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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #20 on: August 01, 2019, 03:42:07 am
So, I just figured out how to record Wingleader in 60fps!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bycs44aNQRWFeemwSLMnyOZBkrbXF87U
I also updated the background art to be more space-y and less LSD-y.

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #21 on: August 02, 2019, 04:31:51 am
Loving everything  ;D. Regarding the Dralthi metallic tubes on the left side, perhaps make the ramp have a few less steps? Feels a little too gradienty and rendered compared to the first cockpit, although the pixelated shape of the white cluster on the blinn-like highlight is quite cute. The ones on the right side feel more handmade. As a whole the Dralthi one seem to have a higher color count compared to the first one. Anyway the model is great :y:

As for the galaxies (particle generated?), the original ones look more like handmade pixel art on a quick glance from the gifs, while the new ones feel more like index-painting, but I also prefer the more sober coloring. Nitpicking as I am, I would ditch the lower bottom one, it gives a lowres/blurred vibe. The green, pink and neutral ones are neat.

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #22 on: August 03, 2019, 08:22:41 pm
Vinik: Oh! That dralthi cockpit is ooolllddd. It wasn't done with index rendering and is missing a bunch of the stuff I've learned. I've got the new one in progress!
And I took your advice - new background set!


Also, I figured out how to record the game in 60fps. Here's a look where that's at! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rUsiMM9eTo

Enjoy!

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #23 on: August 05, 2019, 08:00:07 am
Weekend work on the Dralthi cockpit - Still WIP but the vast majority of the base is there!


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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #24 on: August 05, 2019, 02:33:04 pm
The horizontal rounded parts in the middle seem more high-colour and painted than the rest of it. The monitors seem to have very noisy frames. I guess this shader doesn't handle rounded shapes quite as nicely as the orthogonal lines in the first cockpit xP

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #25 on: August 05, 2019, 06:25:43 pm
eishiya: Innnteresting - that area is using the same ramp as everywhere else. I might down-step the # of colors in that ramp. The noise is completely avoidable, and I'll fix it going forwards. Sorry. :(

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #26 on: August 05, 2019, 06:53:38 pm
It's a small, curved area, so all those colours get used in relatively small areas, creating the more painted look. The same ramp might work better for other surfaces.

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #27 on: August 07, 2019, 06:49:12 am
Tuesday Evening Dralthi update - I did lower the # of colors on the bright end of the pipe ramp, and went with an even subtler brown shade to the shadows, added a ton of detail. Definitely getting closer to something that looks good!


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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #28 on: August 07, 2019, 12:52:16 pm
This is looking much better!
The orange... wings? sticking forward into space fade to a dark colour, the ramps on that look rather dull since the colours are all the same hue. Even though it's space and thus has very little ambient light, I think some sort of hue-shifting there would look nice.

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Re: Wing Commander Pixel Art-y Unity Remake

Reply #29 on: August 08, 2019, 02:08:27 am
It has a pretty weak pulse but when I see a project going for this long on pixelation I'm reminded of what an awesome place it is/was.
Finally getting into wing commander now :crazy:
I want to know how much the underlying tech/indexing/whatever has been updated for this since the release of the old thread where parts of those methods were exposed, or if it's the same stuff, just a lot of asset and ramp tweaking.
Lookin sexy, nothing else to say, just keep it up.
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