Wtf? Gecko!

This week in the gecko-verse

More like a question of what NOT has been happening. Oh so many things, I could never possibly write about them all!

So without further ado, in no particular order, everything thats happened this week.

Importantly, Emyrs here! That is to say, we had the LMS Christmas Dinner, featuring a suprise return of Emyr our previous secretary who was lost to the world of commerical emplyment from our studenty-grips this year. Post-meal we went for guitar hero at Kaffys, and then those amungst us who are able to consume alcohol went to some chav night or another in the union, whilst I was left to walk home in the rain.

New Shoes

Ah, walking, I knew there was something else I was going to write about. Shoes. Yeah, those things on your feet. I needed some new ones, so I decided to spring (this pun will become obvious by the end of the sentence) for some decent running shoes.

They arrived after 2 days (damn quick service), and gave them a quick run around the block, and I have to say, my god. So comfortable. Insane grip, great bounce, very lightweight, pretty sweet.

Modding

Oh yes, gecko's back. I've designed the new Battlegrounds menus for class/team selection. Pretty similar to the TF2 menus. I did the whole full screen shizzle. These are the photoshop mockups, but, baring some VGUI2 issues the real versions are almost entierly finished. The class models play a small animation when you mouse over them (bayonet stab, sword swing, native jumps). I've had some feedback that the weapon statistics bars colours look weird, these have been changed to light/dark grays.

I am *desperate* to show you all my TF2 map. However, until it is more complete, you will have to wait. It's a pretty huge map, a continuous payload in the mountain setting with progressive spawning, but since I had no clear plan for the map when I started I've been building it up bit by bit, but hopefully within a month you can see some ingame screenshots. I'm also working on 2 BG2 maps, but these are no further than the sketching stage.

Stay tuned for more posts soon faithful readers. You can stop reading now. Really. I'm done.