Reactor

Concept artwork for models and maps.
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Anomalous
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Re: Reactor concept art

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The known animation problem aside, I don't see any problem with the turret as it is. However, the reactor's a bit light and picks up the colours in its environment rather too well.

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Re: Reactor concept art

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Indeed it looks to overexposed on some maps.

I've imported my turret to my reactor scene to see how they differ in brightness under the same lighting conditions.
I think that the average between them would be the best solution, to be bright enough but not overexposed ingame.
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However there are some shots from maps where the reactor looks fine:
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<-- this is what I've mean with the turret being to dark, its just a black blob without recognisable shapes.

Also there is some stuff I want to fix or add once we have IQM.
-Rotate the whole reactor that his legs are in the corners of his bbox
-adding extra bones for particle effects
-add particle effects
-destroy anim with blinking lights as discussed above.(if its possible)
-fix textures

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Re: Reactor concept art

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chris wrote:

Rotate the whole turret that his legs are in the corners of his bbox

Won't have an effect since the bbox doesn't rotate.

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Re: Reactor concept art

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Viech wrote:

Won't have an effect since the bbox doesn't rotate.

Thats not the point, I rotate the mesh not the bbox. I think its less irritating to have the reactors legs in the corners of his bbox as to get stopped by a solid invisible edge.

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Re: Reactor concept art

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Try placing the reactor at a 45° angle. Now its stands will be in the corners of the bbox (since it doesn't rotate like the model does). You could argue that it will be placed in a right angle most of the time since most walls on maps are parallel to an axis, though.

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Re: Reactor concept art

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yes forget what I've written. I've misunderstood this. :)

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