re‧dux [ri-duhks] –adjective

brought back; resurgent: the Victorian era redux.

[Origin: 1650–60; < L: returning (as from war or exile), n. deriv. (with pass. sense) of redūcere to bring back; see reduce]

No fancy graphics. No big hoopla. This is my best job I could do for the axis. Now I give it to you. Go play ;)

I was never really happy with my original axis skins. You see, I was just getting into the high-end model skinning. Before that my reskins were rather easy. By the time I got around to my "Private Joe" allied skins, I was much better at the craft, so they tend to look more polished. I will also be releasing 2 new version of that skin; I originally intended to relase evrything at once, but honestly I need a tiny break to take care of other stuff. Possibly they'll be ready in a week or so. Not as much to correct on those.

Skins are 2048 x 2048. Sorry, no smaller versions at this point. My time is limited.
New spiffy shaders and normal maps. Oooooo.... the shininess!
They are somewhat dirty. Go wild.
Sleeve and hands skins are included, although some are not gonna think they are dirty enough. (to those I say, "get a copy of photoshop")

And an big thanks to Guyver for helping me with testing and such! Also much thanks to Jed, for without his explanations of phong shaders I'd still be testing things out.

IF YOU FIND any installation errors, PM me a quickly as possible so I can fix them. I've tested them, but one always seems to creep through now and then.

some pretty picture I made over in the previews section:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69434

I have also released a new version of the weapons soundpack
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69436

ON TO THE DOWNLOADS!!!!!

I WILL SAY THIS A SIMPLY AS POSSIBLE - CLICK ON THE PICS TO DOWNLOAD

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/1694/new1ts6.jpg (http://www.landofozz.net/wilee/WC_gefreiter_josuf_redux.zip)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2461/new2fn4.jpg (http://www.landofozz.net/wilee/WC_gefreiter_wire_redux.zip)
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9048/new3om6.jpg (http://www.landofozz.net/wilee/WC_sturmmann_josuf_redux_v1.zip)
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8060/new4yh5.jpg (http://www.landofozz.net/wilee/WC_sturmmann_josuf_redux_v2.zip)

What I changed:
Aside from adding phong shaders, better bump maps and dirt, old Josuf basically got a facelift. Hair, nose, those God-awful eyes, ears, equipment, boots, etc. (these following pics are without bumpmaps or shaders because the SDK is still broken)

Looks great all around, thanks for letting me test.:)

very VERY nice. i loved the original josef so this is a must-download for me.

i installed it but it didnt work. the game still showed my old skins.
so i deleted all the "early german war skin"-stuff, installed again and now everythings fine. the skin is superb, i will definitly keep using it.

great job!

Such a pleasure to play with your skins ! A big T H X !!

P.S: the link oof the weapons soundpack is down, maybe because this one http://www.sheer-genius.org is down too..

Simply beautiful! Excellent work all round (minus lack of low res version. Ah well, thats what Paint Shop Pro's resize function is for!)

Damn Wile E, those pics just made me pee a little bit :eek:

That dirt alone is good enough to make these a must
download, but you went the whole 9 yards!!!
Definately using these, and I'll most likely dwnld the
Private Joseph too, seeing that I'm using a reskinned
version of it right now....

Great job man :D

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: tinfoil tinfoil tinfoil
:crown:
:vader:

O SNAP

:eek:
Wile, if I knew your address I would send u a Hallmark "Thank You" card. U rock brother. keep up the good work!

NEATO!!!!

I believe thats also the military coalition for the nations of Wile E Coyote - lands ;D


killer skins !!! very very good :)

WHOA!

Ive really enjoyed your joseph skin..Thought it looked great. The Redux makes them even more enjoyable to play with.. Great Job!

very nice skins, wile e! i really need to start thinking about a new graphic-card! really! there is so much content out there i cannot display, it's a shame :(

Amazing! Thanks for all your relentless hard work.

Fantastic. :D

Using Gefreiter Josuf Redux. I really like the improvements north of the neck, all-around. Helmet, face, hair. Just great. Thanks. :)

The best! Now, about that MP 40 with Bakelite...

Really impressive, using them. Are you doing an allied models redux too?

Originally posted by [U-96]::Nemesis
Really impressive, using them. Are you doing an allied models redux too? Wait and see...;)

I can't wait more to see them :D :D

no more skin allies?, nice job , i like soo much :D

Originally posted by Buck
no more skin allies? What?

I say that no they become skins allied :p

No more, skin allies? :D

"Where are the Allied skins?"

Is that what you're asking? If so...just wait awhile.

Don't ask me how I know, I just know.:)

Here's kind of a unnoficial preview of the allied skin (Wile posted this screen in Insane's hud thread):

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4558/oliconsuj4ba7.jpg

ahhhhh....

Actually no. :eek: That was just VERY beta skin with the game default phong shader. I ended up switching up and doing the axis instead.

Still looks greats...me wants! Phong + normal maps = sexy. I dunno why Valve didn't do that in the first place.

Well as far as phong goes, it wasn't programmed into the Source engine yet.

Normal maps were fine for single player, but two years ago, trying to make a game that would run on equipment up to four yeas old (6 years ago), they were probably seen as too taxing for large multiplayer games.

Nice work Wile... I wish I had phong... :(.

Speaking of which, you mentioned you had upgraded your rig so that you could see the Phong, Wile. As your old ATI Radeon 9700 pro rig was near-identical to mine, would you mind me asking what you upgraded to?

Mine is a laptop, so were I to upgrade, I'd get a new machine altogether.

I like the Gefreiter Josuf skin, I've been using it for a while, but I'm wondering what the hell is the dividion and who is Gefreiter Josuf. I though maybe it was a real skin of the Wehrmacht?

7600 gs (AGP)
had to go with AGP as my board is not PCI-X compatible
specifically bought the Chaintech one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=7600gs+agp&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

There is no relationship to the skin and a historical unit. With the exception of giving them ranks and insignia, I kept them as generic as possible.

i need, allied skin, the 2th ranger!, the skin wile its a 5th :D

Originally posted by Buck
i need, allied skin, the 2th ranger!, the skin wile its a 5th :D Ranger Joe is a 2nd Ranger....Private Joseph is 3rd ID. Wile never did a 5th Ranger skin as far as I know.

No offense, but trying to read your posts is like trying to decipher ancient sanscrit.

Originally posted by Guyver


No offense, but trying to read your posts is like trying to decipher ancient sanscrit.

We at least have the Rosetta Stone for that.

ease up guys, looks like altavista babelfish to me :D

The above sentence translated by altavista to German and then back to English:

"if you leave chaps up, look like Alta Vista babelfish to me after"

And I had made a special version of Ranger Joe for the clan "5th Ranger Battalion", he probably has that version somehow.

*gasp You hacker

This is the greatest Axis reskin ever. :D

hey wile these arent working i copied thefolder of the chicken wire waffen-SS dude and all he is is purple with the equipment only the regular color? are u sure that the wile folder is suppose to be sperated from the rest of the german player skin? argh... i want to play with these so bad but they arent working please help me...

yes, it is correct. Beyond a doubt. Did you let the installer handle it or did you install to a temp directory and attempt to manually install it?

VMT's go in the german folder, everything else goes in the wile folder, and the skins themselves have non-standard names. EDIT: so it is VERY important to use the VMT's that come with the installation.

Yes, the install paths are different from the default paths, Yoshi. If you put them in the default spots..that's what will happen. I made the same mistake while testing. lol :D

thanks guys! i overly obessed with these skins :p iam loving it

These are sweet. I have no idea how they are perf wise (texture rez and file sizes) but they sure look neat in the screenshots!

Originally posted by PickItUp
These are sweet. I have no idea how they are perf wise (texture rez and file sizes) but they sure look neat in the screenshots! They don't seem to affect performance for me all that much.

n1 work!

Originally posted by Guyver
They don't seem to affect performance for me all that much. I didn't notice anything either.

This is beyond a doubt, one of my most favorite set of skins!

Great work Wile!


EDIT: Agh! these things are giving me checkers >.< I didn't do anything, just what you said I should do.


O.o I'm using the first one of the pictures btw.

Anything I should know to get these to work?

Originally posted by Jim_Riley
This is beyond a doubt, one of my most favorite set of skins!

Great work Wile!


EDIT: Agh! these things are giving me checkers >.< I didn't do anything, just what you said I should do.


O.o I'm using the first one of the pictures btw.

Anything I should know to get these to work? These textures do not use defualt install paths, if you use default paths ..you will get checkers.

these are amazing but i can't decide between the normal ones and the hlaf cmao ones they all loook great

I thought I put an explanation in the readme, but apparently I didn't. Updated all readme's with this explanation:


INSTALLATION:
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THIS DOES NOT INSTALL TO THE DEFAULT GAME PATHS. To prevent accidental overwriting of files, this skin installs to a custom directory and uses non-standard names. The only files that are the same as the default are the VMT files, because they have to be. Use the installer! If you just feel like you have to manually install it for some reason, make sure you pay attention and use the "player/german/wile" folder.

Also make sure the last HL2 game you played was "DOD:S". The installer will install to the last HL2 directory used

Yeah I figured out the problem, I had model files from a previous skin that seemed to interfere with these skins. So thanks for a, I guess, MORE clearer explanation :D

Your work is supreme W.E.Coy!

Cheers to you!

I'm just wondering, is it possible while having installed the gefreiter josuf skins, to give a class the wired helmet from your other files?
Making them a bit more distinct
I always loved class based skins, using them on the allies, easier to give targets priority

Originally posted by MasterXL6
I'm just wondering, is it possible while having installed the gefreiter josuf skins, to give a class the wired helmet from your other files?
Making them a bit more distinct
I always loved class based skins, using them on the allies, easier to give targets priority I'm confused. I did post a skin with chicken wire on the helmet.

As for any more variations, 4 is enough. Any more is just excessive.

Wile your making me hot under the collar...I got to update my stuff now, I have been running all your old stuff.

Nice to see Ukulele strutten' his stuff on the runway also.

Originally posted by Wile E Coyote
I'm confused. I did post a skin with chicken wire on the helmet.

As for any more variations, 4 is enough. Any more is just excessive.

For example, just giving the sniper the wired helmet while the rest keeps the regular helmets

Is that possible without too much adjustments?

that requires separate models for each class and a lot more work. I'm not doing that with these newer releases.

oh yeah, not worth the hassle
thanks anyway and let me just add, your skins are absolutely stunning, a must have for everyone :)

Sexy Stuff !

:D

This's King

Awesome work, your time is appreciated.

These are hands-down AWESOME. Love it, love it, love it. Great work. Same with the Allied ones.

But I really do wish you'd do class-specific skins. I saw in another post someone said it'd take too much memory using 6 2048x2048 textures, I hope that's not why you're not doing it. It's just swapping model pieces, not textures.

Anyway, I say look into it, and I'd love these even more. Absolutely beautiful work man.

Originally posted by Dillinger
I saw in another post someone said it'd take too much memory using 6 2048x2048 textures, I hope that's not why you're not doing it. It's just swapping model pieces, not textures.

To some people 2048x2048 textures are common place, their computers can handle it fine. Another six won't make much of a difference. The problem is for the lower end computers, which probably couldn't handle an extra six 1024x1024 textures, certainly not 2048x2048 ones. But I do agree with you Dillinger. Some more unique skins would be great, but there was also a problem with the phong shaders causing consistency errors - I don't know if anyone has found their way around that yet.

Regarding performance:

With an
2.3ghz AMD CPU
1gb 2700 RAM
ATI 9700 pro

I literally noticed NO DIFFERENCE between a bare-bones install and the addtion of the hi-res skins, with all included shaders. This includes hi-res weapons also. I gained no performance, I lost no performance. It simply made no difference.

Now I have a 7600gs (AGP) and the skins are not even an issue:D basically I found out that either your card can handle 2048 or it can't, and that literally is the only performance factor. If your card is capable (and keep in mind my ATI 9700 pro is 4 years old) then the reality is that it is handling only 2 hi-res textures in memory, one for each team, no matter how many people are on the server. I must emphasize again, I found no decline in performance whatsoever.

This is the main reason I chose to release them only in 2048 x 2048. As you recall previously I had released low-res versions as well, but with the addition of normal maps and phong shaders, the release size for just one hi-skin is 8mb To include a low-res with it is just pushing the file sizes too large. Furthermore, too many releases start to confuse things. I feel confident most machines playing Source can handle the 2048 nowadays, so the 1024's had to go.

Originally posted by Dillinger
But I really do wish you'd do class-specific skins. Actually if you go one page earlier in this thread, I already explained this :D

With my old PC, I noticed a huge difference in 2048x2048 player textures as opposed to 1024x1024. I had to take it upon myself to downsize most of Wile's skins. I had huge frame rate hits unless I downsized.

Now with my new PC, it's nothing it can't handle, so no problem. But I would still like to see class specific skins, and some custom weapon and player models.

But these are still the best out there. I am quite pleased with them. Though I'd like to see the helmets have that strap on them from another Wile E's pack.

what were the specs on that older computer??? 2 hi-res textures wre dragging it down? It is good to know these things. Valve gets tons of system spec feedback; we modders get very little.

Originally posted by Wile E Coyote
what were the specs on that older computer??? 2 hi-res textures wre dragging it down? It is good to know these things. Valve gets tons of system spec feedback; we modders get very little. Old system was as follows:

- AMD Athlon XP Barton 1.8ghz
- 1.5gb DDR Ram
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb

New System is:

- Intel Pentium-D Dual-Core 3.4ghz
- 2gb DDR2 RAM
- nVidia GeForce 7600GT 256mb

This is absolutely outstanding.

The best Axis reskin to date. Thank you.

gonna use the first one :) nice like always

Completely missed this while I was off at Uni and not playing DoD, very nice Wile!

wile I wish the the dev team would make class specific skins a possibility.

Then take some of your skins and make this game magical. what would be nice is if they could make a option where mappers could chose the "type" of models like paras or normal in the past.

but it could be paras, normals, camo....what have you.

this game could look so much better.


Make some nice paras wile I miss the old ones sooooo much.

the link for the first guy is down it seems, anyone have a mirror with all these as a pack?

Originally posted by soundwave
the link for the first guy is down it seems, anyone have a mirror with all these as a pack? Just go to the new webpage

www.wiledod.com

when the the website was updated it killed all the old links

nice site wile

Now that I have a video card that will actually display phong correctly, I'm going mad trying to grab all your redux skins :) I missed out on so much before. Thanks again, your work is outstanding.

Hi! Nice work Wile E Coyote. I would like to know if it's possible to play with those 4 skin in same time. Like play wermacht skin for the rifleman and assault, the ss partial camo skin for the sturmtrupp, the full camo skin for the machine gunner and the sniper. Just like 3.1 times with the variety of skins. Thx :)

It's possible, but 4 2048x2048 skins can lag you up alot...

I tried it with 2 skins (Check the helmets)

EDIT: Wait that one is even better



:/ We can't edit the posts at the top of the page....

EDIT: Wait that one is even better



:/ We can't edit the posts at the top of the page....

It doesn't look like the prism effect on the scope lense is working now...

Thx Vi3trice! But... Hmm how did you make those 2 skins in same time?

by using the models from the "Late War / Early War" packs.
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/8474
http://www.fpsbanana.com/skins/8404

Bingo. Guyver, it's the map that is very dark.

EDIT: Wile, didn't you remove all your content from FPSBanana?

Hi Wile E Coyote. Those packs are nice but could you make a new pack with the gefreiter josef redux skins and the fantasy skins ?
In this configuration:
Sniper: OAK Spring skin
Machinegunner and Sturmtrupp: OAK Fall skin
Rifleman, assault, bazooka: Gefreiter Josef redux skin

http://pix.nofrag.com/3e/af/4df20c809fd230b528ecbf8d16f5.jpg

Thx a lot!

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I can do it, but the sleeve skins won't match and your frames per second will suffer too.

Oki thanks Vi3trice! But can you explain me how you do that? What program is required?

Notepad, and some logic.

You can do that with player skins, but the phong won't still work will it? Me, I'd rather have phong.

You can do that with player skins, but the phong won't still work will it? Me, I'd rather have phong.phong will work, you just have to do some manual editing of the VMT files.

FYI the allied ranger skins will work with the allied "redux" normal maps also.

Sorry SuperBoumbo, I'm not making any more player packs like that. However, all the REAL work is already done, and all the things you need to put your own together are already available. As it was already mentioned, all you need is Notepad and a little research into how to properly edit the VMT files to allow different skins for those models contained within to two player packs metioned above.

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I can do it, but the sleeve skins won't match.

That really won't matter anyway since it was the same way in 1.3

EDIT: Ahh I see, Wile. It would look odd anyway since the newer skins are dirtied up while the older ones aren't.

You can make a different phong map for each skin.