Comments - SolarNimion

Yup a lot of work left, and not every shot posted of a level should have a "omg wowzor" effect. There was a lot of talk about us sitting and just coming up with ideas and not actually doing any work. These few screens were to show that we are working, and I've already found two things I need to change from the posting of these shots. :) So it was definitely worth the post from a developers pov.

If you read the new post that went along with these shots you would know that these are in their infancy. For some reason the mesh itself looks more cave like in max then when I port it into Unreal. So I'll have to make it look a lot more distorted in max. As for the texture, my blend for the darnest reason isnt working.

Then thats probably my bad, my monitors are on the light side and I took the shots. I'll have to go back and readjust the lighting and fog to compensate for my monitors overbrightness.

We had to change from Source to UT3 for technical reasons. The mod would have played entirely different if we decided to go ahead with implementation on Source. It would have changed many parts in the story because Source cannot handle the type of environments we have in development.

As for the Grayshot confusion, this story, mod and its contents have nothing to do with Grayshot. Most of the members of this mod were the original team behind the Grayshot mod before the unfortunate fallout with the teams leader.

We know not everyone has UT3, however not every mod is made for Source, and not every mod should be made for source. This decision had much time put behind it as we weighted between three engines, Source, Unreal and Sandbox2.

We thank everyone who supports the mod and continue to support its development and always welcome opinions and comments. This mod isn't for everyone but no mod out there is.

Its actually the specular maps, there was a problem with my HDR spec as those specular values were like 0.02 0.02 0.02 and you can see how its super shiney. However all spec maps are working properly now :) Hammer seemed to fix itself magically.

All in good time, all in good time...

Well your character has really bad luck with encounters with Grayshot, lets just put it that way : D

Originally there was a Cloverfield mod in development by the same people. However Paramount called and asked if they could use the domain name www.cloverfieldgame.com and we gladly let them use that for their official game.

At that point it was decided to make a mod inspired by Cloverfield to not conflict with the official game. Paramount was A-ok with us using the name Grayshot for the mod and have said they fully support our efforts. :) So now you know!

Paramount was fine with us using their prototype name for cloverfield "Grayshot", and they are in full support of the mod. :)

The others are right, its a mod inspired by the movie Cloverfield. Monster attacking a city (NYC) in a horror-esque setting. The story itself has twists and turns that will hopfully take you for a ride : ).

Survival Tip Number 43,506: Never Live in NYC, it's prone to, but not limited to; earthquakes, volcanos, tonadoes, hurricanes, ice ages, asteroid impacts, martians, aliens from space, aliens from underwater, and most importantly, japanese B-movies.

Well it will be single player first, we havnt had any discussions on multiplayer settings, but its not out of the question later on.

Yes, without npcs, my levels are just empty shells : (

Yeah, that is kind of obvious. However we dont have any props that are hammer ready just yet. We have a single 3d modeller and he has to balance life and props.

MILLER highlife!

Well the owner of the apartmen (Jeremy) is getting married, so he really doesnt live alone. He's just having his bachelor party while girls go out to play, and the FOV makes it look larger then it really is. ...You shouldve seen the first iteration of the apartment, that wouldve been close to a 4 bedroom condo!

Yes yes it is : ( lonley brush work. But we'll hopfully soon it'll be populated with props!

Gigantic would be the appropriate term : ). Also the mutants will make hl2 zombies look like puppets.

Well, I dont know where you live, but where I do, the curves are 90 degrees in my apartment, my parents house, and a lot of my friends houses, unless youre refering to something else that I'm not quite understanding.

Carpet spec I'm still tweaking, as well as the tiles since its really noticable on the kitchen walls. Thanks for the comment on them though.

Who said anything about a nuclear bomb?

Nice ideas, but you dont play the character Lawrence Tibbens in the main part of the game. :). But he is a major part of the story.

As the new level designer for Grayshot I can guarentee you'll be seeing some very high quaility mapping. I'll swear that on my reputation :)