how bout this type of interface? http://www.geocities.com/gamingunderground/menu.html

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Sachmo, i like the menu but methinks it is a bit visually limiting . Besides the site doesn't need that many pages so a normal links page should do fine.

hey, whatsup, im finally back from vacation, and it was pretty boring. But there was this one chick named Katie thats actually going to my school next year, so that was cool.

yo aingram, if you help do cogs, then I can take that stupid thing about the only member of the cog team out of my sig!!! WHOO HOO!!! and then maybe I wont feel so bad about all the other vacations I have to take in the next couple of weeks . the menu's cool, but I agree that its kinda too much for our site. (and it takes too long to load on my nasty 28.8K modem

Anyway, thats all for now, c yall later...

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[This message has been edited by Fernando_the_Hunn (edited July 23, 2000).]

its all messed up. in on vacation and in charge to make western TC homepage....i need someone to do the logo.and that's it...
thanks

Just brining this to the top...

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Ok, I got a cog that makes a door (well a pair of them actually, left and right) swing open in a saloon door type of way. different depending on which side of the door youre on. The part about shooting it off is really buggy, however, and ill get it working asap if you guys want it.

on a different note, I was working on a cog for a helper AI type of thing, and was wondering what we should do in the way of commands. I thought we could replace the force powers with them, but that kinda leaves them not doing anything for the levels where you dont have a helper...

I was thinking commands for the following:

cover me: AI follows closer behind you and moves towards you even while shooting at enemies.

attack enemy: does the force power-ish targeting thingie, and when you release (the hotkey) has the AI attack that enemy.

open door: Makes the AI open the first door in the players view. (walk up to it, etc.)

we can have theoretically 10 commands (limited by the number of user messages) so any suggestions are welcome. please some more than on the cow tipping thing at least...

as a final note, if you need any level-specific cogs, Im here, well, umm, more like 10-7. So post/email.

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There are no evil coggers, only evil cogs...

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The leader and to-date only member of the Western TC Cog Department.

Fernando and were talkin' and we hammered out a bit of a plot. We decided you can choose be a good guy or a bad guy (I think we were planning that already), sort of like in JK where you can become a light Jedi or a dark Jedi. At some part of the game, your partner gets captured (if you're good, by the bad guys, if your bad, by the sheriff) and you have to blast him out with dynamite before he is executed. While you are getting him out, you're disguised as a Reverand and you have to go from your hideout into the city and bust him out. Cool, ne?
Also if he gets executed, I can play taps on my harmonica.

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Hey, man, you screwed it up a friggin lot...

you is always a bandit-type of dude. (I think I saw that a while back, and have been kinda assuming that ever since.) We were thinkin the helper dude gets captured, right, so you dont have him with you for a little while, then in one of the other missions (you are doing other stuff too) you learn that hes gunna be executed at, like, noon. Then you can try to bust him out before they take him to be executed, bust up the convoy to the gallows, or shoot out the rope as they're hanging him. Then he'll follow you arround again, but hell be stronger. If you dont rescue him, and he gets killed, youre on your own for the rest of the missions.

<this message in two parts cuz it keeps telling me I have more that 8 images...>

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There are no evil coggers, only evil cogs...

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ICQ 81116825
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The leader and to-date only member of the Western TC Cog Department.

ok, this is poop. My compy locked up, so i have to type all this over again...

When he takes a lot of damage he runs away, cuz its really annoying having to always watch out for him, so that shouldnt be a mission objective, but he runs away so he can still logically be in the next mission (not dead).

On another note, we could turn the force morality bar into an indication of how wanted you are. The more wanted you are, the more NPCs are on the lookout for you to do things out of the ordinary (like pull a gun), and the faster the sherrif responds to crimes, and with how much backup. you get more wanted from killing civvies, deputys are worth double, and it possibly from stealing other items along the way. If your all the way wanted, everyone will shoot you on sight unless youre in disguise (like reverand). Maybe even different endings based on how wanted you are??

and as for the sherrif, we could make him invincible in the normal missions, so you cant kill him and then have him come back in the later missions. And a 100% damaging shot that discourages the player from attracting his attention (or at least getting the frick away when you do...)

Did we ever make any progress on that horse-riding thing? if we do that, We could have him ride a horse too, and you have to like catch a stagecoach or something?

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There are no evil coggers, only evil cogs...

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ICQ 81116825
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The leader and to-date only member of the Western TC Cog Department.

Uh, right, whatever you say.
I don't remember you saying any of that. If you need me, I'll be over in the corner. Crying.

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Guys, im so sorry.Lot of things are going on..my work, my school.I'll have to study realy hard, im on vacation...i can't design the WESTERN TC website anymore.But i can pass what i have...so how going to continue?
Please email me sooner as ui can.

i can do it. i gots nothing else to do.

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member of the Wild West TC

the website is 98% done. i have the layour all done, i just need some info.
1st i need everyone who is working on this tc to give me their email.
2nd i need info, like the plot, what weapons we will have, descriptions of the levels we want to include, and what skins we are going to have. also, were should we get hosted? i just uploaded the site to a geocities account so you guys can see it.
http://www.geocities.com/westerntc

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[This message has been edited by Sachmo (edited July 27, 2000).]

---Weapons---


Fist--same
Bryar--Colt Peacemaker reloads every 6 shots
Strifle--Twin Auto Pistols (reloads every 12)
thermals--Shotgun (duel Barrelled, cock after each shot; reload every 6)
bowcaster--Winchester Rifle (30.30)(Great Long range accuracy. OK short range, slow shooting (reload each shot)
repeater--Gattling Gun (inaccurate like strifle, reload 50 shots)
raildet--Don't Know
seq--TNT Dynamite Bundles (Times, place to walls)
conc--Buffalo Rifle (single reload; high damage, long range, slow fire)
saber--Pic Axe

---Items---


Bacta--Hard Liquor or Whisky (stops the lower energy cog); Bandage (stops bleeding) (30 pts health)
IR Goggles--Lantern
Light--Single Match (loses power over a short time)
Powerboost--Gold (used in game later as Mission Objective of somesort)
Energy Clips--Bullet boxes kinda like (| || || || || || || |) holds 12-20
Power Cells--Rifle shells
Health--Bandage/Medkit
Armor--Armor Vest, different matting, similar 3do (shielding 150 max)
Shield--Armor patch
Certain Keys--Normal lock keys
8t88 hand/data disk--rope to be throw to building/climbable (primitive grabbling hook--hold down button for length thrown)
single thermal--Shotgun
thermal belt--Shotgun shells

---Features---


Reloading--like SS3
Blood--can drip onto floor leaving trail of opponent *health lower then 20% start losing one point every so often
Regional Damage--Similar to Sniper Arena (If hit in the head, most damage, leg-slows down, etc.
Riding a Horse--Similar to CCTC's Jeep cog except new keys.
No Force at all. No "powers"

---Levels---


SP
Bank Job-- break into high security bank carryin large sums of gold and goodies. Break out and escape sheriff and lawmen (horse chase) or vice versa
Train Robbery-- (to save or to rob) *note civilians; as a bandit if you kill civilians your ID decreases, and as Sheriff your morality decreases
hostage situation--Capture Mayor or important figure in town (at night in the alley's
Native Robbery--Steal important gold artifacts of NA, fight them when alarm sounded

MP
Bank: Steal gold from safe, steal stuff from stores
Saloon at high noon
Sheriff office and a little outside (jail included)
Mine: If detonator activated, blows up mine for secret holes

---Plot Ideas---


Your a newbie bandit joining a local gang to start a bank job--from that mission your ID increases making you popular outlaw to be hired for jobs
Name: Donavan Clydesdale; local 18 year old. Flunked out of University and has debts to pay turns to life of crime: Goes under outlaw name: Dusty b/c of quick escape
Gang: The Wild 49er's
Also Antagonist is sheriff who is supposedly on to you, shows up every so often to stop you. You must elude him


---Editors---
NETBUSTER--weapons and levels
Xizor_42--3dos, some levels
Fernando_the_hun--coggers, levels, and some skins
Triple H--cogging
Sith Lord Exar Kun--Skinning
MikeC--Info/Misc (one and off guy)
TTJ_Schming--Skinning (good)
aingram64--Levels, Site making
sachmo l8ta--Keys, simple 3dos
CorSec_TomServo--Level making


---Accomplished---
Beta horse 3do
Cowboy skin
Native American skin
beta TNT stick weapon

---Working---
Gattling gun 3do
winchester rifle 3do
bank level
saloon level
new horse 3do
pic axe
website
Mexican cowboy skin



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---Who needs a Kamehameha....huh? What about a MehaKameha. Whats the freakin difference. Let's rip 'em a new one...Gohan style!---
The Wild Leader, Founder, and Animator of the Wild West TC!

I will help I'm not good at editing but i could texture like you ain't seen

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At last we reveal ourselves to the jedi, At last we will have REVENGE

hey, cool page, a little empty now, but hopefully thatll change soon. Emails in siggie. Oh, and I was messing around w/ Jed last night and I discovered I have a hidden talent. I finished a halfway decent trio of weapons 3dos in a couple of hours based on an couple of pics in my 1965 encyclopedia. See them in the showcase. http://forums.massassi.net/html/Forum5/HTML/002346.html

somebodyll have to texture them for me, cuz I cant draw fer shazbot. *pokes sithlord in the arm* hint hint hint...

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There are no evil coggers, only evil cogs...

[url="mailto:no_oneatall@hotmail.com"]mailto:no_oneatall@hotmail.com[/url]no_oneatall@hotmail.com</A>
ICQ 81116825
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Evil Cog master of the Western TC!

[This message has been edited by Fernando_the_Hunn (edited July 28, 2000).]

One thing: depending on the Time period, there weren't any autopistols in the wild west. (unless it's fairly recent, like in big jake) Perhaps you should just go with twin peacemakers, then?

hey, whats with the l8ta next to my name?

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Drew already posted what I was gonna say. The peacemaker and automatic weapons didn't coexist (unless it was a really old peacemaker someone happened to be using). I would definately go with dual peacemakers. Or you might replace the bryar with a daringer (small 1 or 2 shot holdout pistol) and the strifle with a peacemaker.

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Have lightsaber will travel.

a little note on the double barrelled shotgun: Double barrel shotguns generally have to be reloaded after every two rounds, and fire one barrel at a time. (certain models with two triggers can fire both at once) perhaps primary fire should be one barrel at a time and secondary should be both barrels at once.

[This message has been edited by Drew_123456 (edited July 28, 2000).]

btw, i need everybodys email for the staff page. also, where should we get hosted, JN or Outpostd34?
oh yea, and ive put the site on hold for a little bit, ainagram is gonna make one then we're gonna pick the better one
ummmm, thats all so l8ta

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Ok for the site black or white background???
I prefer white since the western films and stuff usually take place during the day so a bright scheme may work well. But IMO darker sites look cool

I was thinking that as you progress in levels or have higher ranks in mp, even though there are new force powers, the abilities of the player such as speed, jump height, stealth, accuracy improve. This could be sorted out in kyle.cog based on rank. Would it be impossible to have better .key files as well when you have higher ranks by changing the .pup file in cog. Just think, when you are on the last level or highest rank in mp, you will be able to move faster and dive out of the way of shots with improved side-step keyframes or dive backwards by jumping backwards. A lot of work but it could be brilliant

yeah, I could do that (the new key's for new force levels). That would be cool. What are we planning to do w/ the force powers? I was planning on using some of them for commands to the AI "helper" dude. and MikeC had a cool idea to have him sometimes come with you, but do a different job, like you rob the bank and he robs the hardware store. So well iron out his role when the levels are more planned out?

Oh, and im AFK camping in Wisc. Dells for the weekend, till tuesday, so ill see yall then.

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There are no evil coggers, only evil cogs...

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ICQ 81116825
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Evil Cog master of the Western TC!

http://www.stas.net/oldwesttc Possible interface no.2 for the site

bah, just had to show me up didnt you? j/k, looks good

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member of the Wild West TC

i'm sowwyy Sachmo...

I could probably do some stuff. I can make some nice MATS, to make badguys.

ya, you better be
now back to playing diablo

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http://www.expage.com/ddpicpage

Go there to see my guys face. I can make the rest, and add scars.
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This should be longer than one level.

Looks good Darth Dude, but i think the eyepatch, hair and beard need more detail. Try using lighten and darken brushes to add highlights

Thanks, I just whipped that up. I'll make him look different with some marks on his face, and an eyepatch string.

We have passed the 150 posts mark, well done everybody

I have updated my bandit face, and I dropped the eyepatch. View it here:
http://www.expage.com/ddpicpage

E-mail address: ASpearViper@AOL.com

I'm working on a new background image for the main menu.

[This message has been edited by Darth Dude (edited July 30, 2000).]

Arghhhhhh, his eye has melted U may want to make a scar over where his eye was to make it look like it was cut out or something. The beard looks a bit weird. But the rest is v.good keep going

Looks pretty sick, doesn't it? By the way, is this for MotS or JediKnight? Ill fix the beard, should be easy enough.


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member of Wild West TC doing odd jobs
member of the Trouble on Cloud City TC, which can be joined at http://www.expage.com/toncctc


[This message has been edited by Darth Dude (edited July 31, 2000).]

This is for Jedi Knight

Great...