Star Wars: The Mod - Unit requests

[Varlin Saliptor]

Hmmm...would making it bigger help?

 

[odintheking]

Well, sure, but it's a little bit dark, know what I mean? Of course, it's completely fine the way it is, but it would be nicer lighter. Just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't wan/need to.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

I was just wondering if that would help, along with the recoloring. I.E., making it brighter.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Okay, here we go...

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Hmmm...it still doesn't look brighter...

 

[odintheking]

No, it looks just right, . But that's not actually civ size, is it?

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Of course it is...it is for GIANT Civs! I'll resize it.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Okay, hopefully this is right now... I lengthened the wings to make it more like it does in the movie.

 

[odintheking]

Cool, it looks great, . Can you show it next to a Jet fighter to show the size difference, please?

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Yeah, let me try it.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Okay, here we go. The Tie is on the bottom.
NOTE: The .jpg is a little grainy.

 

[odintheking]

Perfect

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Good. All I have to do now is make an attack animation, and it is done. Well, make the anims., render them, and convert them to .flc, that is.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

I have completed the run animation for it. Can it be used for the default as well, or does it move too much?

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

EDIT: Nevermind this post.

 

[Bjornlo]

I would suggest making it MUCH smaller.
Consider the size of the cockpit in the fighter is around the same size as the cockpit on the TIE. Also you are not leaving enough room (in the size-scale) for the cruisers, battleships, and so on). Consider how small a TIE was compared to a star destroyer.... that scale is not possible in civ, but I think I should be closer then this unit shows. I would suggest reducing the TIE by nearly 1/2 in all dimensions.
For the run animation, I would suggest some engine "fire", blue glow flickering or something like that.
I think the movement is ok for run and maybe fidget, but too much for default.
I like the lighter color. The shape seems right.
Is the current civ coloration visible when the unit is in NORTH facing?

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

Smaller? I see what you mean. Although 1/2 in every dimension is alot, but i will check it out.
As for the civ-coloration, yes it is visible from the North Animation, due to the way I designed the Solar Panels.

 

[Bjornlo]

Smaller? I see what you mean. Although 1/2 in every dimension is alot, but i will check it out.
As for the civ-coloration, yes it is visible from the North Animation, due to the way I designed the Solar Panels.

Ok cool. Might want to consider making the ball civ colored as well. It looks as if the civ coloration might be hard to pick up in both N & S facings... of course we haven't seen those facings, so I'm just guessing.
re: 1/2 the size, That is based on my memory of how large the cockpit was for the TIE in the movies. I could be that my memory is flawed. Also, the MAX size is going to be 240x240 frame, and that is going to be the size of the death star (if one is used). In between the deathstar and the tie, will be the various crusiers, and destroyers.
So my suggestion is to make the cockpit on that tie the same size as the cockpit on the fighter you showed next to it. That will hide alot of the cool detail work you've done (which is always hard on the unit creator), but it should leave a nice big spread for the larger units.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

'Cool Detail work'? Me? Hahahahaha. consider it re-sized.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

With the ball recolored, though, I think it would look kind of goofy. I will try it though.