SlovakianLynx 82 Posted April 16, 2018 Hello agein after a long time JohnnyBoy. I bought the Apex DLC some time ago and discovered, that it's just an nice tropical enviroment and thats it! Community content alsow is not very big and interesting for me. therefore, when I saw, that you made a mission for it, I was happy, as I knew it is going to be good. And you really did not dissapointed me. Love the voice acting. Pure and proffessional. Do you make it in a studio? Spoiler Only one suggestion: I alsow started searching that house for evidence. It would be good, if you needed to find something there first. For example a piece of victim's clothing and let Boomer sniff it, who would than track. BTW, is Boomer a common dog name in US? I noticed there is alsow a dog with this name in Far Cry 5 lol. I'm looking folward to rest of the missions and hope there will be a campaing when they are all finished. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted April 16, 2018 @SlovakianLynx Thanks for the great feedback, I really appreciate it. Your suggestion regarding the farm house (like @Undeceived's) is excellent, and it would have been better for immersion and realism. If I find time to improve this mission I will likely do that. I like the idea of making the player think and investigate more, but I have to balance that against players getting confused and not sure what to do next. Regarding voice acting, I am recording using a cheap Logitech USB headset and free GoldWave software. @AZCoder also did a great job on some of the voices, but I am not sure what hardware/software he used. Boomer was my old dog's name, and it is a fairly common dog name in the USA. I did see that Far Cry is using it too, which made me happy. Please rate the mission and comment on Steam, if you have not already. Thanks! The next 2 missions are about 80% and 90% done. But it will be a month or more before I release one. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted April 16, 2018 I'm using a Shure 57 condenser mic and Steinberg UR22 interface that pumps the sound into Audacity. I bought it for recording music, but it works well for voice too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted April 17, 2018 I just realized that on Steam mission, I forgot to credit and thank people that contributed to this mission. Sorry about that, but its fixed now! Steam Link. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froggyluv 2136 Posted April 19, 2018 Just finished. F'N awesome man -laughed my a$$ off at the end. Keep em comin Johnny. Really enjoyed leading the dog, much more than I would have thought. Ever consider maybe using a whistle for some commands like Heel and Attack -to make it more baddass dog-like from MAd Max 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted April 19, 2018 59 minutes ago, froggyluv said: Just finished. F'N awesome man -laughed my a$$ off at the end. Keep em comin Johnny. Really enjoyed leading the dog, much more than I would have thought. Ever consider maybe using a whistle for some commands like Heel and Attack -to make it more baddass dog-like from MAd Max Thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed it. Quit giving me ideas, I'm easily distracted and will never finish anything! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlovakianLynx 82 Posted April 19, 2018 I never thought you can achieve such good results recording just at home. Sorry I won't rate it, becouse: I don't like Steam workshop. I opose the whole dumb rating system. I have learned that a long time ago, when I was visiting a rail sim sight, where you could download objects for the game. Good quality stuff had bad ratings and the ones with lesser quality was top rated.Alsow one guy rated my ArmA 2 campaign 2/10 without a good reason. Therefore I preffer to write a comment, like was already said above. RATING SYSTEMS SHOULD NOT EXIST! They are only a good tool for cowards, who don't know what positive criticism is. Take all the time you need with the missions. Do not rush it, othervise it could loose quality. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeceived 392 Posted April 19, 2018 4 hours ago, SlovakianLynx said: I opose the whole dumb rating system. I have learned that a long time ago, when I was visiting a rail sim sight, where you could download objects for the game. Good quality stuff had bad ratings and the ones with lesser quality was top rated.Alsow one guy rated my ArmA 2 campaign 2/10 without a good reason. Therefore I preffer to write a comment, like was already said above. RATING SYSTEMS SHOULD NOT EXIST! They are only a good tool for cowards, who don't know what positive criticism is. I totally agree with you, but on the other hand exactly this is why positive ratings are important. Reality is that this bad SW rating systems is there and players look at the stars while searching for good missions. Comments are great and as I said earlier they are what motivates more and are useful and stuff but they are only seen if the player enters the mission web page. And that's what positive ratings are needed for. Therefore I can just encourage you to give it (and every mission/campaign/addon you like) a . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted April 19, 2018 7 hours ago, SlovakianLynx said: I opose the whole dumb rating system. I have learned that a long time ago, when I was visiting a rail sim sight, where you could download objects for the game. Good quality stuff had bad ratings and the ones with lesser quality was top rated.Alsow one guy rated my ArmA 2 campaign 2/10 without a good reason. Therefore I preffer to write a comment, like was already said above. RATING SYSTEMS SHOULD NOT EXIST! They are only a good tool for cowards, who don't know what positive criticism is. I've noticed that too, but I've also received erroneous comments from some about a bug that was the user's mistake for not loading the mods, then others think the missions are broken and won't play it. At least it's more informative than 1 star. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 1, 2018 Should Dr. Sanjay return in episode 2? "This might hurt a little..." how do you delete these friggin' spoiler tags if you decide you don't want them????? 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froggyluv 2136 Posted May 2, 2018 LOL I just realized the name -is that Dr Sanjay Goopta? And yeah you have to continue down that trajectory - i want payback medieval style You deserve an official BI award for most disturbed mission designer 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, froggyluv said: LOL I just realized the name -is that Dr Sanjay Goopta? And yeah you have to continue down that trajectory - i want payback medieval style Goopta?! No way buddy, my Dr. Sanjay is a skilled surgeon, not a TV hack doctor!! He may lose more than his fair share of patients on the operating table, but he would never shill for CNN! "Payback"....hmmm...good title candidate for upcoming mission.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undeceived 392 Posted May 3, 2018 On 01.05.2018 at 6:48 PM, johnnyboy said: Should Dr. Sanjay return in episode 2? "This might hurt a little..." Reveal hidden contents how do you delete these friggin' spoiler tags if you decide you don't want them????? F*** YEAH! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zagor64bz 1225 Posted May 24, 2018 On 13/4/2018 at 4:46 AM, johnnyboy said: we don't create missions to increase the size of our e-penis, lol. As for DownVoters, Steam should publish their home adresses... Couldn't agree more!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 30, 2018 Some preview pics from Episode 2... Fish schools, Dry Dive Hemets, Sunken Temple... Who wants to go fishing? 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted May 30, 2018 You didn't mention snakes. There won't be snakes under water, right? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 30, 2018 1 minute ago, AZCoder said: You didn't mention snakes. There won't be snakes under water, right? Don't count on it dude. Sea snakes are some of the most deadly snakes there are! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207 Posted May 30, 2018 17 hours ago, johnnyboy said: Fish schools Nice pictures johnnyboy ! These group of fish are spawned right? If yes , is this code available ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 30, 2018 31 minutes ago, GEORGE FLOROS GR said: Nice pictures johnnyboy ! These group of fish are spawned right? If yes , is this code available ? I'm working on a JBOY_Fish_School script now that creates the schools you see in the pics. Its still buggy, but I will release it once its clean. The scripts support two travel modes: Circle - You place a hidden helper object to be center of circle, and specify depth and radius, and fish will spawn into a school and circle around the center point. Point-to-point - You pass in a start helper object and an end helper object, and fish school spawns and travels from start point to end point. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted May 30, 2018 Not to give you more devious ideas, but did you know about the shark mod? I tried it out once, very sophisticated, blood in the water excites them, they have pilot fish even! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted May 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, AZCoder said: Not to give you more devious ideas, but did you know about the shark mod? I tried it out once, very sophisticated, blood in the water excites them, they have pilot fish even! I looked it at it a long time ago and it seemed not ready for prime time. Maybe I should take another look. Thanks. ...<<<johnnyboy instantly derails and chases new idea, thus delaying Episode 2 completion once again ...>>> 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZCoder 921 Posted May 30, 2018 sorry, first time I saw an underwater adventure for A3 and I got excited 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Old Man 3545 Posted June 4, 2018 Just finished this mission and really enjoyed it. It's got a good pacing, the dog controls are pretty straightforward and work without major issues. Voice acting was neat and matched the atmosphere of tanoa featuring very distinctive characters, the icing on the cake of a rather unusual mission. Too bad the mission ended before I could lay waste to future encounters after relieving an enemy of his LIM-85. Cheers 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GEORGE FLOROS GR 4207 Posted June 4, 2018 On 31/5/2018 at 12:02 AM, johnnyboy said: I'm working on a JBOY_Fish_School script Sounds Great ! I 'll be waiting for this ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy 3793 Posted July 12, 2018 Here's a preview of part of Episode 2 - Stakeout. 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
