Talk:ECLIPSES mod

Should titles be formatted to fit with the general norms? --User:Ovrkll 14:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

If the Game/Mod name was written in a specific way, then it's okay. Solokiller 15:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I meant the headlines; they're all written in T H I S F O R M A T, and I just figured it may be a good idea to keep headlines all over the Wiki the same theme. No offends to anyone. --User:Ovrkll 19:32, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi guys and thank you for your comments (this means you've visited our page :) About the headlines formatting issue, I think if something is not explicitly forbidden, then it should be allowed - please let me know if I'm wrong in any way. This formatting was used only for aesthetical purpose, so if there's a stronger reason to change it - np. --Adrian Nen 16:02, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

This mod does at first glance look like a hoax, because if it's done in Source, it's an amazing total conversion, and also because the official site of Zeppelin Design (watermarked on the images) is down, and with that, tracing if the images came from a legit source, is next to impossible (although I've found one of the pictures, fully watermarked). However, searching for the name Adrian Nen, you find his LinkedIn page, containing his summary, where it says that he is the owner of Zeppelin Design, that this is a privately held company that houses 11-50 employees, and that he has had 15 yrs in CGI and 3D animation. In other words: Whether or not this project has been cancelled, those images are probably legit. --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 21:38, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Those images are concept renders/wallpapers. They have nothing to do with the Source engine and are scarcely more meaningful than a sketch. They aren't proof they've done, or have the ability to do, anything in the game engine. According to their own information, they have a team of 5 3D artists, and it seems like they don't have a programmer. Additionally, the entire page was formatted L I K E A K I D W R O T E I T ! ! ! ! ! The only editing done in less than a year was a bunch of failed attempts at including an email address, which was then removed anyway. My point wasn't "they faked the pictures therefore they suck" or something, it was that even if they made them this page has no more substance than any of the early-adolescent pipe-dream mods we've been marking for deletion, although this page has technically been edited within less than a year. Thelonesoldier 06:53, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

While they're not exactly in-game screenshots, the models in the pictures could very well be what is/was going to be used in-game - at least high-poly versions of these models. I personally accept lowpoly models as proof of concept, but these guys went beyond that.

I also read the article again, finding nothing childish about neither the text, nor the format. Granted, the editor does not master wiki editing, and should have used the Show preview button for his edits, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't have any other areas of expertize at all.

Overall, when a large and experienced company has pipe dreams, the project usually has enough resources to go to a stage well beyond planning before it's cancelled. The author also wrote about making a demo for their game, and typically (though not always) a public demo is made towards the final stages of production, by cutting away unfinished levels. --MossyBucket (formerly Andreasen) 13:07, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

I removed the bad formatting (the all caps spaced out titles). 15 people is large? Those aren't the greatest renders either. You can keep the page if you really want, but I'd bet money they never started real work in Source and this mod will never materialize. Thelonesoldier 19:23, 9 February 2011 (UTC)