War of the Worlds Martian Tripod
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Leaven
I like the yellow ones...
I remember the original, it's cool to see how your skills have progressed over the years. Great Job!
Wyrmshadow
Deity
When I initially did the run animation last summer, I wasn't thinking about making it into a unit so I just went with the direction it was imported. Is it that important what direction the shadow is? I didn't even notice.
KingArthur
Searching for the Holy Grail
Great redo job. I never noticed the shadow and don't think it's that important to worry about.
PredatorFett
steam user
Nice redo, I still have the old one in my mod.... awesome.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Well its a redo because its a totally different model with much higher detail, so that neccesitated new animations too. I guess I can redo it again tonight to fix the shadow issues and a few other pixels.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
When standing next to another unit, it will look like it gets light from another sun, but this could work in a SF scenario I guess
After taking a close look at the file and sun positions, you are both wrong. It's the same sun setup I've had with all of my units. ALL. I went back into the file and changed the orientation of the model and double checked the sun settings. NO CHANGE.
Guess which picture is the old one vs the new one? You can't.
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Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
Oh wow! Where the Bajezus did this come from (Answer: Mars)
Super cool unit, Wyrm.
Super cool unit, Wyrm.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Thanks. Watch the vid.
AncientOne
Johnny Juwarra
Second one is new.. position of the "toes" gives it out
W.i.n.t.e.r
Frozen!
You might be onto something there. So... now we all know what you were doing last summer
Toe wiggling. [downloadingasItype]
Wyrmshadow
Deity
you got it backwards
I meant "compared to a unit by another creator". Could it be that your setting was wrong from the start ? Oops, sorry. I shouldn't have said that... I've watched some of your older units closely and it's not that obvious, but could be.
Balthasar
Wise Man
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Respectfully: when I make my terrains, buildings, even the interface, the sun is always in the "east" (looking north, i.e. east is on the right side of the screen). That's why I have to horizontally flip all of the Sim City Building graphics that I use - because in Sim City 3000 the sun comes from the "west". A very good example of this is Kyriakos' cities, which have very deep shadows.
Now if I place my desk lamp to my right and make a little tripod with my fingers, the shadow extends off to the left, i.e., to the west, not to the north-east as the shadow of the Tripod appears to do. Actually, I imagine that it's always about ten o'clock in the morning in Civ world, so the shadows aren't exactly at right angles to the object.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
yessssssssss.. but I'm not going to change the same settings I've used for 2000 units.
IOW, no one has complained about the settings until this unit. I'm not going to change, so unfortunately you're just going to have to live with it.
IOW, no one has complained about the settings until this unit. I'm not going to change, so unfortunately you're just going to have to live with it.
Lord Malbeth
Emperor
I love the ooze that leaks out after it dies! Nice touch!
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