The Big Announcement 1/9/09

[jkartik]

congrats JK and LM,we are all very excited(at least me)

there is one problem,i am unable to open the video(LQ and HQ both),so can someone please upload it on youtube please...

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jkartik added 0 Minutes and 40 Seconds later...

hey JK and LM, I have found a good animation guide for you to follow while making a celebration animation when celebrating. It is not too long and it looks simple and I know you can do it easily. Try to make the animation of batsman celebrating his centure like in this video. YouTube - Gilly desktop assistant demo Go to 1:27 and look at it. Looks pretty good. But you can add the part when he takes OFF his helmet.

thanx. i'll look into it !

 

[legend_master]

congrats JK and LM,we are all very excited(at least me)

there is one problem,i am unable to open the video(LQ and HQ both),so can someone please upload it on youtube please...

download the latest Xvid codec from xvid.org, that should do it, or what JK said

 

[diaskasun]

all the very best to JK and LM. you guys are gods. no more monopoly for codis or who ever. they just cant sell ████ anymore.... :banana2 :banana2 :banana2

 

[King Cricket]

The announcement just couldn't have been better! AbBh joining, a new game engine, superb graphics...it's too good to be true. Best of luck to JK, LM, and AbBh. You guys are true legends. And oh yeah, don't be in a hurry. Take your time. I don't care about the release date, all what I want is a complete and realistic cricket game.

 

[thanfire]

Yet to see LC's reaction.. was he already aware of the contents of this announcement?

 

[legend_master]

Yet to see LC's reaction.. was he already aware of the contents of this announcement?

I take it you mean Lazy Chestnut?

Tom has been pretty indisposed of late and i wanted to get his permission before announcing that he has officially joined the TAOC dev team - he had been doing little bits here and there for me in the last few months but he's now fully on board :happy

I have spoken to him today and he is definately on board. With Tom and AbBh i have two extremely talented programmers helping out myself and JK. :hpraise

I'll also add this to the main announcement cos it is indeed a huge statement unto itself.

LM

 

[jkartik]

ok guys, youtube link for the HQ Vid is up :-

YouTube - The Art Of Cricket New Engine Teaser

ENJOY !!

ps: we still recommend you watch the original HQ video if you can as Youtube inevitably reduces the quality

 

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Edit: Chris Gayle

 

[MattW]

Something doesn't seem quite right about the adboards though and the stadium textures look slightly second rate. Which I suppose is the problem with dramatic graphics improvements, things that would have looked fine in a lower graphical quality game seem out of place now.

 

[jkartik]

@madman - thats classic ! i was actually gonna post comaprison pix last night but somehow forgot about it...
good work !

Something doesn't seem quite right about the adboards though and the stadium textures look slightly second rate. Which I suppose is the problem with dramatic graphics improvements, things that would have looked fine in a lower graphical quality game seem out of place now.

yup. the adboards do look a lit out of place. need to investigate more on this.

lol...the stadium textures ARE second rate. its very low res ones used in the OLD engine for GFX optimizations.

i cant be arsed to do all those textures again in High quality since i've got so many other important stuff over my shoulders !

 

[Covvy]

Graphics will need to get a bit of a revamp as far as stadiums etc. but it's important to get the A.I and gameplay right first.

 

[jkartik]

Graphics will need to get a bit of a revamp as far as stadiums etc. but it's important to get the A.I and gameplay right first.

yup. am way too busy working on the animations right now to be distracted with photoshop.

if someone can create high quality stadium textures....by all means, go for it !

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Meh, leave the graphic files editable and the PC community will do the rest.


In the video, the stumps don't seem to move when the ball hits them? The bails just flew off? I love the concept of each stump being it's own object, but didn't see it there.

And on that note, will the bat and the ball get to be their own individual objects as well? Will they have their own physics engine, so we can see the bat turning naturally and the ball going to all different angles?

 

[_Nabeel_]

i think the vast difference between the first and the latest pix will undoubtedly create the biggest earthquake that could happen in the planet of cricket....

 

[Kiko_97]

How will adboards be added, are they linked to the stadium files or can you edit them individually and they will be there for all stadiums?