[FreeSpaceFreak]

Hmm, I might be pointing out the obvious here, but those explosions look... off. Like there's just "stuff" exploding somewhere near the hull. In the original, it looks much more like the Lucifer's hull is actually being breached, with spark outbursts, debris and damage decals. And... Maybe somewhat less, but slightly larger explosions overall. It's a tad bit too many IMHO, though it may be just me. Two of them actually explode in sync, and symmetrically wrt the Lucifer, which looks just plain wrong.

Rest of it is looking good. I guess the second (quiet) half is pretty much finished already?

And... 132GB... Dammit, man...

[mjn.mixael]

Hmm, I might be pointing out the obvious here, but those explosions look... off. Like there's just "stuff" exploding somewhere near the hull. In the original, it looks much more like the Lucifer's hull is actually being breached, with spark outbursts, debris and damage decals. And... Maybe somewhat less, but slightly larger explosions overall. It's a tad bit too many IMHO, though it may be just me. Two of them actually explode in sync, and symmetrically wrt the Lucifer, which looks just plain wrong.

Rest of it is looking good. I guess the second (quiet) half is pretty much finished already?

And... 132GB... Dammit, man...

I'll be adding sparks and debris in post. The damage texture is in progress. I'm increasing the size of many of the explosions right now. There is the exact number of explosions in this version as in the original, and they happen at the same times. Those two that explode symmetrically was a mistake that I have now fixed.

When all is said and done, this will probably be 150 GB of source data. But after the final render I'll probably delete the explosion simulation data (the largest chunk by far) because if I really need to, I can just simulate it all again using the settings saved in 3ds Max.

[Nighteyes]

most of the explosions look pretty identical, I'm also not too hot on the way they suck into themselves at the end, I think the fire should just shoot out, add to this some sparks, smoke, debris and a small flare to finish it off and it should look good 

[mjn.mixael]

http://vimeo.com/12918534

Vimeo may still need to encode it before you can see it.

This one has a few flight path changes, some explosion fixes and I have added rings for the Lucifer explosion.

With that said, I don't want to hear people complaining about how terrible the rings look. Those will be heavily worked on in post. Just trust me.

PS: I thought that the two synchronous explosions were fixed, but apparently not. I'll get to it.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Heh, that's one of the big reasons I don't post public WIPs actually - people tell you all the things you already know you haven't done no matter how clearly you state which bits are done or not done.

And yeah that one's still encoding but the previous ones have looked a lot cooler motion-wise than in the first test animation, so keep it up!

[Titan]

Needs more motion blur.

[mjn.mixael]

Motion blur is added in post production.

[sigtau]

When the explosions appear on the hull, will a decal indicating the damage caused by the explosion appear on the Lucifer's hull where the explosion occurred?

[mjn.mixael]

Yup, a cutscene specific damaged Lucifer texture is being worked on.

[Kszyhu]

What about including a slight camera shake during the closeup of Lucifer exiting supspace? (0:26-0:31)

[mjn.mixael]

Let's just hold questions about things that aren't present till after the post-production preview huh? 

[Rodo]

Exactly, let the man work in peace.

[Colonol Dekker]

Not seen any recent previews.
 
Don't need to.
 
I haz da faith!

[Mongoose]

I saw a bit of a sneak-peek the other night.

[mjn.mixael]

Yeah, people who hang out in the IRC channel often get more recent screens.

[Colonol Dekker]

Bloody elitists

[QuantumDelta]

 

[mjn.mixael]

*Ahem*

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[m!m]

 

Looks very good. Carry on!

[Trivial Psychic]

I may be mistaken, but shouldn't those fighters have at least some engine glows, if not thruster trails?