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  1. It's pretty much dead as a doornail. The producer who bought the rights was most interested in the Rikti invasion, which would've made for a great film. Unfortunately, Marvel's Avengers has stolen that thunder. But proved the basic idea was sound.
  2. Ironik

    City of Creators

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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I' say it was more of a logical one - just look at how many people are deeply attached to their avatars, from the RPers with years of plots woven out of the game lore, through the people who filled out a few lines in their bio to the players who just have a backstory in their heads when they play - every single one of them has found a part of the CoHverse that clicked with them - and if the worst happened, and we were forced to turn to Plan Z, then it'd our duty to them and to the memory of the game that inspired them to attempt to give them a new world where they could all feel at home.
    So for a new IP we're talking about a story-bible that gets voted on by all participants, and any additions to the overall story would need to be likewise vetted by the group.

    I have long thought that a complicated hypertext novel would be a very cool thing to do, but it would require someone who is ridiculously prolific or a group of like-minded writers to make something genuinely epic.
  3. I've never done 3D printing, so I didn't realize the plastic was that sturdy. Printing anything as a "growing tree" is something I've seen in various demos, though, so it makes perfect sense to print the caped figure upside down. I know in one early demo they had to print a model airplane sideways since that's the only way it would fit into the printer, but that was just a space issue rather than one of connection.
  4. Both Steel and Winter got me to L out L. Well done.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Knight_of_Armor View Post
    I hear you, but I can't see this as logical at all, tho. Because the players in this business, are the customers. Without the customers, they have squat. So they d*** well better care about the players.
    A lesson few businesses recall these days. Mostly because we've proven to them that we are good little consumers who will buy whatever they give us.
  6. Ironik

    City of Creators

    I suppose writing about the characters I create could fill the time I used to use playing them.
  7. Ironik

    iReport

    Overall it's quite good. Next time go easy on the commas, though.

    /proofreader
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Montaugh View Post
    First ward would be awesome as well... or night ward with all the tentacles as happened on virtue earlier (darn Zwill but that was spooky looking.)

    heh... have the figures, scale the maps and figs to the right size.. come up with some tabletop rules and you have City of Heroes the miniature boardgame. Perhaps in a similar vein to mansions of madness. Oh dear gods I'm even seeing it forming in my head with all the missions and scenarios, moving from board to board in a campaign style game.. ahhh someone make it stop now I'll never sleep tonight.
    Wouldn't poseable versions of our characters be super awesome?

    Although I'd take a 10-inch version of Mighty Lad stuck in this pose.

  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Now I think we need a ONE inch deep tub so we can get that Sister Psyche action shot.
    Fixt.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    Video is up - don't know why Youtube is refusing to upload my videos in their original HD format tonight (should be at least 1080p.)

    This is a mock-up of a character on a support base. The cape could be connected to the base, or the base extended to support the cape. The cape could also be baked using the cloth simulator and that would give it more points of contact with the core model for support.
    That's super cool.

    As for the cape, though, wouldn't it be better to print it separately and then glue it to the figure later? That'd avoid awkward connections.
  11. I tried using demodump years ago but my computer then couldn't handle it. I've always thought that would be a brilliant way to animate mouths and eyes the old-fashioned way. I even did some tests that looked non-terrible. Tedious, sure, but I think the result would be pretty cool.

    I just always thought there'd be time to get around to it. Here are a couple screenshots I used as crude tests.





  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hildegard View Post
    Thanks, Sera

    Many thanks to my fellow PCSARian, Sera, for posting this about Pure Empathy. Pure Empathy, AKA Ramona Sepulveda (aka Tequila to her friends and familiy), died of cancer in March of this year. Tequila was my sister, my beloved friend, and a treasured part of my PCSAR family here in CoH. Tequila left behind several other family members who played CoH, including another PCSAR member, Galen's Curse (aka Wendy, one of her sisters).

    She is sorely missed by one and all, and she is a big part of why I was drawn into patrolling and eventually becoming a PCSAR member, and indeed investing myself in an MMO period.

    Her last cherished motto was "Choose Hope," a phrase I find eerily appropriate for our current state of affairs in CoX and indeed, the world in general.

    I will look for screenshots of her character Pure Empathy to share for this project. She created an amazing blog during the last few years of her journey, called "Fear Not Woman" at Blogspot.Com. The title of the blog was "Must Not Fear." Tequila had an amazing sense of humor and compassion in abundance, and I recommend her blog to anyone -- it is full of love, light and wisdom, and is well worth checking out. I believe it still stands as testament to her courage and love of life.

    Rest in peace, my dear; you are loved and missed, and remembered by many whose lives you touched.

    My grateful thanks to you for honoring our beloved fallen.

    Love, Peace and Joy to everyone,

    Michelle (aka Lilith Owlwoman of PCSAR on Infinity)
    Terribly sorry for your loss, Michelle. My god, your sister had a joyous smile, even amidst all that.

    This thread is breaking my heart. I don't envy Samuraiko one bit, but my hat's off to her for doing it.
  13. I wonder how that's doing for sales. Not everyone has a tablet... or wants to read comics on their computer.
  14. Man, that is epic. I haven't been able to get to that map yet. Where is it?
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    • Save your costume at the in-game tailor
    • Go to your City Of Heroes---> Costumes folder (That's the default folder created by the game that stores all of your saved costumes as small text files - Default location would be " C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\costumes ")
    • Find the costume (under the name that you saved it in-game as - eg "Ironik01A.costume")
    • You can either open that file (first time you'll have to choose what program, use notepad) Or just attach that file through your email.
    • Most email applications have an "attach" button when you compose a message. That will open up a window that lets you browse through your computer, where you can get to "C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\costumes and the specific costume file you want to send.
    And... voila.


    Hopefully that helps!! Don't anyone be shy to ask for more help with that.
    I know sometimes different operating systems can make it a bit different, but that should work for ya.
    Thanks, Electric-Knight, you're the best!
  16. Congrats on the marriage, Liquid. I heard of it during today's Twitch broadcast when Zwill mentioned it.

    There's a whole thread for you to share wedding pictures in. Just sayin'.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Floyd is not a programmer.
    True, but he does have the most awesome name ever.
  18. They seem like nice people. (Hell, BAB is there, so we know they're nice.) It's just a terrible, fugly game. I hate playing games with sad attempts at humor where the writers clearly have disdain for the genre they're working in.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Yep. Its just a question of deconstruction and converting file formats. A bit tedious, but not difficult. And lets just say I've had as much practice in deconstructing and converting file formats as the City of Data people.
    Prolly 'cause you're really Floyd Grubb.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    Getting a root canal atm, but when i grt home i will try to work ip A dummies guide
    Oof, take the afternoon off.
  21. I understand all the words you guys are using, but I have zero idea what you're saying.

    Just wanted to say I've been looking forward to making 3D prints of my toons since day one, and if anyone figures it out, post it up on DeviantArt or someplace.
  22. It's just going to be Zwill and Hawk drunkenly throwing cheese puffs at people.

    #CallingItNow