Ok guys, its been awhile since my last sprite post. Anyways, I have finally decided to unleash two of the best blood sprites ever into the DoD community. Now, you may be saying to yourself, "What makes these two blood sprites different from any of your other super cool blood sprites?" Well, the fact of the matter is, is that these have the best mix of realism crossed with the ability to be seen well from great distances. The two sprites, Realistic Blood (previously released) and Realistic Blood v2 (brand new), are very similar to one another. The only major difference is that Realistic Blood v2 is darker and less hazzy and is in my opinion, much more realistic. The reason these sprites look so incredible ingame, is that when ever you shoot a person the blood puffs out and then the blood mist vaporizes into the air. Thus it really looks incredible. If you still think this sounds to good to be true, ITS NOT! Download it now and see for yourself. Enjoy my hard work to make DoD the best damn game it can be. :D

Cs42886

P.S. I wouldn't mind a few comments on the sprite. You know, in case i WAS planning on making a third to the series. After you guys try it out, come back and tell me what you think. Oh, I almost forgot, much thanks to Editor321 for hosting this sprite pack.

Download the "Realistic Blood Pack" here (http://www.planethalflife.com/editor321/sprites.htm)

Fudgin' awesome!

pretty cool, but i dunno if its the best

WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?:confused: :confused: :confused:

Uh oh, you're a deadman now

LOL! Yeah he is! Just a question though, man... Where can you find a cooler, better, and more realistic blood sprite than this? LOL! Im being dead serious too.:D Nah, im just messing with ya. I respect you opinion and all.

ok, from that shot, i think the blood mod sucks. But when i actually downloaded it and played ingame...i think it kicks ass! So forget what i said above:D

AWESOME! Thanks man! By the way, what did you say before anyways?:D

Man, this rules dude.

Originally posted by Cs42886
AWESOME! Thanks man! By the way, what did you say before anyways?:D
pretty cool, but i dunno if its the best
I said that^^^

Lol! Thanks for reminding me.:p

I like mine better. A nice big dust puff (ala SPR), with a lil' bit o' blood. Poifect.

Where is it? I want to see it! By the way, I was just wondering wheather anyone would care to comment on what they think of it in-game?

Originally posted by Cath0de
I like mine better. A nice big dust puff (ala SPR), with a lil' bit o' blood. Poifect.

Ya. Meh too :) I kinda like yours too Cs42886 but dust puff is definitely more realistic :)

Where is it?:confused: I want to try it out!

Dust puff rocks :D It's just s awesome when you see a dirty soldier "puffin" on the shots while the bullet go thru :)

From the screenshot it seems weak but im sure on full auto it looks good. Gj.

ugh, let me dig through the ol' folders...

*sounds of rummaging*

I guess this is it? I don't know what the file is named.

Looks kinda weak man I dunno where you get calling it the best. Schlex owns this area.

Pic of the dust puff w/ blood.

I don't know if you guys are talking about Free Kitten's shot puff that I re-released or something else. Anyways better screenie:

you cant see anything in that pic above

Has anyone actually tried my sprite out? I mean cause you guys are showing me pics of white puffs and stuff. Mine is nothing like that at all. And what do you mean by "schlex owns this area"?

nothing beats 1.x blood. the splatter on the walls...the huge red circles...the flying body parts....it was beautiful

man, your sprite (cathode) looks ugly. It looks like youre blowing dust off him like a desk in the attic, not getting shot

Yeah, uhh...how can you call THAT realsitic? You shoot a man and you get a huge cloud of yellow dust. What did he do, roll around in fine sawdust before marching into battle? If it was smaller, and coming out of his nose, it would at least look natural. I think CS's looks by far better.

I tried out this sprite and I like it a lot and I'm going to use it until something better comes along, if that happens. Thanks a lot man.

On a completely opposite note, I think it's very disrespectful to come into someone's thread and instead of commenting and/or trying out what they released, people decide to make comments on what they think is the best blood sprite and then, if that isn't enough, proceed to post pictures and links to other people's sprites.

I think there should have been another topic for debating this. I guess I'm just trying to kindly suggest that people shouldn't hijack threads, especially threads where people release their own WORK, work that they've put a lot of time into, just to have people come in and tell them what their favorite is, instead of commenting on what has been released.

Let's try to be respectful, please? :)

Thanks for backing me up on this, guys.:)

It seems that your threads never get many cooments, or die somehow. Looks like this one might be headed down that way too, so just as long as this is alive, your efforts in sprites dont go un-appreciated by me. Im sure many others feel the same way.

I've noticed that your sprites only get better and better with each release, I really like the work you put out here! Now if only I could d/l this sprite and try it out... *kicks comp*

I apologize for my actions :) I didn't mean to stray from the main topic. I also tried your sprites Cs42886 and they're awesome :)

Any in game pics of your sprite Cs42886?


Edit:

Here's a MIRROR (http://www.squizzastuff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Files/realistic_blood_pack.zip) for your file because queues for File Planet can often be ridiculous.

Hey all,

Nice work!

I agree with Devin it is a bit rude to come into someones thread and re-release your stuff. Thats just my option and I dont want to start an argument. *Hides from MOD's under table*

cs, i love yor work, really.


any plan on releasing a metal_hit sprite? :D

Excellent work my friend, ohh and look a cookie/Mirror... (http://dodec.dodstudios.net/filedb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=606)

WOW! So I guess in the end, everyone liked my sprite after all. Cool. Anyways, if the line for fileplanet is too long, someone can host it on their site and then post the link here. I don't mind.:) As for the metal hit sprite idea, I don't think that it will work. Because in v.1, the bullet hits are "3d" and not 2d like in 3.1.:( :D

P.S. Im working on getting a few better pics of the sprite up soon.

yeah has anyone captured this sprite in action? im not at a comp where i can play DOD, so if anyone can post a pic before i get back to it...

and yeah, you do some great work CS. im sure this blood sprite is awesome.

Cs42886 there's a link in my post to a mirror.


Also I'd be interested in some in game shots, I'm currently using one of your blood sprites already so I'd be interested to see a screenie.

Sure. I just finished up getting some in-game shots. But keep this in mind while your looking at the screens, THE PICS DONT DO THE ACTUAL SPRITE JUSTICE!!! Lol!:D Im serious too. These pics look horrible compared to the actual sprite in motion. So here are some pics.:)

Does anyone have any cool pics of the sprite in action? It would be cool to hear what people have to say also.:)

It would be cool to have one where after the guy falls a small pool of blood pours out from under his body a'la SPR.

It could prbably be done. Cause you can animate textures.

GJ
love the v2 puff

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *dances around naked because he got a new blood sprite*
Cs42886 YOU ARE MY HERO ! I LOVE YOU MAN :D
yo are always making cutting edge blood sprites =] i just love your work dude (i used your shot-blood till now :D)
and i think its a shame if theres some one who didnt d/l your work.. thank you for releasing all your stuff (and top quaility ones)

*kiss cs feets*
:cool:

:D :D :D THANKS AIRZONE!!!:D :D :D

Hey guys! Im just letting you know that the "Realistic Blood" pack has been downloaded over 200 times. THATS RIGHT!!! TWO HUNDRED!!!:D And thats not even counting downloads from the mirrors. That makes this my most downloaded sprite(s) ever! Thanks guys. I hope you all are enjoying my work.:)

Jus tried it in game and nearly died of a heart attack.

I was ducked behind a tank with a mate. He stood up to have a gander and took a bullet in the head, i forgot I had installed this and **** myself when a huge puff of blood splattered across the right side of my screen lol

Bloody great work! I love it!

Ska

Great work man, glad I can finally see the sprite you were talking about in the server. :D!

Yeah. Now you know what I was talking about, eh? And that sounds pretty funny what you said Ska. By the way, ska music is the best music in the world.:D

hey u need any testers?

Testers for what? Maybe for some of my other sprites that are NEARING COMPLETION.:D PM me and we'll talk about it.:)

Originally posted by Cs42886
By the way, ska music is the best music in the world.:D

You are now one of my favourite people on this form lol

keep up the great work, looking forward to seeing your muzzle flashes.

Ska

Hey Ska, do you listen to the Bosstones or Less Than Jake?

Can anyone think of a way to make this sprite better? I was kinda hoping to make a third one. I know this one is almost perfect though.:)

hey cs, just downloaded ur blood pack # 2 and used it, mighty bloody fun! I think the best gun to maximize the blood effect is either a single shot from a garand or a BAR... because just buzzing that BAR and seeing those random blood spray comin off of the nazi while he takes the fall.......it's just so....Hmmm....MAGICAL
:D

If i may suggest, may be the next bloodpack ur working on can kinda increase the viewing pleasure by adding a tad of "exit wound" blood puff, because instead of seeing just a round "puff" around the enemy u shoot, it would be more fun to see if the blood "Puffs" exit OUT of the other side. Kinda like Counter-Strike blood effect when someone is shot in the head.... the blood "exits" out the from the back of the head..... I might have put too much details on this, but u would probably get what iam saying, NICE JOB on the current blood pack, and i hope the series just gets better and better.

*just posted this thing to give a pointer for the new bloodpack u might be working on, and what do u know? U ask for pointers! cool timing

Yeah. I dont think you can do "exit wound" sprites because the sprite is always infront of the model.:(

ah~ crun~....i don't know about the details about how the sprites work so i think my dumb advise was pretty useless right there:(

How about this? The blood-shot blood sprite u did was pretty sweet, as it kinda portrayed the blood spraying in a wide cone shape in the front of the enemy where it was shot....so why not add a bit of "round" blood puff around the center of that wide blood cone? of course the blood effect will be pretty big if u combine two effects just like that, so i guess u will have to decrease the size of ur sprites, but when ur done with, u will have a blood-shot that puffs out blood like the person has been shot somewhere vital, AND the blood puff u nearly perfected in the blood sprite 2.

I just KNOW that u can make a better idea than me, but consider my 2 cents while making the new one. If i sounded dumb writing this post, please understand i don't know jack about sprites and all that fancy stuff :D

When I make a new sprite, I take everyones ideas into consideration. I think you may be onto something there though. Thanks.:)

np man, just cleanin out the old and brinin in the new, like my name :cool:

ohyeah, good luck on the new bloodpack, cool to know my idea has gotten consideration

LOL! Yeah your's and everyone elses ideas have been considered. I always do this before I undertake a new sprite. I'll browse the forums looking for good ideas, then I write them down. After that, I go through the list and mark stuff that I like and cross out stuff that I dislike. Then I work towards my goal. All you other sprite artists should try it. It always works for me.:)

simply the best, which is generally what your work ends up being, setting the standard even higher :)

I sent you a PM with my idea.

I got it!:D

Originally posted by Cs42886
Hey Ska, do you listen to the Bosstones or Less Than Jake?

The only Bosstones song I've heard is 'The impression that I get' but I absolutely love Less Than Jake.

I'm mainly into the old school Ska acts like the Specials but Less Than Jake are still bloody great, they were by far the best band at the 2002 Leeds Festival.

Some good British Ska bands to look up are:
Capdown (check out their song 'ska wars' lol),
Jesse James (check out 'shoes')
Farse
Spunge
Spank boy (changed their name now i think)
4 Ft Fingers (more skate punk than ska recently)
King Prawn
Shooting Goon
Lightyear
Sup
and of course the specials and madness lol

Anyway, back on topic. Great work as always mate it looks great when a nade goes off near you or if your team gets caught in MG fire lol

Ska

I like it.

Cs42886 , your sprites roxxor.

They have always been damn good.


:D

LOL! I havent heard any of those. But im gonna check them out.:)

Here's some links to their sites:

Shootin' goon (great band) (http://www.shootin-goon.co.uk/)
Lightyear (http://www.lightyearuk.com/)
Spunge (http://www.spunge.co.uk/)
SolaBeat Alliance (used to be called Spank Boy) (http://www.solabeat.com/)

and heres a great page with loads of links to other cool British Ska bands
The Ska core kids links page (http://www.geocities.com/skacore_kids/Linkspage)

Anyway, any plans to make some better sprites for when you shoot a sand bag? I think the sudden upblast of sand looks a bit crapola lol

Ska

Thanks. What would you suggest for the sand bags?

Would be possible to have a sprite that kinda flowed downwards as if a bit of sand poured out of the bag everytime a bullet hit it?

I don't know much about sprites as I usually jus stick to models so I dunno if its possible but i think it would be cool to see a bit of sand pour out of the bullet hole in the bag rather than shoot up in the air.

Ska

can't. The particle effects are like that.:(

"Ah hell" *in peter sellers style voice*

Ah well, cheers anyway. You got any other stuff lined up aside from the muzzle flashes?

Ska

No, CS, That idea I agve you could be applied the same way to sandbags and pouring sand.

Actually, it can't. The reason that it cannot be applied is because the particle effect sprites can only be one frame.:(

Hey, guess what guys? I just finished browsing the net looking a various mirrors for my sprite. I have just discovered that my "Realistic Blood Pack" has been downloaded over 320 times! Thats triple of what my next highest downloaded sprite is! Thanks guys for making this such a popualarly downloaded sprite. I really do appreciate it. By the way, if there is anyone who has not downloaded the sprite yet, DOWNLOAD IT NOW!!! Thanks again guys for all the support. :D :D :D

Cs42886

Cs42886, your work has always been top notch dude, I'm downloading this right now! :)

Thanks.:D

-Cs42886
Hey Ska, do you listen to the Bosstones or Less Than Jake?

-Ska
Shootin' goon (great band)
Lightyear
Spunge
SolaBeat Alliance (used to be called Spank Boy)

and heres a great page with loads of links to other cool British Ska bands
The Ska core kids links page


-Ska
The only Bosstones song I've heard is 'The impression that I get' but I absolutely love Less Than Jake.
I love this community. :D




and your blood sprite is great CS, thx alot :)

I finally got around to testing out in-game. They truly are the best blood sprites ever.

I'm glad to hear that everyone is enjoying my work. Have you guys checked out the new site? You should! I just got it up and running.:)

www.cs42886.tk

u spelt modification wrong :D

I did? How is it supposed to be spelled?

looks like it's spelled right to me...

Are you sure? I thought it was spelled that way? I may be wrong though.

Originally posted by Russ. Conscript
I love this community. :D

I love you too Russ. lol

I think you spell it modification. You put an 'a' instead of the first 'i', but after the whole 'armory' thread I think my oppinion when it comes to spelling is worth feck all lol

Ska

Ok, i'll go fix the spelling now.

Nice site. BTW, I still can't get your muzzleflash sprites to work? Any suggestions? Actually, it's not even just your muzzleflashes, the default doesn't even work anymore.

Wierd. I don't know whats going on. Does anyone else have that prob with my muzzle flash sprite? Oh, wow, this thread just got a 5 star rating.:)

Originally posted by Cs42886
Wierd. I don't know whats going on. Does anyone else have that prob with MY sprite? Oh, wow, this thread just got a 5 star rating.:)

So thats what happens when I rate this thread the best?

You've become a over night celeb mate lol

Ska

LOL! Actually, its been two nights.:)

Hehe, I finally got my muzzleflash's to work. Good job.

Thanks.:D I just finished up some new dod_charlie beach explosion sprites. Look for them on my website tomorrow guys.:)

Great news guys! I just finished putting a really important item onto my website. THE HITS COUNTER!!!:D Go and check it out.

I just got a really good idea. Lets see if we can get over 100 replys on this thread.:)

Wow you got 4 hits already! :P

Hey cs, helpin u reach that 100 replies and at the same time i wanna give a suggestion for the new blood pack. Been thinking about the blood effects on DOD, and how to improve them... and i noticed, all of the blood pack i have used are the ones that look good and realistic, WHILE THE PLAYERS ARE IN MOTION. So i guess what iam saying is try to observe the death animations closely and try to mend and bend ur blood effect to fit it to the death animations so that it really looks people bleed, instead of a triggering affect which lets out a bloody "puff".

I think u captured this well on ur #2 Blood pack, sometimes the blood MOVES according to the falling dead body. Try examining and increase the dramatic affect so that it captures the "physics" of blood that has never been done before. I hope this helps ya create the greatest blood sprite, good luck.

*Don't know how the death animations are going to change in 1.1, but that's another time, another suggestion
:D

I'm not quite sure what your saying man. But it sounds like a good idea.:)

I currently use the blood pack by schlex, I like it very bloody when I pop some nazi with my springfield. But your sprites rule too! I think I may alternate....we'll see.

Good stuff.:)

almost...

to...

100!!! YAY!!! Finally one of my posts has received 100 replies. Plus its got a five star rating! Thanks guys for making my dreams come true.:D I want to thank my computer first off, for helping me out with making sprites. Second I want to thank my wireless mouse for helping to draw the sprites. Third, I want to thank to DoD editing community. Without you guys, none of this would have been possible.:) Oh, one last thing, I just checked and my blood sprite has been downloaded over 500 times! And is steadily rising. I hope to have had over 600 downloads by this time tomorrow.:) Thanks again guys.

Cs, love your work dude :D

A question. Is yours old rikochet sprite works on 1.0?

No, sorry.:( Its wierd, when I released it, no one really liked it. But now, it seems that tons of people want it.

I hate to bump this up so far, but I never got a chance to post on it.

I would have to say these are THE BEST blood sprites for DoD 1.0.

Yes they are.:D

hey Foley, isn't that Takeshi Kitano in your sig?

What movie is that?

BUMP!:D

Awww... I just couldn't resist. :p