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General Category => AI War Classic => AI War Classic - Mods & Modding => : eRe4s3r December 20, 2009, 05:54:08 AM

: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r December 20, 2009, 05:54:08 AM
Oh yes... install, extract transport ship rar in your AI War directory, back up the images/ships/transport Ship directory first.

Same style as Colony Ship replacement here -> http://arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,2653.0.html

- No animations, 3 frames are identical
- Working color mask
- non-symmetric to some extend

ingame shot shows them both next to each other with size comparision ;)
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: raptor331 December 20, 2009, 12:40:18 PM
WOW did you make this?
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r December 20, 2009, 02:16:51 PM
Did indeed ;p  :D
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: raptor331 December 20, 2009, 03:56:49 PM
how, I used paint but it shows the white around the picture, plus I have no idea how to get the color mask to work.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r December 20, 2009, 05:08:16 PM
Not with paint (thats not even a real app!) ;p
With Photoshop ;D

Also, i didn't draw these, i rendered them from a 3d model and then just fine-tuned them, the alpha map is done automatically when rendering it in 3d (its a simple option) ;)

If you wanted to really make your own, you have to
1) learn literally painting/drawing pixel art in photoshop with transparency as base
or
2) learn a 3D-App of your choice, learn how to create shaders, textures, light setups, gi/ao settings and HDRI Maps and of course, you have to model the "sprite" too ;p

Basically, its not easy to make new.. even half-way decent sprites. I am 3d-artist and i stand in awe at the detail level of the golems, the current pixel artist for arcen games is immensely skilled, i am just fixing things that weren't renewed.

As for colormask.png - Its simply the elements of the sprite that the game colors itself - full transparency is obviously needed since png's do not work with a alpha channel
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: raptor331 December 20, 2009, 05:26:27 PM
Bummer, I was hoping to make my own raptor sprites..... :-[
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HellishFiend December 20, 2009, 08:54:16 PM

Basically, its not easy to make new.. even half-way decent sprites. I am 3d-artist and i stand in awe at the detail level of the golems, the current pixel artist for arcen games is immensely skilled, i am just fixing things that weren't renewed.



The munitions booster looks wicked too!
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: superking April 30, 2010, 11:22:08 AM
two things;

1) that looks AMAZING

2) that looks much more like a fast starship - a raid starship maybe - than a transport
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN April 30, 2010, 12:25:29 PM
2) that looks much more like a fast starship - a raid starship maybe - than a transport

Seconded. Looks really nice, but not really like a transport.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r April 30, 2010, 12:52:48 PM
Well you can copy it to overwrite whatever ship you wish ;p I kinda suck at making transports ^^
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 01, 2010, 11:14:24 AM
Well, there's really only one thing that's required of a transport. It should look like it has a lot of space inside. ;)

This one would make a nice beam weapon starship, me thinks.  :) Or a replacement for Raid starship.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: RCIX May 01, 2010, 06:14:20 PM
Well, there's really only one thing that's required of a transport. It should look like it has a lot of space inside. ;)

This one would make a nice beam weapon starship, me thinks.  :) Or a replacement for Raid starship.
In that case, all you need is a ginormous flying warehouse with some engines on it :P
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 02, 2010, 04:18:25 PM
In that case, all you need is a ginormous flying warehouse with some engines on it :P

Now THAT would be awesome.  :D
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: Sizzle May 02, 2010, 04:28:27 PM
I always thought of the transports as the Spacing Guild Heighliners from Dune..

"Are the Guild ships really big?" he asked.

The Duke looked at him. "This will be your first time off planet," he said. "Yes, they're big. We'll be riding a Heighliner because it's a long trip. A Heighliner is truly big. Its hold will tuck all our frigates and transports into a little corner -- we'll be just a small part of the ship's manifest."

-- Dune
Frank Herbert

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0nM4zGXoCFM/SoULT7swePI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OO6XeXuOf2k/s1600-h/FoldingSpace0003.jpg)
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: Sizzle May 02, 2010, 04:29:19 PM
Bah the image won't link directly....


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0nM4zGXoCFM/SoULT7swePI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OO6XeXuOf2k/s1600-h/FoldingSpace0003.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0nM4zGXoCFM/SoULT7swePI/AAAAAAAAADQ/OO6XeXuOf2k/s1600-h/FoldingSpace0003.jpg)
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: superking May 03, 2010, 08:22:00 AM
In that case, all you need is a ginormous flying warehouse with some engines on it :P

Now THAT would be awesome.  :D

that sounds suspiciously like the current transport graphic  :P
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 03, 2010, 08:33:48 AM
Can't really see a warehouse in it though.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r May 03, 2010, 12:57:01 PM
How do you think a warehouse in space looks?  ;D
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 04, 2010, 10:36:27 AM
(http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/UNC/UNC125/warehouse_~u16567686.jpg) plus Engines , duh  ::)
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: RCIX May 04, 2010, 08:41:44 PM
And don't forget the dirt and concrete and stuff on the bottom hanging down from being ripped out of the ground...
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 04, 2010, 09:29:21 PM
Why would they need concrete 'n dirt 'n stuff if they build and use it in space? :o
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: RCIX May 04, 2010, 09:38:12 PM
Why would they need concrete 'n dirt 'n stuff if they build and use it in space? :o
All warehouses have a foundation right?
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 05, 2010, 07:08:59 AM
You don't need one in space. :D
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r May 05, 2010, 11:30:36 AM
But without foundation you'd fall out  :D
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 05, 2010, 12:32:04 PM
There's no gravity in space. :P You wouldn't.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r May 05, 2010, 12:42:06 PM
Think about that, you are in a train with a hole to space but theres absolute vacuum and 0 gravity in it. If the train would stop suddenly, then that would be very unhealthy for you since you'd not stop until you hit a wall (and even then you would rebound back ,p)

This is why nobody wants to fly around in a cabin when a spaceship accelerates or de-accelerates, doesn't even matter if theres air.

So without foundation its likely that you will be flying out the hole where there is no foundation the moment velocity changes ^^
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 05, 2010, 01:41:10 PM
That's why people are supposed to "hold on!" when things get .. err.. speed-y.

...

Fine, use the same stuff as the walls to make a floor. No need to make a foundation in space though.  :P
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r May 05, 2010, 06:58:13 PM
If you put on the brakes (say, 3% speed reduction) on normal orbital velocity ie. 7.7km per second then that means if you hit the breaks theres no arm attached to you anymore to hold on to something with :D Better strap in tight in some water or other liquid tank.  ;D ;D

Ah yeah, one just gotta love space travel.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: HitmanN May 05, 2010, 07:12:32 PM
That'll work too.  ;D

So, umm... gotta love topic derailment. lol.
: Re: GFX Mod: Alternate Transport Ship Sprite
: eRe4s3r May 05, 2010, 07:37:26 PM
,p At least people will learn something new from the derailment!