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[PODCAST] [INTERVIEW] Do you have questions for STO Environment Artists Adam Flores and Scott Boyd?
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On Friday 17th of June at 8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific, 1am UK) the Tribbles in Ecstasy Podcast goes live and talks to STO Environment Artists Adam Flores and Scott Boyd.
Please reply to this post if you have any questions you'd like asked.
You can also join us live on Twitch here: http://bit.ly/hsmlive
Important note:
Scott Boyd and Adam Flores are Environment Artists and an environment artist is someone who works on 3D modelling indoor and outdoor locations, they create the majority of the visuals you encounter on the screen. Please try and keep your questions on a related topic to ensure that they can be answered.
LLAP
Please reply to this post if you have any questions you'd like asked.
You can also join us live on Twitch here: http://bit.ly/hsmlive
Important note:
Scott Boyd and Adam Flores are Environment Artists and an environment artist is someone who works on 3D modelling indoor and outdoor locations, they create the majority of the visuals you encounter on the screen. Please try and keep your questions on a related topic to ensure that they can be answered.
LLAP
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This might help, Darakoss.
original join date 2010
Member: Team Trekyards. Visit Trekyards today!
1. What's your favorite Map/Environment/Location in STO?
2. How long does it take to create a huge map like New Romulus or Nimbus III?
3. So far we've seen quite a lot of different environments, but one that is still missing is an underwater environment.. any chance, that we'll see one in the near future? (The Voyager episode "Thirty Days" comes to mind)
4. What kind of reference material do you use for creating places like Cestus III Edren IV for example?
5. Can you describe the exact process of creating an environment from the concept (art) to the finished map?
Adam, do you have any opinions on Talent vs. Skill?
Scot, how is working at Cryptic different than working at EA?
Adam, why do you hate Z-Brush so much?
Scot, how do you feel about McDonald's?
Both, which of you do you think is Sam's favorite?
Pssssttt . . . it's not Cestus III, it's Edren IV. . .
sorry got carried away with...still they can pass that along to their bosses MR EP or like
Tell them we...meow...respectfully request that Alien captains are able
to choose tails for their characters if they already own a feline premium race.
that is it, thank you.
I know Taco's still drooling over the idea of getting unleashed on DS9...
maybe more places opened on new romulus; reman district, or other locations?
1- any plans to revamp maps like Andoria or other worlds that have basically remained the same for years now?
2- will we see an underwater themed map?
3- will maps be made available so we can change the view from fleet starbases? Example : Fleet starbase in the middle of an asteroid field.
4- Will it be possible and are there plans to introduce weather conditions such as snow, rain, plasma storms on ground maps ?
Ooops! *^^* of course I meant.. Edren IV
original join date 2010
Member: Team Trekyards. Visit Trekyards today!
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Tee hee hee, this one WILL be good.
It is just a cosmetic thing but one near and dear to MANY players hearts.
try to slip it in, ...meow
Is there an "effort" underway to move away from such circular layout schemes of new environments, such as we can see in the new ESD, which results in a more "open" volume of space to work with?
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Those little curls in hallways/paths that are designed (needed) to block line of sight but which serve no other purpose ... how "necessary" are those (I hesitate to call them) "features" in interior maps given the current state of the game's tools, systems and development? These pathways can be especially obvious/egregious in some of the interior starship environments, which begs the question of why they were inserted at all.
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Can you provide an estimate of the amount of man-hours of work it takes to design and populate a new environment based on its volume and the "density" of its features? Obviously a more densely "packed" environment can take longer to design and QA, so it might help people understand the enormity of the task of creating NEW environments from scratch if they could get a handle on the amount of man-hour resources it takes to budget for the task, based on size and complexity.
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Immortal BOff Skills combo for Ground
1, are there any plans, will you be updating New Romulus?
2, are there any plans, will you be adding species home worlds, like Ciat or any other species
3, are there, will you be updating the current species home worlds? Andorra, Vulcan
4, will there be any new ship interiors in the near future (in 2016)
*please forgive spelling
Thanks
2. What kind of environment would you still like to build?
3. How long does it take to build a ground map like Earth Space Dock compared to a space map (like Sol)
4. What kind of environments do you prefer making?
5. What environment in STO are you the most proud of?
6. What environment in STO was the most fun to build?
7. What environment in STO was the most challenging?
8. Has there been any thoughts made in regarding to make ship interiors useable for more missions? Star Trek had a lot of "Ship-In-A-Bottle" episodes, but STO just can't seem to do those so far...
These questions are not what would normally be asked of artists. The mod specifically asked for questions related to artwork
I would like to endorse unlimited character creation. No restricted parts, like tails