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Title: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: Devrous on March 06, 2011, 06:29:30 pm

Currently using default, though I've created a few static symbols. I'm currently leaning towards Animated - Symbols, personally. I think it would prove very ambitious to animate things taken from game footage, so it is beyond my current scope of work. I know a few talented people that would like to draw some things but I'm not sure they'd be ready to draw the amount I would want in game if I went that route.

Another thought I had, and I like the idea very much, would be for someone in the SCP to enable head ANI's to instead display the Tech Room animation of the ship sending the message. Perhaps this is beyond the engine's capabilities, but I've seen some wonders come out of the source code group  :yes:

As always I welcome anyone's thoughts and comments.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: SpardaSon21 on March 06, 2011, 07:30:44 pm

I'd go for symbols, either animated or static.  Having animated heads would be great, but I'm not sure how long that would delay release.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: SypheDMar on March 06, 2011, 08:19:04 pm

Preferably symbols. Doesn't matter too much as long as you have a unified art set.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: Scotty on March 06, 2011, 10:49:58 pm

Static: emblem. (or perhaps profile)

Why?  Because we get a good view of an open com channel in Halo: Reach, and it's always either a head profile (Winter Contingency, which was an entire relay station), or a static emblem on the console mount later in the campaign.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: General Battuta on March 06, 2011, 11:33:48 pm

Yeah, but that was one of the worst parts of Reach.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: headdie on March 07, 2011, 03:53:32 am

I went animated Icons because you then avoid gender issues while having one of those ohh thats nice details, though a static icon would work well

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: Dragon on March 11, 2011, 08:45:30 pm

It's possible to assign a (slightly modified) tech room ani for a message, though it'd have to be done manually.

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: JGZinv on April 18, 2011, 12:14:42 pm

Static - "Borrowed" Faces (from official Halo games, graphic novel) or Static - Symbols (Static UNSC Symbol, Covenant Insignia, etc)

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: Wobble73 on April 19, 2011, 08:38:55 am

Can't you just use Static? As in radio interference static?

 :lol:

Title: Re: POLL: Face to Face
Post by: Snail on April 20, 2011, 01:49:00 pm

Quote from: Wobble73 on April 19, 2011, 08:38:55 am

Can't you just use Static? As in radio interference static?

 :lol:

oh, the wit!