Dannyevilcat I need your comment

[Dark Sheer]

Ok, here is the image I have done for the perry class Frigate (animation come later when we agree on the look ). Please tell me what you think. After all this is a unit requested by you

 

[KloePoek]

looks great!

is it gonna be the same size ingame??

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by KloePoek
looks great!

is it gonna be the same size ingame??

Yup, that is frame 1 of the default animation that I plan to make

I make it based on the images and dimension that dannyevilcat gave me. Slightly smaller than a destroyer and slimmer

 

[dannyevilcat]

Dark Sheer, that looks absolutely fantastic. Can't really suggest much, because it looks pretty spot-on to what I'd hoped for

Seriously, looks really good! Can't wait to see it in action.
In the meantime, I'll be catching up on some lost civ-playing time (because two days was just too long... ), and checking the forum for any more word on how it's going.


Happy New Year!

 

[Dark Sheer]

I try to model it as close to the Perry Profile that you gave me as possible (including the antena)

I am glad you like it. Now the project shall begin!!

 

[Dark Sheer]

Here is the first animation for the Frigate

 

[Dark Sheer]

Here is the East facing animation

 

[dannyevilcat]

Looks great so far

I don't know anything about what you are using to animate, but on the east facing one, the ship seems to shrink and swell alot in size, and I was wondering if maybe cutting down on the movement arc would make this less noticeable? The first one looks amazing!
But again, what do I know? Still very happy with it!

 

[Dark Sheer]

Actually I only animate the Frigate by 1 pixel. So can't reduce it anymore...hehe. I have tried the default graphic in the game and its not so bad as in the gif, I believe the sea color helps together with a slightly faster animation speed (2/100th of a sec)

Anyway, here is how it looks in the game I replace the default for submarine (since only the default is completed ) and put it side by side with a Destroyer and a Battleship for comparison. And of course I am using the ever popular Animation Shop together with Paint Shop Pro for the animation (Not forgeting Flicster by Moeniir of course!)

 

[Ohwell]

I was also awaiting this unit, for I LOVE navies. I can't wait! It is right here....
Oh, man. I am going to have to wait a week more I guess . Anyway, That
unit is awesome!

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by Ohwell
I was also awaiting this unit, for I LOVE navies. I can't wait! It is right here....
Oh, man. I am going to have to wait a week more I guess . Anyway, That
unit is awesome!

I am glad you like it too

As to the timing, it won't take another week. The most is 2-3 days I am already working on the RUN animation right now

 

[dannyevilcat]

That in-game shot rocks, Dark Sheer!

Now I REALLY can't wait.

 

[IceBlaZe]

DS, since I see you are good at .flc graphics ill ask you:
Lets say I want to put 2 more missile units in the game, so I want to take the cruise missile animation and tweak it a really bit (stretch length a bit, change color). how hard could that be? can you do something like that?

 

[Dark Sheer]

Originally posted by IceBlaZe
DS, since I see you are good at .flc graphics ill ask you:
Lets say I want to put 2 more missile units in the game, so I want to take the cruise missile animation and tweak it a really bit (stretch length a bit, change color). how hard could that be? can you do something like that?

I think changing the missile should be the easiest part

And I am glad the graphic for Frigate was received so well so far