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    CarcharodontosaurusCarcharodontosaurus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    LaCabra wrote: »
    Raere wrote: »
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    People, stop trying to beat Valve.

    Jesus Christ.

    The game is a few years old at this point. People with some skill can easily create hi-res packs that beat the original stuff.

    Nobody has. These people are going on the misconception that higher resolution textures mean better-looking characters. Their shit is abysmal.

    It's like everyone has the fucking Innsmouth Look. Realism is not making people look like the blasphemous offspring of man and fishfrog!

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    TigTig Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    with his mask and overalls, the Pyro is almost a shyguy already.

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    ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Carcharodontosaurus wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    Raere wrote: »
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    People, stop trying to beat Valve.

    Jesus Christ.

    The game is a few years old at this point. People with some skill can easily create hi-res packs that beat the original stuff.

    Nobody has. These people are going on the misconception that higher resolution textures mean better-looking characters. Their shit is abysmal.

    It's like everyone has the fucking Innsmouth Look. Realism is not making people look like the blasphemous offspring of man and fishfrog!

    Also, the rebels must have found a shipment of face cream. Their complexion is better then mine.

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    Glenn565Glenn565 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Clearly, Kirby is the spy.


    Not Birdo.

    Actually...
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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Clearly, Kirby is the spy.


    Not Birdo.

    Actually...
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    FUCK YEAH!

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    darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    PeregrineFalcon wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    Raere wrote: »
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    People, stop trying to beat Valve.

    Jesus Christ.

    The game is a few years old at this point. People with some skill can easily create hi-res packs that beat the original stuff.

    Nobody has. These people are going on the misconception that higher resolution textures mean better-looking characters. Their shit is abysmal.

    I can't see most of the shit from work, but wouldn't improving just the world textures be a good thing, as long as they kept the characters out of the Uncanny Valley?

    'Uncanny Valley' doesn't mean 'bad'.

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    PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    PeregrineFalcon wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    Raere wrote: »
    Flippy_D wrote: »
    People, stop trying to beat Valve.

    Jesus Christ.

    The game is a few years old at this point. People with some skill can easily create hi-res packs that beat the original stuff.

    Nobody has. These people are going on the misconception that higher resolution textures mean better-looking characters. Their shit is abysmal.

    I can't see most of the shit from work, but wouldn't improving just the world textures be a good thing, as long as they kept the characters out of the Uncanny Valley?

    'Uncanny Valley' doesn't mean 'bad'.

    Yes, but the general reaction to a character falling into said valley is. Either they need to make them really, really believable humans, or knock it the fuck off entirely.

    Ergo, upgrade world textures, ignore character changes to keep them firmly in the "video game character" world.

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    artooartoo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I wish FakeFactory would just make a enviroments mod.

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    PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    artoo wrote: »
    I wish FakeFactory would just make a enviroments mod.

    I've never taken a look at the packages, but couldn't you just delete anything that textures/remodels a character?

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    Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Clearly, Kirby is the spy.


    Not Birdo.

    this is a better idea.

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    LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They don't upgrade the world textures last time I checked, only the models. This is probably because if you just replace the map textures with higher resolution ones the scale goes all wrong, and also the lighting in the maps is precalculated and actually used the map's textures to calculate all kinds of shit, so there's no way to do it without it looking weird other than recompiling the maps.

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    DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    LaCabra wrote: »
    They don't upgrade the world textures last time I checked, only the models. This is probably because if you just replace the map textures with higher resolution ones the scale goes all wrong, and also the lighting in the maps is precalculated and actually used the map's textures to calculate all kinds of shit, so there's no way to do it without it looking weird other than recompiling the maps.

    And that just sounds like wayyyyy too much fun for any mere mortal.

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    randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    RoyceSraphim wrote: »
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    MechMantis wrote: »
    Clearly, Kirby is the spy.


    Not Birdo.

    Actually...
    bluteamlucariobyzenmigaua6.jpg

    FUCK YEAH!
    What?

    Not SNAKE?! THE ONLY ACTUAL SPY!?

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    JayKaosJayKaos Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.

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    Glenn565Glenn565 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.

    That, and for some reason no ones been able to rip his model.

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    randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.
    Snake uses knives. He just chooses not to in MGS1 and 2. But he knows everything that Big Boss does about CQC.

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    DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.

    That, and for some reason no ones been able to rip his model.

    He can elude everyone.

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    DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Still think Mario should be the Engineer... I have this great mental image of Mario whipping out a plumbers helper and jumping full body on top of it, then going all butter churn on it as a pipe rises out of the ground. Then he jumps off the pipe and the pirana plant emerges, to spit fire at the reds. or blues. whatev.

    Samus would make the perfect Soldier. I'm trying to find a spot for Yoshi... but Bowser is definately the Heavy, possibly holding a multi-barrel pipe with pirana plants emerging and ducking back in, spewing fireballs. I think I have a thing for pipes... I should look into that. In any case... Yoshi... he's a dragon, sorta. Pyro? I'll second Snake for the Spy as well. And come on... Scout? Kid Icarus of course!

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    MalakaiusMalakaius KalamazooRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Tig wrote: »
    with his mask and overalls, the Pyro is almost a shyguy already.

    This, a millions times this! :winky:

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    EdgieEdgie TampaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Still think Mario should be the Engineer... I have this great mental image of Mario whipping out a plumbers helper and jumping full body on top of it, then going all butter churn on it as a pipe rises out of the ground. Then he jumps off the pipe and the pirana plant emerges, to spit fire at the reds. or blues. whatev.

    Samus would make the perfect Soldier. I'm trying to find a spot for Yoshi... but Bowser is definately the Heavy, possibly holding a multi-barrel pipe with pirana plants emerging and ducking back in, spewing fireballs. I think I have a thing for pipes... I should look into that. In any case... Yoshi... he's a dragon, sorta. Pyro? I'll second Snake for the Spy as well. And come on... Scout? Kid Icarus of course!

    Yoshi could be medic, using his tongue to heal! ;-)

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    DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Edgie wrote: »
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Still think Mario should be the Engineer... I have this great mental image of Mario whipping out a plumbers helper and jumping full body on top of it, then going all butter churn on it as a pipe rises out of the ground. Then he jumps off the pipe and the pirana plant emerges, to spit fire at the reds. or blues. whatev.

    Samus would make the perfect Soldier. I'm trying to find a spot for Yoshi... but Bowser is definately the Heavy, possibly holding a multi-barrel pipe with pirana plants emerging and ducking back in, spewing fireballs. I think I have a thing for pipes... I should look into that. In any case... Yoshi... he's a dragon, sorta. Pyro? I'll second Snake for the Spy as well. And come on... Scout? Kid Icarus of course!

    Yoshi could be medic, using his tongue to heal! ;-)

    This provides some intersting mental imagery. I think I would prefer Princess Peach Ubering Bowser, to Yoshi. I mean... can you imagine? Don't... don't imagine. It's not worth it.

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SO HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT REPLACING HL2 CHARACTERS

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    DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Impersonator wrote: »
    SO HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT REPLACING HL2 CHARACTERS

    tl;dr

    But seriously... to sum up so far, "Nobody has done a very good job of it. But Nintendo characters would make excellent skins for TF2."

    e: I offended Mr. Period.

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    ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Someone over at facepunch is trying to convert SSBB'r characters to the Source Engine, that's where that Lucario picture is from so we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out

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    Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    DeMoN wrote: »
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.

    That, and for some reason no ones been able to rip his model.

    He can elude everyone.

    He's hiding in the /SSBB/cardboard_box/ directory on the disc. Possibly /SSBB/oil_drum/.

    This is not rocket science, people.

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Malakaius wrote: »
    Tig wrote: »
    with his mask and overalls, the Pyro is almost a shyguy already.

    This, a millions times this! :winky:
    Frankly, I think a Snifit would work better, but whatever.

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    TigTig Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Malakaius wrote: »
    Tig wrote: »
    with his mask and overalls, the Pyro is almost a shyguy already.

    This, a millions times this! :winky:
    Frankly, I think a Snifit would work better, but whatever.

    yeah well the Snifit species is a member of the genus 'Shyguy', obviously

    i think i got away with that

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    PhonehandPhonehand Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
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    MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Edgie wrote: »
    Dyvion wrote: »
    Still think Mario should be the Engineer... I have this great mental image of Mario whipping out a plumbers helper and jumping full body on top of it, then going all butter churn on it as a pipe rises out of the ground. Then he jumps off the pipe and the pirana plant emerges, to spit fire at the reds. or blues. whatev.

    Samus would make the perfect Soldier. I'm trying to find a spot for Yoshi... but Bowser is definately the Heavy, possibly holding a multi-barrel pipe with pirana plants emerging and ducking back in, spewing fireballs. I think I have a thing for pipes... I should look into that. In any case... Yoshi... he's a dragon, sorta. Pyro? I'll second Snake for the Spy as well. And come on... Scout? Kid Icarus of course!

    Yoshi could be medic, using his tongue to heal! ;-)

    This provides some intersting mental imagery. I think I would prefer Princess Peach Ubering Bowser, to Yoshi. I mean... can you imagine? Don't... don't imagine. It's not worth it.

    Imagine it? I have a picture of it somewhere.

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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dr_Keenbean wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    Glenn565 wrote: »
    JayKaos wrote: »
    Snake doesn't use knives, man. Wouldn't work.


    Err... MGS2 snake, the one in Smash Brothers, doesn't use knives. Fuck if I know what happened in 4. Suppose you could swap backstabbing for neck-snapping, but it wouldn't really be the same.

    That, and for some reason no ones been able to rip his model.

    He can elude everyone.

    He's hiding in the /SSBB/cardboard_box/ directory on the disc. Possibly /SSBB/oil_drum/.

    This is not rocket science, people.

    Actually, several people already ripped his model, its just that they are all dead.

    Also, Phonehand, <3 it!

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