flashier battles

[dant3 5tra5t]

I would love to see the projectiles in warzone to be a little more flashier and bigger. they dont necessarilly have to cause more damage, but maybe you guys could make them look like they are doing more damage.

[Zarel]

I kind of agree - single machineguns and cannons are practically unnoticeable...

[fisk0]

I'm not entirely sure how you mean, but I think sparks for when bullets hit (I know that doesn't happen in real life, but it's common in movies and that does give you some visual confirmation that you are hitting the target, since I suppose bullet holes in those tiny textures are out of the question, dust clouds from well bullets miss and hit the ground instead might also be good), maybe more smoke from damaged units too.

[XANAX]

maybe more smoke from damaged units too.

and don't forget electrical sparks
I love seeing a machine spark from damage
oooo momentary weapon malfunction xD

P.S. more smoke when it's on fire

P.S.S. oh and in Earth 1250 when it snows; if the unit does not move for a period of time, the textures on the top of the vehicle starts turning a white snow texture
& slowly disappears when the vehicle moves

[fisk0]

P.S.S. oh and in Earth 1250 when it snows; if the unit does not move for a period of time, the textures on the top of the vehicle starts turning a white snow texture
& slowly disappears when the vehicle moves

Ohh, that would look awesome I think. And red dust slowly building up on the tanks if they remain stationary too long in the arizona maps.

[XANAX]

Ohh, that would look awesome I think. And red dust slowly building up on the tanks if they remain stationary too long in the arizona maps.

the building would do it to

the more recently built would be normal & the longer it sits there the more sediment/snow it will collect


p.s. it would transition between four textures
1. normal 0%

2.thin layer "barely any" 30%

3.thicker layer "more but still see through" 60%

4.thickest layer "can barely can see the building/vehicle textures under it" 90%

[Deus Siddis]

So is the visual lameness of battles considered more of a content issue or a code issue? (Aiming this question at the devs.)

[Zarel]

So is the visual lameness of battles considered more of a content issue or a code issue? (Aiming this question at the devs.)

Content. The code doesn't need to be changed at all to improve the graphics - it's all in the data files.

[dant3 5tra5t]

I agree on the machine gun bullets. but I was really thinking about the lasers and rail guns. when I see the projectile I dont think "power" comes to mind.

[cybersphinx]

So is the visual lameness of battles considered more of a content issue or a code issue? (Aiming this question at the devs.)

I think Kamaze said somewhere that bullets are rendered perpendicular to the ground, not to the screen. So part of the difficulty to see them is in the code.

[Buginator]

It is both content, and code issues, and also, we have to remember that for 2.2.x at least, lower end hardware will play it, so we can't really have it THAT 'flashy'...for trunk, that is another story.

[eyestrain92]

I think that battles are flashy enough with rubble flying everywhere. The sounds make it for me...

[dant3 5tra5t]

yeah but the sound tends not to play when too many units are firing at the same time

[Buginator]

yeah but the sound tends not to play when too many units are firing at the same time

Well, the newer sound code should help, but, you can still run out of sources. That will have to wait for when I get more time to fix.

[dant3 5tra5t]

good because it is very funny to overhear machine gun fire over gaus cannons and ripples