#post29178436) post, and tell me which you guys prefer the most as the emissive armor lighting.
Update 10: Chose to extend the demo a bit further due to very short length.
Update 11: PWE DU1 (Demo Update 1) has been realeased: http://www.gamefront.com/files/21001691/EliteGuard.7z
READ POST #119: http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/790032-The-Pendulum-Wars-Elite?p=29562766&viewfull=1#post29562766

[JUGGERNUT]

Yeah, I got drafted, in yo face suckas!

Hahah, count me in, this seems very unique, plus I hate prescott!

[darksin]

Well waiting , Gears PC is so much better than UT and Bullet, already played for more than 3 years and still goes on...

[Lambent Veteran]

Well waiting , Gears PC is so much better than UT and Bullet, already played for more than 3 years and still goes on...

Yes, lol! You will definitely like this level, it's well worth the wait, from what ideas I have, I will definitely make this a remarkable level. I just have to wait for the Prescott armored model from Gears 3, and I will start Kismet work.

[bobfuria]

Seems like a good idea, looking forward to this .

I wonder if the stranded will appear as criminals or something and if in some part of this level they will point a boltok on the protagonist and say: Give me all yo imulsion motherf******

[darksin]

Lol, bob's right...

And as Gears 3 is coming soon, Gears PC will rise again...

[Lambent Veteran]

Seems like a good idea, looking forward to this .

I wonder if the stranded will appear as criminals or something and if in some part of this level they will point a boltok on the protagonist and say: Give me all yo imulsion motherf******

Lol! There will definitely be stranded. Lol!

[Lambent Veteran]

count in me

Count ME in.....:p

[TheS19Project]

Lol, bob's right...

And as Gears 3 is coming soon, Gears PC will rise again...

...Or Not

I'm planning to setup my Xbox 360 again and move to Gears 3 when it comes out :p

It will only lose players, not gain them.

Although support and updates will still continue for Project Warzone when its done. The occasional update now and then, maybe every few weeks or so.

Progress on a BIG update will start after exams ;)

[Sonic B0000M]

Sounds exciting, doesn't it?! Not for me, because I have to do the labor.

If it's not fun for you then it ain't gonna fun for others. Never heard anyone say there own game isn't fun because they have to make it lol

[JUGGERNUT]

Count ME in.....:p

Ah, so I see!

[Serenius]

If it's not fun for you then it ain't gonna fun for others. Never heard anyone say there own game isn't fun because they have to make it lol
It's always fun in the beginning. When you have to start dealing with bugs, editor crashes, optimizing, etc. the fun rapidly fades away. It's a lot of hard work to put something out. :)

[JUGGERNUT]

Especially the brainstorming aspect, always fun! And yes, the fun does fade quickly when you get so close to doing something then realize it's not possible, although it becomes fun thinking of ways to get around it, hehe.

[Lambent Veteran]

If it's not fun for you then it ain't gonna fun for others. Never heard anyone say there own game isn't fun because they have to make it lol

Read the post below, that's exactly how I feel. :D


It's always fun in the beginning. When you have to start dealing with bugs, editor crashes, optimizing, etc. the fun rapidly fades away. It's a lot of hard work to put something out. :)

[Lambent Veteran]

So people, what ideas would you like to see? I have UIR Elite soldiers, and regular UIR soldiers as teamates, I have Prescott (Not in armor unfortuanetly), and I have regular COG soldiers to fight against. GIVE ME IDEAS!!! :)

[JUGGERNUT]

I really don't know the history behind the UIR and Cog besides them fighting over imulsion. Perhaps you're assigned to assassinate prescott behind enemy lines or something.... but again, I really don't know much about it.

[Lambent Veteran]

I really don't know the history behind the UIR and Cog besides them fighting over imulsion. Perhaps you're assigned to assassinate prescott behind enemy lines or something.... but again, I really don't know much about it.

That was planned. But I can't get the sockets to work.

[darksin]

How long is the sp?.........

[TheS19Project]

How long is the sp?.........

You'll need to wait until development is completed first before he can tell you that lol :p

[bobfuria]

Why must Presscott have an armor?
If the unarmored version works, you could just add to his inventory a snub pistol and that's it.

[bobfuria]

There are two goverment systems on Sera, technocracy for the UIR and democracy for the COG. The UIR technocracy consists of selecting highly inteligent individuals and training them since childhood to govern, they have no consoles, the only crime punishible by death is downloading or pirating games illegaly, welfare has limitations, criminals are enslaved, there is no crime, no overpopulation, strong anti- baby policies, etc.

On the democracy, there is overpopulation, high crime rates, corruption, streets in bad shape, lawyers, console gaming, etc. Since the mass of sera is stupid, simple minded, and easy to manipulate, democracy is a bad idea.

The democracy has tried to limit Technocracy spread, because democracy leaders want to continue abusing of the mass by exploiting democracy, but since technocracy is the best guvernamental system, non violent means were unsuccesfull.

With resources thin, imulsion was the future and only energy source, and these two factions were figthing for it.

Prescott, a anti-Jesuschrist, lawyer, selfish, polititian, who thinks materialism= happines, is the head of the snake of the COG who is threatening for war with the UIR and sent his nations criminals to UIR territory (first encounter with stranded), to raise chaos, console gaiming and mayhem. He later starts war anyhow.


The mission is to cut the head of the snake, and hope the body dies.

The plan is to send a message to the democracy leaders to back down, but since it is absurd, the UIR only sends some happy trigger goons.

[TheS19Project]

I just came up with something in the shower.

There are two goverment systems on Sera, technocracy for the UIR and democracy for the COG. The UIR technocracy consists of selecting highly inteligent individuals and training them since childhood to govern, they have no consoles, the only crime punishible by death is downloading or pirating games illegaly, welfare has limitations, criminals are enslaved, there is no crime, no overpopulation, strong anti- baby policies, etc.

On the democracy, there is overpopulation, high crime rates, corruption, streets in bad shape, lawyers, console gaming, etc. Since the mass of sera is stupid, simple minded, and easy to manipulate, democracy is a bad idea.

The democracy has tried to limit Technocracy spread, because democracy leaders want to continue abusing of the mass by exploiting democracy, but since technocracy is the best guvernamental system, non violent means were unsuccesfull.

With resources thin, imulsion was the future and only energy source, and these two factions were figthing for it.

Prescott, a anti-Jesuschrist, lawyer, selfish, polititian, who thinks materialism= happines, is the head of the snake of the COG who is threatening for war with the UIR and sent his nations criminals to UIR territory (first encounter with stranded), to raise chaos, console gaiming and mayhem. He later starts war anyhow.


The mission is to cut the head of the snake, and hope the body dies.

So, once that war is solved, Gears of War 3 can come to pc?

[JUGGERNUT]

You'll need to wait until development is completed first before he can tell you that lol :p

Or, he can make a room completely dark, then have a timer at the top counting down for 1 hour. After the time runs out, the lights turn on and prescott spawns, you die or kill prescott, you get the gameover screen as an ending.

[TheS19Project]

It's official, this mod is going to be so good spam bots are already flocking to it.

It seems these are the symptoms of coming in contact with the Longshot Rifle?

[JUGGERNUT]

Heheh, but if the longshot did it's job, there wouldn't be a headache to worry about, cause there'd be no head, hehehehe.

[TheS19Project]

Heheh, but if the longshot did it's job, there wouldn't be a headache to worry about, cause there'd be no head, hehehehe.

haha! good point :p

[Lambent Veteran]

How long is the sp?.........

Targeted at an hour or two. :)

[Lambent Veteran]

There are two goverment systems on Sera, technocracy for the UIR and democracy for the COG. The UIR technocracy consists of selecting highly inteligent individuals and training them since childhood to govern, they have no consoles, the only crime punishible by death is downloading or pirating games illegaly, welfare has limitations, criminals are enslaved, there is no crime, no overpopulation, strong anti- baby policies, etc.

On the democracy, there is overpopulation, high crime rates, corruption, streets in bad shape, lawyers, console gaming, etc. Since the mass of sera is stupid, simple minded, and easy to manipulate, democracy is a bad idea.

The democracy has tried to limit Technocracy spread, because democracy leaders want to continue abusing of the mass by exploiting democracy, but since technocracy is the best guvernamental system, non violent means were unsuccesfull.

With resources thin, imulsion was the future and only energy source, and these two factions were figthing for it.

Prescott, a anti-Jesuschrist, lawyer, selfish, polititian, who thinks materialism= happines, is the head of the snake of the COG who is threatening for war with the UIR and sent his nations criminals to UIR territory (first encounter with stranded), to raise chaos, console gaiming and mayhem. He later starts war anyhow.


The mission is to cut the head of the snake, and hope the body dies.

The plan is to send a message to the democracy leaders to back down, but since it is absurd, the UIR only sends some happy trigger goons.

So, your idea is saying you want him to die.

[JUGGERNUT]

Well, prescott kinda has to be victorious..... on second thought, you are a soldier who has undergone immense plastic surgery to look like prescott, and end up doing the old switch-a-roo. Yes, it's perfect!

[Lambent Veteran]

Well, prescott kinda has to be victorious..... on second thought, you are a soldier who has undergone immense plastic surgery to look like prescott, and end up doing the old switch-a-roo. Yes, it's perfect!

Everybody is working, I am not going to start building until I get the lancer to look like a plancer.

[darksin]

i hope we can play this map before Gears 3 out....

[Lambent Veteran]

i hope we can play this map before Gears 3 out....

I will try my hardest, but it will take a while, I don't want to rush, I want to get all of the things together I want first and then start working on it so that way there is less issues trying to put new weapons in there, etc. On Betrayl, the reason why it was like 5 minutes, and was not creative, is because Kismet held my release back with trying to get the spawn system and the Wretch to work. :)

[bobfuria]

So, your idea is saying you want him to die.

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't give a Van Damme about the original storyline, I strongly suggest to kill him.
Besides, the player can get frustrated if all they did was for nothing.

But do whatever you want.

[JUGGERNUT]

I don't want to rush

But you'll have a plancer, you'll want to! Also I might be able to help out later today....

[Lambent Veteran]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't give a Van Damme about the original storyline, I strongly suggest to kill him.
Besides, the player can get frustrated if all they did was for nothing.

But do whatever you want.

I was planning at following the real storyline, but I do hate Prescott, n'uff said. -_-

[Lambent Veteran]

But you'll have a plancer, you'll want to! Also I might be able to help out later today....

With what? Telling me you won't install the Gears Editor, again? :mad::D:p

[JUGGERNUT]

I'll help you... and by that I mean that you'll have to "help me help them help you help me help you"

Sadly couldn't find video to go along with quote, but dr. phil says it on the simpsons.

[TheS19Project]

I'll help you... and by that I mean that you'll have to "help me help them help you help me help you"

Sadly couldn't find video to go along with quote, but dr. phil says it on the simpsons.

You've got a quote for everything Jugger :D

[JUGGERNUT]

Pretty much, also have you checked out xfire lately?

[bobfuria]

If you want to get creative, use the custom characters found in these maps
http://gears.levels4you.com/downloads.l4y?cat=435

Open the kismet, and there they are.

I am going to implement them on my maps, soon enough.

You could also integrate those maps to the campaing, save time.

[JUGGERNUT]

That would add to extra characters, but only the orange prisoners would be any good, the advanced gaurds would through off the whole "pendulum war" feeling. But then again, it's not my mod, would be interesting to start off as a prisoner though, it'd be kinda like a full circle thing like marcus.

[bobfuria]

When I played as the custom characters, they had the left arm "broken", I do not know how to fix either. But maybe you could use them for something else.

[bobfuria]

That would add to extra characters, but only the orange prisoners would be any good, the advanced gaurds would through off the whole "pendulum war" feeling. But then again, it's not my mod, would be interesting to start off as a prisoner though, it'd be kinda like a full circle thing like marcus.

It would make a EASY intro cinematic, using Marcus voice for the main character, at the begining a UIR soldier saves a prisioner and says: "Welcome back to the army soldier"

Prisioner: "Sh1t!"

There is the begining of the story. The guards could be the security guards of that prision, etc.

It is not my mod either though. But the prisioner model could be used for mantainee only, because of the broken arm.

[Lambent Veteran]

It would make a EASY intro cinematic, using Marcus voice for the main character, at the begining a UIR soldier saves a prisioner and says: "Welcome back to the army soldier"

Prisioner: "Sh1t!"

There is the begining of the story. The guards could be the security guards of that prision, etc.

It is not my mod either though. But the prisioner model could be used for mantainee only, because of the broken arm.

Well, I can reveal some things.

1.) The Elite Guard is being redone because of horrible importation of the textures.
2.) Command will NOT be voiced by Anya, it will be by my brother. (Paying him $80 USD each recording session. Total of five sessions. Yikes! http://www.disabilityinsuranceforums.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif Jk)
3.) I will be voicing my character, efforts and chatter will be used from Marcus.
4.) You start off on a street named District Road, and a cinematic beigns you and your squad shooting the hell out of two King Ravens, they blow up.
5.) The UIR is more unprofessional in terms of personality, really lacks organiaztion, using LOTS of profianity.
6.) Your character's name is Gray Mitchell.
7.) Command's name is Kevin Adams.
8.) As you are looking for Prescott, something bad happens to Adams and you travel back to command HQ, and there is that fuucking basterd. Try to guess who.

[Lambent Veteran]

Then again, it's not my mod.

Then again, your wrong! :p

1/3 of the mod is yours Conner, at least you don't have to do the mapping! http://www.disabilityinsuranceforums.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif

[bobfuria]

Well, I can reveal some things.

1.) The Elite Guard is being redone because of horrible importation of the textures.
2.) Command will NOT be voiced by Anya, it will be by my brother. (Paying him $80 USD each recording session. Total of five sessions. Yikes! http://www.disabilityinsuranceforums.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif)
3.) I will be voicing my character, efforts and chatter will be used from Marcus.
4.) You start off on a street named District Road, and a cinematic beigns you and your squad shooting the hell out of two King Ravens, they blow up.
5.) The UIR is more unprofessional in terms of personality, really lacks organiaztion, using LOTS of profianity.
6.) Your character's name is Gray Mitchell.
7.) Command's name is Kevin Adams.
8.) As you are looking for Prescott, something bad happens to Adams and you travel back to command HQ, and there is that fuucking basterd. Try to guess who.

$ 80 per session, for real:eek:?Maybe I could help with the voice acting:D ;)

But seriously
you could simply display messages in screen,like the interlock did in ravensearch and sp headquarters, or try to do the voice acting yourself
Deep vocals for main character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c55ybIOGEeU&feature=related

The person on the vid is not me by the way.

and your normal voice for command.

[JUGGERNUT]

Then again, your wrong! :p

Oh snap! Hehe.... just one more freaking week to go...... one more damn week!

[Lambent Veteran]

Updated 2nd post of thread. Great update.

[TheS19Project]

Yes, lol! You will definitely like this level, it's well worth the wait, from what ideas I have, I will definitely make this a remarkable level. I just have to wait for the Prescott armored model from Gears 3, and I will start Kismet work.

But it has an objective and isn't horde so how will he like it? :eek:

[Lambent Veteran]

But it has an objective and isn't horde so how will he like it? :eek:

:confused: ?

[JUGGERNUT]

But it has an objective and isn't horde so how will he like it? :eek:

Cause it may not be too dark, hehehehehe.

[Lambent Veteran]

Cause it may not be too dark, hehehehehe.

Lol! Why do you make your maps dark jug?

[darksin]

Lol! Why do you make your maps dark jug?

Bacause he hate daylight, JUGGER is a vampire...:p, maybe theron and Trauma can help,lol.....

[Lambent Veteran]

Bacause he hate daylight, JUGGER is a vampire:p, maybe theron and Trauma can help,lol.....

Lol!!!!!!!!!

[JUGGERNUT]

Lol! Why do you make your maps dark jug?

Well, I'm afraid you'll never know exactly why I ......


Bacause he hate daylight, JUGGER is a vampire...:p

Oh that's absurd, as if you have anything to prove it...... Hey, don't hold that cross up to me! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVda5BiAUug#t=16s)

[darksin]

OK, i can prove... :D
First , JUGGER made no daylight maps before, all dark grey dim night ones,
Second, JUGGER love to play as monsters, locust campaign, now Beast mod, all play as monsters...
Third, JUGGER always laugh and shout like Dracula after he answer many people's questions about editor...
Fourth, JUGGER often reply post at night...
Fifth, well, let me search more. Oh, JUGGER love Twlight the movie.:rolleyes:
Anyway, vampire is cool, i respect anyone who make bot maps, i don't mind what race you are...:D...

[TheS19Project]

OK, i can prove... :D
First , JUGGER made no daylight maps before, all dark grey dim night ones,
Second, JUGGER love to play as monsters, locust campaign, now Beast mod, all play as monsters...
Third, JUGGER always laugh and shout like Dracula after he answer many people's questions about editor...
Fourth, JUGGER often reply post at night...
Fifth, well, let me search more. Oh, JUGGER love Twlight the movie.:rolleyes:
Anyway, vampire is cool, i respect anyone who make bot maps, i don't mind what race you are...:D...

It is probably the timezone difference with the night posts :)

And juggernut is an Aardvark, not a vampire :p

[JUGGERNUT]

Oh, JUGGER love Twlight the movie.:rolleyes:

Only because they don't get sunburnt :)


And juggernut is an Aardvark

Not much for me to go on with that one, besides the "Guess why the girls call me that :p"

and the :p is quite intentional, muwhahahah

[TheS19Project]

Oh Juggernut you've done it again!

[Lambent Veteran]

Alright, lets get back onto Pendulum Wars Elite instead of talking about JUG's problems. (Hehe)

What do you guys want to see in here.

[JUGGERNUT]

My problems of course..... but I think level wise it would be interesting to sneak through areas, and even have hidden routes to reach the next location, you know, those quick 90 degree turns you'd miss if you were rodie running.

[TheS19Project]

Work has stopped, and will NOT proceed anymore until new assistant can be found along with a new voice actor.

Judging by your first post I have managed to translate by what you really mean:

Work has stopped until I find someone else to make the whole mod for me and beg nonstop for assets.

[bobfuria]

Work stopped? Awww hell.

Can't blame you though, I am loosing reasons to continue my life anymore (because no GOW3 PC and other deeper personal dilemas).

[Lambent Veteran]

Work stopped? Awww hell.

Can't blame you though, I am loosing reasons to continue my life anymore (because no GOW3 PC and other deeper personal dilemas).

Unfortuanetly, but, maybe he said he might think about helping again. But, right now, its a no. Matinee for the first part of the 1st chapter is incomplete, voice acting is obsolete now, and mapping is a total disgrace, uglier than a dog with sh1t on his face.

[bobfuria]

Unfortuanetly, but, maybe he said he might think about helping again. But, right now, its a no. Matinee for the first part of the 1st chapter is incomplete, voice acting is obsolete now, and mapping is a total disgrace, uglier than a dog with sh1t on his face.

Wow, that is fu#!^&% up, maybe you could just display messages for conversations like this map

http://www.moddb.com/games/gears-of-war/downloads/ravensearch-city-of-destruction

And for the maps, you could just adapt mp maps or custom maps to your mod, or just shut this thing down permanently, dunno.

[darksin2]

So another project stopped again?.......

[Lambent Veteran]

So another project stopped again?.......

No, only the voice acting and Matinee has stopped, mapping and building will continue, but not as fast as it was before, VERY SLOWLY now, because it will be hard to build if parts are missing, like Matinee.

[XxXbObXxX]

So another project stopped again?.......

Now there are 2 darksins? :eek:

[Lambent Veteran]

Now there are 2 darksins? :eek:

Yea, because he can't get his password back. :/

[darksin1]

Well my email can't receive password, anyway i don't care, so i register a new one, lol...

[Lambent Veteran]

Well my email can't receive password, anyway i don't care, so i register a new one, lol...

Contact Flak.

[Lambent Veteran]

Today, June 14th, 2011. Pendulum Wars Elite has officially been postponed until further notice for various reasons.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Best Regards,

[darksin1]

Now i can see Lambent Veteran is fully right, but i hope u can continue someday.....

[ProjectPotato]

Well so far he can't find an assistant so probably not any time soon man :(

[Lambent Veteran]

Progress RESUMED!!!

Update post and OP are updated! :)

[Lambent Veteran]

Once I add sounds for the cinematic, add more meshes to make it more creative, audio is changed, and gameplay is polished, I am still debating on to release an alpha or release a demo video.

[XxXbObXxX]

Once I add sounds for the cinematic, add more meshes to make it more creative, audio is changed, and gameplay is polished, I am still debating on to release an alpha or release a demo video.

May I suggest an alpha better, much more enjoyable than a video,for example, would you rather play a video game or watch a trailer.

And other members MAY help detect bugs.

[Drone *]

A video could be useful, because then the player would have an idea of what they are downloading.

[XxXbObXxX]

A video could be useful, because then the player would have an idea of what they are downloading.

Good point, I suggest you do both :) :D

[Lambent Veteran]

Good point, I suggest you do both :) :D

Will do! Thanks for the suggestion! :)

[Lambent Veteran]

I told you guys this wouldn't be abandoned!! :D

[JUGGERNUT]

Yep, the more unique mods the better, seriously, gears is still played quite a bit cause of us modders

[darksin]

Good to see this goes on, man, but i hope some links like filefront for download, thx!!.......

[Lambent Veteran]

Hey guys, I updated the update post.

My demo is shorter than expected because my computer's HDD failed and I lost everything over the summer. But thanks to JUGGERNUT who had a slightly outdated version of PWE, I now have a lot done. But don't expect the Demo to be as long as a chapter from the Gears 1 campaign. It's a portion of that. The download maybe large because of the packages being used are extremely large. So maybe over 150 MB, but Shooter reccommended I compress it using a different program so it will be a smaller download.

[Wisdom Thumbs]

**** yes, I love mods!

I want to see what the UIR characters look like. I don't suppose you have any screenshots or anything?

I only wish I could play this when it comes out. :(

[Lambent Veteran]

**** yes, I love mods!

I want to see what the UIR characters look like. I don't suppose you have any screenshots or anything?

I only wish I could play this when it comes out. :(

I'll have a video of the demo, and a public release of the demo. I'm very close to the end of it too. :)

[Lambent Veteran]

Updated update post. Yes, the demo is almost finished, just trying to figure out why a skel mesh is not attaching properly in a cinematic when the physics are set to interpolating. That and Cover Links, after both are done, then out the demo goes!

I sent out builds to two anonymous people who's names shall be kept private for the campaign's privacy reasons.

[Drone *]

Campaign's privacy reasons rofl

[Lambent Veteran]

Campaign's privacy reasons rofl

Being spoiled, and the assets.

[quality1000]

Lambent check your PM!

[Lambent Veteran]

What PM ?

[JUGGERNUT]

Lol, maybe he sent it to himself!

[Lambent Veteran]

Who knows .

[Lambent Veteran]

Update .

[Lambent Veteran]

Ok, just finished the Elite Guard material! Thanks to Kantham's nice material in the LG_Gamepack_E in the Gauntlet update! The finished touches are done! Now, I can still edit this, do you guys like this emissive color? I can change it from red, to this color, to pretty much any color you can mix with red, green, and blue.

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af105/f1nalyd/EliteGuard.png
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af105/f1nalyd/EliteGuardFinish2.png
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af105/f1nalyd/EliteGuardFinishingMat.png

[ardeadnui639]

no way,..... the retro lancer!

[Drone *]

Red, Green and Blue can mix any colour, after all if you add them all together you get White, which has every single colour in the spectrum. Onyx Guard wise I'd keep it to blue, gives it more of that "LED" feel. As for specular and the transmission mask, I'd increase the multiplier on specular a bit and lower it slightly on the transmission mask to give it more shine.

[Drone *]

EDIT: I just noticed Kantham didn't use the transmission mask, that is the key to the shine :)

[JUGGERNUT]

^^ Not even I can follow that one, no specifics on how much to add/multiply by, whether t-mask needs to be grayscale, lol, a picture is worth 1000 words.

[Drone *]

No it's worth 1000 begs to send the onyx guard material :P

[JUGGERNUT]

There's no way in hell I'm gonna beg for a material :)

[Drone *]

I will make you beg, get on your knees! Muahahaha, nah just kidding :) The juggernut is too handsome to have to go through that process ;)

[Lambent Veteran]

Hahahahahahahahaha! Yeah, like I really know what the Multiplier times x squared to the power of e=mc squared is plus the intergers of 5 and -6 plus the relative location of the thingy that has the add and the subtract thing. LOL! Randomness FTW!!!

[Drone *]

No multiplier as in the Multiply thing in the material editor. If you used Kantham's material, he hasn't used the transmission mask.

[Lambent Veteran]

Really? Do I just connect the Transmission Mask to the thing? Or do I have to go through a bunch of multiply, constant, Lerp, and a bunch of other crap? :D

[JUGGERNUT]

The juggernut is too handsome to have to go through that process ;)

Indeed :) hahaha, that was quite the thread!

[Lambent Veteran]

Only thing I'm doing right now is trying to get the Retro Lancer to work in-game, again. And I am creating a settings menu where you can choose what armor you want, pink emissive lighting, teal, green, etc. I might even make a skeletal model for it showing a preview of what it would look like on your armor. And I'll have a static rotating system, 90 degrees per rotation. Toggle Hidden FTW!!!

[Drone *]

I want pink lighting on my armor, it's manly!

[JUGGERNUT]

Only thing I'm doing right now is trying to get the Retro Lancer to work in-game, again.

Look at the command and see if it wants the "_0" one, then make sure you have that skeletal mesh on the map.

[Lambent Veteran]

Good point JUG. And yes Shooter, it is more manly then being the JUGGERNUT.

[Lambent Veteran]

Wait, JUG. In the command, where do you see 0? I just see only 14 and 471. No other numbers.

[JUGGERNUT]

Hmmm, if you have '~~~~~~~.retromesh_14' then you should make sure you have retromesh_14 on the map, ya dig?

[Lambent Veteran]

There is a 14, unless it wouldn't work in editor. The one for in-game and editor are using the same mesh. Which is 14.

[MxcnPro12]

What is this for exactly? D:

[Lambent Veteran]

What do you mean? ^^

[Lambent Veteran]

Added an campaign introduction to the OP.


An Introduction to Pendulum Wars Elite:
Pendulum Wars Elite, AKA PWE, is a mod that you will playing as the UIR. For those of you who don't know what the UIR is, it is the force that the COG used to fight before E-Day. It was the war known as the Pendulum Wars. Since there is not enough information to build a non-fiction mod, I have built a Gears Historical-Fiction. The characters armor in this campaign do not represent the real UIR. The main actor of PWE is a character known as "Kevin Adams." He is best described as the 'Marcus' of the story. You will get to know more of him during the full version of the campaign. This is not a written story, so the campaign can go anywhere, as far as who dies, where they go. It's not planned out, it's just a 'freestyle' campaign. You will get to know the rest of the squad, and names will be given to them, they may have a story to tell. They're not just left out. Your looking to find Prescott, because he is trying to help Adam Fenix with using the HoD to destroy the UIR forces completely! Look forward to a monkey dog, and some other surprises. Will you encounter Delta squad? Will you encounter Adam Fenix? Will you kill Prescott? But most of all, will you survive the COG?

[Vexta]

Looks awesome!

[Lambent Veteran]

PWE Demo 1 has been officially released:

Please take note:
-Very short mod.
-One of the characters on the level has a desturation issue; currently fixing.
-Don't play in-game because Retro Lancer will not currently work; no fix yet.
-During actual gameplay, hit Q on the keyboard or Y on the controller to activate the settings menu where you can see some cool features.

Directions:
1.) Download and put all files anywhere. (Not in My Games folder.)
2.) Open the editor.
3.) Open ALL packages at ONCE. (Hit control button, and then click the packages, and hit open) http://youtu.be/8QdVyUOdRCo
4.) The only thing that it will tell you is it is missing package 000, move along, expected.
5.) Open PWE.war file for intro.
6.) Play PWE, and read written text. (Hitting Start Pendulum Wars Elite will result in nothing due to UEDPIE activity)
7.) Exit and open EliteGuard.war file
8.) Play and enjoy.
9.) Leave comments, feedback, or issues here, or at PWE.Dylan@hotmail.com

http://www.gamefront.com/files/21001691/EliteGuard.7z

[Lambent Veteran]

Bump .

[shadissith]

Nice! Ive been waiting for you to finally release the demo, this project looks great

I just tried Opening it in the editor for some reason it wont let me open them all at once, i tried clicking ctrl as well. Maybe im doing something wrong? sorry if its a silly question, im a complete novice at using the editor.

[Lambent Veteran]

Okay, it's just so it doesn't have any loading problems. I'll make a video in a sec.

[Lambent Veteran]

Here's a video:
http://youtu.be/8QdVyUOdRCo

[Lambent Veteran]

Any other people download? When you play hit Q (Y on controller) to open an Alpha Settings Menu.

[Lambent Veteran]

Currently fixing up the Retro Lancer.

[S.T.R.E.L.O.K.]

Lighting Needs To Be rebuild :D

[Drone *]

Veteran, Y U NO BUILD LIGHTING??

[Lambent Veteran]

SH1T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forgot all about that!!!!! Wtf Dylan?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! *Bangs head against desk*

[Drone *]

SH1T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forgot all about that!!!!! Wtf Dylan?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! *Bangs head against desk*
Veteran, Y U NO REMEMBER TO BUILD LIGHTING?? :p *Bangs head against wall out of boredom*

[Lambent Veteran]

Because I'm clearly a dumbass. Lol!

[cr4zyw3ld3r]

I have been having a graphics glitch with this map, where i get the image repeating in little squares, but it gets fixed if I walk backwards :/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36116173@N07/6688159605/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36116173@N07/6688159605/

[MaskedShuuyu]

Gave this a go, it's got a nice couple of elements I wasn't expecting like custom models and voice lines and you obviously know various technical aspects of the editor, but the design and environment really needs lets it down.

[Lambent Veteran]

I have been having a graphics glitch with this map, where i get the image repeating in little squares, but it gets fixed if I walk backwards :/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36116173@N07/6688159605/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36116173@N07/6688159605/

Thanks MaskdShuuyu, I made a hit in the development stage, so it's doing pretty well.

That's surely an odd issue. I never experienced that before. State your PC specs, including your graphics card and the latest firmware for it.

[Drone *]

That issue occurs when you are looking at a blank part of the map. Lets say you create a terrain with nothing on it, you will experience that. Possibly a streaming issue? To Masked, try rebuilding in Editor.

[Lambent Veteran]

It's definitely streaming issue because of all the custom materials. I have no terrain.

[Drone *]

It's definitely streaming issue because of all the custom materials. I have no terrain.
UnrealEd tends to have that issue with PIE and streaming. Most of the time I have to Build All before the level becomes visible in PIE.

[Lambent Veteran]

Hence why the older posts said I never built all, lol!

[jaime95]

I thought that the UIR armor was green...

[Lambent Veteran]

I thought that the UIR armor was green...

Read the introduction, called PWE.war. That tells you everything.

[jaime95]

Read the introduction, called PWE.war. That tells you everything.
Yeah sure , but i only thought that it would look cooler with green colour , i know that this is still WIP ,even though it looks really good .
Also i wanted to ask if there's a retro lancer in the demo (i haven't played it) . A recomendation :you should open a MOD page at www.moddb.com , to see your team progress and to give you support.

[Lambent Veteran]

Yeah sure , but i only thought that it would look cooler with green colour , i know that this is still WIP ,even though it looks really good .

Thanks, green wouldn't look good, I've tried multiple colors, greyscaling them is probably the best one yet.

[MaskedShuuyu]

To Masked, try rebuilding in Editor.

Sorry, think my grammar clouded my point. The level loads fine, I said the environment and the level design was a big letdown. Some of the custom stuff is nice though.

[cr4zyw3ld3r]

Hence why the older posts said I never built all, lol!

thanks, that ought to do it
lambent I have been meaning to ask how did you do the custom weapons thing, I cannot for the life of me figure it out from the Kismet, I have forcefully attached a custom mesh to a character, which works to a degree, but the gun looks like it has shifted, and then I cannot use any other guns because their model is immediately replaced by the forcefully attached one :rolleyes:
any help ????

[Lambent Veteran]

Okay, here is the blueprints so far, this campaign isn't going to be concealed, so you guys know what to see in the future of this mod. I can assure you this mod will not stop until completion, that is a promise I shall keep to the Gears PC modding community. Also, the hairlike lines on the side of the roads are also buildings, not just trees,

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af105/f1nalyd/AfterPrescottEncounter.png

[JUGGERNUT]

Mutants... nice

[Lambent Veteran]

Haven't been on this in a while. Sorry, I do have a lot of the blueprint above sketched out, it is two map files, but they are connected. After the P.E, it switches to a new map file which contains not all the objects from the first part, but just enough to make it look like I didn't delete anything by the view in your characters position.

This Campaign is not going to be as long as I expected it to be. I don't have many ideas after the BP above, but enough to complete it. I would love to see your ideas, please list them as I will do my best to implement them into the campaign.


thanks, that ought to do it
lambent I have been meaning to ask how did you do the custom weapons thing, I cannot for the life of me figure it out from the Kismet, I have forcefully attached a custom mesh to a character, which works to a degree, but the gun looks like it has shifted, and then I cannot use any other guns because their model is immediately replaced by the forcefully attached one :rolleyes:
any help ????

Since I haven't been on for a while, for the people who ask, I do not remember how it exactly works, but I believed I replaced the primary weapon mesh with the RL and changed the sound of fire thanks to a console command I believe I received from Cowboy Locust. Good luck trying to figure out the mess, because I cannot do any further to work on fixing bugs on it. It pretty much is the way it is. No uscript means no new official weapons. If I could somehow copy the Uscript from UDK into this old editor, that would be fantastic. But I'm positive that will never even be possible.

The only thing I can do to improve it is maybe have a Console Command to slow the firing rate so the sound recorded from a Retro Lancer shot will sound realistic to how Gears 3 is.