DragonBall Campaign

The Ongoing Appeal of RTS

Smrth — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:14:07 +0000

Not every gamer needs graphically-intense action, a huge HD screen or the thrill of winning money to play. For gamers in the real-time strategy world, it’s about more than entertainment. It’s about besting your opponent mentally, breaking them down by out-planning, outmaneuvering and seizing complete control over what is effectively their life.

Since the days of Dune, real-time strategy games have been carving out a niche. And with the explosion of games like WarCraft 3, the genre’s popularity is certainly on the rise.

Although the more cut-rate RTS games out there aren’t as well noted or beloved for their symmetry, storylines or playability, they still require chess masters in comparison to other genres whose checker player-friendly games are a bit on the ADHD side of entertainment. Working from scratch to play Caesar incarnate, dividing and conquering, will always attract the thinking mind as opposed to the mindless.

But that’s certainly not all there is attracting people to the RTS genre. The genus has traveled a long way over the years, now providing gaming on gargantuan levels, like we see with WC’s expansion MMORPG WoW, and the imagination that goes into crafting the world and creating the characters is vivid and virtually endless.

From Orcs and Elves to the Undead and humans, and the richly imagined fields in which they meet and do battle, RTS is a game inside of a game inside of a game – a never-ending expansion of competition.

Sure, games like Grand Theft Auto will always have their niche. People will forever log on to play blackjack online. But for the true gamers of the world, there’s nothing quite like a great RTS to satisfy the cravings for true combat.

In a world where you can control gaming movements with your hands on a TV screen the size of your wall, it’s a bit of a mystery why games in the RTS genre continue to do as well as they do. Well, it’s a mystery from the outside looking in, that is. Not every gamer needs graphically-intense action, a huge HD screen or the thrill of winning money to play. For gamers in the real-time strategy world, it’s about more than entertainment. It’s about besting your opponent mentally, breaking them down by out-planning, outmaneuvering and seizing complete control over what is effectively their life. Since the days of Dune, real-time strategy games have been carving out a niche. And with the explosion of games like WarCraft 3, the genre’s popularity is certainly on the rise. Although the more cut-rate RTS games out there aren’t as well noted or beloved for their symmetry, storylines or playability, they still require chess masters in comparison to other genres whose checker player-friendly games are a bit on the ADHD side of entertainment. Working from scratch to play Caesar incarnate, dividing and conquering, will always attract the thinking mind as opposed to the mindless. But that’s certainly not all there is attracting people to the RTS genre. The genus has traveled a long way over the years, now providing gaming on gargantuan levels, like we see with WC’s expansion MMORPG WoW, and the imagination that goes into crafting the world and creating the characters is vivid and virtually endless.From Orcs and Elves to the Undead and humans, and the richly imagined fields in which they meet and do battle, RTS is a game inside of a game inside of a game – a never-ending expansion of competition.Sure, games like Grand Theft Auto will always have their niche. People will forever log on to play blackjack online. But for the true gamers of the world, there’s nothing quite like a great RTS to satisfy the cravings for true combat.

Campaign News

Smrth — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:54:43 +0000

I know that there arent much of maps, models, screenshots in here, but please hang in there. Project is on little hold, dont have much time, motivation, patience. But fear not, soon ill start with uploading some shits i made so expect some new content such as maps, models and screenshots ofc.

EDIT: ill need few translators, coz this will be multi-language project.. just comment bellow or send mail to admin@smrth.com

Camera Preview Download

Smrth — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:46:59 +0000

This camera system will most likely be used in campaign.
You can move camera up, down, left and right using arows.
Pressing Ctrl+C will unlock camera and you will be able to freely move camera.

Feel free to use this in your maps.

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Grandpa Gohan House Download

Smrth — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:20:35 +0000

You may remember this little house from first episode of dragonball. Dunno if its shown later on, but in dbz theres goku’s and chichi’s house next to it.

Roof is just one color texture, because its pain in the neck with that tile and all..

Download Model

Texture size is little huge so expect v2.

Dyno Capsule Download

Smrth — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:16:25 +0000

So in here we have Dyno Capsules. Dyno Capsules are used thru whol dragonball, dragonball Z and even dragonball GT. Tiny capsule with activator on top of them. Size of the capsules depends on what is in it, and they are different in colors.

I created five different capsule in color, not in size. If you don’t like size you can simply enlarge it with WorldEditor. If you don’t like color, you can simply change it. Each capsule has its own separated color file .blp (example capsule_blue.blp). Make sure you have Warcraft III Image Extractor. Open some texture file with Warcraft III Image Extractor and save it like .tga image file. I recommend you to use Photoshop for next step. Open .tga in Photoshop and just apply desired color with Paint Bucket Tool, save it and open image with Warcraft III Image Extractor and save it like .blp. Make sure name to match with file.

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*Tip: You can use this as Item Model.

Village House 1 Download

Smrth — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:00:16 +0000

Model that can be used as village house. I.e. my bad, it must be used as village house!
Especially for winter areas because theres smoke coming out from chimney.

Paths:

1st.blp
1st.MDX
smoke.blp

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New Server..

Smrth — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:30:07 +0000

i had to do it. old server was all buggy and things. i couldn’t even post news. what should i say, as expected from free hosting?

anyway, come back later i’m gonna update this shit. in the meantime you can check this http://www.smrth.com/category/dbc/