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The Jedi Academy is under renovation! -=Derelict-Crusader= - Oct 05 10:51am |
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Just a quick heads up; I am currently EXPANDING the Jedi Academy. You guys asked for more and you will get more, but keep in mind I will not be putting everything into the JA. It has a theme and I will stay true to that theme. I finished most of my sketches for the final "lost temple arena" opppss I mean... yeah...
Anyways, expect MORE Jedi Academy real-estate soon. PS - I've been spending some time on the servers; observing the playing habits/patterns and I have modified what you guys like to call the "matrix room" and I have also cleared the 3 platform room to make way for a new design. (I never did like that room anyway! Blame DJ and Doobie for that) hehehehe 
I'll have some preview screenshots sometime this week or possibly weekend. -D |
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NofrikinfuN - Retired 
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One of the main things I'll be looking for is simply enough room for multiple duels. The academy is still growing, and I think the matrix is the most popular dueling room. The only problem with it was that people constantly fight over the mat... Maybe if there were two or three "mat" areas? I dont know how this would work exactly but divided dueling grounds would be nice for those who seem to always start duels off in the corner. (They tend to spill right into the mat.) |
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Dicemaster - Student 
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I CAN'T WAIT....the map as it is now is getting a little old so I CAN'T WAIT WHO HOOOOOOO _______________ Dicemaster |
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Nemesis Nova - Student 
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Would be cool if you could make a rocket-ball* room (rectangular and very very small)...lets just hope for AOL users like me it wont be bigger than 7 mb...lol
Thx *rocket-ball is a "sport" played with rocket lauchers and force push to pratice reflexes and rocket dodging ability (i invented it)....thx again _______________ Stop with the stupid sigs would you? Yea sure, why not, i'll stop asking myself things too... |
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C9PO - Ex-Student 
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Malfunctioning ?? NO! DONT TAKE ME TO MAINTAINANCE ! PLEASE I BEG ! WOE IS ME, I FARE I CANNOT GO ON ! *DJ switches 9po off* |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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It seems that our protocol droid is malfunctioning.  _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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C9PO - Ex-Student
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Hey leave the arm out of this you big cad !  |
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Anoas - Ex-Student |
Go buy yourself a new arm |
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C9PO - Ex-Student
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the longest sentence in the world.
"i dont know if this is possible but it would be pretty nice if you could have "teleportation chambers" that bring you to a totally different map like load an actual other map so you could just keep the basic map of the academy and any other map that you are building you could add a teleportation thingy to go to it that way we dont have to reload a new server or a new game if we want to go to another map with people from the academy." Hehehe, Kudos to you, Anoas ! |
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Anoas - Ex-Student |
i dont know if this is possible but it would be pretty nice if you could have "teleportation chambers" that bring you to a totally different map like load an actual other map so you could just keep the basic map of the academy and any other map that you are building you could add a teleportation thingy to go to it that way we dont have to reload a new server or a new game if we want to go to another map with people from the academy. well i dont know if it's possible to make but it would be pretty cool |
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=Derelict-Crusader= - Retired 
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RE: Timeframe
I'm putting a lot of time into it today as I have a very busy week coming up, so I want to get as much in as I can. If all goes well, I believe the JAC and JATs will be testing this Saturday or Sunday. -D _______________ I build the walls that keep you within! |
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Legolas - Retired 
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Sounds awesome, I can't wait. I'm just wondering what exactly is the timeframe on the testing and such. I just can't wait to get my paws on this new map. |
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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wow this sounds great.. can hardly wait! _______________ make install -not war |
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Haemon - Ex-Student 
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For the 3 pillar try something like the bespin ffa, ie. have two big bridges and maybe a platform so we could get some tripped out ffa practice.
I'll definately beta test. |
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=Derelict-Crusader= - Retired
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UPDATE:
Just wanna say that work on the JA is moving along faster than I expected. I have added some things to the existing rooms, mainly "matrix room" and the "glass room." I cleared the 3 platform room, right now its totally empty; gonna leave that for the end; if I hear any good suggestions for a design I'll use them. -Glass room: I'll just say this, 2 people enter, only 1 leaves alive! >8) I believe this one will be used more now as it will provide much more intense duels. BROKEN DOORS - I'm sure everyone is familiar with them; well that's the direction that the Jedi Academy is being expended. I've added a whole new wing to it. Brand new hallway design leading to a central room with a temple-ish atmosphere to it, basically the part that you guys were in up to now was only the padawan training grounds. -About the coucil room that Silent W. suggested, it wasn't in my initial plans but I'll see what I can do, but only after I finish with my additions. -Towers/pillars: expect to see a huge mofo ass pillar that's a focal point in the Jedi Academy. This sucker is 2 huge arenas tall With something nice on top.
-Elevators: Not changing anything with these, I initially had them WITH BUTTONS but that became a pain! over time you forget about them so it's much better to have em automated. -Not sure if I mentioned this before but expect to see a whole new courtyard. -Current courtyard has been slightly redone, I won't go into detail, you guys will see. -I'll leave the details of the huge temple arena as a secret It will be a nice surprise for all.
NOW, about the lack of FFA support in the academy. This was never in the plans from the beginning because The Jedi Academy was all about training with sabers so there was never the need to build arenas with FFA in mind. In order to incorporate that into the current design, it would basically mean building a whole new map BUT I'm adding a new courtyard with a few things that I had people mention. So we'll see how that works out when it comes to beta testing this sucker!
WOW... shit.... too much typing.... gotta get some breakfast and some coffee, and then some MORE COFFEE!!! And fire up the ol' JKRad! -D If I missed something I'll add it later... _______________ I build the walls that keep you within! |
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Aeth S'kray - Retired 
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i like towers! like the tower outside, but with an elevator. and maybe two towers! and secret spots... sniping places! secrets... towers.... and did i say towers yet? _______________ Aeth S'kray *June 2002 +September 2003 |
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Silent Whisper - Retired 
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This may sound a little greedy but how about a council room? hehehe. Like a tube in the middle of the academy that goes straight up to a room with 3 chairs (hence 3 council members). _______________ "I have learned from Vergere only that there is no such thing as sides of the Force....for the side is merely a reflection of your intentions of the Force. Use it in hate, and it will be hate. Use it offensively in good, and you will find my Truth." -Jacen Solo, "Traitor", New Jedi Order |
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Datheus - Student 
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The problem with large outside areas is for them to look like outdoors.. you need sky shaders... and foliage and all that good stuff... all of which takes a toll on your frame rate  |
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Icco - Student 
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great i deas but as said before there needs to be avery LARGE out side place. _______________ "this is Icco. Icco is old. Icco is lost. Icco is cool, but Icco doesn't know what the meaning of 'macrophageal sex'." - Vaughn /Icco |
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Aeth S'kray - Retired
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jeeeeeehaaaa
really looking forward to get a new map done by the master-mapper 
i would öike to see some ideas padawan jonny mentioned in the other post... think they're really cool. _______________ Aeth S'kray *June 2002 +September 2003 |
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Arcuss - Student 
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What do you guys need dummies that don't move for when you already have me?
Your loveable, scaly, pal Arcuss
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Bubu - Hubbub 
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woohoo!! can't wait to see what you come up with..
and i agree, we do need a much bigger courtyard! dummies would be cool too.. _______________ make install -not war |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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I like the idea about dummies that don't move (aka are a part of the physical map), but that may be a pain to make. _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Preadator Kallata'n - Student 
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if you've played Hydroball, or basically ne map with "on-the-spot" NPC's, you'll know you can't use any player-ranged special moves (namely backstab and y-dfa) on these frozen freaks of digital nature hopefully cHoSeN oNe's mod will fix that... _______________ ««¤¤¤{{PREÅÐÅT¤R ka¦¦ata'n}}¤¤¤»» Founder of RSPCT (The Royal Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Toasters) |
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Xavier - Ex-Student 
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actually you can tell the map to keep spawing PNC's that don't move and take damage.
The best one for this would be the Silver C3PO (the imperial one) for practicing on (though I don't know if things like yDFA and backstab/sweep work on NPC's..... _______________ [Left] |
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Datheus - Student
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yaaaaay
Here's an idea for you: I dunno if you can do this or not, don't know Radiant well enough, but if on top of the rest of the Academy, you can have one big room, with like.. sandbag dummies that don't move, but are still a player entity... The idea is that we could practice our yellow DFA and other things that more require having an actual person. And also, a bigger courtyard (much bigger ) for gunning, with good places for SNIPING not this jumping up and down foolishness that takes place...
But yea, sounds cool to me, can't wait to see what you make |
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