Long a symbol of deception, betrayal, and death, the snake is a reclusive creature that doesn't deserve its bad rap. Nevertheless, it inspires fear in people, making it a good monster to have in a computer game. Giant snakes are scary, and venomous snakes are scarier, so why not terrorize your players with a giant, venomous snake? It's double the size of an anaconda, and more than double the threat of a cobra.
This simple creature was the starting point for my Lernean hydra. While I was making the latter, some people expressed interest in the single-headed model. The giant snake is suitable for many kinds of stories -- Biblical epics, rainforest horror, high altitude thrillers, boy wizard rip-offs, and hot Freudian fantasies, to name a few.
Instructions for Use Unpack the contents of the zip file to your override folder. The giant snake's files are compatible with those of my previously uploaded Lernean hydra, so it's all right to overwrite the latter with the former. Sample appearance.2da and wingmodel.2da files are provided for your convenience.
In the toolset, drop any creature in an area and change its Appearance to _GiantSnake or _GiantSnakeTintable. The former is non-tintable, and the latter is tintable. The non-tintable version has better colors because some of the subtlety of coloration is lost in making tintable textures.
Under the creature's properties, set Wings to HydraTongue. This will give the creature a forked tongue that will flicker in and out.
Version History 5 June 2012, v 1.1: Renamed the models, skeletons, and animations to avoid conflicting with the snake VFX that was introduced in Storm of Zehir
31 May 2012, v 1.0: First upload of the giant snake
Thanks for all the comments, guys. I have just uploaded version 1.1 of the giant snake, which should fix the conflict between its name and those of other snake models. _________________________ Yay, I have a blog. Faithless: The Making of an NWN2 Module
Posted by Lance Botelle at 2012-06-04 07:00:50 Voted 9.75 on 06/04/12
P.S. Actually, I won't do anything yet, as it is quite involved, and you may want to do it anyway. So, I will wait to see if you do anything first. :)
Lance. _________________________ World of Althéa Blog: Link
Posted by Lance Botelle at 2012-06-04 06:57:25 Voted 9.75 on 06/04/12
Hi Frank,
I have another snake by Arpharazon, which "clashes" with your own model. I am renaming some of the files now to try to "fix" the clash. But are you able to release an "official" version that will not clash?
I don't know the naming protocl's you have to use when designing models, but it might be worth adding your initials or something that make it stand out from other models that may have similar names to avoid this type of thing again?
Just a thought.
Cheers!
Lance. _________________________ World of Althéa Blog: Link
Posted by Lance Botelle at 2012-06-04 06:01:21 Voted 9.75 on 06/04/12
A must have for any monster collection! _________________________ World of Althéa Blog: Link
Posted by Velgor at 2012-06-01 08:26:10 Voted 9.50 on 06/01/12
Very nice! Great textures and love the addition of the flickering tongue.
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