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[al17]

05 February 2011

I think I should write a few lines about Return 2 Trademeet.

Next version of Return 2 Trademeet (that 2 refers to the version) will be a totally new mod. I can say that only the name of mod will be the same.


The old storyline was short, linear and common. The new storyline will be long, exciting and interesting.

Every single area will be 3d rendered. Say goodbye to Baldur'Gate, Icewind Dale or Planescape collage.

Dialogs will be deeper and they will make you remember Planescape.




And now what Return 2 Trademeet won't be.

There won't be many big side quests. That's easy to explain: a big side quest needs many areas and many areas need a lot of work.

However, R2T will count at least three big side quests.

The first one will be in a castle.

The second one will be an old Ad&d PnP Ravenloft module "Night of the walking dead". It can be found here: http://www.wizards.c...files/notwd.pdf

The third one will be another old famous adventure "White Plume Mountain" ( http://www.wizards.c...nd/oa/20051207a )



I spent the last 50 days working exclusively on 3d modeling and the result is:


Trademeet: 100%
Main quest before leaving Trademeet: 0%
Main quest after leaving Trademeet: 0%
Big quest (castle): 100%
Big quest (NOTWD): 80% -> 85% -> DONE
Big quest (WPM): 0%
Medium and mini-quests (all together): 95%

I can say I'm near 60%.


Two examples:




Night of the walking dead


Big quest in a castle

Edited by al17, 17 February 2011 - 03:53 PM.

[Hoppy]

Hi al17,
Just wanted to say I enjoyed playing your mod although it was some time ago (about a year). I am excited about the changes you are doing especially the graphics for Return (v)2.o Trademeet. No problem with the items, I am using them in my megamod installation now

(even if the story line will be completely different).

A different story line? That is very cool!
Just a couple inquiries:
Will there be different outcomes for the ending?
Any more NPC's to add?
More areas to explore besides the current ones?
Thanks to you and your team for a cool TC

[al17]

A different story line? That is very cool!

Absolutely yes. The bad guy and your love (Aerie, Jaheira, etc) will be involved since the beginning and the adventure will take place 10 years after the end of ToB. This lapse of time will allow me to picture *my* Faerun.

Will there be different outcomes for the ending?

Yes, even if only the very last cut scene will be different. It will depend on two persons and their possible death.

Any more NPC's to add?

One, but I'm focused on the existing npcs.

More areas to explore besides the current ones?

Trademeet will have many buildings, but there will be less areas to explore outside the city. I decided to cut two, maybe three, big quests too: 3d graphic takes so many time if you want a good result. I think one good area is better than two weak.

Edited by al17, 12 January 2008 - 03:04 AM.

[al17]

sorry, only english here.

[Miloch]

Does this mean all of your areas will be custom now? Just wondering, because we have a mod that adds a little item shop to Trademeet Inn if that area (ar2010) is present in any install, which would probably work with v1 but maybe not v2 if you're changing the areas and names.

[al17]

All areas will be custom. This means there'll be a totally new Trademeet (and shops, inns, etc) and your mod won't work.

[the bigg]

Ok my english sucks but i'll try to post in a readable way. I realize that a big mode like yours will take very long to be realized, so i wait with due patience.
Actually i didn't expect that after so many years since the creation of BGII there're still people working in giving us big mods. Keep up the good work then and good luck of course. I enjoied the old mod very much.

It's interesting how posts that start with "my english sucks" are in fact very easily readable (even with a couple of trivial errors), much more so than the posts of many people who should know better.

(Sorry, OT).

[al17]

...of many people who should know better.

that's me

[the bigg]

...of many people who should know better.

that's me

Nah, I mean people who are native English/American/... but only know moron/leet/smsspeak.

[Sir-Kill]

al17
what program are you using 3ds, maya, other? also are the trees a 'standard object creator' of that program?
if 3ds you should look into speedtree for the trees you can make a 1000-2000 poly tree look very good compaired to say max's standard tree reaching 50,000+ poly

also if you have control over the color of the leaves they are a bit too green I would recommend adding a little yellow and then lower the hue.
can you us bump mapping? if so you could add it to the roof texture to 'dirty' it up a bit.

overall it is a good composition

[al17]

what program are you using 3ds, maya, other? also are the trees a 'standard object creator' of that program?

I'm using a very old program, Bryce. I know maya and 3dmax are better, but I chose bryce for two reasons:

1) it's free

2) it's easy (and that's great for a dumb like me! )

also if you have control over the color of the leaves they are a bit too green I would recommend adding a little yellow and then lower the hue.

red and phosphorescent green are intentional. That area should be in the far east, a mysterious land for charname, and I thought strange colors were appropriate.

[Hoppy]

Sorry to be off the topic of graphics, which is really cool. New music or will we hear some of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film music again? Not that it was bad. I liked that music for the action in your mod a lot. If there is no replacement for the music, I would keep it where you had it.

[melkor_morgoth75]

Al17,

just wondering if u're still working on the 2.0 version of the mod.
I'm eager to try it later or before ... (i also noticed on the italian official no news are there since long time).

Ciao!
mm75

[al17]

UPDATE 12/10/2010

Even if this mod seemed to be (quite) abandoned, it's still alive... again.

UPDATE (old)

Even if this mod seemed to be alive, it's (quite) abandoned.

One year ago the new version was at 50%. Today is at 51%. However I can't say the mod is completely abandoned; someday I could decide to finish it.

Someday is today.

Edited by al17, 10 December 2010 - 07:21 AM.

[al17]

45 days and I can confirm that RTT is absolutely in progress.

A new, intricated and deeper storyline is ready (to say the truth it's ready since 2008), as well as new quests.

I'm working on new areas now. I'm at about 50%.

Next week I'll be more exhaustive.

bye.

Edited by al17, 26 January 2011 - 03:17 AM.

[AnnabelleRose]

I am glad to hear you are working on this again.

The wife and I are doing a multiplayer BGT, and once we finished ToB I plan to run her though RTT.

[al17]

I think I should write a few lines about Return 2 Trademeet.

Next version of Return 2 Trademeet (that 2 refers to the version) will be a totally new mod. I can say that only the name of mod will be the same.


The old storyline was short, linear and common. The new storyline will be long, exciting and interesting.

Every single area will be 3d rendered. Say goodbye to Baldur'Gate, Icewind Dale or Planescape collage.

Dialogs will be deeper and they will make you remember Planescape.




And now what Return 2 Trademeet won't be.

There won't be many big side quests. That's easy to explain: a big side quest needs many areas and many areas need a lot of work.

However, R2T will count at least three big side quests.

The first one will be in a castle.

The second one will be an old Ad&d PnP Ravenloft module "Night of the walking dead". It can be found here: http://www.wizards.c...files/notwd.pdf

The third one will probably be another old PnP module.



I spent the last 50 days working exclusively on 3d modeling and the result is:


Trademeet: 100%
Main quest before leaving Trademeet: 0%
Main quest after leaving Trademeet: 0%
Big quest (castle): 100%
Big quest (NOTWD): 80%
Big quest (?): 0%
Medium and mini-quests (all together): 95%

I can say I'm near 60%.


Two examples:




Night of the walking dead


Big quest in a castle