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Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:50 pm

There are still a large number of units in Hyperion that do not have unique FLC's associated with them.

I'm not sure if anyone is interested, but if you'd like to create some FLC's for some of the units in Hyperion here is the full list of units that need art and the names of the FLC files that I have as placeholders for them in UNIT.DAT:

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Nano Spore                    nspore.flc 
 Viral Robo Spore              vrspore.flc
 Viral Cyborg Spore            vcspore.flc
 Cyborg Morph Spore            cmspore.flc
 Symbiot Flagship              symflag.flc
 Symbiot PTS Weapon            sympts.flc
 Man of War                    mow.flc 
 Fusion Man of War             fmow.flc
 Meson Man of War              mmow.flc
 Cyber-Stealth Man of War      csmow.flc
 Psy Pod                       ppod.flc
 PSymbiot Bio Pod              pbpod.flc
 PSymbiot Guardian Pod         pgpod.flc
 PSymbiot Stealth Pod          pspod.flc
 Juggernaut                    jugger.flc   
 Meson Juggernaut              mjugger.flc 
 Meson Mega Juggernaut         mmjugger.flc
 Cyber Mega Juggernaut         cmjugger.flc
 Vau Flagship                  vauflag.flc
 Xeno Cruiser                  xcruise.flc 
 Fusion Xeno Cruiser           fxcruise.flc
 Meson Xeno Cruiser            mxcruise.flc
 Cybermorph Xeno Cruiser       cxcruise.flc
 Corsair                       cors.flc   
 Stealth Corsair               scors.flc 
 Stealth Fusion Corsair        sfcors.flc
 Cyber Stealth Corsair         cscors.flc
 Hover Frigate                 hovfrig.flc 
 Jump Hover Frigate            jhovfrig.flc
 Stigmata MegaFortress         smfort.flc
 Jump Fighter Bomber           jfb.flc
 Fighter Divebomber            fdb.flc
 Mastiff Missile Fighter       msf.flc
 Cybermorph Stealth Mastiff    csm.flc
 Transporter                   trans.flc   
 Fighter Transporter           ftrans.flc 
 Fighter Bulk Transporter      fbtrans.flc
 Meson Squadron Transporter    mstrans.flc
 Psy-Destroyer                 psydest.flc 
 Psy-Destroyer II              psydest2.flc
 Meson Psy-Destroyer           mpsydest.flc
 Psyber Destroyer              psymdest.flc
 Imperial Eye Flagship         eyeflag.flc
 Imperial Guard Flagship       grdflag.flc
 League Space Freighter        lsfreit.flc
 Meson Naval Frigate           mnfr.flc
 Imperial Fleet Flagship       fltflag.flc
 League Bulk Hauler            lbulk.flc
 Doomstar                      doomstar.flc
 Ballistic Submarine           ballsub.flc
 Morph Missile Submarine       mmsub.flc
 Imperial Eye Scout            eyescout.flc
 Naval Cruiser                 navcrui.flc 
 Guided Missile Cruiser        gmcrui.flc   
 Guided Missile Battleship     gmbatt.flc   
 Naval Frigate                 navfrig.flc 
 Naval Destroyer               efsdest1.flc
 Guided Missile Frigate        gmfrig.flc   
 Guided Missile Destroyer      gmdest.flc   
 Naval Aircraft Carrier        efscarry.flc
 Naval Battle Carrier          nbcarr.flc   
 Lander Carrier                landcarr.flc
 Hover Tanker                  htanker.flc 
 Powered Armor Transport       patrans.flc 
 Freight Hauler                truck.flc   
 Royal House Standard          rhs.flc   
 Statue of the Prophets        sotp.flc 
 Wyrd Beacon of the Pancreator wbotp.flc
 Ancient Alien Mech            bolo.flc
 Cyber Mech                    cmech.flc   
 Powered Cyber Mech            pcmech.flc   
 Combat Cyber Mech             ccmech.flc   
 Bio-Assassin Cyber Mech       bacmech.flc 
 Jump Hover Destroyer          jhovdest.flc
 Hover Cruiser                 hovcrui.flc 
 Jump Hover Cruiser            jhovcrui.flc
 Hover Battleship              hovbatt.flc 
 Jump Hover Battleship         jhovbatt.flc
 Monk                          monk.flc
 Psy-master                    psyblade.flc
 Noblesse Elitesse             nobelite.flc
 Rogue Noble                   rnoble.flc   
 Cyber Mage                    cmage.flc   
 Saboteur                      saboteur.flc
 Imperial Eye Agent            eyeagent.flc
 Mech Commander                mechcomm.flc
 Rebel Officer                 rofficer.flc
 Armor Commander               acomm.flc   
 Acolyte                       acolyte.flc 
 Demolition Team               demoteam.flc
 Seabees                       seabees.flc 
 *Stealth Scout Mech            ssmech.flc
 League Security Droid         lsdroid.flc
 Security Specialist           viper.flc   
 Commando                      comando.flc
 Discontinuity Cannon          dlaser.flc
 Vau PTS Weapon                vaupts.flc
 Fortification                 fort.flc   
 Imperial Eye Network          eyenet.flc 
 PTS Fortification             ptsfort.flc
 Shock Medium Tank             smedtank.flc
 Shock Assault Tank            sasstank.flc
 Shock Grim Reaper Tank        sgrtank.flc
 Shock Mega Tank               smtank.flc
 3rd-Republic Hover Tank       3rhtank.flc 
 3rd-Republic Hover TK         3rhtankk.flc
 3rd-Republic Hover A-A        3rhaa.flc   
 Shock Tank Killer             stkiller.flc
 Shock Heavy Tank Killer       shtkill.flc 
 Gunboat                       gunboat.flc 
 *Special Operations Craft      soc.flc     
 Advanced Gunboat              agunboat.flc
 SP Anti-Tank Gun              spatg.flc
 Shock Assault Gun             sassgun.flc 
 Shock Rocket Artillery        srockart.flc
 Imperial Missile Battery      imissbat.flc 
 Shock Pestulator Artillery    spestart.flc
 3rd-Republic Siege Tank       3rsgtank.flc
 Jet-Propulsion Fighters       jetfight.flc
 3rd-Republic Hyper Bomber     3rhbomb.flc
 Neutron Bomber                neutbomb.flc
 Stealth Neutron Bomber        sneutbmb.flc
 Marauder Legion               marauder.flc
 Imperial Assault Mech         iassmech.flc
 Stigmata Defender             stigdef.flc 
 Stigmata Mech Defender        stifmdef.flc
 Vau Mercenary                 vaumerc.flc
 3rd-Republic Enforcer         3rep_enf.flc
 Alien Phage Device            apd.flc
* I've done these already

If anyone wants to do any of the art, please feel free to do whatever you want, but if you name them these names then I can use the art you create directly. Full credit goes to the person who creates it and I'll also include them in a ZIP file on my website.

cy387_LK (aka Boris) has already done quite a few at his website here:

http://neogamer.has.it/

I have not yet placed his up on my website, but will do so shortly. His are awesome!

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:33 am

These don't have to be modified versions of standard EFS art, do they?

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Sat Aug 16, 2003 6:27 am

No - they can be unique if you wish them to be.

Since I'm not an artist, any of the ones I do will be modified versions of the current art, but if you've seen some of Boris' artwork, his are unique and look pretty awesome!

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Sun Aug 17, 2003 1:03 am

I tried getting his art off his site, but the link is busted. :(

I'm not an artist either, but I might be able to find some people who could help, or some images you could use?

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:26 am

That would be great! As far as images, the only thing would be if it was okay for me to use them.

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Shooter » Sun Aug 17, 2003 3:59 pm

Ummm... I can't do computer graphics (I think) but I can offer to do some conceptual designs...
I studied visual arts once (in one of my weaker moments) and I worked for awhile in graphics design. I'm on holidays soon, so I will offer my services if they are of any use. If not, just tell me to sod off (I won't take offense)

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Sun Aug 17, 2003 5:53 pm

I tried getting his art off his site, but the link is busted.
Okay, I've added Boris' art to my website now! It is compatible with Hyperion V1.4, go here to get it:

http://www.twarriors.com/~hyperion/downloads/hypflc.html

Ummm... I can't do computer graphics (I think) but I can offer to do some conceptual designs...
That would be great if I knew what to do with them, can you find someone to implement your conceptual designs?

About the only skill I have, is that I can take a picture and apply effects and filters to them in Photoshop and do some very minor, minor editing. As far as implementing conceptual designs, I'd have no idea how to do that unless it involved a process that was purely technical.

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:52 am

Hmm. Are there any legal issues involved in borrowing images from other games/anime/movies/etc?

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Shooter » Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:12 am

No legal issues as long as you:
(a) acknowledge the original trademarks and images
(b) do not derive any material profit from their usage, and
(c) do not detract from the material profits of the registered proprietors of the images.
The best thing to do is put a disclaimer to these effects that can be read near where the images/patch are downloaded. Check out www.austlii.edu.au if you have any concerns, it is an Australian website but the conventions on intellectual property are subject to international standards now :D . Hopefully I'll be able to help.

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:26 am

Shooter - Okay sounds good!

I spent a lot of time playing around with Photoshop yesterday and the RadVideo Tools that Boris sent me.

The file sizes that it creates are at least half the size of the ones I've already done - I'm thinking of redoing the 80+ ones I've done and seeing if the big 24+MB file goes down to about 10 or so (at least that's what I'm hoping!). I have all the original Photoshop images and can create them directly from them and the RadVideo Tools are fast!

Where I already have a unit I can do that one. So for example, I can use the Scout Tank to create the Stealth Scout Tank. I'm hoping to get that one done this week and any others like that - we'll see how it goes.

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:38 am

Ooh, I see! And Shooter, I'm really surprised (but in a pleasant way) to see AustLII mentioned here, considering that I use it for uni! :)

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Shooter » Tue Aug 19, 2003 2:19 pm

My heartfelt sympathies ;) I have to use it to study for my "personal property transactions law" exam tomorrow (do a search on "Auslii sucks" one day)- but I digress! These holidays I throw it all away to learn the art of FLC's :roll: and maybe start knocking out my own mod (note my optimism).

Where is the best place to download the editing software from? I had a look at the nova site and everything there but it caused some problems to my computer once I downloaded it. :confused: Do you know if Boris (are you there?) uses the same technique (I couldn't get his webpage up)?

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:32 am

Oooh... good luck, Shooter!

Matt, I've gone through my hard drive and found nine images that you could use -- where do you want me to send them?

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Matt Caspermeyer » Wed Aug 20, 2003 7:08 am

Mind Elemental:

Send it to my email address:

matt.caspermeyer@cox.net

Plus if you have any ideas which pictures should go to which units let me know, otherwise I'll evaluate them and see where they fit best.

Shooter:

Where is the best place to download the editing software from? I had a look at the nova site and everything there but it caused some problems to my computer once I downloaded it.
http://www.radgametools.com/

Do you know if Boris (are you there?) uses the same technique (I couldn't get his webpage up)?
I think he uses that technique, but I'm not sure. I know that he does some 3D-modeling so he may use that kind of tool to generate the FLC's from.

RadVideo can turn any picture or series of pictures into a FLC which is really cool. I wish I had this when I did the FLC's a couple of years ago, it would have saved me a lot of time.

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Re: Hyperion Art Needed!

Postby Mind Elemental » Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:32 pm

Sent!

I notice that the Ancient Alien Mech is called a Bolo -- is this a reference to the old Mac game when you fought your way across an island with a tank named Bolo?


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