Syrk: The Unification Wars

We are getting uber cyber!

2010-05-07T21:52:00.002+02:00

The blog says goodbye now because I am doing video updates from now on :) A comprehensive list of links follow soon.

http://www.game-warden.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=89 - the forums
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=66841.20 - the hiring topic on HLP
http://www.youtube.com/user/SyrkDev - the YouTube channel

AT4W Mechakara Conclusion (non-Syrk)

2010-02-16T00:09:00.004+01:00

Since I don’t have the means necessary to make any sort of video (not even voice recording) now, I have to go down in text and tell HERE on a totally unrelated note that I was fairly disappointed by the Mechakara conclusion.

EDIT: Stuff moved to a TGWTG blog: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/community/blog/17247

1 Year Anniversary

2010-01-24T21:12:00.003+01:00

As you've heard we've put together a little video as this is the Syrk project's 1st birthday, so to speak. Link here.
It is absolutely fascinating that my dreams are coming to fruition. We've progressed an incredible lot in the last month and the RL issues stopped interfering with my business :)

This video was a real nightmare to make. I've spent 15 and a half hours (no kidding) making it, in less than 24 hours. Basically my daily program was sleeping+video making.
0) I've spent one hour searching for the correct soundtrack.
1) Recording the raw material with Fraps. Oops, we've updated the mod and all the missions (and now the old FS2-made ones) are unusable. -> Rewrite the missions from scratch along with dragonsniper.
2) I went to sleep after we've finished the mission rewriting - it was 05:00 here. Tomorrow (today :D) I decided to finally film all the stuff.
3) I've went through the missions (like 1 hours total) only to discover that the recorded file got corrupted.
4) I've went through the missions (like 1 hours total) only to discover that Fraps didn't record anything at all.
5) I've went through the missions (like 1 hours total) only to discover that the Ulead VideoStudio can't use .avi files.
6) I've converted the files to .mp4 . Didn't work again.
7) I've converted the files to .wmv . They've worked but it looked like crap. I've dropped Ulead and went back to the dreaded Windows Movie Maker.
8) I've made the video but it turned out that the raw material wasn't enough. Went back to recording again.
9) I've uploaded the video to YouTube but after 40 minutes it aborted the upload.
10) I've uploaded the video to YouTube but after 40 minutes it aborted the upload. No mistake, I've tried it again and it aborted it again.
11) I've converted the video to .wmv . I uploaded it, it looked like crap.
12) I've uploaded the video to YouTube AND FINALLY IT WORKED!

Damn... that was a long day...

Wiki page!

2010-01-20T23:41:00.002+01:00

I soooo forgot to post this:
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Syrk:_The_Unification_Wars

On the other hand, ships done. Weapons are ongoing, soon enough we can start the actual FREDding.
This quick progression implies that we might be able to come out with THE THINGY.

To be honest, I cannot really help the group with modding issues. I can, of course, name the ships that'll be used later on but this all I can do. At least we're progressing now.

Forum redone, ships done

2010-01-16T22:12:00.001+01:00

The mods are working now, dragonsniper and Dragon started to implement them. Sadly, I can't really assist them in that regard.
I made a 9 page-long text in 6 hours as "Syrk Reference Bible" and totally redesigned the forums. The old, unused threads were merged into a "dump thread".

Update

2010-01-10T00:54:00.002+01:00

Well, we're quiet. The issue being we can't use some/most of the ships I was originally planning to use. The worst is that I can't help the guys with modding and there is very little progress if I'm not telling them exactly what to do :S or so it seems, it might be RL for everyone.

I wish I'd know more about modding...

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-24T19:24:00.003+01:00

Merry Christmas everyone!
No release for now, sorry :( It'll come for New Year's Eve if everything goes fine, but it isn't sure yet.

Dragon is here!

2009-12-20T18:40:00.001+01:00

We've got Dragon onboard. This makes me really happy. Unfortunately he cannot access the private forums yet and I am almost sure that I'll have to use FS2 ships for the stuff.

Screenshot bloopers

2009-12-19T02:42:00.014+01:00

Screenshots done! Screenshots uploaded (they're a bit too big, I resize them next time).
I was making these shots by setting Fraps to automatically make a screenshot every 5 seconds since wasn't sure that I'll be able to press "1" while being chased by 8-16 Shivan fighters while being in external view.
Because of that, there were some stupid footage I really didn't want to record :D
I will add much more but the interface is half-dead and I am unable to add any more pictures to any posts.

Boom!

Contestants for the "Most boring in-mission screenies":

I am hit:

Bloopers AKA stuff I really didn't want to record:

And here is the footage of my totally dark monitor, which you'll probably no

(this was actual gameplay footage!)

And the greatest mistake I made while recording...
...I accidentally pressed the "Transform-to-Mario"-button.

The day of nothingness

2009-12-18T22:43:00.002+01:00

Damn. The clock is ticking and we have only 5 days left to do the stuff. Dragon is nowhere to be found. Well, he said that he'll have loads of free time so I hope that he'll contact me or the others soon. It'll take a shitload of time to implement those mods and finish the necessary FREDding.
Other than that, the school is officially over today. I have one last stuff to do, I most probably won't be able to finish it today though.
Anyway, I am waiting. Waiting... waiting... waiting...
Oh, I am putting up a few screenshots to the site. Stay tuned!

Just a note

2009-12-17T21:38:00.001+01:00

Okay, all I know is that Rodo PM-ed Dragon. That's what I call a development :D

Worst day EVER

2009-12-17T20:53:00.003+01:00

Okay, maybe not EVER (the day when my parents finally divorced was certainly much worse), but this day is a possilbe candidate for the shittiest day of 2009.
1) No school - this is not bad.
2) I went in to finish my oral exam (or how do you say it) about a topic I was confidental in, WWII. My overall point score gets sadly low though because of a bunch of other reasons. It won't reach 90% as I calculated.
3) Stupid school party. We did nothing at all and then watched Happy-Go-Lucky. One of the most stupid movies I've ever seen, in tie with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Feel free to call me a barbarian, but I hated that stupid nonsense. It might've been good if it wouldn't have been advertised as FUCKING COMEDY.
and 4) I had a serious argument with my mother (the heavens-fall-down kind). And yeah, 5), I had one another yesterday, too.
And 6) I still have a bunch of shool shit to do and
7) I am ill.

Worst day of the year. I didn't even have the time to check out my mailbox (hopefully there were some developments with our new member, Dragon - with his arrival I might be able to pull off the special stuff to you; thanks very much, Dragon!). Well, let's see if anything better happened at the HLP front today, and I'll update you soon.

Christmas release

2009-12-17T00:22:00.003+01:00

No demo, nope. We're far away from the demo. But this little piece of eyecandy desperately requires the implementation of the presently untabled mods, as well as some new missions FREDded. This wouldn't be much of a problem is dragonsniper wouldn't have a whole ton of RL stuff to deal with in the winter break. I was unable to contact Rodo yet, but I am unsure how far we can get.
All the stuff seems to roll down to the one and only fact: we need more people.
But to get more people, we must raise their interest.
But to create the interest-raiser stuff, we need more members.
Deus Ex Machina is needed.
Hm... gotta contact Goober on that ;-)

Where we are /09-06-17/

2009-12-17T00:07:00.005+01:00

Basically, the storyline is done (and I wrote 300% purposefully on the forums, guys!) and we've got hold of lots of ships so I hope that this will not be a problem anymore. I really had a hard time regarding the mods, the only time-consuming stuff we have now is the implementation.
Sequel to this, we're still looking for heroic FREDders and others who are ready to help us to build up the humanity's past. Not just FREDders of course, but modellers, tablers and, later on, testers. Right now, there are only 3 of us active doing stuff as we can (with Dilmah G being on the team too but in a passive state and Moonred and maelstrom as MIAs) bonded by real life issues along the way.
Anyway, I hope that we'll be able to speed up the working process. Of course, this would require additional members and with me and dragonsniper having a bit crowded time up ahead during the Christmas break, I am unsure as to how should I speed up progress.
We're actually planning to release a little something for Christmas, but we're afraid that we won't make it in time. More on that in the next post.

Blog launch!

2009-12-16T23:59:00.005+01:00

Hello everyone!
I decided that it'll make everything easier for me to post the daily-or-so mini-updates here instead of the Syrk forums. Of course, all the stuff (screenshots etc.) featured here will be available there, along with lots of extra content along the way. This is basically nothing but my personal dev blog as the project leader, but I can't stress enough that you should really check out our forums.
I'll put a small where-are-we update out now, then I get back to the school stuff I must do.