metche on 18/1/2005 at 11:28

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Hi all :)

Im a resident of PDX and the Ion Storm forums but I was recommended to post here by a friend. I must say, it seems rather nice :)

Anyways - project HDTP, a mod started by the ion storm community to lovingly remaster the original models (major characters, etc) and textures (all the world textures initially). You can keep a heads up of our progress via our website -
(http://offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/) http://offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/

We also have a thread dedicated to this mod on the ion storm forums -
(http://forums.ionstorm.com/index.php?showtopic=213106) http://forums.ionstorm.com/index.php?showtopic=213106

Our crew consists of 10 people most of which are texture artists but include some 3D Modellers such as the infamous Phasmatis of PartyZone and TNM fame. We have recently enlisted the help of a professional artist whose work (shes done stuff for the likes of Toys-r-Us and LucasArts! :thumb: ) can be found here: (http://www.julieloomer.com) www.julieloomer.com

This is just to let you guys know whats going on :) Please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or you feel you can contribute to this community mod.

Cheers
Metche.

ZylonBane on 18/1/2005 at 15:37

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I've only seen one other retexture project for DX (DX ReTex), and AFAIK the HDTP has inherited all their art assets.

Can't wait for their first beta!

voodoo47 on 18/1/2005 at 17:58

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..nicey.I'll keep my evil voodoo eye on this :sly:

metche on 25/1/2005 at 09:21

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DX rebirth was kinda like version 0.1 of HDTP but with little motivation - small number of members and no organisation. HDTP is 12 members strong and im trying to keep us as organised as possible. Can't remember if I had mentioned this in another post but we are remastering the area51 textures first of all and if you check out our texture list (http://www.jrc313.com/hdtp-texlist/) you will see we have got through a hell of a lot of the textures already. Once this is done - we are going to get onto the 'core' texture packages which are basically those textures that are reused constantly throughout the game - such as the wood textures, etc. So once those are done - then we will release stuff into the community and see what kinda feedback we get :)

We did have a panic for a few days last week - hence why it took me a while to respond on this board. We thought we might have an ingame scaling problem with our new texture resolutions - but this was fixed so everything is good to go :thumb:

Cheers ;)
Metche.

metche on 4/2/2005 at 09:59

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Well I can tell you that we plan on releasing the area51 texture package within 2 months. However, in order to get the real effect I'd wait until we tackle the 'core' texture packages which are those textures that are used repeatedly throughout the game :)