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Community Projects => The FreeSpace Upgrade Project => Topic started by: Scourge of Ages on July 28, 2010, 09:29:01 pm

Title: Missile trails
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 28, 2010, 09:29:01 pm

A few months ago, I started a topic about missile trails, and somebody suggested that they could use some shiny newness.
Considering that 2D stuff is my specialty I thought I'd take a crack at improving them a little.
Is there anything I need to know about the missile trails? Do replacements need to be the same size/resolution, or can new ones be made bigger and better without breaking something? Also, is somebody else working on this already?

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: Galemp on July 28, 2010, 09:30:39 pm

They can be made as big as you please, but they should really be no larger than 512x512 to save on memory usage. So long as they're the same aspect ratio they ought to be fine. They also use additive blending, so be aware of that. Take a look at the MediaVPs to see what we're working with currently.

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: General Battuta on July 28, 2010, 10:06:57 pm

I believe the 3.6.12 MVPs contain new missile trails by Nighteyes. Am I mistaken? Can someone from the BP team verify that I am not mad?

You may want to assess their quality.

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: Rga_Noris on July 28, 2010, 10:18:37 pm

You're not mad.

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: sigtau on July 28, 2010, 11:10:44 pm

Yeah, you're right.  First time I shot off a Hornet salvo, I double-take'd at the trails.

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 28, 2010, 11:57:37 pm

Great news! That makes things easier.
Did he do all of them, or just the main three - newmiss1, newmiss2, and newmiss3?

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: sigtau on July 28, 2010, 11:59:48 pm

I assume all of them, since--in my testing--none of the trails were anywhere close to retail.

Title: Re: Missile trails
Post by: Scourge of Ages on July 29, 2010, 12:00:55 am

Best. VPs release. Ever.