War of the Worlds - Livestream Highlights & Developer Progress Update

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It's been less than 2 weeks since our last video but so much has changed. Thanks for all of the support! We just hit 25,000+ subscribers, 5 million views on the channel and the last video already hit 130,000 views. I didn't want to keep you guys waiting too long and figured there's been a lot of new improvements and work in progress content to show as well as hours of Patreon exclusive livestream gameplay, so why not show you guys some of the highlights and explain the changes and improvements that have been made in the last 12 days since the last video.

A lot of the work has been done on improving the Tripod AI to be smarter, more aggressive, and more fluid. The tripods use the horns as expected when spotting humans or being attacked, other nearby wandering tripods will move to assist that tripod. Procedural IK Animation has taken over most of the tripod including the legs, heat rays, fingers, and tentacles. The extremities of a tripod will sway and swing with the movement of its body. Feet will plant and not slide anymore allowing for more believable and fluid Tripod movement. This is especially noticed when the tripod is on an uneven surface or making a turn. This is still early WIP and will be improved upon to look smoother.

The Tripod's heat raying behavior has been tuned as well to fire more frequently and use both heat rays individually. The sounds have also been redone to not be so long and to be more similar to the film. Heat ray impacts have also been completely redone to have realistic explosion effects and sounds of the ray hitting the ground. Sounds have also been added to NPCs who disintegrate when hit by the heat rays.

A new LAV with a M242 main gun and a mounted MG with its own sounds and effects has been added. A mix of Green & Desert paint schemes have been added to the military vehicles. More Military Infantry and Vehicles are planned.

The Uberpod/Warrior Tripod has been added with a completely new and revised model with updated PBR Textures and lighting. They are much larger and much more dangerous than the standard tripods. I also made a new cage 3D model more resembling of the ones in the film and modeled and animated the door and organic entry into the machines that you are pulled through before being harvested. Next I will be adding NPCs in the cages and the tentacle that comes down to grab you.