WCW/nWo 2K16 Project: Crow Sting Final WIPs 1/24/17

[hovathagod32]

 

Pretty content with how this came out. Now I have to figure out how to edit the ramp lights and then I'll be able to crank out a lot of these when I get the free time, so I can work on menus/character mods. Thankfully a lot of WCW arenas were repetitious, only changing logos and minor things.

[hovathagod32]

Trying to update the Nitro arena. I finally got the Banners to show up.. I'm pretty proud about that lol.. I want to switch the ramp and try to add lights to make it not look so gloomy. The actual Nitro set never had a huge titantron, so I want to replace that with the small banner that they had 

 

Bash 97:

 

going to try and flip the screen.... It's normally on the other side. I feel like it will have issues in game, but I'll still try. I want to bring in some new ceiling lights for the entrance as well. I'm not sure if it will work or not but i'm just experimenting as I go

Edited July 15, 2016 by hovathagod32

[hovathagod32]

Updated Starrcade & Fall Brawl 97 WIP

 

this is an arena I'm really trying to get correct because it was the base for Clash, Fall Brawl, WW3 and a few other's if i'm not mistaken. so it'll make the other arenas a lot easier to crank out

[LordJustice17]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

[hovathagod32]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

i'm trying.. much credit goes to you and your help.

 

Question though.. How do I edit the stage light colors and the arena ones (smackdown blue, raw red)? 

[LordJustice17]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

i'm trying.. much credit goes to you and your help.

 

Question though.. How do I edit the stage light colors and the arena ones (smackdown blue, raw red)? 

Well you can tweak some of it using the misc (ceiling light, IBL, spotlight, etc). The rest is contained in files within the entrance pac. I forget the exact names, but it's part of the non-yobj files at the bottom of the pach file. Try swapping those with ones from another entrance pac.

[hovathagod32]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

i'm trying.. much credit goes to you and your help.

 

Question though.. How do I edit the stage light colors and the arena ones (smackdown blue, raw red)? 

Well you can tweak some of it using the misc (ceiling light, IBL, spotlight, etc). The rest is contained in files within the entrance pac. I forget the exact names, but it's part of the non-yobj files at the bottom of the pach file. Try swapping those with ones from another entrance pac.

What exactly are IBLs? I don't remember those being listed in the Documentation file

[BT292]

Trying to update the Nitro arena. I finally got the Banners to show up.. I'm pretty proud about that lol.. I want to switch the ramp and try to add lights to make it not look so gloomy. The actual Nitro set never had a huge titantron, so I want to replace that with the small banner that they had 

 

Bash 97:

 

going to try and flip the screen.... It's normally on the other side. I feel like it will have issues in game, but I'll still try. I want to bring in some new ceiling lights for the entrance as well. I'm not sure if it will work or not but i'm just experimenting as I 

Is it possible to have lights on the entrance gate? Im guessing probably not but would be amazing

[LordJustice17]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

i'm trying.. much credit goes to you and your help.

 

Question though.. How do I edit the stage light colors and the arena ones (smackdown blue, raw red)? 

Well you can tweak some of it using the misc (ceiling light, IBL, spotlight, etc). The rest is contained in files within the entrance pac. I forget the exact names, but it's part of the non-yobj files at the bottom of the pach file. Try swapping those with ones from another entrance pac.

What exactly are IBLs? I don't remember those being listed in the Documentation file

Interior Building Lighting perhaps.

[hovathagod32]

@hovathagod32

Good stuff.

i'm trying.. much credit goes to you and your help.

 

Question though.. How do I edit the stage light colors and the arena ones (smackdown blue, raw red)? 

Well you can tweak some of it using the misc (ceiling light, IBL, spotlight, etc). The rest is contained in files within the entrance pac. I forget the exact names, but it's part of the non-yobj files at the bottom of the pach file. Try swapping those with ones from another entrance pac.

What exactly are IBLs? I don't remember those being listed in the Documentation file

Interior Building Lighting perhaps.

that makes a lot of sense now lol...

@BT292 I'm not sure if it's possible to light up the nitro set like it normally is, and was in whatever WWE game it was imported from. '12/'13, whatever. My plan is to try and use one of the WCW stage lights.. (I think from Halloween Havoc 96) and put it over the set to see if that will help illuminate it a bit. I really wish I could get rid of the ramp because WCW sets never really had such large stages. 

 

I'm also debating whether or not to ditch 1997 in it's entirety... with the exception of maybe Starrcade '97 and just do 98/99 through 2000-01.

[BT292]

@hovathagod32 Damn, oh well, yeah at least illuminating it over or behind is just as good. I'm glad someone is doing that because I feel the same way about it looking too dark

Edited July 17, 2016 by BT292

[Wizard3]

great work on sting and all the wcw arena's brother!!!!!!!

[Dennis-Bieser]

Wow amazing !! when will you release some wcw arenas?

Can you make this WCW Monday Nitro Mat ?

 

 

This was the original WCW Nitro Mat in 1997

[hovathagod32]

great work on sting and all the wcw arena's brother!!!!!!!

Speaking of Sting.. I'm going to work on Starrcade 97 and some later era paints. I might be MIA for a few weeks so hopefully I can get it finished today.

Wow amazing !! when will you release some wcw arenas?

Can you make this WCW Monday Nitro Mat ?

 

 

This was the original WCW Nitro Mat in 1997

maybe.. I haven't fully mapped out how many arenas I can do within a collection. 97 might get skipped with a few exceptions, but we'll see.

[esbatmusic]

@4LifeBrother

If all goes well, my intentions are to completely convert every arena to a WCW one. so right now I'm just working my way through 97 and 98. I'll have maybe 1 or 2 packs (97-98, 99-2001 if I can't fit them all in one pack), that way if it's ever released it people won't have to overwrite anything. You'll just have to pick which one you want to use, similar to MNW, TGS etc. 

 

Current WIP:

I want to try and use Vengeance's screens instead of my textures, but honestly this looks good ingame. I don't really know how to add textures to the screens yet, so I'm holding off that right now. Still have the issue with the screen disappearing for halloween havoc, but I think that's gonna happen regardless of what I do. Hopefully not.

Oh wow, I want that arena badly. Seems like you are getting to it before I even can Let me know when it's out please. (all the of WCW's ones you do)

Edit : For the nitro, if you could do a '95 version. (Basically gray mat, Gray ring side mat (no flames) I'd be more than happy about it. (Could also do a version with the flame mats, as it's '96/'97 version... Seriously amazing work and I can't wait to see those released, seriously, please do let me know.

Edited July 17, 2016 by esbatmusic

[ashepherd316]

When will the early crow sting be released thanks.

[hovathagod32]

When will the early crow sting be released thanks.

there's no timetable on when they will be released right now. I had back surgery on Monday so I was trying to finish as much as I could with Sting last Sunday, but barely finished my Starrcade mock ups. Just going to rest up for a few weeks and if I feel up to it, I'll try to bust out those Sting slots and get back to the arena work

 

appolgize for any inconvenience that might cause.

[4 Life]

When will the early crow sting be released thanks.

there's no timetable on when they will be released right now. I had back surgery on Monday so I was trying to finish as much as I could with Sting last Sunday, but barely finished my Starrcade mock ups. Just going to rest up for a few weeks and if I feel up to it, I'll try to bust out those Sting slots and get back to the arena work

 

appolgize for any inconvenience that might cause.

Hope your recovery goes smoothly buddy, yeah probably a good idea to avoid hunching over a desk so take a break

[hovathagod32]

With the help of some really powerful drugs. I was able to finish Fall Brawl 97 remotely

 

because Mac and PC have different colors I'll be fixing that later with the ring mat, but right now my biggest issue is trying to fix the floor ares that are not covered by the floor mat to stop flickering so much. I'm going to try to continue on and do one or two arenas a day. Sting project will be on hold until I'm able to draw again. If someone wants to help me draw my airbrush scorpion for Starrcade PM me and we can talk about my vision for it but I can probably do some attire stuff for other wrestlers in the meantime.

Edited July 26, 2016 by hovathagod32

[BeleeDat]

Awesome job, man, appreciate you still doing that through your back pain.

[hovathagod32]

Awesome job, man, appreciate you still doing that through your back pain.

lol the meds definitely help and doing this gives me something to do and look forward to instead of staying idle.. Recovery is going to be about 6-7 months! I'm able to do things remotely from my laptop(although Blender on a macbook isn't as good), so most things can be done somewhat comfortably instead of being at a desk, minus a lot of the freehand drawing I've done for attires. 

 

Just a few updates I guess: 

I'm working on WW3, Road Wild & I'm trying to figure out Great American Bash 97. Then I want to mess around with attires for certain WCW wrestlers in the game already. (Ric Flair, Piper, DDP, Lex) Just a few easy ones that won't require a lot of editing for me right now.. I just came up on a brand new n64 and I've been looking at Revenge for their attire choices. I don't think I'll go overboard with 10+ like Sting, but The recognizable ones from the eras will be included. Plus guys like @4 Life and @@Dennis-Bieser have been doing such a good job, I won't have to do many. 

After learning that the max is likely 54 arenas. I think I'm going to do all 97 up to 2000. My plan was to do a Saturday Night/3rd show to go with each era Nitro and Thunder, but that's not a priority right now.

Edited July 28, 2016 by hovathagod32

[BeleeDat]

Awesome job, man, appreciate you still doing that through your back pain.

lol the meds definitely help and doing this gives me something to do and look forward to instead of staying idle.. Recovery is going to be about 6-7 months! I'm able to do things remotely from my laptop(although Blender on a macbook isn't as good), so most things can be done somewhat comfortably instead of being at a desk, minus a lot of the freehand drawing I've done for attires. 

 

Just a few updates I guess: 

I'm working on WW3, Road Wild & I'm trying to figure out Great American Bash 97. Then I want to mess around with attires for certain WCW wrestlers in the game already. (Ric Flair, Piper, DDP, Lex) Just a few easy ones that won't require a lot of editing for me right now.. I just came up on a brand new n64 and I've been looking at Revenge for their attire choices. I don't think I'll go overboard with 10+ like Sting, but The recognizable ones from the eras will be included. Plus guys like @4 Life and @@Dennis-Bieser have been doing such a good job, I won't have to do many. 

After learning that the max is likely 54 arenas. I think I'm going to do all 97 up to 2000. My plan was to do a Saturday Night/3rd show to go with each era Nitro and Thunder, but that's not a priority right now.

Good thinking

Omg...wow, all the best on your recovery. Ah that is good to hear.

With all you talented modders, it's like wCw heaven here lol.

[hovathagod32]

 

so much trial and error to inject the light truss yobj into a slot that will make it visible but it's pretty much finished minus the ring. Going to try GAB 97. This might be hell lol

[solidassassin47]

Any updates on Crow Sting loved the wolfpack version and can't wait to see some of the attires you have in store for him. Also love the arena progress massive fan of your work on PS4 & XBOX One Arenas Cant wait to see the final versions you bring to the PC.

[hovathagod32]

Any updates on Crow Sting loved the wolfpack version and can't wait to see some of the attires you have in store for him. Also love the arena progress massive fan of your work on PS4 & XBOX One Arenas Cant wait to see the final versions you bring to the PC.

I still haven't been able to draw yet to work on my scorpion's. I have to finish Starrcade, Uncensored 98, plus some new paints that match his face better (But that's the easy part). with arena work, I'm just using my logos that i've already drawn/redrawn for PS4/XB1 and place them on 3D objects to make them pop like the in-arenas. It's difficult in the sense of getting stuff to cooperate + the misc file work, but it's easy on my back. That doesn't take much work in the sense of drawing.

 

I Promise you it's going to come, man. If I get annoyed and quit this arena work, Sting will still come lol. Sting is my all time great & favorite wrestler, and being a perfectionist with art at times, I want it to be as dope an accurate as I can make it, given these amazing graphics compared to making caws and mods during the PS1 & n64 days.