Tales of Liberty (UPDATED 08/20/05)

Ice · Post by **Ice** » 2004-07-04 03:06am

Update (20AUG05): http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic. ... 59#1759759

Well, I'm trying my own limited hand at a comic idea I had going about last night. With my PC version of GTA3, I made a few screenshots and shared them as is. Well, this time around I made some more, but edited them into a "comic" form. My first attempt is up, and I'm just wondering what everyone thinks.

I actually wouldn't made doing a "real" comic based on Liberty City, but this assumes I can; unlike most, I'm taking mine straight from the game. Since I can only control me, and only have limited camera control, this would be a very difficult prospect, to say the least; I'd either have to employ judicious use of different skins (and a ton of shots) to get various scenes from multiple people...as well as somehow manipulating in game people and events (such as bystanders, cops, etc) if I wanted anything like a "real" comic.

Needless to say, that would be very difficult indeed. So I guess I'll just do my best with these "monolouge" type of things; I have some ideas which will still be a bitch to employ, but nowhere near as bad as a real comic with it's own story going on.

Anyway, without further ado, may I present to you all...

Tales of Liberty - My Grand Theft Auto 3 comic
Updated: 31 July 2004

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-07-04 06:22am

Is there just one page?

Ice · Post by **Ice** » 2004-07-04 06:40am

Rye wrote:Is there just one page?

Not anymore there's not. New comic and other stuff added.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2004-07-10 04:58pm

Seems interesting. I await more.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-07-10 05:03pm

Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:Seems interesting. I await more.

Yes, more...if I can deal with the problems.

But you know what annoys me most? Vice City (PS2 version at least) has a feature to turn off the Map and the HUD thingies...the exact feature I'd really need for this!!!

That and not having it in fucking first person shooter mode, and having the "free look" option that the PS2 version has (kinda like first person view, so I could get shots of others without having to try and cut myself out too). Gah!

Either that or learn how to port the PS2 version onto my computer so I can take screenshots off of it...

Any computer/gaming wizes out there know anything? Either a patch to give some stuff like that to GTA3, or to get the PS2 version to run on a computer, or something? Anyone?

Ah well, there is one comic I can try doing, but it'll be difficult as hell to pull off. That I'm gonna try doing a real scripting thing, to work out re-writes and stuff. And re-write the first two as well (already got a real good idea for a re-write of the first one).

Anyone who cares to help out on that would be eternally appreciated for their work.

Ice · Post by **Ice** » 2004-07-31 05:18pm

Updated it. Quite extensively I might add. Three comics, trailers as I prefer to call them. I even redid the first two, basically rewrites and with a new font and all. And added a third comic.

Oddly enough, the order I created them is the exact opposite of the order they should be in chronologically.

I also rewrote the main page, adding a Thomas Jefferson quote I think fits the general theme of the comic, as well as rewwording the introduction to make it fit in better with the overall theme of the site.

Comments and feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Additionally, I haven't the slightest idea if this is really A&P material or FanFic. It's kind of both: artwork of a sort (making the screencaps and editing them), but also a story (one which I hope to begin as soon as I can). Oh well, I leave it to the Mod's discretion on that matter.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-07-31 05:21pm

Not too shabby. I like.

I also like the sig, by the way.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-08-20 03:15pm

Well, if anyone remembers, I'm working on trying to make a webcomic utilizing the Grand Theft Auto 3 game. This has evolved into using the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City engine (a really well done fane created port of GTA3 into Vice City PC's engine).

With the new engine comes a new look to it (as well as some new capabilities I lacked before). But most important is the new style it brings to my images. Thus far I have done two conversions, one for the site's banner and the other for one of the "teasers" for the comic. And I'm looking for opinions on them from the board as a whole.

First, the banners

And secondly, one of the teaser comics 56K beware!

Thanks for any and all feedback. Also, anyone know if JPG or GIF would be a better way to make the images smaller?

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-08-20 03:35pm

I don't really like that font you used...

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-08-20 03:40pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I don't really like that font you used...

If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-08-20 11:35pm

RogueIce wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:I don't really like that font you used...
If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears.

Something not cursive. Something easier to read.

Not Comic Sans.