specsowl

Hello! Remember MNOG 3D? This isn't it, but it's something by a few of the same people! We wanted to make something for Bionicle's 20th Anniversary and we decided that a Quest for the Toa inspired game with MNOG gameplay would be a lot of fun, and now we've made it available for you to play for free! DOWNLOAD HERE! We made a goal for ourselves to make this game in a weekend, but we did have some pre-production time as well as tinkering with it after. This game is the culmination of about 3 weeks of work. We hope you enjoy it! The objective of the game is to simply help the troubled Matoran scattered around Onu-Koro. Talk with everyone and see if you can find the items that they require. Maybe Turaga Whenua will give you something special if you help everyone? Make any Matoran you want using our character creator!

I will send a PM to get negotiations started.

No these are sets I'm just trying to get rid of. Some are dupes like the vahki and toa nuva. Others are sets I just dont care enough to keep *cough*2005*cough*

I sent a PM to discuss

Hey there everyone. I have a ton of Bionicle sets I've been collecting since 2001. Honestly, it's crazy how many I have and they aren't assembled and are just sitting in bins. I move a lot so it's frustrating to lug 3 bins of parts around and have them take up space. As much of a huge fan as I am, I sadly have to let them go. Not all, but at least half of the collection (or less lol). In this thread I am listing the sets I am willing to sell. I WILL negotiate prices so don't get scared off if something seems too high. You will have to pay for shipping, but that will be calculated after you've made an order. I won't do cash or check unless you're willing to send the money, run the risk of it maybe not getting to me and then trusting me to send the sets. I basically am requiring paypal. Sure, I'm out of room, but I also want to get more than $0 for my prized collection. When you place the order it'll take me about a week, because of work, to sort through and find the pieces. You don't have to pay me until after I have the set together and ready to go. I'll even send a pic of the little baggie I have the parts in before I pack it up. You have the option to have it loose or assembled. Assembled will be $1 extra for canister sets and $3 extra to assemble titan sets. Small sets I don't care. If you buy more than three sets I'll waive the assembly fee. EVERY SET COMES WITH THE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET I am IN THE UNITED STATES so keep in mind shipping out of country will be pretty expensive. I'm tempted to say I wont, but we'll see how it goes. Thanks guys and I hope you find something you want! RULES (this is a reiteration of what I said before) 1. I require PAYPAL or advanced cash (which is unlikely) before I ship. No money no set. 2. Shipping is calculated after you've made an order (I live in Massachusetts, US) 3. Please give me a few days to get parts together. You can pay me after I have gotten all the parts together, ESPECIALLY because if I can't find all the pieces, I'll give you a lower price or you can choose to just not buy it. 4. I know it's silly but $1 per canister set if you want it assembled and $3 for titans unless you buy 3 or more sets, in which case I'll waive the fee. 5. You CAN negotiate, but keep it fair please. In fact, I ENCOURAGE negotiations. I'm a poor guy and trying to pay bill and free up some space at the same time. Don't want pity, but don't jerk me around either. 6. Love the sets with all your hearts when you get them. This is important. These sets brought me lots of joy and I just want a good home for them, lol. Canister sets: Onua Nuva $7 Lewa Nuva $7 Gali Nuvax2 $7 Gahlok Kal $7 Pahrak Kal $7 Preparing for Sale Kohrak Kal $7 Guurahk $7 Panrahkx2 $7 Vorahk $7 Vahki Bordakh $7 Vahki Nuurakh $7 Vakama Hordika $10 (I'm sorry the instruction booklet cover is ripped off and tattered but I have it. The rest of the book is alright) Nokama Hordika $10 Whenua Hordika $10 Oohnorak $10 Boggarak $10 Kongu Inika $15 Nuparu Inika $15 Mantax $15 Ehlek $15 Hewkii Mahri $15 Kongu Mahri $15 Kopaka Nuva Phantoka $15 Lewa Nuva Phantoka $15 Vamprah $15 Chirox $15 Antroz $15 Mutran and Vican $10 Preparing for Sale Mutran and Vican SEALED NIB $55 (The box has a few scratches on the front of it and the corners are a bit grey on the box. A bit of the box art on the bottom of the box peeled off from a store label i guess) Skull Slicer $10 Skull Scorpio $10 Skull Warrior $10 Lord of Skull Spiders $10 Titans: Sidorak $20 Keetongu $30 Roodaka $35 Axonnx2 $30 Irnakk (Gold Spine) $50 Negotiations Pending Umbra $50 Negotiations Pending Gadunka $20 Hydraxon $40 Toa Ignika $30 Preparing for Sale Thanks everyone and I hope you find something you're interested in!

I logged in after so long to say thanks. I see a lot of projects like this pop up and honestly it makes me very happy. I'm proud of the community for doing things like this. I wish you the BEST of luck on your endeavors. It's a very ambitious project and I think you'll have a really great journey when making it. Don't get overwhelmed, don't push yourself too hard, and don't let anyone discourage you from following your dreams. No matter what, learn from your mistakes and move on. Good luck on this project!

Hey guys. doodleloot and I talked about it this morning which prompted the full closure. It is, indeed, upsetting. I appreciate all of the support. It's not that I have family issues or lost interest. I am 23 years old and am living on my own. As such, I am a freelance 3D artist and have to sustain myself by working that way. What happens is when I work constantly I don't have much time for personal projects which is why I decided it'd be bets to lay this project to rest on MY end. That being said, please take the files and do whatever you want with them. http://www.mediafire.com/download/3yiye3xfhwtu3mh/3D_MNOG_Source.rar Here is the link to the MNOG Source files (the password is takanuva). I will also embed the files on the first post. I'll be taking the game's rar out of my dropbox soon so if you want a copy of the pre-alpha please download it within the next week! Thanks again for all of your support and suggestions. I want to see something come of this dream more than anyone! I think this kind of closure will be nice so that no one think i dropped off the face of the earth and took the game with me. Enjoy and I hope to see the community do LOTS with these files. Best, Ryan/specsowl

What matcap is this

Hey guys. I know I haven't been here in a while and I figured I owe you guys some information. Right now the production of the game is on hiatus. *immediate groans and told you so's* The original plan was for the team to work while I was away, which I have been and will continue to be for at least a few months. Unfortunately, the team is unable to work on the game in it's current state. Do not despair though, as the game isn't forgotten about. The game for Ga-Koro is still able to be played and explored so if you haven't done so, please download and do so! I am sorry for the disappointment. For the next few months, enjoy Bionicle's return and we'll start work back eventually! Tattorack will still be around to answer any questions so feel free to ask. Until then!

Are you saying he looked cool until he looked like he was supposed to? He's the Protector of Fire, idk what to tell you.

Quite the contrary. Few things indicate a lot more is to come. They get the masks, then they have to travel to the ancient city, then defeat whatever is there. Then they have to retrieve possibly the mask of creation. Then they have to retrieve the mask of control and ultimate power, both of which will probably have new guardian enemies. They have to wake up Ekimu, they have to wake up Makuta and fight him, they also need to do something with the temple of time and possible introduction of the vahi, officially. That doesn't even cover what other mysteries they uncovered like the mystery of the toa. They say in the animation that no one knows anything about them and they seem to have amnesia similar to their awakening on Mata-Nui. There's much more to be done and most of that will probably cover 3+ years. New sets being unveiled at Toyfair in February possibly so there's a lot more going to happen by then. And let's not forget the inevitable infected Lewa episode. I honestly, non-joking, want this to happen. What's Bionicle without Lewa getting infected by something?

Quite the contrary. Few things indicate a lot more is to come. They get the masks, then they have to travel to the ancient city, then defeat whatever is there. Then they have to retrieve possibly the mask of creation. Then they have to retrieve the mask of control and ultimate power, both of which will probably have new guardian enemies. They have to wake up Ekimu, they have to wake up Makuta and fight him, they also need to do something with the temple of time and possible introduction of the vahi, officially. That doesn't even cover what other mysteries they uncovered like the mystery of the toa. They say in the animation that no one knows anything about them and they seem to have amnesia similar to their awakening on Mata-Nui. There's much more to be done and most of that will probably cover 3+ years. New sets being unveiled at Toyfair in February possibly so there's a lot more going to happen by then.

I think the young Villager is the Fire Protector's son. Also, I wonder if the Vahi is in every animation... Yeah I rewatched the origin one and he does say "My son". Even still, he was in the shadow of the head of Tahu and his wonderment makes me think maybe he will be important

Now is my time to shine

It must be either a Protector or even Ekimu himself. Gali's voice made me sad.

G2 Takua confirmed to be the little kid. These animations were so great. I watch shows like Teen Titans Go, Powerpuff Girls, Clone Wars, and Samurai Jack and these animations reminisce a lot from that. Not to mention the humorous timing in the dialogue and when the Fire Protector just throws off his cloak. Gah so good. One thing, Ekimu is constantly mentioned as being dead. Which is uh, kinda grim. But he whispered the secret and it seems that this slumber is just an intense comatose state. There is definitely something mysterious about Ekimu and Makuta. Even though they are Villager sized and just Mask Makers (or Hoarder haha) they seem to have a great deal of importance. Also, temple of time? GAH. The Vahi wasn't just a cloud in that first animation It must be that the Toa are called from the previous storyline to be in this one. I am sure no other crossovers are there, but this is a good explanation for the new story to unite new and old fans. Overall, this was great and the quality far exceeded that of the trailer. I look forward to many more!

I was able to order this guy off of the TRU website: http://imgur.com/a/9J57V

This video is so awesome! Thank you so much for doing this!

Yeah, although those boxes are hard to read anyway. Actually... Why put wood in a box? Even if it's already sawn into boards, all you'd have to do is tie them together in a bundle. Misspelling aside, you can notice there's parchment on another side that reads something about the shipment being to Po-Koro. The idea was that the wood for the crates was provided by Le-Koronans considering thats where most of the trees are. It's safe to assume that all crates are provided by helpful Nuhvok in moderation by supervision of the Le-Koro Gukkory. Have I mentioned they still use krana-less Bohrok on Mata-Nui? Yes, that'll be a thing.

Haha they are magic ruki! Nah they have a bug that despite the fact they have colliders, they don't recognize any collision but the player and other fish. Lore question...are they Ruki? If so then are there two Ruki. That's the only thing I'm unclear on haha. Also do the boxes really say Le Koro Vood?

I have sent you a PM addressing the issue. For future, any personal issues concerning how you are being treated should be PM'd as not to crowd the thread. Also, perhaps changing a few things as you are on a child friendly board since asterisks and ampersands are perhaps not enough of a euphemism for swearing at the team.

Thanks! The elevators actually did have a similar issue with the boats which our programmer is working on. The issue is that since the collision detection on the elevator/boat is so close to the player characters collision boxes, so whenever they animate the player can actually clip through the collision and fall through because it cant compensate fast enough, despite being parented. The newest solution is getting the players transforms to follow the animation offset exactly without parenting. That way, regardless of the animation, the player will be able to match what is going on. This also prevents the game from having to alter the hierarchy.

I think what we have here is a very simple problem of somebody wants something that isn't in a pre alpha, and feels that we are open to suggestion and are asking for help on what to do. This is not the case. We are not open to suggestion to the functionality of the game. We have a team of 10 people working diligently on this to improve the experience. We understand what needs to be fixed. What I suspect is no one else seems to understand that WE understand. We are not trying to be offensive, or even say you are wrong. What we are trying to explain, ever so politely, is that we already know. But I can only give so many vague responses before I can outright say we get it, and the subject can be dropped. Everyone who played the pre-alpha gave lots of constructive criticism on the functionality of the game. In fact, all of the issues with the swimming have been resolved because of our feedback. Though I hate to say it, complaining about the graphics is counter productive and in fact, offering suggestions on making something so obvious as LODs is redundant. Patience is a virtue and I hope you understand that these things to take time. In closing, to reiterate, the graphical issues involving textures, polycount, and as a result the lag in the GPU are something we are working on fixing. Have patience and we will continue to make weekly updates on our progress. Addendum: I do not mean to be harsh, but I feel this is the only way to resolve this issue considering that the only thing being accomplished is beating a dead horse, so to speak

I appreciate your concern for the functionality and look of the game. We are doing a lot of things internally to help make playing the game a better experience. The game is far from completed, but we are currently making changes graphically. Baking lighting isn't really an option for what we are doing with the game as well.

Welcome to BZP! I see this is your first post. I'm sorry to see that you didn't enjoy the MNOG 3D pre alpha experience. Perhaps future update will pique your interest. The huts are placeholder and are being remade. The lighting being bland can't exactly be helped right now except through tweaking. Also, perhaps describe the normal maps you find bad?