#scienceowls

The mod aims to recreate the early plot of Battle of the Birds (formerly known as Trainwreck of Science/Off the Rails) with the little modding knowledge I have! Currently only one act is finished (which is train rush) but other acts are also being worked on! Such as Murder on the Science Express. Speaking of Murder on the Science Express, did you ever wonder what it would be like to be a detective? This version is basically like Murder on the Owl Express but with a twist! More exploration, interaction and a real murder!! Multiple rooms have also been refurnished and remade such as the lounge or cafeteria. Other rooms have also been repositioned/remade from its MotOE counterpart.

This version even features the scrapped Conductor brothers, complete with a redesign done by @grammarrray and also additonal Murder Clue art done, again, by @grammarrray.

In addition, more colors and alternative outfits have been made for a lot of the birds in the chapter, such as the Conductor, Science Owls, CAW agents and moon penguins!

Act progression is very liniar, as it was during the initial development of Battle of the Birds/Trainwreck of Science. You'll visit each of the two locations three times and an additional fourth time on the moon for the boss fight.

As of right now the moon is in early stages. But It'll feature new plot elements such as the scrapped Moon Kittens(Lazy Paw Gang) being on the moon to wreck havoc. And in order to remove your debt from the moon town due to... a "minor damage" done by the Science Express youre now in charge to get rid of the Lazy Paw Gang's plan to sabotage the Big Parade and to also lead the Big Parade. The Club of 20 Groove's is also run by DJ Grooves, who in this version of the plot is a nightclub owner and potential mob boss.

But before any mushy stuff gets thrown out, to celebrate this little lad I've made a video of me playing all the available stuff in my mod and explaining it in more detail to give you guys a bit of an insight on how the mod is doing! It even has some work in progress stuff too!

https://youtu.be/5ovfJ_WGwqc Its pretty much just me talking while playing the levels, not much to say. You can watch it here but I'd recommend reading through all of this before watching it. aaanyways. Lottsa visual stuff got changed since the 30th!

The Science Express Cabin and Caboose recieved updated graphics, moreso Train Rush has received a few more graphical improvements, such as added props, fixed cubemaps and materials and particle effects!

Other thing such as the Train Operator showing you the "hat kid" sketch and some dodgy matinee were also reimplemented/revised respectively.

Furthermore the Cabins for the science express now sport three unique versions! (the "windowless versions used in train rush have three unique ones too) The cabin without any pipeboxes are commercial cabins used for things such as the cafeteria, lounge and cabin with the sauna, night cabins ect. The cabin with a singular pipebox is the regular used by all normal cabins inside the science express. The cabin with three pipeboxes is an "advanced" cabin used by two singular rooms. Lab #02 and Lab #01.

A few models have also recieved custom collisions (mainly the cabins)

With this change it is more possible to examin wonky collision and per poly collision is no longer needed. This currently only extends complex custom models where UDK's collision tool cant create good collisions.

Speaking of custom models the control room has recieved a glow up.. in the back. It now sports a full model with pipes, boxes, levers, display and whatever you want else you'd need in such a room!

Some models also recieved updated UV's such as this old asset I've fixed up with a previously unused texture

Two graphisc that are also unused are these two for a screen's texture. Previously before the "VIP Key" got made doors with a special look had to be unlocked with a button, this never really made it past these two textures

Theres also a whole lot of other features which might get expanded upon but currently are only small concepts

And thats all I got, other then rewritten conversation trees for Train Rush (due to moving packages cuz im a big dumb dumb) there isnt really much to talk about.