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Graphical improvements - more angles for Gun & Rocket Turret

Open stefanhendriks opened this issue 4 years ago • 4 comments

Dune 2 has 8 facings/angles for a structure. Having 16 (or more) would be a nice improvement to enhance graphical experience without sacrificing too much on the Dune 2 feel.

Graphical changes (more angles)

  • [x] turret
  • [x] turret shadow
  • [x] rturret
  • [x] rturret shadow

Implementation (@stefanhendriks )

  • [ ] turret
  • [ ] rturret

stefanhendriks avatar Nov 10 '21 13:11 stefanhendriks

@stefanhendriks can you add a checklist of structures and rocket projectiles and assign me to this ticket?

rozmy avatar Nov 10 '21 20:11 rozmy

@rozmy done

stefanhendriks avatar Nov 27 '21 14:11 stefanhendriks

I wanted to check this out, ran in to #443 . I hope to get some more work done so this will be easier to implement :)

stefanhendriks avatar Feb 13 '22 10:02 stefanhendriks

I've made some progress. Please see Discord for thoughts about this. Here are some results:

16 facings (gfx provided in this ticket):

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1332066/154165077-e8856c3c-24f7-473c-9382-6af2ad3df155.mp4

Comparison with previous D2TM gfx:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1332066/154165090-350135e0-8827-4ee3-ae42-837329844a37.mp4

In short, feedback was: Animation looks smooth. The turrets do seem a bit flat and light (compared to previous). So would be nice if they could be refined a bit to look a bit more than Dune 2 (darker). The gun turret seems to be almost there (apart from being a bit light). I can imagine the Rocket Turret will take more work.

"I like the gun turrets best, the rocket turrets are a bit hard to "see". So that would probably need some more work. Compared to the OG Dune 2 version they are more 'flat'? Not sure how to explain"

"so, the 8 facing (OG dune 2 sharpened) are a bit darker and have more shading, thats something I notice from the start"

See also from https://discord.com/channels/841281720824234014/901461716376883200/943266978683060254

stefanhendriks avatar Feb 15 '22 23:02 stefanhendriks