}DARK CONQUEST MOD{ recruiting

Dark Conquest is getting into gear now. I'm going to try and get hosted, but first I want to have a few more people on the team. Most of the work is still being done by me, which means it's slow going.
I want to have this finished around spring (april-may) as of now we're about 15-20 % completed.

Interested people are asked to reply in this thread, rather than in PM. And plz give examples of your work.

What we need:

Modeller(s)
Animater(s)
Triggerer(s) -=- EDIT: no longer looking for triggerers.. for now anyway.
Icon/BTN designer(s)
Terrainer -=- EDIT: terrainer position has been filled. If another is ever needed it will be posted in the DC forum (which will be up soon)

People able to commit to being a full-time member are preffered. (A custom sig will be made and hosted for you)
But part-time/side work is fine, if that's all you have time for.

EDIT: I've written up all the details of DC, see below.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Sheyd

Ok, I've decided to type out all the info after all. Hopefully this will get some more people interested in joining. Work is being done but if Dark Conquest is going to be completed properly and on schedule WE NEED MORE PPL!

So, Dark Conquest, first of all, is a multiplayer/melee Mod. It will be playable on BNet, but likely will have to be downloaded elsewhere first.
The premise is that 4 equally evil races are all trying to conquer the same areas simultaneously. There is no in-depth storyline. Evil guys are just always cooler, that's pretty much the only reason for the chosen races.

Dark Conquest will feature 4 new races. These races are shrunken, however, to fit the style of gameplay.
Each race will have 4 heroes, and each hero will have access to 2 troop choices. So each race will have only about 8 units and 4 heroes. They will also be limited to about 3 buildings.

The Races:
-The Void- Ruling the twisting Nether for Eons, the Haunting army of the Void has found a way to spread their Abyss into the corporeal universe, and won't stop untill everything is swallowed into their empty dimension.
[the void race relies on strength in numbers, with legions of troops able to erupt into physical reality anywhere a single unit already stands]

-Denizens of the Pit- The ruling classes of the Pit Lords have been quarelling amongst themselves for thousands of years. Now they have joined together to consume the world in their lust for War.
[the Pit race's strength lies in brute force. They are able to push forward with only a few monstrous troops]

-The Satyr Nightstalkers- The Satyrs are a vampiric race, feeding off the natural energies in the world. Their home is a rotting wasteland of dead forests and desolate swamps. Their naturally sadistic nature makes them a fearsome, ravenous enemy who will stop at nothing to devour the world.
[the Satyrs are quick, agile, and vampiric... a deadly combination as it is. Throw in their innate ability to stalk their prey in perfect stealthiness and you have a very capable army, even if it's only a few units]

-There are a few options still for the 4th race- I'll be making a poll when we're ready to start working on it.

The races are based off of Warcraft 3 units, but don't follow their storyline.

Gameplay:

Depending on which map you're playing (there will be a few) there will be 2-4 teams, maximum 4 players per team. Each player chooses a hero, no hero may be chosen twice.
Each team will start in their home base. There will be several neutral bases throughout the map, the locations of which will be specified on the minimap. The object of the game is to capture and hold as many of the bases as possible. Only heroes can capture bases. A team's points will increase incrementally every second for as long as a base is held. Along with points each player on that team will recieve gold at the same rate, which can be spent on more troops to capture more bases. The more bases that are held, the more points and gold you'll get. Gold will also be spawned randomly throughout the map during the course of the game so that a team who's losing can still make a comeback.
When a hero is killed it will automatically be revived after a certain time, depending on that heroes level- it will cost nothing (except time of course).
At the start of the game a time limit will be chosen, when time runs out whichever team has the most points wins.
Points and gold may also be gained by killing heroes.
Depending which map your playing, your home base may or may not be capture-able by your enemies. If a team has lost all bases and has no units or heroes left they are eliminated from the game. Even tho if you only have a couple troops and no heroes, you're still screwed, kuz you can't take any bases, but you can still fight. Heroes can't re-spawn if you have no bases.


That's pretty much it, if you have any questions please ask. If I find I forgot something I'll add it in a reply to this thread.


Sheyd

I guess I can terrain 4 you. I can terrain quite well, although because of my restrictions (School and Rules Imposed by Parents) I am not able to work during Monday through Thursday (Although I can do it full-time during Friday through Sunday). I also have some experience with triggering, but it's not very in-depth.

NEWays, here is a screenshot of a terrain I made about a month ago:

I can do custom spells. it is wat i am gud at. not with triggers, just custom spells.

Sure ill become full time! Heres my skills:
-Triggering
-Custom Spell Triggers
-Obj Editing
-Btn Iconing
-Terraining
-Some skinning.

Id love to become full time pls pm if yd like some help!

Oh and i thought if ur getting it hosted u need a webbie director!!!

Hey i picked up some dark music one time here it is...

U know how u said the satreys are vampiric... well...... y dont u make the race of vampires with satyes and dreadlords and modded dreads( to look like vamps)! Oh and im still thinking of the 4th race. What do u think about that?? Oh and i thought u might want to have the vampiric race called ---- The Brethren of the Damned ---- lol just thought it sounded cooler!!!

eviltormenter: Check your PMs. I got a few more questions for ya.

sirk: sorry, man, I can do basic custom spells myself, what I need is a good triggerer.

LordJambo: I like your enthusiasm :D but I still need to see some examples of your work... actually, I'll PM you about that.
Oh, and that music kicks ***, it's perfect, and it loops well too. I'd like to use it, but I dunno if we'll be able to with the size restrictions on the maps. Also I'm skeptical about using something when I don't know who to give credit to. (kuz you said you found it?)
As for your vamp race idea, it's good, but I'm shooting it down, lol. I'm already using the dreadlord model and I've never liked how ppl use the same model with different skins in the same map/game. I thinks it's kinda half-assed. but that's just me. Don't get discouraged tho, I'd like to hear any ideas you have, whether I use 'em or not who knows
8))

Oh yeah about the dreadlords and stuff, im thinking about getting a modeler to cut of the wings and horns to make it look more like a vampire. And ill get u the crediter for the music next post. Oh and i also have a model from cookie called the undead wraith which looks really vampireish/lichish so it could join the nightstalkers. I'd like to lead the obj a bit on the nightstalkers and i think u should have the final race like a warloch one with archi and kiljaden and eredar dudes!!!

Cut the wings and horns off the dreadlord? That's really easy and I can do that in no time at all.. BUT I probably wont because I'm making new nearly-from-scratch models for all the heroes and some of the units.

The Satyr Race is 90% already completed on paper, meaning all the conceptualization and plans are made, just the models&skins need to be done, I don't think there's much that's going to change for them. The fact that they're vampires is a secondary thing about their race, the main point is that they're Satyrs- Intelligent but still mostly animalistic.
This is all because of the fact that the Satyrs are my personal favourite race in WC3 :P

We can talk about the 4th race, but I have a few possibilities already lined up, they're all flexible though. I'll talk to you elsewhere about them and then you can throw as many ideas at me as you like.

Oh, and I already have sort of floating Lich in the Void race so I'd rather not use that Wraith model, although it was a damn cool model.

I got the nightstalker tester on this post and im thinking have u been replied to about hosting to a moderator???

What do u want me to start on, initialiation triggs, main functions or should i just wait. If so tell me what u want me to program and ill do it on a seperate map!!

Hey i have a friend who can test all of our work, make suggestions, do some terrain, do we need him????

I dunno, I'll PM you about it.
Please don't use this thread for stuff like this, just PM me.
This thread is for Recruiting new people (who we don't already know :P )
And getting people interested in Dark Conquest. I should know within a few days whether we're going to get hosted or not, then we'll have our own forums for stuff like this. Untill then, keep it to PMs please.

Sheyd

Hey i think i can help out even though im a newb terrainer i can still help ya out..ill show u some examples of my terrain if u want to see

Ok can u post a screenie of ur work and we need to ask u one basic question, do u know how to terrain in symetry???

It wont let me upload the screenies so go here to check my most recent work i have some better ones they just wont upload


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