MM8BDM v5 Public Thread - MM9 Expansion

[Knux]

dim Brightman textures

I can leave next week with peace in my mind.  

Also, the above water textures for Dive definitely look a lot better now.

[Gumballtoid]

On Friday, June 3rd, 2016, at approximately 10:00 PM EST, Dive Man took everything I knew about the NES palette and color differentiation and fucked it.

That is all.

[Emmanuelf06]

Nice for Diveman ! And for Brightman Yes ! The full map with no light at all was really complicate to handle sometimes...

[BiscuitSlash]

Fucking love that new Brightman update! That suddenly looks so much better now!

I've never noticed anything odd about MM4DIV's colours somehow. Then again map colours isn't something I ever focus on so eh.
Really looking forward to playing some of these new maps, especially MM4DIV!

[Superjustinbros]

HELL YES BRIGHT MAN MAP IS FINALLY TOLERABLE.

Also I legit chuckled at museum closed.

[Goomba98]

Before I post the image, I feel like I should preface this. After some comments regarding the...bright color palette used above water, a few of us started looking at Dive Man's palette as a whole and when comparing a ton of different sources we realized something very fascinating.

This stage has been using the incorrect color palette since V1.

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I was never aware of this, but I'm still glad it was fixed.

[MusashiAA]

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Virtual Boy mode activated.

[CopShowGuy]

Aww.  They closed the museum?

[GameAndWatcher]

Speculation time: is the Robot Museum getting elements from Mega Man 7?
I hope so!

[Ryshin]

I got a question, will the weather in Tornado Man's stage change by itself, or will there be a manual way to change it?

[Korby]

Technically, both.
The stage picks a weather type at the beginning of the map and sticks with it until the map is reloaded.
Thus you can manually change it via reload or puking the script.

[Gumballtoid]

Here's a question I'm pretty sure nobody has asked yet.

With Skull Barrier's recent change, how will maps like MM3TOP be affected? Does it still have the ability to protect the player against spikes and lava to help players retrieve those coveted items, or are those maps being changed on account of its lack thereof?

[Hallan Parva]

here's a question that was glossed over and never answered


how about those Bubble Man waterfalls huh

[Dr. Freeman]

Hey everyone! It's that time again, for another update!
There's a little less to show off this week, buttttt I'm thinking it might be a little bit more exciting!
ooh boy

Let's get right into this with a short Q&A!

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Here's a question I'm pretty sure nobody has asked yet.

With Skull Barrier's recent change, how will maps like MM3TOP be affected? Does it still have the ability to protect the player against spikes and lava to help players retrieve those coveted items, or are those maps being changed on account of its lack thereof?

As of V4C, there are exactly 3 maps that have Skull Barrier on it, and out of those three, only MM3TOP have items in spikes or other hazards. As it turns out, with the current changes to Skull Barrier, it still IS possible to pick up the items if you're speedy, get in there quick, and get out, as there's a bit of a grace period where you're still invincible after the shield pops, though it is short.

That said, we are looking into possibly changing how new Skull Barrier works with hazards such as spikes and lava to allow for more lenient timing before the barrier pops. However, if we were to do so, it would likely require that custom maps would need to change spike pits if they want Skull Barrier to have the proper timing.

here's a question that was glossed over and never answered


how about those Bubble Man waterfalls huh

I could personally express how those waterfalls are physically painful to the eyes, but that's just my opinion. Instead, I'll just quote what the creator of new Bubble Man said on the topic.

"I considered incorporating an overwater layout, but with a rework to MM4DIV and two new maps split between water and land, figured keeping the map wholefully underwater would give the map its own niche. Certainly didn't help matters that Bubble Man's overwater tileset has around four tiles total, none of which being particularly pleasing to look at.

If waterfalls are still a necessity, even with this thought in mind, I'm willing to find some way to incorporate them. However, I'm not 100% comfortable tweaking a completed layout to add further levels of complicity. I could perhaps work some of the less height-intensive parts into air pockets? Too much further from that and I feel some of the layout's direction is lost. Let us know what you think."

Well, that was fun. Let's look at some screenshots. As I said, there isn't a whole lot of technical screenshots, but it should be fun nonetheless!

First of all, well, this isn't a normal map but...

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Looks like Light's Lab is getting some new updates! Not only did the outside of the lab get a new paint job to reflect it's apperance in like every Megaman game it shows up in, but the Megaman 9 robot masters are hanging out!
Although they won't be around from the start, instead, they will show up one by one as you beat their stages in the campaign. How fun!
And there might even be a few new goodies here and there!

...Of course, with 8 new masters, it looks like we need to carve some space for some of the new robots.
I can't exactly embed this into the site without it being really choppy, so if you don't mind, Click here!

Now, I'm not going to lie. We're at a bit of an awkward point with this update here. There are a few maps that are getting done, but unfortunately are juuust short of being ready to show off. We'll be seeing them soon, just not today.

But I do have something else to show off.

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You all knew it was coming, but here it is! The first of the three Wily Stages for V5! We've hit the point where we think it's safe to start showing off a few pictures of the Wily stages, so the next three (and hopefully the last three ;) ) updates will be dedicated to showing off the three new Wily stages, and whatever else happens to be ready at the time!

That said, here we have Wily Castle 1. It has what you'd expect from an opening Wily Stage; an outdoor section with well, the castle.



Of course, this Wily Stage had that really neat lighting flash thing going on at later parts of the stage, which is something this map definitely intended on keeping around.
It's just way too cool with the lighting flashes. I'm a sucker for that, I'm not even going to lie.



Even the Spike Pushers came out to watch the match unfold! And who knows what lies beyond those doors...
And if you're wondering about that weird gray background, I just so happened to accidentally take the screenshot as the lighting struck. So there's that!
of course i couldn't get the lighting to strike in the actual outside shot nooooo

That's all for this update, not technically a lot, but I hope you all enjoy nevertheless!
Next update we'll go right down the line and look at Wily Stage 2!

Until then!

[-Daiki-TheOni]

hory muffins~~!!
I like what I see *^*
Keep up devs, this expansion is getting pretty exciting!!!