Thats pretty much what I figure as well.
I think however that instead of trying to make a game from scratch, From should just license out a game engine and tools from someone else. Then its just a matter of new texture's etc, and level editing.
The unreal engine seems to be quite popular now and since its basically designed for FPS it would work well with a KF game.
If they took this approach instead of making a game from scratch every time, I think they could still keep the franchise going without having to risk so much money.
But they will probably never do that.
I don't know if Bethesda actually licenses out their Oblivion engine but with such great development tools, its really too bad From doesn't get a hold of those tools and make a real KF game. If WE can mod and what have you and make a KF game with it, an actual development team could easily make a KF game cheap just using those same tools.
To DarchangleX,
I was gone so thats why I haven't responded.
Yes I'll definitely check out your site / games.
I haven't checked yet but I'm interested in the Game Maker's thing....if it works better or whatever than TES CS I may not be making a KF mod
The Problem with TES CS is that you only have to work with the content of Oblivion. So if you for instance want to make a Head Eater, you would have to model it yourself and animate it etc and put it in the game. So unless you can fine suitable replacements already made by Bethesda, you'll have to actually create it yourself just the way THEY would have to do it...so it can be quite difficult to make a mod that is actually completely different than their game.
My point is that I'll have to check into your games / the Game Makers thing cause maybe I'll just use that if its easier. I guess it also depends on how cool it will look. IMO TES CS stuff looks almost perfect for a KF game, and the tools are quite powerful (especially generate your own landscapes). If someone was going to create a full word based on KF you'd almost have to use TES CS.
Anyway I just started college back up so I don't even know if I'll have time to be doing any moding anytime in the near future...so even though I've rambled alot here I may not deliver anytime soon
I think however that instead of trying to make a game from scratch, From should just license out a game engine and tools from someone else. Then its just a matter of new texture's etc, and level editing.
The unreal engine seems to be quite popular now and since its basically designed for FPS it would work well with a KF game.
If they took this approach instead of making a game from scratch every time, I think they could still keep the franchise going without having to risk so much money.
But they will probably never do that.
I don't know if Bethesda actually licenses out their Oblivion engine but with such great development tools, its really too bad From doesn't get a hold of those tools and make a real KF game. If WE can mod and what have you and make a KF game with it, an actual development team could easily make a KF game cheap just using those same tools.
To DarchangleX,
I was gone so thats why I haven't responded.
Yes I'll definitely check out your site / games.
I haven't checked yet but I'm interested in the Game Maker's thing....if it works better or whatever than TES CS I may not be making a KF mod
The Problem with TES CS is that you only have to work with the content of Oblivion. So if you for instance want to make a Head Eater, you would have to model it yourself and animate it etc and put it in the game. So unless you can fine suitable replacements already made by Bethesda, you'll have to actually create it yourself just the way THEY would have to do it...so it can be quite difficult to make a mod that is actually completely different than their game.
My point is that I'll have to check into your games / the Game Makers thing cause maybe I'll just use that if its easier. I guess it also depends on how cool it will look. IMO TES CS stuff looks almost perfect for a KF game, and the tools are quite powerful (especially generate your own landscapes). If someone was going to create a full word based on KF you'd almost have to use TES CS.
Anyway I just started college back up so I don't even know if I'll have time to be doing any moding anytime in the near future...so even though I've rambled alot here I may not deliver anytime soon
)
I hope something comes of this, but seeing all the abandoned mod projects over the years that I have, I'm not getting my hopes too high at this point. Good luck at any rate.
