Lost-World Returns

[Col. Faulkner 0]

Hi

Yes our DNS/FTP is undergoing some change, and we will be "offline" for a few days, nothing longer we hope.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

@ukr-man - As real as we can get them

Well let's hope that goes better than the NI mod website's

"downtime"!

[smiley nick 51]

I told my daughter that I thought she might be able to play with dinosaurs one day for this game(after watching the Jurassic park movies) so now you have a 7 year old waiting too.  

Funny you should say that, with the recent thread regarding children playing arma for what ever reason, walking, driving, exploring, we are also aiming for the younger audience for all you arma parents.

It was going to be a bit of a side project but we are developing a small "educational" based experience aimed for the younger audience. Being able to explore and find out about dinosaurs. Walk up to them; see them, without fear of attack.

We are just waiting for our mysql database to be transferred and we will be back up and running.

Nick

[Col. Faulkner 0]

You seem to continually come up with new "features". Will

the dinosaurs be able to dance and sing and tell jokes too?

[smiley nick 51]

You seem to continually come up with new "features". Will

the dinosaurs be able to dance and sing and tell jokes too?

It’s not really a feature at all, its one of many game play options we have to play with.

The concept will really consist of some basic dialog information and voiceovers, built into a simple free roaming mission with the eco system running in the background.

No the dinosaurs won’t be able to dance or make jokes. This isn’t Barney

[opteryx 1562]

Is it true what I'm hearing from ArmedAssault.eu?

Quote[/b] ] Rumours about 'the lost world returns'

Written by jerryhopper, on Friday, 14 September 2007

In the secret labatory at INGEN, a shocking discovery has been announced. Lost World Returns might be showcaseing its work in a new open source engine, and leaving behind the modding sceen for a payware game engine for future development. This is all rumour, but how much truth does it hold? You shall know soon enough.

http://www.lostworldreturns.co.uk

What does this mean exactly?

[nastros 0]

wow that doesnt sound good

[Dwarden 1125]

hmm there is limited number of 'next gen' quality open source engines ...

anyway i wish LWR team lot of luck in standalone game venture

[BraTTy 0]

I can't wait for the dinos either.

Will we be able to ride them? lol

I have children too, maybe when the dinosaurs are set to captive mode they won't be violent.

[smiley nick 51]

I think its time I updated this topic

I’m not 100% sure where this rumour came from; however it does hold 'some' truth.

We are still desperately waiting for the Maya Mel scripts from BIS to help port over all our created Maya animations and rigs into o2, including the skinned mesh exporter, that’s what we really need.

BIS have kept quite about it for some time, however we where fortunate enough to get a reply from Maruk regarding the subject. His reply was quite a basic one, stating

"Not sure at the moment. I understand the importance for you so let me see."

So fingers crossed that we will see the plug-in. Granted its not your average ‘required’ modder tool needed for ArmA add-on creation, but a modification like us, gives it a make or break situation I’m afraid.

If we do not see the skinned meshed export plug-in and the Maya Mel scripts released to we would have to reconsider our position in the community, due to obvious reasons, no progression!

I hope that doesn’t sound selfish in either way, but like everyone else in the community we have spend equally as much on the project, including a lot out of the public eye.

There are plenty of open source engines out there, all reasonably priced, and a lot of "unknown" ones. Open source is definitely a viable option for us and it’s on the cards.

We have a great team, and work very well together; there is no reason at all why we cannot grow into an internet based developer.

We would be sticking to the "dinosaur" theme still, but this is slightly off topic and in a different ball park.

As for the website, we are with a new host now, and its up and running, having some minor problems with our forum skins so the default VB skin is up and running.

Website - http://www.lostworldreturns.co.uk/

Forum - http://www.lostworldreturns.co.uk/forum/

Be sure to visit the forum for the latest information, for those following the project or would like to know more.

Nick

[jasono 0]

I see why your considering it, and I don't mind what you do at all. You've got a lot of progress so far, it would be a shame to just give up on it because it is impossible to put into ArmA.

I do hope you get another reply from BIS with the information you want to hear.

Good luck with the progression of Lost World Mod

[smiley nick 51]

I see why your considering it, and I don't mind what you do at all. You've got a lot of progress so far, it would be a shame to just give up on it because it is impossible to put into ArmA.

I do hope you get another reply from BIS with the information you want to hear.

Good luck with the progression of Lost World Mod

Thank you JasonO

We will let you guys know of any changes right away.

Thanks for the support all.

Nick

[Bracken 0]

This mod did all ways seem abit 'big' for Arma. Don't get me wrong, I really hope you get the scripts you need, but if you do go open source you can count on atleast one copy being sold

[simba 0]

really hope BIS helps you, wildlife is really missing in Arma and your dinausors are just awesome.

[Dracul 0]

Quote[/b] ]

It’s not really a feature at all, its one of many game play options we have to play with.

The concept will really consist of some basic dialog information and voiceovers, built into a simple free roaming mission with the eco system running in the background.

Actually, there is a great possiblity for the education system - not just for the younger audience.

We have a great diversity of species - at least 2 different specimen for each of the 5 main big groups.

So, there is many potential to discuss without having a M4 packed with you

The interactive system of videogames is the big difference to the BBC shows, you are in the middle of the show!

Things we can show in a educationbased game option are the different social behaviours of the animals, sexual dimorphism in nature, convergent evolution, ecology, continental drift, evolution on islands, (natural) history of earth - e.g. the visualisation of the big time dimension (For most of you dimensions like 60 million years are just words )

and ofcourse modern dinosaurs: the becoming of the birds

So stay tuned

[smiley nick 51]

We are in the process of expanding our team and are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a passion for dinosaurs, or similar theme to join the team as a 2d artist.

Your primary position in the team will consist of 2d UV mapping for existing and pending models. You will be helping and taking an active part in the texture development and design of our dinosaurs with total freedom of creativity.

With a palaeontologist ready to help and a strong team of 18 members, some of which are in the game industry already, you will have a fantastic time with us.

You must be familiar with.

1.) UV Unwrapping and a creation.

2.) UV appliance to models.

3.) Specular Mapping.

4.) Bump Mapping.

5.) Normal Mapping.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an expanding and exciting global development team, and will prove useful on your portfolio.

Please contact Nick Gregory via email for further details or reply here.

Contact - nickgregnick@yahoo.co.uk

[Kerry 0]

Just so you know Smiley... im gonna kILL MY SELF IF U DORP THIS MOD!!

nah... jk.... but,please,please,please,please dont drop the mod!

I have been waiting for this mod within the first week i saw this thread(within the first week u posted it)

[smiley nick 51]

Thanks Kerry. No plans to drop the mod what so ever.

Im glad your excited, we are also very excited about what we can bring to the community ( we hope).  

[opteryx 1562]

Yes, this mod is probably close to number one on my most anticipated mods list. Can't wait

[metsapeikko 0]

Hmm, may I ask that if these sounds are going to be in LWR?

[wolfsblut_ 0]

Hmm, may I ask that if these sounds are going to be in LWR?

IMO the sound-scenery is overdone. Hollywood yes, but dont become childish and overegg the pudding.

2 clips to show what you hear if you are realy in the jungle (1978, Amazonas, Stereo):

Birds talking (3 MB):

http://files.filefront.com/Amazona....fo.html

At a hidden brunch of the amazonas (1,8MB)

http://files.filefront.com/At+a+hi....fo.html

[smiley nick 51]

The sound system will work in real time with the species and various objects placed.

There wont be any looping sound tracks, all sounds will originate from a physical source.

That way, when you hear a sound, it will have a destination.

As for the sound fx itself, we wont have any JP sounds, they will be created from scratch.

Hope that helps

[simba 0]

BBC series "walking with dinausors" could be a good source of inspiration for sounds, anims and textures.

[Kerry 0]

...im getting ready to jump off a building if i dont se news on this soon!

[Cribban 1]

...im getting ready to jump off a building if i dont se news on this soon!

Quote[/b] ]The sound system will work in real time with the species and various objects placed.

There wont be any looping sound tracks, all sounds will originate from a physical source.

That way, when you hear a sound, it will have a destination.

As for the sound fx itself, we wont have any JP sounds, they will be created from scratch.

Think that serves well as news, even if it's feature news everything doesn't have to be image-wise

Everything I've seen looks great Nick + crew. Looking forward to this

[nastros 0]

i remember ye were having trouble bringing your models in to arma did you get what you needed from BI