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Generals & Zero Hour Editing Discuss any modding related issues to do with Generals and Zero Hour here.

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Old 06-30-2007, 10:04 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Just watched the new Transformers movie, cant say i used to be a fan, but i loved the movie.

the first battle scene got me thinking, how cool would a transformers mod for generals be.

has anyone done something like this?
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Old 06-30-2007, 04:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Kiwi-Tim, you are not alone out there. I used to be a big Transformers fan myself. I don't think anyone has ever made a Transformers version of Generals, but the MCVs from Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge and Tiberium Wars do act like the robots: they transform from vehicle into structure; similarly the Autobots and Decepticons can change from vehicle to warrior mode. My favorite Transformer is Optimus Prime. A Transformers mod would be sweet!
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How can you have seen the film??

it's not out till the 4th.
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Old 07-06-2007, 03:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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There is a fatal flaw with a Transformers mod: you would somehow have to capture the spirit of Transformers while finding a mix between the multitude of characters (each one is unique) and the anonymity of war.
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Old 07-07-2007, 08:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Agreed...

While Xenoforce showed plane to robot looked cool (veritechs), it would be hard to show individuality. EVERY unit is a HERO unit.

When you have 50 Optimus Primes or even Bumblebees (for example) it lessens the whole point fo the mod.

Plus you'd have to have a gripping storyline of how the Deceps are looking for [X] and the Autobots have to get it first or just kill them utterly.

I'm not saying don't do it, just that you have to take those points into consideration.


Now for Dozers I'd suggest "Minicon Assemblers"

You'd have to get as much voices as possbile to make unique units more believable.

For tanks/cars they would probably be in vehicle mode when moving (ala Xenoforce) and then in combat change to robot form.

Those are my suggestions. Then again, I'm new and have no clue about ZH modding lol! So please forgive any posted ignorance.
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Old 07-08-2007, 01:44 AM   #6 (permalink)
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The closest thing to Transformers is the BattleTech:Capellan Solution mod for Generals.

But this is more of a MechWarrior type of mod Where almost all the units for the 3 factions are robots except that they don't change into other units.

I would guess that this would be a HUGE undertaking because you would have to model all the units to come out of a factory as one model and when it would go into battle mode it would have to change into the other model.

You would also have to figure out the Wait and Response times of a transforming unit under attack or when attacking.

Meaning that it would have to transform,lets say within 2 seconds of attack or attacking and then how long would it remain in that state after the danger has passed before reverting back.

Unless you tie the units transforming mode with that of the unit's vision range so that when an enemy unit comes into range it would automaticly transform.

As far as story goes,change it up a bit.

I never liked the part about robots turning into cars and trucks,just seemed abit silly

What i would do is to have weapons systems come out of them from various parts of their body...something like the Seige Copper from Yuri's Revenge.
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Heh, you noticed he hasn't responded yet...

I was curious to know in what direction he would undertake this, if at all.
Maybe Slye_Fox ran him off?
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*mumbles*

they changed the date for the file releace.

It was going to get a worldwide releace on the 4th.

But they changed it;

Australia, New Zeland, Philopenes = 28th june
Ammerica = 2nd July
U.K. = 27 july

T.T

it's not fair
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Old 07-13-2007, 03:13 AM   #9 (permalink)
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How can you have seen the film??

it's not out till the 4th.
transformers was released in New Zealand 28/06/07, please dont tell me we got the movie before someone else/ that would be a first.

my point was not that i was going to make a mod or to argue about when i'd seen the movie.

But that a transformers mod wud be cool, once you've seen the opening scenes were the military and big helicopter robot going at it you'll understand.
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Yo, 'tard

Did you see my last post.
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