Its been a while since I posted any pictures from the project I am working on but we recently have gotten a bunch more stuff implemented and I am very pleased to showcase some brand new images from the RS project that show off shadows cast by buildings and better lighting on islands and also the newly implemented air units that have recently been implemented and are now in-game..

Shockk

Germany2269 Posts

November 27 2011 16:01 GMT

Very cool. NetStorm was my very first multiplayer game, always liked it, and the fact that there's still an active community around after all these years says a lot about the game's quality and potential.

ShloobeR

Korea (South)3827 Posts

November 27 2011 16:27 GMT

holy crap you're remaking Netstorm?

oh man, such a good game, will definitely follow this

Otori

Sweden164 Posts

November 27 2011 16:42 GMT

Man netstorm is so nostalgic, LOVED it

barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 27 2011 17:33 GMT

Glad you guys like the images

we will soon have the island below ground home finished so that the islands will be looking more like the original islands and will also be getting the finished island edge farms detail meshes in.

We are just about finished with getting a playable alpha and already the current build feel like the original NS.

One thing I should mention is yes bridge are built in segments as original netstorm but they also erode bit by bit over time when damaged or not attached to units or other islands, in the one screenshot you can see bridge is starting to crack.

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

November 27 2011 17:57 GMT

On November 28 2011 01:27 ShloobeR wrote:
holy crap you're remaking Netstorm?

oh man, such a good game, will definitely follow this

I think we only ever played one or two games of NS and then that fell through. We should do some more and 2s this time.

Good work on the remake! I think the whirligigs+whirlibases and the bridges look especially good. The stone used for the water temple and geysers look porous so I'm not a huge fan but it's still okay.

P.S. You should just have one thread for RisingStorm and update it.

barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 27 2011 18:04 GMT

The rain temple and geysers are earlier models that were done earlier on in the project before we got the new model texture artist to help us and we will be re-texturing them once we get the rest of the models finished.

Here is a little promo image showing some of the unit models finished so far for RisingStorm.

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barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 28 2011 16:30 GMT

Not yet finished but here is a little sneak peek showing progress on the below ground home mesh for islands.

Brew

11 Posts

November 28 2011 16:36 GMT

Completly forgot about netstorm over time, but i would absolutely love to play ure version.

BEARDiaguz

Australia2362 Posts

November 28 2011 16:39 GMT

#10

Please finish this.

Please.

barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 28 2011 16:47 GMT

#11

I should note the above below ground home model is not yet finished, but the stones around the well and on the path are not part of the mesh but are part of the texture with a normal map bumping applied to make it look much more higher detail, also the mesh does not have the lighting applied to it so that is why areas look so bright on the mesh.

barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 28 2011 17:16 GMT

#12

showing off the wind skate
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barnEbiss

76 Posts

November 28 2011 23:34 GMT

#13

More pictures from in-game showing more down on ground level view and sun barricade in action

barnEbiss

76 Posts

December 02 2011 18:46 GMT

#14

Our coder should have a new build for the team to test perhaps tonight or tomorrow night that will include the thunder arc spire and the sail skate working in-game. Once we have tested the new build I will be sure to post some new images of the new units in-game!

barnEbiss

76 Posts

December 04 2011 08:16 GMT

#15

As promised a few more pics showing the following units now in-game
Sun Balloon
Sail Skater
Wind Airship

ShloobeR

Korea (South)3827 Posts

December 04 2011 08:34 GMT

#16

On November 28 2011 02:57 Durak wrote:

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I think we only ever played one or two games of NS and then that fell through. We should do some more and 2s this time.

Yeah dude for sure, I'd be up for that :p

barnEbiss

76 Posts

December 04 2011 22:52 GMT

#17

Here are a few more image showing more of the air units in action and also update on the sun bar barricade beam effect! enjoy guys

barnEbiss

76 Posts

December 06 2011 01:22 GMT

#18

After a long while we are pleased to show for the first time the newly finished Nimbian below ground home deco mesh for players islands, our main texture artist has been working hard for the past few months getting the mesh unwrapped and textured and normal mapped and today he sent in the final version for us to show case to the public and now we are very pleased to show the two brand new renders of the the Nimbian below ground home mesh...

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The next test build of Rising Storm will have the newly finished below ground homes implemented with the islands so islands will have even more of a classic feel to them!

Durak

Canada3685 Posts

December 06 2011 01:48 GMT

#19

They look great -- but I'll still hate when they mess up my island layout. Residences are annoying.