Jazz X screnz

[Ðx]

again 2 new screens.

Check them here:

http://jjforum.stools.net/index.php?showtopic=63&pid=430&st=0&#entry430

Register ther, so you can see more when i post ( i will prob post it here )

[Fawriel]

..looks awesome.

[Iam Canadian]

I likes what I sees.

[Ðx]

new ones : http://jjforum.stools.net/index.php?showtopic=71

[LittleFreak]

Cool stuff. =D

[Violet CLM]

It would be nicer if all that stuff could do anything, of course.

[ShadeJackrabbit]

(*drools*) :H

Yay! A new idea for an episode! Tons of non-boss bosses!

[CrimiClown]

really nice, man. Keep it up.

Can't wait for the episode... :)

[Ðx]

Unknown Rabbit, its moves shoots and hits you

[Sacrush]

Yeah, but will it all be animated? or it will all look weird. Havent seen it in action yet. ;)

[Ðx]

yes it moves >_>

[Nick [PoL]]

Ugh...
You have to use big tilesets if all that stuff is animated :confused:
But it looks very cool!
I'm looking forward to it!!!
Maybe I should start working on my lvls again, too... I didn't work on them for three weeks

[ShadeJackrabbit]

Is it gonna be 1.23 or 1.24?

[Ðx]

1.23

ask more ( list )

[FoxBlitzz]

http://www.freewebs.com/jazzx1/XjazzPn17.PNG

I have doubts about that picture being genuine. Look at that colored block around Jazz. He could have easily pasted it in. Also note how he jumps incredibly high with a standard jump on the other screenshots.

[NinJazz]

http://www.freewebs.com/jazzx1/XjazzPn17.PNG

I have doubts about that picture being genuine. Look at that colored block around Jazz. He could have easily pasted it in. Also note how he jumps incredibly high with a standard jump on the other screenshots.

maybe the floor is invisible? so you can not see the real floor, so it can be near Jazz anyway! or then we are both stupid (I mean me too)

[snzspeed]

nice screens.. though they might be hoaxes

[cooba]

They use more than 256 colors. So ha.

[Ðx]

(-)

ow woops pressed CTRL V

anyway too lazy too remove

but just wait

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[Fawriel]

...uh-huh.

[Violet CLM]

EvilMonkey makes a valid point. What's with the areas of different color around Jazz and the ammo readout? And there is no way the background could be 0,0,0, not without everything leaving trails, which wouldn't be good as you just said things would be animated.

[FQuist]

I assume the high position of Jazz in some of the screens could have been caused by float ups (seems to not be a possible explaination for one of them, though).

The ammo fired by the enemies I would consider almost impossible to make like that. Look at how big the (I'd assume) animated fires are. They'd require an extremely huge amount of animations. Some of the shots even seem to go diagonally, in different angles (are they going to home in on the player?) which requires even more animations. You'd have to put the tileset full of animations for this to work, and I wonder if you'd have enough animation slots. Even if that's possible, that seems to be bad design - it's probably possible to make challenging and visually appealing custom enemy animations without all this excess that seems out of place and just takes up space which could've been used for other things. The levels also seem to be rather.. flat. The ground's just a straight line without any slopes or obstacles, and the background is pure black.

And then there's what Cooba mentioned, the top screenshot on the other forum uses way more than 256 colours. Is Jazz X a new JJ2 client?

If you post screenshots, you should be willing to expect not only positive remarks but also criticism. If you appreciate quality you should be able to stand feedback so you can improve your levels.

[ShadeJackrabbit]

Here are my questions:
-How many tilesets?
-Is it just bosses?
-Is there a storyline?
-Did you make a program to allow Jazz 2 to use more memmory?
-^ ^ colour?
-How well done is the animation?

[EvilMike]

There's also the fact that some of the earlier screenshots had no heads up display, and were in bizarre resolutions like 600x700 or something.

This can only mean one thing.

This is clearly such a good level pack that it is beyond comprehension. Clearly.

[snzspeed]

Here are my questions:
-How many tilesets?
-Is it just bosses?
-Is there a storyline?
-Did you make a program to allow Jazz 2 to use more memmory?
-^ ^ colour?
-How well done is the animation?

those screens are still hoaxes. and ofcourse there is a storyline.

[R3ptile]

Hoaxes or not, I still don't like them.. they don't fit the JJ2'ish style in my opinion.

[Ðx]

if you guys just wait for it

[CrimiClown]

Still can't wait... :)

[minmay]

I'm waiting, especially since you're probably just using the 1.25 JCS.

[cooba]

I'm waiting, especially since you're probably just using the 1.25 JCS....You all deserve a gruesome death. W/o a respawn.

[CrimiClown]

...You all deserve a gruesome death. W/o a respawn.

Lol, in 1.25 I'll just respawn when I type it in the console! 8D

[minmay]

...You all deserve a gruesome death. W/o a respawn.

Aww.

[ShadeJackrabbit]

And it's not even April.

[DarkSonic]

I have to say that talking about 1.25 is useless here. The patch isn't released and so you can't use the 1.25 JCS or other stuff.
The screenshots are quite good, and we'll find out if they're hoaxes or not.

[cooba]

The screenshots are quite good, and we'll find out if they're hoaxes or not.It would be hard to make a not-a-hoax screenshot in a 633x476 resolution.

[Ðx]

i copy't a part of the screen ( windowed ) cooba

[cooba]

i copy't a part of the screen ( windowed ) coobaUse F12.

[Ðx]

i know but why would i?

[n00b]

Because
A) It will make less people think you have hoaxes.
B) It will give us a direct screenshot from the game, also disproving it as a hoax.

[cooba]

i knowSeeing as you presumably had to cut out a part of the window display, I have doubts that you knew about F12.

[Ðx]

n00b: Because
A) It will make less people think you have hoaxes.
B) It will give us a direct screenshot from the game, also disproving it as a hoax.

so they can think its a hoax, its not my problem in my option

[cooba]

so they can think its a hoax, its not my problem in my optionThey as in a grand part of the active community?

[Ðx]

for your option possible

[blurredd]

I'm not entirely convinced either way. On one hand, there's the screenshot EvilMonkey pointed out with the weird color block around Jazz. But on the other hand, it wouldn't be impossible to create some of the things seen in those screenshots (assuming the animations aren't more complex than I think they are). Of course it would be easier to believe if Dx said the levels would be TSF, but he could've also tried going above the animation limit of 1.23 (I still have to test the effects of this myself, and I wouldn't recommend going over the limit without extensive testing). But that's all just speculation.

[NinJazz]

Hey, the black box around Jazz, can be caused of weird transparency colors also I guess?

[Ðx]

i made it black in paint ( i said it before )

[cooba]

i made it black in paint ( i said it before )And WHY?

[Ðx]

looks better?

[NinJazz]

LOL DX LOL...

By the way I just registered to your forum, that JJF or something. Your Jazz X is interesting :)

[cooba]

looks better?You have edited a screenshot! That makes it a hoax ;P!

[ShadeJackrabbit]

It would be hard to make a not-a-hoax screenshot in a 633x476 resolution.
Uhhh..... that resolution is impossible. Both numbers are not multiples of 4 or 8.

[cooba]

Uhhh..... that resolution is impossible. Both numbers are not multiples of 4 or 8.I suppose you haven't checked resolutions of Dx's "screenshots"?

[blurredd]

Ugh, I'm back on the skeptical side after examining this screenshot (http://www.freewebs.com/jazzx1/JazzXnewscreen18.PNG). Not only does it contain way too many colors as it is (16356 from what I tested), but the colors can't possibly be reduced to retain the same look. It looks like Dx needs to give a really good explanation for this. I'm not saying that all of Dx's screenshots are fake or couldn't be achieved in JJ2, but this one seems like a definite leap of faith.

[n00b]

Hmm, and reading the pack's features is like reading the features of some crappy DVD.
* New Level Expierince
* New Villians
* New Friends
* New Tilesets
* Meet Mario And The Lost Vikings
* Big Levels
* And Some Crazy Bosses

The only thing missing is *Interactive menus
EDIT- However, Big Levels would be something put on a fancy DVD feature list, let's just hpe they have good/fun content.

[Violet CLM]

They're not "hoaxes" so much as "mockups". Dx has already admitted to editing the screenshots, that colorful fire is just another example. It's the "idea" of the levels rather than the atual content.
(which is not to say I approve. I mean, even the FSP2/3/4 screenshots were unedited!)

[LittleFreak]

looks better?

Well, but showing screenshots that are NOT like the true game itself won't help you to promote your episode. That's just like if Epic would show screenshots of a 3D Jazz game and in the end it's just a few TSF-like JJ2 levels.

[Ðx]

the fire is real from jazz x, but i changes the black colour

[cooba]

the fire is real from jazz xHow can it be real while it uses something like 500 colors?