ARCHIVED: Discussion Topic - Unit Lines

[Wyrmshadow]

default, fidget, run
this okay?

 

[Balthasar]

default: looks fine. Fidget: that's interesting. Could work. Run: not sure what the orange is, but I know what it could be - the beginning of the paradrop animation, simulating a little 'burn' as it enters/exits the atmosphere. I think I'd prefer it to 'run' in it's original colors, boring though that may be..

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Blue Monkey had it shining red as it 'flew' in his description.

 

[Balthasar]

The Sphere seems to have white glow in the Trailer for the movie "First Men in the Moon" >here<, but there's no explanation given for it (it's either the cavorite glowing, or just a way to make the movie more visually interesting), and it's not glowing when it's seen landing. I'm torn - I don't imagine it glowing as it flys through space... I still think a little "burn" in the paradrop (launch) animation would be a good idea.

 

[Wyrmshadow]

The Sphere seems to have white glow in the Trailer for the movie "First Men in the Moon" >here<, but there's no explanation given for it (it's either the cavorite glowing, or just a way to make the movie more visually interesting), and it's not glowing when it's seen landing. I'm torn - I don't imagine it glowing as it flys through space... I still think a little "burn" in the paradrop (launch) animation would be a good idea.

Since I've never seen the movie I went by this description.

Cavorite Sphere
In the film the cavorite panels glow in-flight & are controlled by louvred blinds.
In flight:
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[Balthasar]

Okay,I give. (I was beginning to realize I was wrong anyway). The animations look look great, too. So we've got attack, paradrop, and victory yet to go..... Weapons, if any, should traditional because of where it lands on our tech tree - not that that would preclude harpoons or exploding barrels, or something equally odd, but not high-tech -
As for the paradrop, maybe instead of a burning Sphere, it could arrive in cloud (atmospheric updraft), tumbling..... Your fidget anim looks like a victory, of sorts..

 

[Wyrmshadow]

I can get this done now if I can get some more input on the other animations.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I'd think paradrop would be like the landing in the movie - think of the way a soccer ball tumbles as it comes to rest after being kicked.

Could we get one animation with the louvers partially lifted & the glow showing from underneath? That could become the run. Then the full glow could be the attack or the victory.

Are those the animations you need suggestions for?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Could we get one animation with the louvers partially lifted & the glow showing from underneath?

Model is not detailed enough for something like that. It can go from gold to glow, thats it.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Would it be difficult to have some of the panels glowing & some gold in one animation sequence?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Yes, because it's a single object, not multiple panels.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Okay, then that won't work. What about the tumble for the paradrop - does that sound workable?

 

[Wyrmshadow]

yes thats relatively easy.
What about the death and attack?
just a regular explosion? And a ramming attack??

 

[Blue Monkey]

One of your explosion animations should be fine. It's a transport - not a military craft - it doesn't really have any weapons. In the movie it pretty much just gets captured & retaken. So the attack should be more reactive than anything. I'm not sure what to suggest - maybe wobble & pulse? I think whatever seems right to you is best.

The movie trailer at youtube. About 40 sec. in are two brief shots of the landing. Your all-over glow actually captures the in-flight look very well.

 

[Blue Monkey]

I'm off to bed. I'm sure whatever you do will meet your usual high standards. & work well for us all.


Edit: I guess we'll have to try & capture some effects from the film for the sounds.

 

[Balthasar]

You know, ramming attack sounds about right to me...

 

[Wyrmshadow]

now it's time for me to go to bed.

 

[jlvfr]

The drool-factor is increasing exponentially!

 

[Balthasar]

Great work, Wyrmshadow. The only comment I'd make is that I would drastically slow down everything, especially the ramming attack - and you'd probably say, "that's only the gif speed, it's a lot slower in-game," and I'd know you're right, of course, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it anyway.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Capital! Capital! Death with the sonic wave, the intense glow in the attack! Exceeds the imaginably foreseeable!