Talking to Blujay on ICQ and after he unbanned my IP adress, i had a sudden surge of JK nostalgia overcome me.
I had remembered my... ambitious project that i wanted to do before i left the JK editing community: Islands of Destiny.
The 2nd level of the 3 was Miranda Island, a level so big, it didn't even compare to Drazen. I had though that my HD crash a year ago lost the level.. but i was wrong.I found the .gob with both Danger cove (1st level) and miranda island on it. I extracted the level, and i just had to complete it.
Thus, i redownloaded Jed and start working on it. It's going to be a while before i remember how it works again (heheh), but i think i can release something good.

Miranda Island is big.. very big. Take a good 30 seconds with force speed to go over all the places... and that's just the streets!

Anyway, if you remember it, here are some shots of the level at it's current state. Most of the exterior layout is done and all that it needs is to finish the interior of the houses and shops and fix the countless amounts of bugs and HOM in some places...
Although you'd think HOM is a big problem, i did a good job of containing it despite it's huge open spaces and it's a minor problem.
Thank gawd for my many arches!

pics!









The project was of it all is too big and i've got other projects in other games on the table, so i'm just going to finish the level to DM or Saber DM.

*edit* I know it's dark, but it's a night themed level and i didn't finish put all of the street light in yet!
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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

[This message has been edited by BlackPanther (edited July 03, 2003).]

[This message has been edited by BlackPanther (edited July 03, 2003).]

OMQ TAHT SUX I HAET TI!!!!111 OMG LOL

You're back!

Yep I remember this one. Lots of people accused you of copying Drazen. But I think that this won't be an issue anymore, since this is the best JK level we've seen for like 2 years. Looking good! Glad to see you back.

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

I like the archi!

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -Isaac Asimov

Yeah I'm back.. sorta.
Nostalgia does that to ya..

Freelancer: Yeah people did accuse me of copying drazen without even playing the level! hehe
It's NOTHING like it, layout and all.
I won't lie that some things are inspired by it though... i still consider Drazen Isle to be the best multiplayer level ever in my heart.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

me wanty!! gimme!!!

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Life is but a dream,
Drifting on a stream,
A stream,
Conciensly it seems,
all of what remains,
Ego Brain

Yay! More Isle goodness!!!!

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-Emon

Needs some serious lighting work. It is splotchy and erratic. I would also suggest rounding some of the square corners here and there to spruce things up.

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Current Maps

Stomping Grounds (Newest Addition)

Look up my nose and see your future.

That's....wow. Want a job?

JediKirby

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Epic: Episode I TC, Epic: Podracing Mod MP/SP, Epic: Starbattles Mod MP/SP

Yeah i know it needs a LOT of lighting work.
Almost none of the house/shops have lights in them.

I think i remember that when i made the map, i put every single face to a lower light setting BEFORE i even started lighting, to give it an ambient feel of low light.

I probably shouldn't of done this, but it helped a lot in the long run. Hell it was loads better then doing it with full bright at the start

The "bad part of town" (seen in the second screenshot" will be the darkest part of the map. I put in a clandestine bar in a dark alley way which will be a nice place for an ambush
Ooooh it's been so long since i've worked with JED...

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

I'm going to repeat, in a much more serious tone of voice...

Want a job with Team Epic!?

JediKirby

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Epic: Episode I TC, Epic: Podracing Mod MP/SP, Epic: Starbattles Mod MP/SP

I don't like working for mod teams.. sorry.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

PANTHER! Great to see you around... it's been ages. You probably don't even remember me, but heh. Anyway, the level is looking good. I remember playing in your expanded Baron's Hed, and this level's texturing scheme kinda reminds me of that.

PS, you have MSN Messenger? iwonderifthisworks@hotmail.com if you do.

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Oh wow, I thought you were gone for good!

Good to see you back, and I do remember that level...

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"Gotta love the part when 20 guys come out of that Jeep Wrangler." -THRAWN

VV! Off course i remember you!
Yeah Miranda Island still uses Baron06. It's just the texture scheme i love the most and is easiest to work with.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

I love to see others editing JK.
Stops me from panicking that Im one of the only ones.

Its nice and dark, lets see lots a good dynamic lights, nice archi.
Release it, coz its ben ages since we had a good JK level if memory serves.

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Well i ow a big det to JK. It's the game that got me into 3d modeling in the first place.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

Holy crap! BP's back! HOLY CRAP! (Must be the fifth time I've said that)

Looks amazing, as we so fondly remember saying back sometime...

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Sigs are for n00bs.

[1337 FRNDS_Pommy | 3.14 of 14 | » And-GTx2]

Ack, scale the sky to something like 500. Other than that, it's looking good.

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"Six hundred and forty fish later, the only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet that someone special, you can count of them one day being dead and in the ground."
Jack Chick preaches it
NMGOH

wolfy!!
hi mate!

ya ill scale

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

A few of the pics (1st, 3rd mainly) could do for some lighting--otherwise, it's impressive stuff.

Plz, don't reply with such obvious stuff.. that's been said before! hehe

I already said that the outside lighting was just getting started.

As for the first pic, well it's an underwater passageway from the main building to the pool building.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!

..but unless it's derelict, it'd probably have working, interior lightsources.

[This message has been edited by moneyobie (edited July 06, 2003).]

Looks awesome!



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Restless 2

Sanctum de la Mort

[This message has been edited by Dash_rendar (edited July 07, 2003).]

got a point there money.
The whole island is suppose to be a resort.

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The BlackPanther
Making 3D models one vertex at a time... and wether you like it or not!