AE:BGI: Difference between revisions

This is for project-oriented rendering of BGI in the [[Anniversary Edition]]. For more detailed storywise elaborations, see [[BGI]].

These are the guys supposed to deal not only with Muro's Strikers, but ultimately with (Mutant) Muro himself. Not bound by the WCG's regulations, they are physically enhanced by cyborgization and/or doping and thus can carry a full body armor similar to [[Barabas]]'s or [[Mukade]]'s. Or maybe they're just [[robots]].

The model we initially got busy with ([http://www.sharecg.com/v/18378/3d-model/Halo-Masterchief HERE] and [http://www.linefour.com/acatalog/3DHaloMasterchief.html HERE]) was a promotional model distributed for free by LineFour (their only free character model). We rather naively assumed that this was an original (although somewhat unfinished) model by LineFour. Later, we found multiple instances of the same model on Turbosquid: [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/285129 HERE], [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/272592 HERE], and [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/356026 HERE], the latter being the actual rip and the others more or less accurate renditions of it.

After a while, we came across another model, less familiar and perhaps even more fitting than Master Chief. It was found on Google SketchUp's 3D Warehouse - obviously ripped from some game, but so far nobody has been able to tell which game exactly.

Here is a list of SketchUp entries based on the model:

*http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6a1d00e2085b561c6372c627cab660a9

*http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=9dbabc507f6044978a58c51e0b0b06c2

*http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=44f382eff4d3e9e879539d8b3db35fd0

*http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=59f0ac893106f7cc51cfdb4c9f126c12

:http://geyser.oni2.net/pics/screenshots/teaser.png

*[http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-gun-simple/361985 THIS] (mother of all handguns)

*[http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/rifle-3d-model/361993 THIS] (mother of all shotguns)

*[http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-laser-rifle/361983 THIS] (flame thrower)

*[http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-rocketlauncher/361997 THIS] (bazooka)

There are other weapons around, from those modeled by Seventeen Seconds to [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/221645 THESE], but they're all somewhat boring.

[http://edt.oni2.net/AE_Files/NewWeapons.zip HERE] is a collection of new weapons so far, some of which can be featured as the preferred weapons of BGI. More specifically, [[AE:New_weapons#w21_uzi_Uzi|THESE]] [[AE:New_weapons#w22_pst Pistol|TWO]] handguns (from [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/221645 HERE] ) can be the preferred sidearms of BGI executives, whereas as [[AE:New_weapons#w15_smg Silenced Machine Gun|THESE]] [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/308701 TWO] guns look decently badass in the hands of the assault troopers. Apart from those placeholders, there is not much available at this time, e.g., in terms of heavy artillery: rocket launcher, flame thrower, microwave cannon... these are all WIP at best, and not exactly showable; there's [http://edt.oni2.net/AE_Files/w27_arh.zip THIS] but it's not very convicing either (undersized, overtrimmed, and the projectile is neither balanced nor original enough).

A stealth dropship, ignored by the WCG's network of drones, comes readily to mind. The troopers could thus make suprise appearances at pretty much any point in Oni. The stealth aircraft could also consolidate the transition between {{C|13}} and {{C|14}}. It is always possible to adapt Halo's [http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-transport-halo-pelican/380189 Pelican], but a somewhat less outrageous cameo will be [http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/178639 THIS]: this NGE gunship was apparently made from scratch, has "interesting" cartoony textures and can be adapted as a cargo lifter or dropship rather intuitively. [http://geyser.oni2.net/edition/vehicles/vtol.zip HERE] is the dropship in OBJ format (the high-resolution BMP texture is unavailable, so the JPG was used instead).

See [[AE:DeLorean]] for the resources and the WIP. A luxury/sports car manufactured by BGI, it is literally covered in watermark-style AVATARA symbols (variations in reflectivity), as a deterrent for the TCTF. It is the vehicle of choice of the BGI executives, and can be seen, for instance, outside the Vansam airport, driving away for some obscure reasons as Konoko arrives. Version 20080822 of the [[Edition]] uses a minimal substitute for the DeLorean: a 100% black texture applied to the original mesh (which was missing its texture anyway).

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