Ok, again, I'm new to the whole editing thing and this is my second wip log, so I'm just trying to get the hang of showcasing / uploading gifs and all that so people can see what I've been up to. This character was originally made by TOPS, and I was very happy with the potential/content of it once I got into updating it. I really don't understand why it sat broken for so many years, but hey, I guess nobody knew what they were missing. Anyway props to him for an awesome character, but this has been a long hard road to recovery and I think Duke is finally starting to see the light. Remember when he couldn't even stand there right? for years? <-- UPDATE: apparently not everybody experienced the same problems with him that I did. I guess his old version has been working fine for some people? On my computer all of his anims looped indefinitely, and all of his items were Xed out at the beginning of each round. I thought everyone was experiencing this. Added new large and small portraits: Created breathing sprites for crouch, and collaged some sprites to create a crouch turning animation, and to get gun to pass from hand to hand. Also changed sprites in standing turning for same effect. Created and modified some walk sprites and realigned it. These are the new realigned and re-timed basic attacks. I would add gifs for his crouching and jumping basics too, but this screen is getting really hard to look at already, so this will have to suffice.Download (6/16/12 version)_______/ SIMPLIFIED CHANGE LOGRehabilitating Duke Nukem is proving easier said than done. So far:-Regained basic motor skills-Regained the ability to throw a weak punch-Now capable of walking in a straight line. Realigned walk, crouch, dash, areal basics.-Fresh Frankenspriting: Added frames to walk, aligned foot position for crouch and landing-Redid Jumping animations_/ added 6/10-Added frames to areal basics to smooth out motion. -Added & created frames for standing & crouching basic attacks-Realigned and re-timed all standing, jumping and crouching basic attacks._/ added 6/14-Realigned all get hit's-Fixed turning, and changed turning animation-created sprites for crouch breathing and turning, and added a crouch turning animation-changed the turning animation so he passes the gun from one hand to the other-realigned a bunch of shit, fixed a ton of collisions_/ added 6/16-dug through all his code to find what was keeping the items from working and fixed it. All items now work.-changed large and small portraits-now almost totally functionalAny feedback would be great, and he really could use a new portrait, if anyone has suggestions.If you like, check out my other edits here.
Ok, after redoing all of his basic animations, aligning them so his foot position holds, making the tic counts feel quick, but not too quick, creating new sprites to smooth them out, and actually naming them so I know what I'm working with, Duke Nukem has officially regained control of his basic ability to fight... check original post for update.
RobotMonkeyHead said, June 09, 2012, 09:52:59 am-Regained the ability to throw a weak punchThis wasn't a bug. It was a feature. (Sigh... jokes like these had a lot more credibility before DNF came out)
I think his grenade launcher and laser mines are a bit cheap... Maybe you could these moves could take some more seconds so the char would get less cheap...
Markpachi said, June 10, 2012, 01:23:29 pmWill you be changing the gameplay?What do you mean by the gameplay? Do you have a suggestion?ROLEINMUGEN said, June 10, 2012, 11:09:41 pmI think his grenade launcher and laser mines are a bit cheap... Maybe you could these moves could take some more seconds so the char would get less cheap...yeah I'll definitely check that out, and see what I can do.
He means changing the gameplay to a real MVC type gameplay, or a Custom CVS (à la POTS) type of gameplay, and not mixing stuff like TOPS did.I'm not making any suggestions here, just guessing what he means.
Cybaster said, June 13, 2012, 05:13:44 pmHe means changing the gameplay to a real MVC type gameplay, or a Custom CVS (à la POTS) type of gameplay, and not mixing stuff like TOPS did.I'm not making any suggestions here, just guessing what he means.Ah, I see. Na I'm not going to do that. I here a lot of comments about the play style of pots characters, what do people like so much about them?
they are alot of fun and a mix of things. honestly idk how you would do pots style for a character that doesn't even exist in a fighting game.
Duke Nukem Change Log-Added sctrl in state 0 to return to anim 0 on time 0-Realigned Walking forward Anim +hitboxes-realigned walking back anim +hitboxes-added new frames and realigned jumping anims-frankensprited walking sprites, and crouching sprites-realigned stand to crouch-frankensprited crouching anim-realigned all guards-realigned master chief intro-realigned intros-realigned taunts, added turning frames to smooth animation-frankensprited new frame in strong punch, and completely redid the animation for it.-added in new frames and realigned weak punch-realigned shooting animation-named all the animations-added forward step to knee attack for more range-made new sprites in weak and strong crouching kicks-realigned all animations, tic, counts, frankensprited, smoothed out, all basic attacks, standing walking crouch jump-realigned throws +collisions -added frame to throw-frankensprited new frame for crouch strong kick-realigned shotgun special and simplified it's collisions-realigned pipe bomb toss and detonate, edited sprites to help foot position fixed it's collisions, and added new frames-realigned air pipe bomb toss and detonate, and fixed their collisions-realigned mini gun special and fixed it's collisions-realigned chainsaw anims and fixed collisions-fixed ground.front and .back variables so walk push is smooth.-realigned all get hit and get hit anims and added frames to recovers-by the way only about 2% of the anims were labeled, and at this point a around 75% are labeled for future modification purposes..-fixed collisions on jumping shoot and reload, and jumping basics again-realigned grenade brandish and medic kit use anims-tweaked the cns file a little so labels show up in FF left column.-tweaked a little code to get the turning anim to work-changed turning anim to different sprites, so he passes the gun from one hand to the other-added crouch turning animation by chopping up yet more sprites and glueing them together. fun fun fun.CHECK FIRST POST FOR UPDATE (6/14/12)
Pikuma said, June 15, 2012, 05:54:30 amNice duke nukem very good rounded gameplay so far will edit for anything major later... Thank's a lot. Any constructive feedback would be very much appreciated. (nice pic btw)
The Items work now, body armor doesn't blinkthe cursor blink is fixednew small and large portraitsCHECK FIRST POST FOR UPDATE
RobotMonkeyHead said, June 16, 2012, 07:51:19 amThe Items work now, body armor doesn't blinkthe cursor blink is fixednew small and large portraitsCHECK FIRST POST FOR UPDATEwhat do you mean by the items work now? they have always worked.
T.O.P.S said, June 17, 2012, 12:23:27 amRobotMonkeyHead said, June 16, 2012, 07:51:19 amThe Items work now, body armor doesn't blinkthe cursor blink is fixednew small and large portraitsCHECK FIRST POST FOR UPDATEwhat do you mean by the items work now? they have always worked.come on man, you know that for the last 3 years they've been unusable. It was an easy fix really, it was just a 3 day pain in the ass of whittling it down with trial and error to what exactly was causing it.
no I actually don't know that, unless you've been updateing an outdated version of him. his newest version they worked fine.
T.O.P.S said, June 17, 2012, 03:36:25 amno I actually don't know that, unless you've been updateing an outdated version of him. his newest version they worked fine.I got him from your site again 2 days ago and they are still all X'ed out at the beginning of the match. That version of him is so busted anyway tho that's about the least of his worries. He can't even stand there right. It's kind of funny too, because once I got him working he turned out to be a sweet character. A few tweaks to his coding here and there, a little overhaul in terms of realigning, re-timing and some frankenspriting to his attacks, and he's a very decent character. Well made aside from those few tragic bugs and bad alignments.
Cybaster said, June 17, 2012, 05:05:10 amHis items always worked fine for me, in training mode at least (I never tried him out of this mode).oh no shit? I never tried him in training mode. My mistake.
Laharl said, June 18, 2012, 02:39:15 amim pretty sure he was saying no shit like oh shit really?Yea, on second look youre probably right. X'ed off my previous post, my apologies. In any case, im genuinely interested here. Never played a duke nukem game, but the character seems fun.
I didn't get a chance to read your other response, but I see how that could be confused for sarcasm. . anywho, hope u like the updates to the character.
Pokemon Trainer Sapphire said, June 18, 2012, 03:58:23 amI noticed something doesn't Duke Nukem have fingerless gloves? where are they? Ah, I selected a portrait for him that I think is from a later game than the one this character is modeled after. In his back pocket maybe?
Yeah I think that was the later game where duke had fingerless gloves... but still it would be a good Idea to add the fingerless gloves... just throwing ideas here.
Pokemon Trainer Sapphire said, June 22, 2012, 01:36:13 amYeah I think that was the later game where duke had fingerless gloves... but still it would be a good Idea to add the fingerless gloves... just throwing ideas here.Yeah I agree it would definitely look cool, it's just way more of a pain in the ass than I am willing to go through for it. I certainly do appreciate the suggestions tho
