Talk:1984

thas quite interesting i havent heard of a MOD based on a book but sadly i havent also read that book yet sry hahah. Anyway the wiki is a good place to start and goodluck with the MOD.--Gear 10:08, 31 Oct 2006 (PST)

wow cory don't think we're going to make anything detailed as the city 17 mod anytime soon. Sonny jim 15:53, 1 Nov 2006 (PST)

Ah nice to see some literate people bringing a detailed mind to the mod scene :) Usually We see a lot of "OMGIWANTLIKESOURCETODOTHATCOOLSLOWTHINGLIKEITDIDATTHATEXPLOSIONATTHEENDOFHL2BUTIWANTITTOBELIKETHEMATRIX!DOYUMAKEMODELLERSCAUSEINEEDAMODDELEREANDCODEROFAMAPPERANDATEXTUREARTSITTOOIFYOUKNWOANYTHISLLBESOCOOL!" with 2 weeks later "OMGWTHSOURCESUCKSITWONTDOANYTHINGIWANTANDITSALLTOCOMPLICATEDIHATETHISGAME" It'd be amussing if it wasn't so frequent :). Anyway, you have such a cool little orange logo ball but such a weird and boring banner. Whats up with that :P --Angry Beaver 20:17, 1 Nov 2006 (PST)

um...thank you beaver. about the logo though. it's supposed to be vague and strange. or at least, that's the answer we want you to think...no, i'm just kidding. in reality, it's just a freaky decal of the g-man that i made, with the slogan "big brother is watching you." i just ran through an interlace filter and a motion blur filter in core image fun house. it's all i could think of right now; i'm very pressed for time nowadays. but i'm progressing, slowly but surely. me and goldenepidemic are making progress. but, if there's a stage before alpha, that's the one we're on. Sonny jim 20:21, 2 Nov 2006 (PST)

You know that london shot isn't very london. for the strete to be cobbled it would need to be a much older thinner street. and on top of that theres a good chance the buildings would be obviously victorian in design. :) jsut incase you wanna make it feel more real --Angry Beaver 08:47, 5 Nov 2006 (PST)

thank you again for your comments beaver. as you can see from the caption, this is a very early test of the level. hopefully we will have a more decent looking level by the time we have a full version, but for right now the most important thing to work on is the overall gameplay for the entire mod. thank you for your architectural comments, though. we'll be sure to implement them into the final game. Sonny jim 20:18, 8 Nov 2006 (PST)

oh and also this was from a while ago; we've made it better by now. however, we haven't really thought about making the architecture more victorian...very helpful. thanks again. Sonny jim 20:20, 8 Nov 2006 (PST)

I think you can take a look at some london pictures on the net. Thats always a good idea. When creating some of the enviroments for CIty 17 MOD we used tons of pictures as reference to get a better idea of the way things should really look. Mainly alot of Germany pictures. Also some Eastern Europe areas. Thats not to say to copie all the things you see but its like writing a summary, instead of writing the story again in the author's words write it in your own words. Mix some things around. So for instance if theres two buildings that are gray then make one blue and add some balconys also any other type of structer. Like supports and arhces.--Gear 12:59, 12 Dec 2006 (PST)

Mod Subject Debate

the development team for 1984 (me and goldenepidemic) is debating about what the mod's subject should be. i think that it should be following winston smith's footsteps through the novel (e.g. copying the novel word for word). but goldenepidemic thinks that we should follow the war between eastasia and oceania. what do you guys think? Sonny jim 20:14, 3 Nov 2006 (PST)

Note: sonny jim and goldenepidemic don't count to the vote.

Follow Winston: 3

me Sonny jim 20:14, 3 Nov 2006 (PST)

I'd personally love a gun-free game, as long as it makes up for it through being interesting and otherwise interactive. --Andreasen 02:40, 4 Nov 2006 (PST)

The tough part about following Winston will be keeping the game interesting through long periods of no killing. If you guys can do that, I support following Winston. --Daktor 05:29, 5 Nov 2006 (PST)

Im currently trying to make a war game sorta but thats not say i wouldnt like a good interactive story and what better with the source enigine. You know if you think about it you can truly make a good phyics puzzle game while following Winston. In this case pushing levers to activate things and such. However though i would like to add though if you do choose this path it would be a bit harder than a war game.--Gear 13:03, 12 Dec 2006 (PST)

Follow War: 1

Follow the war dude, you know how hard it is to make a computer game follow a linear plot and not being able to shoot anyone? And making winston be able to shoot people kinda destroys the plot. If I remember correctly winston didn't kill anyone in the book.--Deadity 00:44, 4 Nov 2006 (PST)

The Gallery Function

The gallery function doesn't work on my computer. The images very rarely shows up. This might be a common problem, so you should probably change the format back to the old format. Sorry. --Andreasen 03:08, 9 Nov 2006 (PST)

narf! oh well. i'll change it back. Sonny jim 15:39, 9 Nov 2006 (PST)

NNNOOOOOO!!!!

It cant be dead why!!!! NO! Damm you sonny.....ah well at least you tried if you need help just ask me man! I'd help your mod greatly!--Gear 14:10, 9 Apr 2007 (PDT)