I'm dwelling on this whole IP violations/no compiler/new releases thing, its really beginning to bug me. Back before retail we had toooooooooooons of releases even up to the middle of 1.0, now? dead. Barley anything. What we need is a few able modelers/skinners/hackjobbers to get together and make a kick ass pack.

the names that come to my mind are

Ska (I know you're out there. Come out and play)
Russ (You too, dammit.)
Brut
Jed
Cheeto
Dillinger
Trigger
Marzy
aaaaaaand Vandal.

I know there's more of you, but besides my lazy non-releasing anything since 1.1 ass, eveyone there is quite prominent in the community, so why not band together and get something frickin done. I know Trigger wants to get that italian pack done, I did too. Cheeto has his Russian pack slowly evolving, and I've wanted a damn US winter pack (the trenchcoats like on ssv4....DEVIN WHERE ARE YOU!?) since 1.1 came along and rained on my hack job parade.

Lets put what we want done out on the table, and pick one project at a time, and finish them one by one together. We can easily put together the playerpacks and wait for the compiler (or if someone is handy enough to make one perhaps....jed? :) ) and complie them later. Instead of this whole "who releases what" mentality, lets get a more team-effort thing going, shall we? List your info and what you want to see completed below.

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Vandal:

E-Mail: Historytut@yahoo.com
Yahoo IM: skullz_vandal (i'm on yahoo alot)
AIM: Audibleparadox
DOD Server: dod1.skullz.net (you can find me there alot too!)

Intrested in:
-Italian Pack (AXIS player/weapon/sound/sprite)
-Russian Pack (BRITISH player/weapon/sound/sprite)
-Winter Pack (US and AXIS player)

I'm good at:
-photoskinning faces, voice commands, sound editing, minor reskinning, hackjobbing.
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^^^^^^^give info like that, and lets get moving!!

Well I've been working on the GCF format while I wait for the compiler but I'm planning on updating my airborne models.

As you've probably seen I've included animated facial expressions but, because it required re-animating all of the model anims, I cant do anything without the compiler and the final SMD release.

For other stuff, well I've been working on some weapons with Marzy, its really just a lack of skinners thats holding back many releases.

- Jed

Im a new guy here and i also do alot of skining.
Right now im helping Cheeto with the weapon skins for his Russian Pack. Aint that right cheeto :p

Ill be glad to help out u people whenever its possible.
I really want to see most of the stuff here get released also.

You forgot me :(

I've been suffering from major stress and what I call animators block.

im interested in modelling but i am still unsure on most of it, lol..

I LOVE the lollersaur, its so deliciously absurd and cute at the same time.

As for me, im in retirement from the MSA community. I Still check it, give random answers, but as for releases, I just cant find time or effort enough to commit myself to a project. Its far more important that I commit myself to my job, my grades, my college applications, my driver's license, and my lady-friends. Too much stuff to do, and DoD is sitting on the bottom of that list, cause I don't play it anymore, its not as exciting or as raw as the good 'ol Beta days. I could easily make a pack for it, but with all these 1.0/1.1 complicated and ugly models, i its too much effort to ****ing compile something, when I could just go play RTCW:ET or BF1942, and see nice models and have fun. DoD lost its soul with beta 1.0, I think I might blame valve, or the bland models. OR maybe the super efficient and simple models, what with the sleeves and stuff. I liked wasting 10s of megabytes of space just on the f*cking custom models I had installed, and submodels made them all super-annoying. Maybe it'll come back and do something, maybe ill wait for HL2 and DoD 2.

Ah, but look at the lollersaur go, can I make it my AIM icon?

Jed, use my contacts above and send me some stuff, I'll take a shot at it. I'm far better with photoshop and google than I am with Milkshape.

Sushi-True true! animations didn't even come to mind, though you and klown pop in my head for that dept....if we can get a hardcore modeler, you for the animation and a couple of skinners we could concivably put some stuff together from scratch. :D

im going to put that in my sig :)

dev get on aim :p

hahah a community dev team:D

Joint community projects rarely get anywhere, I should know. Best of luck to you though, you'll probably need it.

FiblahWeeyooo: so, my day was pretty ****ty
FiblahWeeyooo: i woke up at 5:30 and watched some tv
FiblahWeeyooo: and at 6, i came on the computer
FiblahWeeyooo: so, when i was done i ate some breakfast while watching animal planet
FiblahWeeyooo: that gay ass show "zoo venture" was on with these RETARTED ass kids that feel the need to scream whenever they have the right answer, which usually turns out to be wrong anyway
FiblahWeeyooo: so when that was done
FiblahWeeyooo: and i brushed my teeth
FiblahWeeyooo: and washed my face
FiblahWeeyooo: and than i got dressed
FiblahWeeyooo: i left for school at around 7:05
FiblahWeeyooo: i got to school and where i usually park was taken so i went around the whole parking lot and found a nice spot so i could leave fast
FiblahWeeyooo: i got out and walked to the table me and my friends go to every morning
FiblahWeeyooo: i waited there for about 10 minutes until my friend jonathan came
FiblahWeeyooo: and we talked
FiblahWeeyooo: than my friend danny came
FiblahWeeyooo: and we talked
FiblahWeeyooo: and than alex came
FiblahWeeyooo: and we talked
FiblahWeeyooo: and than this retarted kid maurice came
FiblahWeeyooo: ( no one likes him. hes a ****ing moron )
FiblahWeeyooo: and we ignored him
FiblahWeeyooo: than the bell rang and i got on the bus
FiblahWeeyooo: to go to my other school
FiblahWeeyooo: that ride sucked
FiblahWeeyooo: because the kid that sat in front of me smelled like sweat
FiblahWeeyooo: and i was about to puke
FiblahWeeyooo: i mean, how the **** do you smell like sweat when its 50 degrees out?
FiblahWeeyooo: take a ****ing shower you smelly *******
FiblahWeeyooo: anyways, when i got to the other school i walked to class and turned on my computer
FiblahWeeyooo: than i started taking the color out of this picture of this spiderman guy
FiblahWeeyooo: and i did that for a good 2 hours and i was falling asleep
FiblahWeeyooo: and than i had to go
FiblahWeeyooo: so i left and got on the bus back to my other school
FiblahWeeyooo: and i have another ****ty ride
FiblahWeeyooo: the seat i sit in, it had hair greese all over the back
FiblahWeeyooo: i was about to puke again because it was so nasty
FiblahWeeyooo: so when we got to school i sat down at the lunch table and waited for the bell to ring so everyone else gets released
FiblahWeeyooo: the bell rings so i walk to the line and ask for a "yoohoo" to drink
FiblahWeeyooo: there are none left so i sit back down
FiblahWeeyooo: so after a few minutes my friends come
FiblahWeeyooo: and we talk
FiblahWeeyooo: and than this black kid that no one likes sits there
FiblahWeeyooo: and hes like "hey tommy" and im like "hey whats up?"
FiblahWeeyooo: ( he calls me tommy because i told him my name was tommy lol what an idiot )
FiblahWeeyooo: so we sit there and than the bell rings
FiblahWeeyooo: i walk to english and i sit down and do my work
FiblahWeeyooo: when one of the funny kids says something funny, this stupid ass kid nick always repeats it laughing his ass off like a retard
FiblahWeeyooo: so i felt like hitting him in the face
FiblahWeeyooo: thank god the bell rang or i would have done it
FiblahWeeyooo: so i walk to my ecology class
FiblahWeeyooo: and sit down and do the work thats on the board
FiblahWeeyooo: i finish early and lay down for the rest of the period
FiblahWeeyooo: when the bell rings i walk to my american history class
FiblahWeeyooo: and i sit down
FiblahWeeyooo: and than my friend alex walks in and we proceed to make fun of every person that walks into the door
FiblahWeeyooo: that was pretty funny
FiblahWeeyooo: than the teacher started talking and went on for like 30 minutes of just bull****
FiblahWeeyooo: finally the bell rang and i walked to my car
FiblahWeeyooo: i drove home and only hit 2 lights
FiblahWeeyooo: that was pretty cool
FiblahWeeyooo: when i got home, i went to the bathroom and drank some water
FiblahWeeyooo: than i got on the computer
FiblahWeeyooo: when my mom got home, i ate dinner and took a shower
FiblahWeeyooo: and than i got back on the computer and did some of my ecology report
FiblahWeeyooo: and when i was done, i wrote this.

Enjoy.

triiiiigger.....come on you know you want to contribute. :D

...i still have my sound folder rar'd if you're into custom audio packs.

bet on this, the whole gang of MSA talent will be back in full force when DoD/HL2 hits.

filbah please don't clutter up this thread with useless stuff.

Well, I personally dont think its "useless".

lol then what is it?

Maybe you guys should work together to improve Cheeto's Russie pack. :) Would be great to see the talent all contributed to a highly anticipated nation pack.

I think peoples motivation to make custom stuff for Dod has dropped off significantly due to the fact that no matter how much hard work you put in, it still doesn't look good compared to what is just around the corner. HL2.

As they say, you can't polish a turd.

Plus the whole 1.0 fiasco :/

Originally posted by Kiff

As they say, you can't polish a turd.



HAHAH i love that :D

Originally posted by Kiff
As they say, you can't polish a turd.

As a Polak I find that term offensive :(

- Jed

Just so no-one gets confused. Polish as in shine.

This is not meant to be a dig at Poland or the people living there :D

Originally posted by Kiff
Just so no-one gets confused. Polish as in shine.

This is not meant to be a dig at Poland or the people living there :D

I know, I was just being "faecestious" *boom boom*

- Jed

Actually, he is "I am a turd" tattooed on his arm (but he doesn't realise it).

;-)

Well. So much for progress. You guys rock. :o

Eh up skullz, long time no see fella.

Been meaning to make a final player pack for ages now, probably a german one as i never made one of them.

Working as a player modeller for OTT at the mo and have kinda got the hang of making player models from scratch now.

If they release a new compiler and you manage to get a skinner, mesher and an idea of what you want to do give us a shout and I'll get modelling.

basically, I'm in lol

Ska

Well I have always been hackjobbing skins for various games and am just getting into modelling... maybe I'll be able to make some proper releases soon.

I'm realy for this idea, I'd contribute all my weapon skinning skills but as far as player skins go, im useless:)

Yeah, DoD is a good game now, all balanced and shined and polished and researched to please a lot of people. Whereas in the Betas it was rough and unpredictable and confusing and a lot of people just didn't get it. It was also a lot more fun, I think. Partly because it was always so new, and everything was so temporary, the next update could delete all the old models that you'd gotten used to and give ya some new ones. Plus, people used the Kar even though it was inferior to the Garand, so it made things balance in a strange sort of way. Beta DoD was like the Wild West: hard, rough, simple, straightforward, and free with open spaces...

Anyways, on topic.
A lot of people have left the community, mostly for CoD, I think. And some have retired. Hell, I can see why. Much as I like doing this...I hate it. This takes up a lot of time, time you could spend doing other things. In doing this Ruskie pack I've put off school work, art , writing, mapping, excercise, everything except social activites. And for a dissporportiante amount of gain: not enough. So I myself plan to yank the throttle way back once the Ruskie Pack is finished. It's just not as fun now as it was before, maybe that's cos of the shrunken community or what, but it really feels kinda hollow now. I miss the old days, really. And I think a lot of us are moving around trying to find a mod that'll have that old feel again. If you do find one, you'd bloody well better come back here and share it with us, though. :)

Oh yeah, Devin send me the models you have, I still haven't gotten them and you haven't gotten online.

If you guys could all collaberate and start getting things off the ground as far as new releases go, that would be superb. I think its a great idea, and your talents have all been missed recently.

If you like, I can set a "Sticky" up for communication between you all, in order for ya all to get your heads together for any sort of projects you might want to discuss?.

It might just be the "injection" that MSA needs.....who knows?.

It's worth a try.

Let me know.;)

Originally posted by Locomotion
It might just be the "injection" that MSA needs.....who knows?. *opens mouth to comment...thinks...closes mouth*

I'd be willing and happy to help, but don't count on me, because unless you get me in one of my bursts of energy, I'm very undependable. I tell you what, though, I'm much more reliable depending on how much I like the project, which at the moment means Italians.

Well, joking aside, if you guys want a "Sticky" just ask.

I'll be happy to oblige.;)

A sticky would be great.

Topping what cheeto said,
Its very true. I myself have started commiting more time to my studies, my girlfriend and what have you. I still only continue becuase i find interest in computer graphics and want a lil experience before i start my graphics design course next year, I havnt actualy played dod for like 3 or 4 months now. These days since v1.0 it just hasn't been the same, I realy miss the days of 2.0 - 3.1, where it was all good fun and now especialy with steam it has realy put me off.
I used to be very optimistic about 1.0 untill a week after its release i started getting pissed off with the fps rate for a start which limited the amount of high poly models i could use. also it just didnt feel right anymore. Like a giant corporation taking over a nice humble cookie shop.
But that does not mean the end of me, thats why I am for this idea, for like 3 days now i been searching the forums for sumthing new to skin but theres been absolutely nothing.
C'mon all u good people, I know your out there.

My two cents.

A sticky might help. I'd like to continue this thread.

Trigger: contact me, tell me what you need for your italian pack and I'll do it. I made a bunch of italian voice coms a while back, I'll probably have to re-do them but I know what I'm doing.