More nooby creations. Catastrophe: I have returned

Silverware · Post by **Silverware** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:59 pm

Oh my Sick Religious Holy Figure!
That is one slick ship, nice coloration, nice sectioning, cool use of doodads, only griff is the nose of the ship is kinda strange to me, it opens up closes then opens up again.
Maybe making it just open up would look better.
What I mean by this is the sections that leave holes in the middle.

Also it would be nice to see it on a different background color just to make it easier to see the shape, i find that SW sprites need a light background color to show up most effectively.

But keep up the great work.

derekiv · Post by **derekiv** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:06 pm

The doodads on the inside of the wings don't flow well with the rest of the ship. otherwise, I like the shape of the body.

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:19 pm

the doodads on the inside of the wings look like pointers to entrances or fighter bays, but there's no apparent bay opening there. The other doodads flow well and are nice otherwise (though there are a TON of them). I also like the color scheme and depthing.

What exactly is the point of the transformation? and are the wing-parts supposed to move towards the center after they finish rotating like that?

Silver Swordsman · Post by **Silver Swordsman** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:31 pm

What exactly is the point of the transformation? and are the wing-parts supposed to move towards the center after they finish rotating like that?

I think it may lead from move mode to attack mode?

Switch the wing support strut with the original: why I suggested the transformation in the first place was because the first section was curved--the piece now is straight and doesn't look as pretty.

Good work though--you've already outdone me by a lot.

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:27 am

Triggers don't affect modules (like thrusters) right now, nor is there any other way to disable or slow a craft via triggers. So, there's no real deployment for artillery or anything like that possible yet (so, no moving from "move mode" to anything - you're always in "move mode").

omega · Post by **omega** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:42 am

I just made the animation for fun. Perhaps when the wings close, the ship jumps into hyperspace? lol. The hole no longer opens up closes then opens again. I also tried fixing the doodads. Now what?

Hmm. Animation is messed up at the end.

thanto_ · Post by **thanto_** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:46 am

It looks like you're rotating and moving an end section to give the impression of rotating around a specific point. Is that how you're doing it? If not, the rotation seems to be a little wonky at the sections closest to the centerline of the ship. I'd suggest attaching the end section of the wing to a section at the coordinates around which you'd like to rotate the wings, then just rotate that section.

Also, now that you've added the dark grey ... things to each wing pointing at the ship, they don't line up with the blue doodads. So, what is the point of those doodads and the dark grey thingies? They almost looked like figher bays before, but now I just have no idea.

omega · Post by **omega** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:51 am

A fighter. Not much else to say lol.

http://filesmelt.com/downloader/SMscreen047.png

omega · Post by **omega** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:16 pm

No comments??

I fixed a few things. C&C Please??

jwa8402 · Post by **jwa8402** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:37 pm

The coloring on that is awesome!You made multiple sections look like one textured piece. Plus its spiky and baddass looking. The only part that really bugs me is the nose pieces, not sure why though. The engine(?) could be a little closer to the body since the rest of it is pretty compact but thats away from the main hull.

Grizzle · Post by **Grizzle** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:48 pm

I like it. Great coloring, as stated. I think the thing with the nose is they seem to lack the color and placement of the rest of the ship. Kinda like they were just stuck on there.

omega · Post by **omega** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:41 am

Added some color to the nose.

MagusZero · Post by **MagusZero** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:37 pm

Aha! It now looks commentably good. Overall, very nicely done.

omega · Post by **omega** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:35 pm

inteuniso · Post by **inteuniso** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:17 am

Wow. That's really good. Reminds me of a ship out of Raystorm or Einhander.

It's really good though, the section usage is good, the coloring isn't obnoxious, the glows are thought out, and the overall design works. I really can't see anything wrong with it.