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New broken world chat!

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Submitted by firebat on Mon, 2006-07-24 15:57

There is a new chat scheduled with Gas Powered Games to discuss the now-gold Dungeon Siege II: Broken World on Wednesday, July 26 at 11am PST / 2pm EST / 7pm GMT (midday time designed to accommodate European players for this chat). Focusing on the art aspects of the grim world presented in the expansion, the chat will feature GPG’s Marcie Finnila, Matt Mahon, Morien Thomas and Randy Post.

You can connect to EnterTheGame using your favorite IRC Client such as mIRC and connecting to irc.enterthegame.com. Once connected, type “/join #dungeonsiege” and you’ll be ready to go. If you do not have an IRC Client, you can log on via the web at http://www.enterthegame.com/chat.asp.

What:Dungeon Siege II: Broken World artists chat
When: Wednesday, July 26; 11am PST / 2pm EST / 7pm GMT
Where: irc.enterthegame.com, channel #dungeonsiege
Who: Gas Powered Games’ Marcie Finnila, Matt Mahon, Morien Thomas and Randy Post

Direct link: irc://irc.enterthegame.com:6667/dungeonsiege

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Submitted by kathycf on Mon, 2006-07-24 16:12

Thank you for the news Firebat (and I see Shadow Smile was going to post on this as well, I think so thanks to you as well, Shadow.) I am sure lots of folks will look forward to participating. Smile
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Sharkull's picture
Submitted by Sharkull on Mon, 2006-07-24 16:15

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I can't post it as news but it's sure news worthly.

But I can move it to be news... Smile
(...and snip this comment from the end of the post, to clean it up for the front page).

Great stuff! Art aspects eh? I wonder if they'll talk about shaders vs. SFX... art packs...
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-24 16:19

Perhaps they will releace an editor for their textures, so i do not have to run it through 3 editors to convert it to an editable format then back to a texture. :?
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Submitted by Sharkull on Mon, 2006-07-24 16:29

3 image converters? At most you should only need two (and the second one is only for raw files). "DDS Converter 2" (DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, PNG, TGA) and RawToPsdGUI.exe do the job quite well...
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-24 16:35

Sharkull wrote:
3 image converters? At most you should only need two (and the second one is only for raw files). "DDS Converter 2" (DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, PNG, TGA) and RawToPsdGUI.exe do the job quite well...

I use irfanview to look up DDS files, DDS converter 2 to make it a bmp, Paint or picture it 7.0 to edit it, and DDS to make it a texture again.
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firebat's picture
Submitted by firebat on Mon, 2006-07-24 17:18

Templarian Arch Sorcerer wrote:
Sharkull wrote:
3 image converters? At most you should only need two (and the second one is only for raw files). "DDS Converter 2" (DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, PNG, TGA) and RawToPsdGUI.exe do the job quite well...

I use irfanview to look up DDS files, DDS converter 2 to make it a bmp, Paint or picture it 7.0 to edit it, and DDS to make it a texture again.

What a lot of work... Did you install the plug ins for irfanview? Because I can save them as bmp in irfanview...

Also with the nvidia DDS plug in for photoshop you can open and save DDS with photoshop...
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-24 17:44

firebat wrote:
Templarian Arch Sorcerer wrote:
Sharkull wrote:
3 image converters? At most you should only need two (and the second one is only for raw files). "DDS Converter 2" (DDS, PSD, JPG, BMP, PNG, TGA) and RawToPsdGUI.exe do the job quite well...

I use irfanview to look up DDS files, DDS converter 2 to make it a bmp, Paint or picture it 7.0 to edit it, and DDS to make it a texture again.

What a lot of work... Did you install the plug ins for irfanview? Because I can save them as bmp in irfanview...

Also with the nvidia DDS plug in for photoshop you can open and save DDS with photoshop...

I would use photoshop, if it wasnt so expensive. Laughing out loud
I may be rich, but im not wasting my money on something like that.
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Submitted by LoneKnight on Mon, 2006-07-24 20:42

Hmm, I'll be there definately, before you guys hijack the thread too much.
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Templarian Arch Sorcerer's picture
Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-24 21:18

LoneKnight wrote:
before you guys hijack the thread too much.

You are contributing to hijacking *this* thread with that comment. :P
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Submitted by sjr on Mon, 2006-07-24 21:24

Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Mon, 2006-07-24 21:27

sjr wrote:
Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.

Its Perfect for me, that is usually when I wake up. :P

(You try going to bed at 4am after modding all night and getting up at a normal time) Laughing out loud

edit - expect me to be there quickly and be one of the first people, as my opera browser lets me join at the click of a toolbar button, muwahahaha.
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Submitted by aim4it on Mon, 2006-07-24 23:29

Let the spaming begin. :P
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Submitted by Balderstrom on Mon, 2006-07-24 23:35

They wanna capture the jobless modders segment Wink
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Templarian Arch Sorcerer's picture
Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Tue, 2006-07-25 00:00

Balderstrom wrote:
They wanna capture the jobless modders segment Wink

My job is to make the make the spells in Derelict, They will not be able to hire me. :P
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firebat's picture
Submitted by firebat on Tue, 2006-07-25 08:44

sjr wrote:
Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.

8pm is a better time than in the middle of the night...
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Submitted by EvolveTom on Tue, 2006-07-25 11:11

sjr wrote:
Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.

Well, when we did the 7pm EST chat, the Euro fans complained that it was a crappy time for a chat session. Just trying to give everybody some lovin'.
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firebat's picture
Submitted by firebat on Tue, 2006-07-25 18:03

Sharkull wrote:

But I can move it to be news... Smile
(...and snip this comment from the end of the post, to clean it up for the front page).

Great stuff! Art aspects eh? I wonder if they'll talk about shaders vs. SFX... art packs...

That's fine, I only added that as a hint for someone to move it. Wink

I just edited the link to the java client so it actually works now..
(the dot after the link made that it didn't work correctly.)
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2006-07-25 21:04

- according to the DS2 manual, they are:-

Randy Post (rkpost?) - Concept Artist
Morien Thomas - Lead Environment Artist and also Level Designer
Matt Mahon - Level Designer
Marcie Finnila - Production
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Submitted by sjr on Tue, 2006-07-25 23:52

EvolveTom wrote:
sjr wrote:
Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.

Well, when we did the 7pm EST chat, the Euro fans complained that it was a crappy time for a chat session. Just trying to give everybody some lovin'.

However:

Quote:
2K GAMES ANNOUNCES DUNGEON SIEGE II: BROKEN WORLD HAS GONE GOLD

-- Add-On To Critically Acclaimed RPG Dungeon Siege II ships to North American Retailers on August 1st --

New York, NY – July 18, 2006 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Gas Powered Games, the renowned video game developer, today announced that Dungeon Siege II: Broken World for PC has gone gold and is off to manufacturing. The game will ship to North American retail stores on August 1st.

Dungeon Siege II: Broken World picks up right where Dungeon Siege II left off with an all new campaign that concludes the story and adds two new character classes, terrifying beasts and monsters, and a newly refined tactical battle sytem. Dungeon Siege II: Broken World will require the full version of Dungeon Siege II to play.

From the press release they dont even mention Europe. For all we know the game isnt being released in the make believe land of Europe. Insane
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Submitted by Templarian Arch... on Wed, 2006-07-26 09:00

sjr wrote:
EvolveTom wrote:
sjr wrote:
Pbbssst 1pm. What a crappy time for a chat session.

Well, when we did the 7pm EST chat, the Euro fans complained that it was a crappy time for a chat session. Just trying to give everybody some lovin'.

However:

Quote:
2K GAMES ANNOUNCES DUNGEON SIEGE II: BROKEN WORLD HAS GONE GOLD

-- Add-On To Critically Acclaimed RPG Dungeon Siege II ships to North American Retailers on August 1st --

New York, NY – July 18, 2006 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Gas Powered Games, the renowned video game developer, today announced that Dungeon Siege II: Broken World for PC has gone gold and is off to manufacturing. The game will ship to North American retail stores on August 1st.

Dungeon Siege II: Broken World picks up right where Dungeon Siege II left off with an all new campaign that concludes the story and adds two new character classes, terrifying beasts and monsters, and a newly refined tactical battle sytem. Dungeon Siege II: Broken World will require the full version of Dungeon Siege II to play.

From the press release they dont even mention Europe. For all we know the game isnt being released in the make believe land of Europe. Insane

Do not worry, we americans will sell you our copys when we have had our fun. Crazy :P Laughing out loud
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Submitted by EvolveTom on Wed, 2006-07-26 09:40

sjr wrote:
From the press release they dont even mention Europe. For all we know the game isnt being released in the make believe land of Europe. Insane

September 1.
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