Shrine Of Nod

Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

Shrine Of Nod

Strength: Medium
Armour: Medium
Cost: 2000
Power: -100

Shrines of Nod house the Black Hand's cohort in any major Nod theatre of operations. They allow access to the more complex technologies reclaimed after the fall, such as directed energy, stealth, and EMP weapons. Shrines also allow the use of captured CABAL Cores, Mutant bases, and other tactical structures to their full capacity.

Additional to their role as research facilites and holding areas for artifacts, Shrines function as defensive installations. The EMP cannon is quicker to cool than GDI's orbital counterpart, but the reduced range means that is reasonably common to find Shrines at forward positions.

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Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

Updated images and information.

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

I was expecting something more fragile temple-like. Oh well...

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Pepzi · Plasma Trooper **Joined**: 26 Nov 2004

Cool! It's good that it is inspired by this: http://www.cnc-source.com/forums/index.php?app=gallery&module=images&section=viewimage&img=4742

Am I right?

blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

not really i didn't had another concept lying around but the picture you have there seems to be the powerplant EA used for TW ?
None than less i did it unintentionally but somewhere really are similar designs from other games/cnc concepts, i'm sure, but iwas more thinking of Dark Reign Smile

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Pepzi · Plasma Trooper **Joined**: 26 Nov 2004

blubb wrote:

not really i didn't had another concept lying around but the picture you have there seems to be the powerplant EA used for TW ?
None than less i did it unintentionally but somewhere really are similar designs from other games/cnc concepts, i'm sure, but iwas more thinking of Dark Reign Smile

Not only did EA use it, they used the very model WW crafted.

Ixonoclast · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:09 am Post subject:

Hey blubb, this shit is gooooooooooooooooooooooooood.

Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

Can I model that stuff?

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gufu · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject:

Who draws those pretty concepts? *drools*

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Dutchygamer · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

gufu wrote:

Who draws those pretty concepts? *drools*

blubb does Wink

Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

yo, blubb, nice concepts, although rendering/shading appears fuzzy. Anyways you got good stuff though, should consider posting stuff on Conceptart.org Wink

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blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

yea but 1 i got still to learn a few things and 2. those concepts are just scribbles just to see how and why and stuff Smile

thanks

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Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

exactly, CA.org is a place where you can post stuff and get crits and comments.

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jerry32j · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:01 pm Post subject:

Epic ball of secrecy.
That's what I can see. =P

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So what exactly does this do? Just a tech center? Or does it hold super weapon plugins? Or what?

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Orac · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

Quote:

The Shrine of Nod is a building only allowed access to by high commanders. Shrine’s contain special information required to build the advanced units of Nod and also give the ability to use any captured buildings / facilities to their fullest potential.

Audiopulse · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

Building looks cool - some perspective issues make it a little hard to get the dimensions in some points though.

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Eagle 11 · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:19 am Post subject:

Huge supercomputer building,"Cabals Eye" over Nod logo Smile

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Orac · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:14 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but not so much CABAL at this point, unless Nod gets stupid again.

Palkia323 · Pyro Sniper **Joined**: 10 May 2008

Guys 3dify this one!

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Lord Firestorm · Soldier **Joined**: 20 Jun 2010

There was a Shrine render on ModDB. Are you guys using that ingame?

Orac · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

Yeah, though it'll be getting a bit of an overhaul on the top to make room for the EMP cannon, or at least that's the working theory.

TiberFCSL · Cyborg Artillery **Joined**: 10 Nov 2006

I like this shrine better than the CNC3 one, I think it has a better shape, that makes more sense.

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Lord Firestorm · Soldier **Joined**: 20 Jun 2010

So, Nod won't have EMP cannons?

How do they counter GDI's EMP sat?

Orac · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:21 am Post subject:

Um, yes, they will have EMP cannons. That's why I posted "it'll be getting a bit of an overhaul on the top to make room for the EMP cannon". In the next few days we'll probably be trying out Nod with Shrines as EMP cannons.

This is for one big reason:
Buildings which act only as prereqs for other stuff are boring. With an EMP cannon, the Shrine will have an intrinsic use.

blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

wich gives me the idea, why not base the nod naval yard off this concept with a few adjustments? it would work great

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Ixonoclast · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject:

If you cut out the shiny red middle part, it kind of becomes like the C&C3 ConYard.

The empty spot in the middle would be indeed great for building ships.

I'd say go for it.

Orac · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:01 am Post subject:

Blubb, Ixo, that's a good plan. I shall invest some time in it... when I have some.

Ixonoclast · Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:37 pm Post subject:

They might have used and crafted their own model, but it was based on the original WW C&C3 CABAL powerplant.

Lord Firestorm · Soldier **Joined**: 20 Jun 2010

If the Shrine is the EMP Cannon, doesn't that eliminate offensive EMP cannon usage (putting an MCV outside someone's base, building an EMP and blasting their base with it)?

Orac · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:54 am Post subject:

Think of it more as the EMP cannon is now also a tech center, and is 2x3.

Dubzac · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:19 pm Post subject:

Kane would be proud. looks nice how big is this building meant to be.

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Orac · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:22 am Post subject:

Dubzac wrote:

Kane would be proud. looks nice how big is this building meant to be.

Please read the posts from the conversation so far. While this design is not being scrapped (it will be combined with a couple of blubb's other concepts for the Nod naval yard), it is being replaced as the Shrine of Nod by something very much like this: (Obviously WIP)

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Anderwin · General **Joined**: 16 May 2005

Holy Jesus!

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

Fantastic.
If TO doesn't wants it, it would fit perfect into TI as well Very Happy

Though i would suggest making the turret a tiny bit smaller, or make the ring on which it turns a bit wider. It somehow has a quite fragile look right now.
Some more tech doodads on the tip of the turret which fire the em-pulse could be nice too.

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Excellent work, I like how the cyan streams appear differently from each angle.

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Oh wow nice !

Vladimir · Grenadier **Joined**: 19 Dec 2004 **Location**: England

Really can't wait for this mod, great graphics.

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blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

i think it's perfect, i mean, the top is an EM pulse cannon, TS's was also that big, i like it how it is, doesn't need any change.

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Wait, the cannon floats? Why's that?

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

Oh right, now i see it too. strange Confused

Might look better if there was at least some kind of animation like lightnings or a particle stream going from the building to the flowing turret.

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blubb · General **Joined**: 31 Jul 2005

how does it float when it's connected? o_ô

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-=HelloDave=- · Grenadier **Joined**: 06 Nov 2008

Woah nice, awesome graphics, awesome design, I love it <3
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Orac · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:53 am Post subject:

Crimsonum wrote:

Wait, the cannon floats? Why's that?

Because I posted the image only to clear up the block-headed inability to read the topic which was being exhibited by Dubzac, by showing a more up-to-date rendering of the intended model. The only decent render I had was one of the ones I made while discussing the idea of adding EMP to the shrine with Morpher. The turret does not float in the more complete version, where the cannon has additional detail and has been anchored to the building's top.
But I didn't have a nice render of that, so I posted what I had to work with, and mentioned that it was squarely WIP. And I made sure it was one of the ones with the blue background to further make sure that nobody would get confused and think it was finalised. The intent was to get any further ideas from the community before commiting it to mainline.

Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Well yeah, but the way turret seems to wobble as it rotates gave me the impression it was supposed to float. Maybe that's just me.

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Orac · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:56 pm Post subject:

Doesn't wobble in Max. Your eyes are broken #Tongue

OmegaBolt · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject:

Nah it does seem to "float" about, I guess because the turret isn't quite perfectly centred. Looks nice though.

Dubzac · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:20 am Post subject:

So the EMP has fire animations too?
So let me get this right, it's a "shrine" and EMP Cannon, or is that just the name? the name "Shrine" is usually associated with a tech center. So my guess is its a bit of both?

STAFF EDIT: For grammar and spelling.

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Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

Yeah it's both an EMP Cannon and a Tech Center, a pretty challenging concept to understand but if I recall there were a few cryptic clues hidden throughout this thread to point those searching for the truth to the path of enlightenment.

hidden clue 1 wrote:

Think of it more as the EMP cannon is now also a tech center, and is 2x3.

hidden clue 2 wrote:

With an EMP cannon, the Shrine will have an intrinsic use.

hidden clue 3 wrote:

Shrine Of Nod
Advanced Research and Technology Center

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Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

OmegaBolt wrote:

Nah it does seem to "float" about, I guess because the turret isn't quite perfectly centred. Looks nice though.

The turret rotation is correct. It's the irregular shape (rear bigger than front) and the tilted position which make it look like it's wobbling.

Anyway, an extremely nice idea to make the tech center also the emp cannon. Then no one will sell the tech center again while keeping the new construction options.

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