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  1. Capn Johnny Cap'n Johnny

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  2. Vinman Brigadier General

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    Woah, is this the mythical disco ball of death???

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  3. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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  4. JasonRocZ Brigadier General

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    How do you unzip the iso things?
    JasonRocZ, Aug 24, 2008
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  5. Durandal 2nd Lieutenant

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    You can use WinRAR to unzip them, but .iso is a CD image, so it works better if you burn it to a CD.
    Durandal, Aug 24, 2008
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  6. Jason_Ryock Brigadier General

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    Am I correct in understanding that they intended to use an 'upgraded' Vision Engine for the game?
    Jason_Ryock, Aug 24, 2008
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  7. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Say it backwards and you'll realize that's a silly question.
    Bandit LOAF, Aug 24, 2008
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  8. AD Finder of things, Doer of stuff

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    Just because, I threw something together from one of the PSD files on the disk, so here's a (EDIT: Vampire) wallpaper pack in as many standard resolutions that I could think of. Only the widescreen versions are slightly squashed so that I wouldn't have to cut off any of the ships. I also included a full resolution uncropped jpg of the image too for the curious. http://download.wcnews.com/files/wcp/WCP-Wallpaper.zip

    I'm sure someone with actual photoshop might be able to do a better job. And there's also a version on the disk without the motion blur added to the starfield background.
    AD, Aug 24, 2008
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  9. Capn Johnny Cap'n Johnny

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    Um.. AD, that appears to be the Vampire in the image pack..
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  10. Jason_Ryock Brigadier General

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    This statement confuses me, was that a yes or a no?
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  11. JasonRocZ Brigadier General

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    Alright I'll ask it backwards

    ?sgniht osi eht piznu uoy od woh

    :D
    JasonRocZ, Aug 24, 2008
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  12. AD Finder of things, Doer of stuff

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    Doh!!

    And your are completely correct... Somehow my brain saw a vampire but it came out Piranha.
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  13. Bandit LOAF Long Live the Confederation!

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    Conversely, this explains the dreadful horror movie you directed.
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  14. Capn Johnny Cap'n Johnny

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    Hah.. its funny.. but they filmed parts of "Piranha" at Aquarena Spring, in San Marcos.. and I worked there when I was in High-School.. I used tell people about it when I drove the glass-bottom boats there.. ahh.. goood times.. good but less than minimum wage times..

    I wonder if that is why I always had a soft spot for the Piranha in WCP..???

    -Capn J
    Capn Johnny, Aug 24, 2008
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  15. AD Finder of things, Doer of stuff

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    You mean the one with the blood-sucking immortal fish? That was all the scripts fault. I just put what was on the page to the screen.

    You can blame me for that other one with the baseball bat carrying vigilante who takes out his aggression on a deck of cards.
    AD, Aug 24, 2008
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  16. Wedge009 Rogue Leader

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    I might have a tinker around in GIMP... but how do you think it compares with the prompotional Vampire image. Just no warping effect in the background, I suppose.
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  17. AD Finder of things, Doer of stuff

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    It's the same image but without the motion blur applied to the background(2850x2775). The non warping one is on the disk too, So I can make wallpapers of that if people want it. I've attached the full res Jpeg version.

    There's a crazy 7500x3000 of that midway image too: http://outlander.solsector.net/vid_files/7500x3000.jpg Wallpapers of that would sadly cut off a lot of the image.

    Plus a 5250x2700 of the Nephilim ship and fighters in the link you posted. But I don't know if the lines and text in that particular one are in a removable layer or not.

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  18. Dyret Super Carrot!

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    Look at those details!
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  19. Wedge009 Rogue Leader

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    Yes they are. :)

    Finally had time to look through the files today.

    If those file sizes seem big, remember that the original Photoshop files are much bigger. :) Any decent editor which can apply interpolation with scaling can be used to resize the images down to a suitable resolution for a given monitor.

    Edit: It also seems to me that the images from the "Manual" folder matches those of the ICIS Manual. Time to update my kludy substitutes. :)
    Wedge009, Aug 26, 2008
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  20. eddieb Flight Commander

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    Do you guys realize what is on this cd? What looks to be most of the original 3d models for WC2! I was even able to look at, in full 3d glory, the WC2 briefing room, bridge, hangar,
    95 % of which have textures!!! And of course plenty of ships
    eddieb, Aug 26, 2008
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