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Traction Wars is a Tactical Teamwork WWII Realism Game. We aim to create a realistic and historically accurate environment for players to immerse themselves. In this the first release we will be featuring the Normandy Campaign between the British and German Armies between D-Day on June 6th and the capture of Caen on August 22nd 1944. Chapter One will be infantry only with vehicle combat being added in a future chapter.
The game will be released in a series of chapters which will add new features and maps at each stage. Chapter One is currently planned to be infantry only but tanks and other vehicles will be added in a later chapter.
Announced Features:
6 comments by [TWDEV]_General_Naga on Apr 6th, 2012
Hey there, My name is [TWDEV] Volcol and I’m a 3D and 2D artist over here at Traction Wars. I’m new to the team and happy to be working alongside some very talented individuals. Following the theme of developer blogs, that have been showcased, here is mine.
I applied to work on Traction Wars a few weeks back. I was assigned a trial, as are all applicants, and my task was to produce the German P38 Walther. This is one of my favourite pistols from the Second World War and in my opinion equally as iconic as the Luger. It wasn’t the easiest thing in the world to model however.
There were a few teething problems upon starting this model, as this pistol was to be my first high to low poly bake. I had done the odd bit of high poly before but I still had a lot to learn. I sat down for a day or so to study a few videos and tutorials; of which there are many across the web each equally as useful as the last. Then I took the plunge.
I started with the High Poly model first, working my way from the Barrel, to the slide then main body of the gun – creating the magazine, hammer, trigger and grips as separate items.
The grip and smaller items (such as the safety) required a little bit more detailing to be baked, so I created some floating geometry that would bake down onto the low poly part. This can clearly be seen in the grip, but the technique was use on several parts of the pistol.
Now the High poly was finished, I could move on to the low poly model and then the dreaded high poly bake. The unwrap didn’t take too long, though the bake was going to take longer than I had expected, it was my first try I suppose.
The first few high poly bakes were fruitless, but I got there in the end. Tweaks needed to be made here and there but overall, I was happy with the outcome. Now that the high poly had been baked into the normal maps needed for the model, I could go about starting the diffuse and specular textures.
The texturing process took around 20 hours, I kept people up to date with progress and was soon well on the way to a completed item.
A few bits of wear and tear, a couple of tweaks to colour and tone and it was finished. My first full weapon project involving a high poly bake and I'm eagerly anticipating to what the future might bring.
The team is still looking for talented individuals to join us on the team, so if you think you might have what it takes or if you are just curious then you can check out our recruitment page for full details.
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Tracked!
Will this be a military simulation or fps?
I know it says you want to create a realistic gameplay, but that slogan has been raped to death.
Oh gosh! This game looks amazing! I just hope you get it historically perfect :D. I have found many games that just include the Americans and no one else, there were the Irish Commandos, the British, the Free French, the Russians and many more! Also, don't forget that each country used their own weapons, no British with B.A.Rs or Americans with Lee Enfields. I can't wait till this game is released!
-Winston_ (A patriotic Brit)
Я могу расскажать разную историй древние надо?
Я могу расскажать разную историй древние надо?
I'm very excited about this! It's about time for a realistic shooter on cryengine 3.
don't forget the french !! (even thought they got beaten at the beginning, after the paris' liberation , they started to fight again...)
We are fully aware of what France did during World War II, don't worry about that. Let us first get this chapter done and then we will see about the next chapter. Just know that I, as an individual not the team, will greatly advocate for the addition of the French ;)
Yeah, also they don't stopped the fight on allied side(Free French Forces in Africa, like at Bir Hakeim, but also in Italy and France 44 (normandy, paris...)) or on axis side (Vichy forces, during operation torch or in syria)
if this finished, you guys will be the amazing-bestest people ever