Guild Wars 2

Hello, i took the liberty to check what your dagger could look like in a video game

Welcome back.

As i said to ill conceived, this is why i like the joke. (Edit: they already received some stuff from “Clark Gable” years ago, but my favorite stays the day i guessed Gaile and Regina non community e-mails and used it)

Yes NCSoft, not arenanet as in “that said i know for a fact that NCSoft (not arenanet)”

This is why i like the joke. I did not imply the unity engine for nothing.

Edit: that said i know for a fact that NCSoft (not arenanet) did try unity at least once: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ncsoft.unity.mop.example2&hl=fr

Here we are, i now know what motivates you to hastly answer to any post that does obvioulsy not require your input.

To the other: What is this good luck thing ? My life is in danger because the life expectancy of a thread i dont give a dam about might be longer than i thought if it get deleted now ? The internet is amazing.

“No, you’re talking about an asset store inside of a product”
- No.

“I NEVER AGREED TO WHAT YOU SAID. We’re talking about a single game, a single developer, and countless fans who would send in fan submissions, on top of the trolls that would definitely submit legally shady stuff that ArenaNet could never use. A single person can be a fan of MANY MANY THINGS, that doesn’t stop that person from submitting fan art or asset submissions to their many many interests, favourite companies etcetc”
- ArenaNet is run by a single developper ? Interesting, i lived long enough to hear that. Countless fans who would submitt and troll an asset store ? Oh wait, i thought we were talking about an asset store, my bad.

I forgot: etcetc

If you bothered to read at all i would not have had to remind you that it was about an asset store i was talking about.
Now for the rest of your post, it precisely describe what i am talking about: precautions taken by a company in order to put in place an asset store (or a platform or whatever you like).

“Also, what use is the argument “call me when more players are submitting than there are developers in the world” when we’re talking about a single game?”
- You see ? Even you agree that if it would work at a larger scale, it would aso work at a lower scale.

“You didn’t understand a single thing that I wrote about if that’s your response. I never talked about an asset store, I never mentioned an asset store, what I mentioned was using copyrighted content within a consistent, online game that ArenaNet directly controls. That is FAR different than a platform that allows people to purchase user generated content for their own, personal, use.”
- What am i talking about since the begining ? My uncle joe’s bar ?

Call me the day there will be more players submitting (notice the word: submit = controled) than there are developpers in the world.

Yes the asset store is a platform. Put in place by Unity. Anything new or in contradiction with my fake suggestion of arenanet putting in place whatever platform (or whatever name you will give it next) ?

Here is your asset stores not working because of a single item.

- https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/44051

Try hard to tell me that we are still in 2005, and that the link lead to a fake site.

Try.

Hard.

Now as for kitten swords, i have no doubt whatsoever that it does not mean kitten swords. Surely it must be a misunderstanding and they meant “My granny work at the mall nearby but tody she stayed at home and she is wearing a blue shirt” and not “Do you want everyone wielding kitten swords? Because that’s how you end up with everyone wielding kitten swords!”. Replace kitten with “bad quality” or “blue” or anything else, it still doesnt match when you search for free skins and hit the tab result Images.

I have begun a weapon skin that i would finally like, using one of your skins as a base reference for starting.

Question:
- Provided that you can, and are willing to do so, do you plan one day to introduce a legitimate way for us to customize the game with our own skins (i saw hundreds of free skins by googling that left me jaw droping) ?

Suggestion:
- There are now wealthy companies that let users pay them to put skins in an asset store, providing them with an infinite supply of assets that they didnt even had to produce. Do you plan one day to also consider this win-win system ?

I will soon submit the unity project that have the leaderboard and validation code now that the last entry reclaimed its prize. Be aware, thought, that since it require a server to store the scores, the adress of the one that was used will be blanked out in the sources provided. You must effectively provide your own server to host your datas.

You have been paid ! Congratulations !

That was a one time applet, but you never know….
That said i have to keep my promise and let the link active to download the project for whoever would want to reuse part or the totality of the Unity project. Speaking of wich, i have to submit on the google drive the latest version, the one that include the leaderboard and validation code sources. I will do this some time later this day.

And as promised:

MINI GAME STRATEGY GUIDE
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- Identify the greatest threat among the spawns (the GW1 shadow beast)
- Always keep one of the following skills recharged when a shadow beast is soon to spawn: Consume Conditions, or “Suffer!”
- Unless emergency, do not use these skills until the Shadow beast used Feast Of Corruption on you
- Creatures are mostly melee: bunch them up to cripple them and make the most out of Epidemic. Try to have the shadow beast as the center of Epidemic
- Chill the shadow beast to slow down the recharge of its skills

[X]Sadrien have been paid
[X]Taobella have been paid
[X]Iridium have been paid

(Sadrien already posted the results but i have to also do it)

RESULTS:

1) Sadrien.3470
2) Taobella.6997
3) <not reclaimed yet> DEVICE_ID_179F8A86

The winners will receive their payments by legal ways (ingame mails) with as many payments the game limitations require starting NOW!

Please take note of how you will automatically be paid in several times by the GW2 mail system here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Gold-Transfer-Changes/first

The contest is over, congratulations to the 3 winners shown in the screenshot below, they can post their scores / validation codes in the community creation forums where i will make the official results post

And to support Gaile in these difficult times where security reasons prevent her from doing her job, here is a little something that i hope will make her smile:

http://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Computer+Security

In case someone else will someday make a mini game and ask the same questions to the community management (it arrived shortly after the launch of the contest), i finally received an answer that i share here with you:

ANSWER:

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations (Guild Wars 2 Support)

Mar 31, 11:18 PDT
Hello,

In answer to your question about proper copyright notatations, I noticed from the image you provided in the forums that your comments include information beyond the copyright notification. Because copyright notifications are legal matters, they generally are very straightforward. They do not contain details such as how long the project took, who did (or didn’t) support it, or other things of that sort. You might include such notes elsewhere, perhaps as a personal note about the creation of the game, but such commentary does not belong in copyright notes.

What you should focus on is a straightforward statement that (1) you made the app, (2) it’s unofficial, and (3) it’s based on our work. With that in mind, the following should be fine:

This unofficial application was created by Serge Billault. All Guild Wars 2 content © ArenaNet, LLC.

If you would like me to review anything else, kindly include the verbiage in your correspondence rather as an attachment. I am unable to open attachments for security reasons.

Thank you for asking about this and I wish you well with the development of your project.

Regards,

Gaile Gray
Communications Manager
Guild & Fansite Relations
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://help.guildwars2.com/

QUESTION:

Billault Serge

Mar 28, 20:03 PDT

Hi.

I am ready to release a free, non commercial, gw2 mini game application
destined to the community that use some 2D guildwars assets:

- some skills icons

- the target HUD medalion

I have been informed that:

- I must include in the content the appropriate ArenaNet copyrights

- Declare that this game is not affiliated with ArenaNet

As such, i have redacted the required informations that are visible
in-game (see attachement), and need to know if it is acceptable in its
current form. If not, i would need to know what changes i must apply to
the text according to your rules.

Regards

The mini game closing date is approaching, with more conststants than i have expected (i had initially plan on my cat and my granny. Wait ! i dont have a cat). Below in the attachments are the current results where those 4000 gold coins for the first pos seems to have been battled for. I can say for the 1rst position that he undoubtedly discovered the key strategy that i will expose once the contest is over.

@OriOri: in fact you cant jump. It’s just that i didnt think of removing the associated input configuration that will be used for another project

@Iridium: true, i used Unity Physics system instead of a custom one, but if i want to join the club of people who know Unity i have to learn these things that should improve over time. I knew from the start that Unity recommend to not set the velocity but apply forces instead to allow smooth slides along walls but then, since anet couldnt provide any asset package for fans, i turned my attention to modeling/texturing/animating where i dedicated 99% of my time (and in the process learned from scratch to use Blender, and rigg, and animate).

I’m pleased to announce you that unless you challenge their scores, we already have 2 winners for the 1rst pos – 4000 gold coins and 2nd pos – 2000 gold coins (i am of course not elligible).

Just a reminder: the post annoucing the mini game start have been moved in the community creation forums by the moderators here

The manual in the original post state that your score is not saved if you hit reset. I will make a clearer manual next time.Thanks for the feedback.

Moonyeti.3296:

Yseron.8613:

@Chun: For having the same playing background as you i have the same opened eyes on what gw2 designers really are. It is in the nature of the weak to hide behind privileges and to exploit the misunderstandings that led to this social era of “facebook friends” where the notion of friend itself have been devaluated to a merchandise, sold to people who never risk themselves outside of their comfort zone, always playing by the rules they created, never exposing themselves to others rules, like we did countless times, and where they would be revealed for what they are.

We say what we do, and we do what we said. We lived as men. I salute you

I have no idea what you are trying to say. Can you clarify your thoughts?

That’s why the post is directed @Chun.

Now as for my thoughts, and because i can clarify for everyone that you think i’m affraid to do so, i think that GW2 designers should look at themselves before saying “git gud” to anyone first chance they get, because there are a few among us who can testify first hand what kind of frenzy/healing signet players they have been on the battle field.

The mini game is starting now. Players who wish to participate have until Saturday, midnight (pacific time), to make the bigest score. They wil be able to monitor their placement in real time trhough the in-game leaderboard (if you allow your firewall to let the game do so) that show the current 6 best positions.

1rst pos will win 4000 gold coins
2nd pos will win 2000 gold coins
3rd pos will win 1000 gold coins

The game can be downloaded here

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5UrPZgTr3PZb1NlT21MVFlNVjA

More details can be found in the attachement as to how to run the game and validate your score, thus being able to claim your prize.

As someone did bring it to my attention, the intended fact (to avoid spam) that the reset button do not save the score of the current session is in the manual provided as an attachement to this post. I also mention it here for more clarity, and thank to Sadrien for the feedback.

@Chun: For having the same playing background as you i have the same opened eyes on what gw2 designers really are. It is in the nature of the weak to hide behind privileges and to exploit the misunderstandings that led to this social era of “facebook friends” where the notion of friend itself have been devaluated to a merchandise, sold to people who never risk themselves outside of their comfort zone, always playing by the rules they created, never exposing themselves to others rules, like we did countless times, and where they would be revealed for what they are.

We say what we do, and we do what we said. We lived as men. I salute you

- I had inadvertantly broke the restart while changing the priority of scripts execution order but i’ll be kitten ed if i never test what i do. Fixed.
- Finished the manual that will go in the post anoucing the launch of the contest

- Added leaderbord (anonymous, using machine IDs to identify scores) so that contestants can have an idea of how far they are from the first 6 positions (and hence from the gold coins)

If i still have no answers from Comunity@Arena.Net tomorow, the contest will go live no matter what. It doesnt take 3 days to review 4 lines of text.

While waiting for a response from Comunity@Arena.Net, begun to add the leaderboard so that contestants will be able to see where they are compared to other contestants

While waiting for their response i prepared a picture that will go with a small manual that will explain how to install the minigame on your machine

No response today of Community@Arena.Net (are you sure this is the right adress Gaile ?)

I will keep you informed of their progress.

I’m thanking Gaile for her quick response and inform you that i wrote at Community@Arena.Net minutes ago.

I am also thanking the people who are taking interest in this mini game, no matter the nature of their feedback, be it positive, or negative.

That said, i bring to your attention that this mini game was a hobby made during my free time, by me alone, in only one month. Therefore it will likely not have the quality of a commercial mini game, but should perform its function, which is to offer a chance to candidate to earn gold coins while, i hope, having a minimum of fun.

I dont know much about how important those flying mules sounds are, as, like any wvw player, we tend to a have an efficient selective hear to filter the noise made by our commanders shouting their love, but you guys sure have been sounded out like Gaile predicted it

If you never saw someone using a GW2 skill bar ingame from an internet browser, now you have.

To make the web build it took me…. 2secs (finding the target in the platforms selection of the build panel).

Well, that was tough… But it takes a real engine to be able to build for more than 12 platforms without changing a line of code. Do not try this with something else than Unity or you might go well above 2 seconds.

I knew creatind 3d plants models do not take long depending on the complexity of the plants, but i genuinely did not remember that for fougeres it was a matter of a handful of minutes (it’s basically the same leaf duplicated in circular arrays)

Foliage in game on Rastigan tumb

Still no news from Gaile. Continuing to try to enhance the visual aspect of the scenery and remembering why i did not choose to become an artist with this texture where i must make holes all over the place…

Almost finished textureing Rastigan Tumb while waiting for Gaile to give me her feedback on the legal mentions before i can release the version with the scores validation code to the comunity. But Gaile seems to be very busy for the moment. Or the forums are inadapted for comunicating with the comunity, anyway…

Rastigan Tumb (not yet textured and no flowers yet)

Hail to the most famous frenzy+healing signet warrior of the guildwars history

While waiting for Gaile Grey to ackowledge or deny my legal mentions (i requested her feedback in the discussion forum) i begun the final touches.

I will try to add flowers and Rastigan tumb in the middle (as an obstacle to help players) but i cant promise anything as for my talent with flowers

- Added a menu to quit/display legal mentions and restart (restart button not yet implented)
I have to ask Gaile if the legal mentions are good enough for her taste before continuing

- I finihsed fixing the last creatures bugs and added the forgotten punshing movement factor in the effects descs

Remaining:
- Add scores
- Add retry / quit (you can already quit with esc) buttons
- LAUNCH THE CONTEST !

- Made a generic creature behaviour where creatures acquire a target, get in range of whatever skill they chose and attack (the Abyssal General will inherit from it)
- The Shadow beast have been animated and added to the creatures manifest. It is now spawned along with the other creatures

Does he not look sweet in-game ?

Ca sent la distribution de baffes gratuite pour cet animal

- Textured the shadow beast (obviously, he will be a necromancer, like in Guild Wars 1)

- Modeled the last creature of the mini game

- Generated unity path finding nav mesh and added pathfinding capability to abyssals in less than a minute (unity tutorial here. Can be resumed to hit the bake button and write a line of code as myDudelyDude.SetDestination(pos))
- Fixed a large batch of bugs
- Submitted the latest versions on the google drive
- Made love like crazy

- Implemented a basic behaviour for the Abyssals (chase and hit)
- Infernal KD lock if you get knocked down by one of them

The mini game contest will soon begin!

- Added the warrior skill Hammer Bash to the abyssals skills set
- Added the warrior skill Devastating Hammer to the abyssals skills set
- Added knock downs capability to skills
- Added fall and get up anims to player

The knock downs works well

And you know what ? If i want i add Deep Wound to the conditions. Because i can.

- Sanitized the skills facts code
- Adjusted skills facts layout
- And just realized i will have to add a pointer check on desc after posting the screenshot

Finished my little detour to add the auto generated skils infos popups contents and, as always, submitted on the google drive the latest versions of the runtime and the project

- Begun skills infos popup implementation