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Dri

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What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« on: April 02, 2016, 11:05:49 AM »
As we all know, David has been going over some of the older ship sprites and making some tweaks. What are some of the top ships you think should get some attention next?

1) Venture - this thing is pretty messy and looks flat. Could use some smoothing and shading.
2) Apogee - I get that it's a science vessel and should have various instruments sticking out of it but this is rather excessive.
3) Sunder - Largely because it's totally missing a (D) variant skin! Anything to make it look more 3D would help too...

Obviously where art is concerned we're gonna have people with different opinions. :P
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Cycerin

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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 11:13:46 AM »
I think it would be cool if the Sunder was changed to look more like the Apogee. (odyssey is same "tech type" but I don't like that sprite at all, so not including it)
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Bastion.Systems

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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2016, 12:31:16 PM »
I would say Conquest. Also the regular Onslaught is way too similar looking to it's (D) counterpart. Also Odyssey really needs to lose some of these colored lights it has on it.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2016, 12:39:01 PM by Bastion.Systems »
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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2016, 01:40:47 PM »
The Astral drive section isn't very pretty. Those blue glowy bits in the middle look stretched and the engines themselves are weird. That's the only glaring oversight I can still make out in the current SS lineup.

The Odyssey's weirdness comes mostly from a colour scheme that stands out, similar to the Apogee. I used to dislike it but it's grown on me ever since I started flying it more.
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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2016, 02:02:23 PM »
Quote from: Bastion.Systems on April 02, 2016, 12:31:16 PM
Also the regular Onslaught is way too similar looking to it's (D) counterpart.

The Onslaught (D) is an SS+ ship.
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Dri

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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2016, 04:04:15 PM »
I really like the Starsector+ take on the Sunders - the XIV and Tri-Tachyon versions look quite unique while still maintaining the "feel" of the base Sunder. I'd be totally cool with Vanilla's variant system going that route to create unique versions of the same ship for each faction.
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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2016, 04:31:26 AM »
Apogee extra stuff is what I loved about it.

Just the front of that thing + a large energy weapon looks really ugly.
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Re: What ships could use some sprite retouching?
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2016, 08:18:25 AM »
Venture could use some love.
I've never been able to tell exactly where the fighters are supposed to go as everything looks quite.... samey.

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