Status Report

What stage of the process am I on and how is it progressing? How or what could I improve?

--I am currently working in a material phase. I'm making more materials for the same objects, that way we can utilize more of our assets. I have to make some more grunge graffiti decals/materials to give sections of our map a slightly different feel.  

Did I change my milestone goals? If so, why?

--My goals are still the same and running at a good pace.

How did i deal with the problems that came up?

--The problems i kept running into was that i would build and place static meshes within the level meanwhile someone else was doing the same thing to a version they had, and we would drop various versions of the map. It became repetitive because i would scrap my version and work of someone else's but by the time i was done placing, someone else had made changes and saved out the map. So i would constantly replace the same objects. This past week eric and i came up with a good idea where each person gets a day of the week to make changes/additions to the map while others built assets 

What is working and what is not working in the planning and implementation of the project?

--The team is still working together great

Briefly describe your time spent and any problems (within the team, with a computer, etc)

--I've lost count on hours spent on the game, it seams like every time my computer is open i'm adding things, making materials or trying different effects. I had a little problem with the collisions of the quarter pipes i made but turns out the easiest way to handle that particular object was building the bounds in 3DSMAX. the only other real problem was that of which i discussed earlier.

Evaluate the project as a whole including team members

--I love our game, i love my team and i honestly believe we will have one of the better games created in the class. and it will make a great portfolio piece. I have let a few of my friends play test the game so i can hear their outside opinion and see where the most difficult areas are.

Status Report

What stage of the process am I on and how is it progressing? How or what could I improve?

--I am currently still in the creation station, i have made numerous models including buildings, supports, as well as animated materials for UDK. Although I am having a few problems with importing the models into the engine, stand by for update.

Did I change my milestone goals? If so, why?

--My goals are still the same and the team is ahead of schedule, which i am very excited about, and gives us time for some tuning.

How did i deal with the problems that came up?

--As mentioned earlier, the models I created are giving me an error 

It's likely to be the results of one or more of the following;

• No UVW map present on the mesh
• No materials
• Not using a 'closed' mesh
• Excessive smooth group use
• More than two UVW maps
  

I'll be heading up to school later to re-look and revamp the models

What is working and what is not working in the planning and implementation of the project?

--The team is still working together great

Briefly describe your time spent and any problems (within the team, with a computer, etc)

--During the past week, I've spent close to 20 hours in UDK, a lot of the time was trial and error and trying to create partical effects as well as animated materials. Luckily I came up with some great effects, but I did not anticipate how long it would take.    

Evaluate the project as a whole including team members

--Once again i want to express how excited I am for this game and the outcomes will will produce. I have the uppermost confidence with our abilities to produce a great game.

Status Report 3

What stage of the process am I on and how is it progressing? How or what could I improve?

--I am currently still in the creation station, i have made numerous models including buildings and supports.
I've also been throwing some thoughts and ideas around about different particle effects which can be used within the game. I will improve thus by probably making another model to support such effects.

Did I change my milestone goals? If so, why?

--My goals are still the same and running at a good pace.

How did i deal with the problems that came up?

--Some minor problems arose such as 3 of our 4 team members (including myself) did not attend class on Saturday, although we were in contact and i would like to thank dropbox.com to keep us all in tuned with each other and the assets we create

What is working and what is not working in the planning and implementation of the project?

--The team is still working together great

Briefly describe your time spent and any problems (within the team, with a computer, etc)

--I've spent probably a total of 20 on the computer dedicated to this project in the past week. I've been dealing mostly with models and materials. I taught myself how to make animated materials which i want to utilize for our hover-track, unfortunately the UDK books do not give the best tutorials on such materials, so i had to learn a lot from various other places and tutorials.

Evaluate the project as a whole including team members

--Once again i want to express how excited I am for this game and the outcomes will will produce. I have the uppermost confidence with our abilities to produce a great game.