Comments - evgenidb

OK, thanks for the clarification.

Is Rutana a brand new planet you made up like Anarmar or an already existing one? There is Rutan (without the "a") on Wookiepedia, as well as Rothana, but I couldn't find Rutana.

In the Achilles video (the first link I posted).

Floating weapon and a weapon in the proper place:
- Poe Dameron (02:00)
- Stormtrooper (06:40)
- General Hux (08:10)

Floating Thermal Detonator but missing in the proper slot:
- Resistance Soldier (0:45)
- Resistance Sniper (01:30)
- Wookie Warrior (05:10)
It's the same grenade model and only on the Resistance side. First Order seems fine in the video.

Potentially some icons might be missing but I don't know if it is a bug or you just didn't put any images. For example, General Hux's invulnerability. I just noticed it, so I don't know if there are other missing icons.

On another note: you can put some FO's AAL troop transport as props near FO's starting location. Maybe even put a CP between them. Or turn each transport into destructible CP and the FO starts there. It should sell the story that it is an assault like it was in the Tuanul village scene in the beginning of the TFA movie.

Teancum, I wrote a comment with possible solutions to the minimap and floating weapon icon in the map's download page. I don't know if you'll see it there.

Hi, I watched a play of your map on Achilles channel (www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=gXiySWXSCu4 --> D'Qar Resistance Base | Star Wars Battlefront II (2005)).

The map and the positions CPs and units looks misaligned. For example in the very beginning of the video the CP is in the middle of the landing platform but in the minimap it is to the side.

The issue probably comes from the Camera using perspective view to make the map screenshot instead of orthographic view. I tried to find the tutorial that explained how to properly do the minimap but unfortunately I couldn't find it (I saw it a looong time ago when I was curious how to do a custom Galactic Conquest). But I'm pretty sure that's the problem.

ZeroEditor Shortcuts:
[ - Toggles the camera to orthographic view
] - Toggles the camera to perspective view.
From: sites[dot]google[dot]com/site/swbf2modtoolsdocumentation/zeroeditor_guide (near the bottom are the undocumented shortcuts)

Orthographic view will keep the parallel lines parallel no matter the distance. Perspective - they will converge to a point. If that is not the issue (you've made the screenshot with orthographic view) then your position and/or scaling is off but you would have fixed it if that really was the case.

There is also a fix for floating weapons somewhere. The doubled weapons (one proper and on floating in the middle) is probably because you're loading the weapon textures twice. One of them is placed in the proper position but the other is placed in the middle. Calrissian97 explained it here:

swbfgamers - Floating issues never go away!:
www[dot]swbfgamers[dot]com/index[dot]php?topic=12587

P.S. Replace [dot] with a normal . for the links. Sorry for the inconvenience but sometimes my comments get shadowbanned (at least on YouTube) when I post links, especially lots of them. So I don't really want to take a risk.

Too bad the engine can't recognize it. Then baking would indeed be the best solution.

But do you know why the engine can't recognize it? The engine has a limit for the number of shaders? Or the shader language version is too old? Or maybe can't recognize shaders at all?

Maybe the Gouraud shader should be written by you (or applied by you in Blender) and then come as part of the object itself? I don't think it is something that the engine generates it automatically.

There are some tutorials for Gouraud shading in Blender on YouTube but will the engine recognize them and render those shaders properly?

Can the engine handle Smooth Shading (Gouraud)? It could make the round buildings and pylons look smooth.

Oh, I saw it. Thanks!

Why do you think it is Lok?

If it's Legends then you'll be (kinda*) right.

But in the new Disney Canon, it is a proper planet (you can see it in the very first episode of Rebels, the Solo movie or the last The Clone Wars season of 12 episodes).

Besides, there might be engine limitations in which you can't change the shape of a single planet, only change the texture. In that case it will be impossible to do it unless you want every planet to look like an asteroid.

* It looks like an asteroid because of it's irregular shape, but it is still 6500-8000 kilometers in diameter; that's more than half the Earth diameter (~12700 km). So I don't think calling it "an asteroid" would be correct. Besides, in the real world Kessel should be a ball at this size, but it does make it less interesting looking.

Am I right, Delta327? Or is it Qat Chrystac or Honoghr after all?

Berchest? The crystal planet from The Last Command?

I don't think scaling up the planets would be a good idea. If you do, then the planets would start to feel more like moons of each other, since the space between them will be smaller. Also they'll take much more space, so if you need to go around one, it will take much more time. And what about the sun? Are you going to scale it as well?

If you make the planets bigger, you'll have to scale pretty much all other objects as well in both scale and distance from each other. But then you'll bump into issues with the floating point numbers, when they become too big (I don't think that those issues are solvable). And you'll have to increase the speed of the ships to account for the increased distance, but that would impact the combat and the interception of other ships as well...

In short, I think that the original Freelancer did a great job at balancing the size of the planets versus the size of the system in both the visuals and the navigation department. The planets still look big up close, can be selected from a distance and the player can easily orient themselves from pretty much anywhere in the system (except when flying in nebulas). Flying might take long in some occasions, but not too long, and opens the opportunity for combat with pirates, police or other factions. Space feels big but not too empty.

Alderaan probably. Although there could be a couple of other options like Belsavis or Oddessen for example, Alderaan seems as the most likely.

The Smuggler (at least I think it is the smuggler) looks like he has a bright red blindfold. Maybe make it darker red or lighter red and increase the transparency a little bit?

"Return of Thrawn" sounds more like the "Hand of Thrawn" duology. There could be some confusion.

I suggest either "Heir to the Empire" era or simply "Thrawn" era (or "Thrawn Trilogy" era). Still, just "Thrawn" might be confusing with the more recent "Thrawn" trilogy from the new Canon, so "Heir to the Empire" is the safest bet in my opinion.

kiprobin, can you give us some more detail about the maps on each planet you want to make? For example, Seelos in Rebels is almost white, flat plain with nothing on it, and Lah'mu has just a farm in Rogue One (but at least it looks more visually interesting than Seelos). Both sound a little dull compared to Jedha, Eadu, or Thule. But that doesn't mean that they'll be bad maps.

I think it might improve the voting if you give us a better idea of what the maps might contain, look like or play like, since people won't go of just what the planets were like in the movies/TV series, but also of the potential those maps.

Otherwise, you might have to wait for your Lah'mu map for a very long time, not to mention for Seelos.

Looks like Kothlis: Sea Haven. Am I right?

Alzoc III ?

The description of X1's Remnant is for Zsinj's Dominion.

According to Wookiepedia, the name of Angela Krin's ship is Resolute, an Invincible-class Dreadnaught. So Invincible is the ship's class, not its name.
Starwars.fandom.com(Invincible-class)

But someone has to check the sources: the novel Scourge and/or the Sourcebook Tempest Feud - I have neither, so I can't confirm.

Probably Mandalore: Plaza

You intend to make just sides or you'll add a map of Anaxes as well?

If you ignore the flaws, how much of the movies would be left?

Ah, in the Wookiepedia it's Asteroid 426, not 246. But check the game just in case. Wookiepedia has been wrong before.

You can add Pesitiin to the list of Gas Giant candidates. It has an abandoned gas mining facility. Well, at least abandoned during the GCW, so during Clone Wars it might have been operational.

Tyed Kant is another candidate I found. And I find it quite interesting and a little bit funny. An Agriworld Gas Giant. Hah!

Then another 200... eventually? Hm?

But in all seriousness, good job! You might have a few small typos in the list though. You should fix them if you had copy/pasted the names. But if you typed them again here then it might be fine.

Anyway:
NarKaaga => Nar Kaaga
OrdCestus => Ord Cestus

Additional notes:
- Antar and Antar 4 - you have both. Antar is a Gas Giant, probably uninhabited. Maybe you meant Antar 5? Or just one Antar: Antar 4?
- Neimodia - there is a chance you might've meant Cato Neimodia (from the movies). Neimodia and Cato Neimoidia are different planets and I'm not sure if this is a mistake or not but decided to mention it just in case.
- You might've forgotten Nar Shaddaa and Kessel to add to the list. They might be in the other 2% though and just not be ready.
- Genarius, Taloraan, Ord Ibanna, and Vandin are another Tibanna producing gas giants that look like Bespin. (Maybe Kril'Dor too?) It'll give you an opportunity to have more Bespin-like maps in the GC. As long as you want them.

P.S. And what is that Asteroid 246? Couldn't find it on Wookiepedia.

Can the engine handle all those planets at once? Or they'll be separated in different GCs?

We're already getting one. It's called the Mandalorian. (5 Years after Endor.)

We also got another one - Resistance. Most of its first season is before Episode VII.

And we also have a few books and comics and even a campaign in a game that's between those Episodes.

Sure they barely scratch the surface and they've barely begun to explore the time, but I doubt we'll see it well explored before Rise of Skywalker. And that way might be better since they either didn't really have a plan for the Sequel Trilogy or burned those plans to the ground and replaced them with something else.

Now, what happens after Episode IX? I don't know - it depends on the Star Wars fans. If they like and care for the Mandalorian, Resistance season 2+, the books and comics, etc. and want more from that Era we might get more. If the fans lose interest after Rise of Skywalker and don't show up for it like for Solo, if Mandalorian fails to catch an audience... then I won't be surprised if we don't see that Era explored further. So we might never learn how Luke created and taught in the Jedi Academy or even where it was, how Ben was tempted to the Dark Side, the splinting of the New Republic and Resistance, etc.

As for live-action TV series (I'm assuming you're meaning live-action) that explores those events, I doubt it'll ever happen. Mark Hamil doesn't want to have anything to do with the "new" Star Wars, Daisy said she's done with Star Wars, Carrie Fisher is dead, Harrison Ford is old, dunno about the other actors but probably they are not that far off. So Lucasfilm will have to replace almost all of them if not all.

Animated series is a far better and reasonable option, a game can work too, books, comics, etc. But again - it all depends how Rise of Skywalker, Mandalorian and other products for that Era are received now and in the next couple years.

And for the fans to care and to look forward to, Lucasfilm must make not only great books and comics, but also of the more flashy media like movies, games, TV series after which the more casual person will go after. And with that Lucasfilm has serious troubles with right now. Will they recover - who knows?

I disagree with some points.

- "Overpowered": Luke is a little overpowered. He destroys the Death Star while his piloting skills consisted of only womp rat shooting and Beggar's Canyon races. His Jedi teaching consisted of a couple of hours on the Millennium Falcon and about a week on Dagobah. Even Anakin, the Chosen One, had to go through a decade of Jedi training and that was really fast by Jedi standards. Luke - just a week or so to go after Vader toe-to-toe. Vader, who killed other Jedi, well trained Jedi, during the Purge. Maybe he's not overpowered to the point of Rey, but it's hard to top Rey's OP.

- Rey's "Unexplained power level": We don't know who are Rey's parents. If we believe J.J. that they were someone important, then it would make sense. And even if they were practically nobodies, like Ryan told us in his movie, so what? Most Jedi have nobodies for parents, and that's even if they know who they were. Yoda is probably the most powerful Jedi and who were his parents? Or Mace Windu's? Obi-Wan's or Asoka's? EEth Koth? We either don't know or they weren't really that important. There are only a few who hail from more important families like Dooku or Aayla Secura.

Long gone are the days of Jedi dynasties from the Old Republic.

So it doesn't matter whether Rey is a daughter of a Jedi, some senator or drunk pauper. She just wants to find her parents no matter who they are.

- "No personality": I'd give Luke half a tick or cross. He has personality that changes over the films, but it's kinda slow, etc. So I understand the tick there, but I'd still give him just half. Same with Rey. She has personality but it's nothing to the point of complexity of Anakin or Kylo.

- "Feels like wish fulfillment": both Luke and Anakin are somewhat like a dream come true.

Luke. Episode 4: A New Hope. Luke is a farm boy and dreams of something bigger. To be a Hero. Then Ben Kenobi comes and you all know what happens. Luke not only joins the Rebellion, the good guys, but also destroys the Death Star and saves the day. And is their best pilot without ANY military training. And he's also the son of a Legendary Jedi, Hero of the Clone Wars. And also has that mystical Force.

What is this if not wish fulfillment? Be it for the viewer or Luke himself.

Anakin. Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. A little boy, a slave, dreams to become the most powerful Jedi and free his friends from slavery. And kill all of the slavers. And here comes Qui-Gon Jinn, a REAL Jedi, tells him that he can become a Jedi and a Hero, releases him from slavery, and tries to make Anakin his student even over his current padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi. Then Anakin saves a whole planet, wins the heart of Padme, becomes the most powerful Jedi ever, the Chosen One.

Also wish fulfillment.

So, the short version is Star Wars movies are wish fulfillment stories with plenty of overpowered characters with thick plot armor and convenient deus ex machinas like the Main Jedi Hero training for a Jedi extremely fast (like in the Original and Sequel Trilogy). It's just that the Sequel Trilogy upped it a notch and made it extremely obvious to everyone who's grown up.