Darth Vader for
UT2004
Release date: September 20 2005
Model description :
Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader is what remains of a Jedi Knight once called Anakin Skywalker, who had the higest Midichlorian count ever. Greatly damaged during the epic battle with Jedi Master Obiwan Kenobi, he was injured by a Force Stigmata attack and thus went through the process of death and rebirth. Since then, he's totally instrumentalized by Emperor Palpatine, also known as Darth Sidious. There is no good within him, except maybe for a little, little bit.
The UT2K4 version of Darth Vader is an update to the UT / Q3A version of him I did back in 2001. Basically I mesh smoothed the helmet and cloak and did a few minor modifications and tweaks here and there. I created custom animations which otherwise wouldn’t allow a character to wear a Cloak and carry a Light Saber. A few animations are new, like the Idles, Taunts and Death, but the rest of them are expanded from the Epic bip files (BotA). The character has it’s own ragdoll, but expect the cloak to not always act like it should. A custom skeleton mesh is also present, and I thought it was so funny that I decided to allow players to actually chose him from the Character Selection Menu. His name is Darth Skeletah, the Undead Dark Jedi. I also coded custom Gibs, making Vader quite fun to blow up. Finally, I included custom sounds, which gives a lot of depth to the taunts and also allow the character to perform his characteristic breathing during the Idle (Rest). With the EpisodeIII DVD hitting stores in a few weeks, now is the perfect time to re-re-release this legendary character, which I like so much! “Don’t make me destroy you! * breath* ”
Screenshots (UT2004)
