legends [K1] Legends - Ajunta Pall's Blade 1.0.2b

"I have always been a fan of your Review since what you did with Selven "Legends" / And now I have wowed again."

I don't think I deserve all that, but thank you. 😅I try to give my full opinion while still remaining a positive voice, which can be a rough balance depending on whom you're talking to. Thank you for being such a great sport about it. That's a rare quality. 

"Mmm, wasn't it finished already? 🤔"

Unfortunately, there's still an issue where you get locked inside of the tomb and can't progress if you kill Ajunta's ghost, but Puppet's aware of it so hopefully, it will be fixed shortly. 🤞

"Actually, back then there was a plan to have the new textures show up along with the acquired notched steel sword, and it was for immersion reason. But it seems the decision to make it not was the right one."

While it makes sense on the surface, it breaks the game for a first-time player that doesn't know which sword is Ajunta's. However, having the textures show up afterward logically follows, since once the sword is identified as Ajunta's, not only its name but its description and stats change as well. So it makes sense that, especially with the stat change, the sword's appearance would change along with it. It helps to view it through the lens that the sword has been entombed for who knows how long. It's old, rusted, and broken; a shell of its former self (kind of like Ajunta himself, sans the rusted bit). But upon recognition, it has renewed purpose and restores itself (or Ajunta restores it if you'd prefer, though if I remember correctly, the sword is thought of as having a pseudo-will of its own) to its original glory, ready to spill the blood of the weak once more.

"I found a white glow suits better with the Spectral Ajunta, particularly with his glowy white eyes."

That was an aesthetic choice that I found rather odd. While originally looking quite intimidating, upon speaking with him, you can tell that Ajunta is in a very weak state. He seems as though he's in a daze, barely aware of his surroundings, and his spirit is struggling to hold on to its final moments of life, such as it is (which is BTW, why I really like your modified voice files for him (review incoming soon hopefully, I've got to work my way back to that point in the game)). Having his eyes a bit more grayed-out would have suited his character better I think, rather than having him look like he's a vessel of un-li-mi-ted pow-ah.

"Perhaps, with the v2.0 I can accommodate this fantastic idea as an alternative for the v1.0."

That would be really cool to see.

"Again, many thanks for the amazing feedback. These brilliant thoughts are very much appreciated."

Thank you for all the amazing work. As long as you keep making 'em I'll keep trying them out and letting you know what I think. 😁

Hey ebmar, not trying to rush you by any means, but could I get an ETA on the dark version of the blade? I'm making a build of the game for a friend and wanted to know if it'll be finished by the time he's planning to play it. Thanks.

11 hours ago, JustABitAgroed said:

Hey ebmar, not trying to rush you by any means, but could I get an ETA on the dark version of the blade?

Hi, buddy- I am so sorry I can't give you an exact ETA, because I've not yet working on it. But as time goes by I have gain an understanding that this seems to be harder than I thought looking at the fact that the blade is not lightsaber based and these two items are working differently particularly on how producing visual effects. I'll try to get you an update this weekend though.

19 minutes ago, ebmar said:

Hi, buddy- I am so sorry I can't give you an exact ETA, because I've not yet working on it. But as time goes by I have gain an understanding that this seems to be harder than I thought looking at the fact that the blade is not lightsaber based and these two items are working differently particularly on how producing visual effects. I'll try to get you an update this weekend.

Yes, I know that all too well. I tried messing with it myself and editing it in any meaningful way proved quite troublesome. Thank you for the reply and best of luck in your efforts.

On 10/10/2018 at 4:35 PM, JustABitAgroed said:

Thank you for the reply and best of luck in your efforts.

You're welcome, and many thanks for the kind words! We'll see how this turns out. :fingerscrossed:

Update: Hi, @JustABitAgroed! Apologize that I can't seem to get the result that we wanted; to change the current blade's effects to behave like a Darksaber is just out of my current knowledge I must say. I have tried to change the color to playing around with the Cubemaps but still can't reach that desired result. But I've come up with a replacement for the hilt to the blade part.

• It will make the blade part looks more like a pigmented black blade, which the former looks somewhat like carbons the way I see it. Hope it somehow effective:
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  [K1]APB_Blade_Replacement.7z

   

On 10/10/2018 at 3:55 AM, ebmar said:

You're welcome, and many thanks for the kind words! We'll see how this turns out. :fingerscrossed:

Update: Hi, @JustABitAgroed! Apologize that I can't seem to get the result that we wanted; to change the current blade's effects to behave like a Darksaber is just out of my current knowledge I must say. I have tried to change the color to playing around with the Cubemaps but still can't reach that desired result. But I've come up with a replacement for the hilt to the blade part.

• It will make the blade part looks more like a pigmented black blade, which the former looks somewhat like carbons the way I see it. Hope it somehow effective:
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  [K1]APB_Blade_Replacement.7z

   

Sorry to hear that but thank you for trying so hard. I'll check out that file as soon as I get the chance.

On 10/13/2018 at 4:28 PM, JustABitAgroed said:

Sorry to hear that but thank you for trying so hard. I'll check out that file as soon as I get the chance.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but it doesn't appear to change the blade at all.

8 hours ago, JustABitAgroed said:

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong, but it doesn't appear to change the blade at all.

No you're not doing anything wrong, it's just I should have told you before that the change that was made is not significant, as there's no retexture done with the last attempt. It was only some alteration to how the blade reacts to the light so its blade would looks more like a pigmented-black-blade now. Apologize for the inconvenience, and I'll see if I can comes up with another idea. 😁

"Thank you for the heads-up and you're right about it - as I have noticed of that also recently. By the time I have gained the appropriate modelling skill -as you may have known that the actual model isn't a work of mine- I'd be more than happy to be able to fix it at some point."

I's a really minor thing. This definitely has a permanent place in my override.

Oh wow, I came here to suggest a color change to black only to find that the issue has been thoroughly explored. Not sure if it would be any easier now vs. a few years ago, so I'll 2nd the request anyway.

My other comment was whether you'd consider something similar for Bacca's Ceremonial Blade? Both are considered ancient during the events of K1, so I'd buy that they share some visual elements (the model), but from a gameplay perspective it would highlight both as the higher-level melee weapons they are meant to be.