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General / Greetings! This is my Idea. Is it possible?
« on: July 08, 2017, 03:46:45 pm »
Hi folks from Modcraft, greetings from Spain.
I've been palying WoW for years, both in the official servers and private ones. 8 Years ago we discussed the possibility to create new zones and we abandoned the project since there was no such thing as noggit back there. Now there is and is mind-blowing for me.
Nowadays I do game art as a hobby and I'm starting a master on 3d and game art in a couple of months, so i've decided that i would be a good idea to use the models i make in a real game environment such as wow.
My friends and I use Roll20 to play Dungeons and Dragons, and talking about noggit with them we had an idea. Could we port our D&D campaign to WoW?
We quickly began research and found some private servers that had over 30 new classes and prestige classes, new racesm and of course, new zones.
We don't want to make a server, we don't want it to be 24h online, the "server" would only be online during our game nights, and we don't want more people than us to play in it, we don't want to make money, nor accept donations, nor becoming something big.
So, we don't need battlegrounds, we don't need arenas, we don't need the auctionhouse, nor flying mounts (maybe zeppelins and stuff).
But we'd like to have a friendly, known environment to play our campaign. Being able to create new zones and stuff, can it be done? We have some questions about the system itself.
Can a GM possess an npc and talk as him (or make it move and talk as he wants to in real time?) Can the npc change between friendly to players/enemy/neutral in game? If NPC control isn't an option, what workarounds could we use to mimic that?
More, could we make an Alliance player be an orc? Could we make our characters to be able to be neutral for each other? (So they can heal each other but friendly fire is still a thing) Can you create zones with day/night cycle (light elwynn forest) or activate weather (like rain, storm, or snow)?
I use Maya, max, zbrush and some other game-art related tools, but what's the pipeline to import a new building or a new creature into the game? Can u import new music or sound effects (for creatures, for ex) into the game?
So, as you see, we do not aim to create massive-mmo-open-hugeasfuck-things, but to create zones to adventure in a small controlled group, create monsters and foes not entirely controlled by AI.
So, what would be your approach to a project like this? What guides, tutorials, and tools do you recommend me?
I've been palying WoW for years, both in the official servers and private ones. 8 Years ago we discussed the possibility to create new zones and we abandoned the project since there was no such thing as noggit back there. Now there is and is mind-blowing for me.
Nowadays I do game art as a hobby and I'm starting a master on 3d and game art in a couple of months, so i've decided that i would be a good idea to use the models i make in a real game environment such as wow.
My friends and I use Roll20 to play Dungeons and Dragons, and talking about noggit with them we had an idea. Could we port our D&D campaign to WoW?
We quickly began research and found some private servers that had over 30 new classes and prestige classes, new racesm and of course, new zones.
We don't want to make a server, we don't want it to be 24h online, the "server" would only be online during our game nights, and we don't want more people than us to play in it, we don't want to make money, nor accept donations, nor becoming something big.
So, we don't need battlegrounds, we don't need arenas, we don't need the auctionhouse, nor flying mounts (maybe zeppelins and stuff).
But we'd like to have a friendly, known environment to play our campaign. Being able to create new zones and stuff, can it be done? We have some questions about the system itself.
Can a GM possess an npc and talk as him (or make it move and talk as he wants to in real time?) Can the npc change between friendly to players/enemy/neutral in game? If NPC control isn't an option, what workarounds could we use to mimic that?
More, could we make an Alliance player be an orc? Could we make our characters to be able to be neutral for each other? (So they can heal each other but friendly fire is still a thing) Can you create zones with day/night cycle (light elwynn forest) or activate weather (like rain, storm, or snow)?
I use Maya, max, zbrush and some other game-art related tools, but what's the pipeline to import a new building or a new creature into the game? Can u import new music or sound effects (for creatures, for ex) into the game?
So, as you see, we do not aim to create massive-mmo-open-hugeasfuck-things, but to create zones to adventure in a small controlled group, create monsters and foes not entirely controlled by AI.
So, what would be your approach to a project like this? What guides, tutorials, and tools do you recommend me?