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Downtown District Pack Finished...Finally!

Name:	Alan James
Date Posted:	Aug 29, 2007
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Hi again Everyone!

I won't go on and on since I just posted a few days ago and our Dev shot just went up today, but I wanted to let those who might be interested in know that Monster Pack #1 - Downtown District is now available at MonsterPacks.Com.

Here is a general breakdown of the included content:

*Building 0035
*red brick warehouse
*building 0050
*red brick 40's & 60's garage
*trash bin (2 empty rusted, 2 w/trash, 1 full)
*hotel 3 story
*plaza hotel
*signs (adult cinema, plaza hotel, garage)
*13 sidewalk sections with 3 texture types - dark, old, damaged
*street light
*signal light
*Apartment small
*apartment small 2x
*building 001
*building 2x w/storefronts
*building 002a
*building 003a
*building 003a twin w/cooling
*building 003a twin w/canopy
*building 003a 2x
*cg building 001
*Museum (exterior only)
*3 sky boxes (+ old city sky box from warehouse district)
*12 minutes ambient audio (rain, wind, creepy rain, city ambient)

And here are thumbnails of most of the included models (without street and/or texture variations):

Anyone who has picked up Monster Pack #2 - Warehouse District will receive a coupon code discount by email for this pack, and there will be special pricing available soon to reflect this discount available on the site for multi-pack purchases.

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments and encouragement, hopefully this will help a few folks who need some game content, who might need prototype models for development or whatever to move a little closer to getting their game finished.

- Alan
Really Really Good Things Studio

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Daz (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:17 GMT)

Awesome work yet again Alan! As soon as I get the coupon code I will pick this one up.

Julian R (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:20 GMT)

Awesome stuff Alan. The link doesn't take you to the order page ... looking for it like a madman! :)

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:24 GMT)

@Alan: I really still don't understand how one can buy those products, sorry Alan.
I must be thick...

Julian R (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:28 GMT)

It's like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey, or bait on a fish... talk to us Alan, provide us with the wisdom to order this pack :)

Kory James (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:31 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Just waiting for you to add the purchase site up. but great job on these packs. can't wait to test it out.

Julian R (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:40 GMT)

Hi Alan, I've ordered the pack, but no download on the link provided?!

Kyle James (Aug 29, 2007 at 07:47 GMT)

Lol sorry Guys, I just got the pages completely up. Alan (my dad) posted the blog before I got the page up, but it is up now CLICK HERE to get there. Those of you who bought the warehouse district pack will be getting an email at most by tomorrow wit hthe coupon code.

EDIT: Hey Julian I sent you the link to your email address.
Edited on Aug 29, 2007 07:50 GMT

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 29, 2007 at 08:02 GMT)

Damn it, none of the links I have tried are working, and it claims the payment system is not available at this time.
Nice job Kyle BTW. 8-)
... and don't let your father enslave you. ;-)

Kyle James (Aug 29, 2007 at 08:25 GMT)

Whew! I think I got it!

@ Stephan
I am not quite sure why the links are giving you trouble. Try THIS LINK, if it works it should go right to the buy now page. If that doesn't work I will try and figure out the problem and get back to you asap.

Martin Schultz (Aug 29, 2007 at 08:32 GMT)

Very very good work, Alan. Now your website needs a little polish/optimization I think. Keep up the good work!

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 29, 2007 at 08:35 GMT)

Quote:
https://eu.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=1711286

The order page you are trying to reach is currently unavailable.
You may click here to manually search for the item in the Plimus shop,
or contact the originating website's webmaster for help.

8-P

Edit: I want the warehouse pack too BTW. :-)
Edited on Aug 29, 2007 08:36 GMT

Kory James (Aug 29, 2007 at 08:52 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

I love this pack, five stars can't wait to get the next one. keep up the great work
Edited on Aug 29, 2007 10:01 GMT

Canon (Aug 29, 2007 at 10:11 GMT)

very good job!!

Christophe

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 29, 2007 at 11:08 GMT)

Thanks Kyle, it's working.

Thanks Alan, Darkwind: War On Wheels will only look better with them!

Alan James (Aug 29, 2007 at 13:23 GMT)

Sorry guys for the difficulties! I was trashed about midnight and I must have been hallucinating thinking Kyle was closer to having the site up than I thought when I pulled the trigger on the .Plan...

Really appreciate everyones patience with us, just let us know if there are any more problems, you didn't get the coupon codes, etc. We want everyone to be satisfied with the packs...well back to the real world for eight hours...

- Alan

Dave Young (Aug 29, 2007 at 13:30 GMT)

Nice looking stuff guys!

Wade Lawrence (Aug 29, 2007 at 14:17 GMT)

Can you enter the buildings?

Tim Heldna (Aug 29, 2007 at 15:23 GMT)

Quote:

Can you enter the buildings?

Only if the door is opened. ; -)

Todd Pickens (Aug 29, 2007 at 15:49 GMT)

Very very nice!

You know what that town needs? ....ZOMBIES!!!

Erik Madison (Aug 29, 2007 at 20:09 GMT)

Hmm, I did this backwards. I bought this pack first. Can I still get a coupon for the warehouse district? Send me one, and I'll buy it today... :)

Alan James (Aug 29, 2007 at 22:38 GMT)

@ Eric
No problem, check your email I sent you the top secret information.

@Wade
Most of the buildings you are not able to enter. In the Warehouse pack there are three or four (can't remember off the top of my head) that you can go inside, they have basic interiors. We may work on some specific buildings to compliment the downtown pack with interiors, but they are a lot more complex. Still might be a possibility.
Edited on Aug 29, 2007 23:37 GMT

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 30, 2007 at 09:38 GMT)

@Alan: what are the specs of your test machine?

Alan James (Aug 30, 2007 at 13:21 GMT)

@Stephan
I'm running a P4 3ghz, 1gb ram, 7300 NVidia 256mb, Kyle's system i is running an AMD 4400+ and I believe a 7900 series NVidia card. He sees a bit of a performance gain over mine on just about everything, whereas I run on the test levels 50 to 65 fps, he's coming in at about 5 fps faster.

I have two test levels btw, I just need to check them for detail and terrain textures that might not be in stock TGE. (since I did the original testing I've built on the levels a bit) I'll try to get a link up here for folks to download later today/this evening.

Stephan (viKKing) Bondier (Aug 30, 2007 at 13:30 GMT)

@Alan: yes, thanks that would be appreciated, as reported in my email. ;)
I have some performance issues, but it is in Windows emulated mode; though I think regarding our targetted audience, it's a good test.

Alan James (Aug 31, 2007 at 03:40 GMT)

@Stephan & All:

Here are a few demo levels that I had used for testing. They are pretty basic, but it might help for performance profiling and just getting a feel for an idea of the content layout and such. They are far from complete really anything, but possibly useful.

I've included also the ML files, but a couple of the levels still light pretty darn slow...i.e. think Torque Demo level. I think it's really just par for the course for TGE, but beyond single player packet monkeying, I don't have a really good answer for you on that front and that doesn't really affect lighting.

There is one detail texture that is included, since I couldn't remember if it was stock TGE or not. Just drop it in your terrains directory or really anywhere in your data path. If I happened to miss something and it gives you the "missing content" error, just drop your console, see what file it is and snip it out of the .MIS file and you should be good to go.

www.reallyreallygoodthings.com/resources/DemoMISfiles.zip

I forgot to note, one is Downtown District, two are for the Warehouse Pack.

Thanks,
Alan
Edited on Aug 31, 2007 04:07 GMT

Stephan Goebels (Sep 02, 2007 at 17:45 GMT)

Nice work. When will the multi-pack be avaliable?

Alan James (Sep 03, 2007 at 02:37 GMT)

@Stephan G.

We will be trying to set up the links for that later this evening. We have some general cleaning up of the site to do and some small updates. If not tonight, for sure tomorrow.

Cappaucino (Sep 11, 2007 at 00:59 GMT)

Is it possible you can release the newest pack, it's crack and I need my fix!

Dan Keller (Oct 15, 2007 at 02:58 GMT)

Now this is the kind of thing I'd be willing to spend fifty bucks for!

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