Impact!

[Optec]

posted on February 1st, 2010, 9:47 pm

Last edited by Optec on February 1st, 2010, 10:47 pm, edited 4 times in total.

In the recent 3.1 patch we redid the whole user interface, as it was one of the elements in Fleet Operations, that was years old. But hey, there are other parts of the game, which are beyond their golden age, too. Some of them are definitely the weapon effects and damage visualization.

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posted on February 1st, 2010, 9:52 pm

Very nice, very nice indeed. Especially the Quantums.

Does the shield impact in the first image have an explosion? Not too sure about that.

posted on February 1st, 2010, 9:53 pm

Looking good, Optec.

posted on February 1st, 2010, 9:59 pm

Pretty pretty . Can't wait to see it in game or in a video - static stuff doesn't do it justice

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:01 pm

I was wondering...... how long has it been since the weapon sprites got some love? Could I provide with maybe some improvements? Texturing I can do finely.

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:02 pm

Graphics redoes are coming for everything Gamer - I'm sure they've got it well under control though

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:03 pm

any chance on improvements of were the weapon is fired from as phasers always seam to look a bit poo when fireing (too blocky)

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:06 pm

You mean hardpoints or the phaser flare? Hardpoints are done with the bare minimum required (not really important in the grand scheme of things) while the flares would naturally be improved.

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:09 pm

The old weapon sprites were among the best ones out there, which is why I added some like the torpedo effects into my "Best of the Best" Armada 2. But these new ones.....beauty. Sheer, absolute beauty my friends. Well done  :thumbsup:

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:10 pm

Very nice, very nice indeed. Especially the Quantums.

Does the shield impact in the first image have an explosion? Not too sure about that.

Yep, torpedoes have impact explosions, thats what you have spotted on the screenshot. Beam weapons and Pulses have similar but different effects that better match

I was wondering...... how long has it been since the weapon sprites got some love? Could I provide with maybe some improvements? Texturing I can do finely.

New weapon sprites? whats this newspost about?

any chance on improvements of were the weapon is fired from as phasers always seam to look a bit poo when fireing (too blocky)

Yep, the flares are on todo too. But the implementation of soft sprites in the engine is a bit more work without the source code

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:11 pm

And I presume the "odd impact angles" for beam weapons will also be improved upon (square impacts...)?

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:14 pm

yh i meant the flares

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:23 pm

First:  This fuckin rocks!

Second:  Do you know how much more strain this will put on a computer during battle?  My computer is not exactly a dinosaur but it's showing it's age.

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:35 pm

First:  This fuckin rocks!

Second:  Do you know how much more strain this will put on a computer during battle?  My computer is not exactly a dinosaur but it's showing it's age.

I think things are getting actually smoothed out, so it should optimize performance. Don't quote me on that though - Optec would be able to answer it though

posted on February 1st, 2010, 10:36 pm

Very nice, indeed. Also a video would be very nice. As stated before I too feel like a vid would display sprites much better. Please?  :woot: