[The E]

Let us compare pics and stats here.

This is the original Uriel, aka Wraith:


It uses ~32 MBs of texture memory, distributed in 42 separate textures (counting all the various glow, shine and normal maps). It uses 15 separate textures, and requires 14 separate passes to render.

This is the new one:


It uses ~22MB of texture memory, in 5 separate maps (counting debris textures). It is rendered in a single pass.

[General Battuta]

Still needs the little cockpit men!

[Arcalane]

Still needs to stop dogpilehumping in Pawns!

Nice work though. The colour scheme change works nicely too.

[Rodo]

I like the older grimmer colors better, plus the normal map seems a little bit stronger, might want to change that.

[Shivan Hunter]

The older normal map was actually less pronounced in most places, but the noise on it added a lot to the texture.

All that aside, excellent work! Nice to see one of the insanely unoptimized models being made usable.

[The E]

Well, I have been working on the normal map. This is how it looks now:



And with all the textures turned on:

[Colonol Dekker]

Too strong.

[The E]

Well, I like them that way. If someone wants to redo them, I'll gladly hand over any material required.

[Spoon]

Gotta agree with Dekker here, too strong.

[Dragon]

It also lacks a bit of that "noise" my normals had.

[General Battuta]

The original normal was great. I'll just register an opinion that it should be tweaked that way.

[-Norbert-]

I like the red parts, but I'd prefer the greyish main color over the new bluish coloring of the main body.

[The E]

Personally, I feel that the noise of the originals was far too strong, and tended to wash out the details implied in the texture. I might have gone a bit too far in the other direction, but i am not in the mood to redo it again right now. As I said, if someone wants to redo it, just drop me a line and I'll package it up.

[-Sara-]

I like it, personally I think a way in between looks best. Slightly darker but with the bright accents staying bright. Also, a hue between the blue and dark grey. Something like:



(If editing the pic is offensive or unwelcome, feel free to remove it).

[General Battuta]

Lineup of all three, with Sara's at the bottom:

[Droid803]

I liked the noise on the original normal maps, but I do like the fact that you kept steve-o's original blue color scheme
I hope we get both the blue version and the black UEF version

[-Norbert-]

I like -Sara-s color scheme best
For the normals... I'm fine with both, though if it were to be redone a middleway between old and new, as The E suggested, would be nice.

[Scotty]

I <3 black color scheme for looks.

[General Battuta]

Black was best. The Steve-O originals are a little cartoony, I think.

[Nighteyes]

The original looks best IMO, the noise on the normal map adds a lot, but it can also be faked by adding it to the shine map...
as for the depth of the normal map, it needs to be relatively strong on fighters, so you will actually notice them when flying around.