LukeRM's Projectiles (lol crappy right now, but just read)

Post by **Anna** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:08 am

Aaganrmu wrote:Yes, you did, while throwing an awful tantrum over two sprites and what I had to say about them.

I don't throw tantrums. I get creative with insults. And while some of your points are more valid than I gave them credit for initially, it's still stupid. Ship sections are fairly dull and low-detail. Why you'd want to have missiles that look like ships... they just really don't look very good. At all. Nor do they mesh with typical bullet sprites.

Yes, missiles are typically guided. But this may come as a shock to you: there ARE unguided missiles. And that's just limiting ourselves to missiles. Although these two sprites look like missiles, this doesn't mean it's impossible to build shells/drones/explosive devices.

Drones would CERTAINLY be better done with ship deployers. And just... why? Using sections to make missiles, makes said missiles look like ships. Which just confuses the matter. Hence why weapon projectiles standing out and NOT looking like sections is better, in my (and most other people's) opinion.

And unguided missiles are typically called "rockets". And typically aren't huge.

the mulletron · Post by **the mulletron** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:15 am

I have to say I agree with the point Anna makes (even if I can't agree with the way he conveys it). I don't see any good reason why ship sections should be cannibalized for use as bullet sprites when its just as easy to make them from scratch.

Also, I would add that such bullets could be difficult to distinguish between them and actual ships in a tight firefight.

Squishy · Post by **Squishy** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:38 pm

If someone can rip a bunch of meteor and asteroid sprites for use of the autocannon weapon, that'd be real nice.

Post by **Kaelis** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:40 pm

BSF dir/Custom Sprites/Stock Misc

Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:44 am

Squishy wrote:If someone can rip a bunch of meteor and asteroid sprites for use of the autocannon weapon, that'd be real nice.

That would be good for the Primus's massdriver on the Babylon 5 fleet.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:14 am

Squishy wrote:If someone can rip a bunch of meteor and asteroid sprites for use of the autocannon weapon, that'd be real nice.

It can definitely be done, but to what purpose? Do you want your cannon to fire meteors, or do you want a meteor that fires autocannon rounds? That just wouldn't make sense.

Chiiro · Post by **Chiiro** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:18 am

Slayer0019 wrote: It can definitely be done, but to what purpose? Do you want your cannon to fire meteors, or do you want a meteor that fires autocannon rounds? That just wouldn't make sense.

A gun that fires meteors that explode into pieces.

LukeRM · Post by **LukeRM** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:11 pm

Just use a weapon with submunitions.

EDIT: Whoops, stupid.

Spoot Knight · Post by **Spoot Knight** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:54 pm

That would be why he asked about meteor sprites for use on an autocannon...

ArcaneDude · Post by **ArcaneDude** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:13 am

The concept could in theory work, if executed properly. That is not what LukeRM is doing. Plus, it's always gonna look worse than an actual bullet sprite.

Venator's execution, on the other hand...

Venator · Post by **Venator** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:43 am

ArcaneDude wrote:Venator's execution, on the other hand...

Hey, I was bored

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Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:29 am

Venator wrote:
ArcaneDude wrote:Venator's execution, on the other hand...
Hey, I was bored .

Yet surprisingly productive.

I still want to see an execution of my theory of turning particle guns into manifestations of the phrase "cock block"