Weekly Update - August 3, 2009
August 3rd, 2009 by Maxx Greetings!I come bearing the gift of news from the development team. It must be nice having myself cater the news directly to you, so I hope you appreciate our efforts!
So first up on the front of code, the legendary code-warrior Andrew "ssba" Orner has busted out a really amazing piece of code that will blow your socks off especially if you know anything about Source modding. This is a first for Source. We now have implemented in to NMRIH proper, real-life style flashlights. That's right. You can now see other players flashlight cones, and what they're illuminating. All the flashlights cast shadows and they will move with idle animations, reloading animations, sprinting... All that fun stuff! This is a major part of No More Room in Hell gameplay where we don't require teamplay, but encourage teamwork. Now you walk down a dark hallway in an abandoned apartment building, it's pitch black. You have your shotgun and your new friend has a machete and a flashlight. He lights the way, spotting out incoming Zeds for you to pick off. This is No More Room in Hell.
On the mapping front our guys have been hard at work prettying up their levels. Sotapoika's map has really come together in a very good way. Those of you who follow his devblog will surely agree. nay0r has also been hard at work on his map "Broadway", based on a real section of Broadway in New York City. It looks phenomenal right now, very New York with plenty of low light and creepy fog... 2d-Chris is redesigning areas of Citylife to better comply with our Extraction entity setup. So far, so good ladies and gentlemen!
I have also completed a piece of eye candy for you. No more placeholders in hell... I finished and finalized the art for something special:
I hope you enjoy, and stick around for more!
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