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Offline Droid803

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #80 on: October 09, 2009, 09:24:07 pm
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #81 on: October 10, 2009, 03:44:34 pm
Ooo, that gave me an idea.

It sort of resembles this one attack animation in a 2d fighting game (Touhou 12.3, to be specific), used by the vampire chick. Of course, that's irrelevant...

Anywho, it's like a bunch of simultaneous bloody-red slices through space.
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #82 on: October 10, 2009, 03:54:46 pm
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #83 on: October 11, 2009, 10:13:36 am
This would be a complete deviation from what we're talking about, but what about:



Except with bits of purple and red, and it kind of sparks in and fades out?

Also, c914, I think a way you could make the explosion look less friendly is to speed up the expansion phase a lot, so it's like an airbag going Foomph and fading out slowly after that. Otherwise, it looks like you have some odd effect blooming peacefully in front of you that is ripping you to pieces.
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #84 on: October 11, 2009, 10:27:14 am
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #85 on: October 11, 2009, 08:52:45 pm
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #86 on: October 11, 2009, 08:59:13 pm
Quote from: High Max on October 11, 2009, 08:52:45 pm
It's a beautiful subspace energy fire cracker.

Oh my, that's very nice... OH GOD! MY EYES! THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!!!
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #87 on: October 21, 2009, 06:01:53 pm
Blue subspacey sparkley explotion thingy anyone?
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #88 on: October 21, 2009, 06:06:11 pm
Quote from: General Battuta on October 09, 2009, 11:10:33 am
I'd like to express, again, my concern about this. The Vishnan flak effect in Blue Planet, while cool, is not particularly menacing when you're being shot by it. It lacks the visceral oomph and flaming sense of danger of the regular flak. This effect looks rather similar, a cousin in the 'pixie flak' field.

If the sound effect is kept the same I think that would probably help, though.

I'll add:

This effect needs to be an angrier, more chemical/harsh version of regular flak, not something out of Star Trek. If Battlestar Galactica taught us anything, it's that people aren't scared of lasers and pew pew and Subspace Inversion Cataclysm Flak, they're scared of stuff with punch.
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #89 on: October 21, 2009, 07:03:10 pm
Quote from: Retsof on October 21, 2009, 06:01:53 pm
Blue subspacey sparkley explotion thingy anyone?

Not Shivan or eyecandy enough.
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #90 on: October 21, 2009, 08:08:16 pm
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #91 on: October 22, 2009, 09:21:40 pm
Quote from: Snail on October 21, 2009, 07:03:10 pm
Quote from: Retsof on October 21, 2009, 06:01:53 pm
Blue subspacey sparkley explotion thingy anyone?

Not Shivan or eyecandy enough.
Meh, someone will probly find a use for it.
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #92 on: October 23, 2009, 04:22:05 am
I think this effect would work very well for ancients/vishnans.
Maybe something for the rework of Blue Planet AoA and BP 3 (assuming Vishnans will be part of BP 3)?
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #93 on: October 23, 2009, 04:30:48 am
Quote from: High Max on October 06, 2009, 12:20:49 am
It's only green if it is oxidized (rusted) like the reasons that the statue of liberty is green and insects having green copper-based blood. It would look strange with that color. It makes no sense to ever change the color of flak. How about grey for Shivans though?

If it is energy based flak, it would make sense if the cannons were using some micron-sized pellets of matter/anti-matter, and when they hit each other after being fired out, you get explosions.

If someone wants to get really creative and create an all new FS weapon, how about making a strange matter cannon. Using strange quarks combined into a mass that if fired, will alter the shape of any ship it touches into some type of goo and then explode. Like melting plastic with flames on it. It wouldn't be possible to make that effect with the FSO engine though.

This is incorrect. The color a metal is when it is oxidized is the same color as the flame it gives off during combustion. I knew AP Chem would help me somewhere. Who thought it would be on a virtual forum about a non-existent universe....lol
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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #94 on: October 23, 2009, 12:37:30 pm
Red-orange, or possibly orange-red booms please!

Shivan boom should be at least vaguely similar to other Shivan weaponry.

The hard-sparked red-orange boom style quoted by Droid803 and suggested by High Max gets my vote.
Needs work to turn it into an actual explosion though.
  

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #95 on: October 23, 2009, 02:18:17 pm
The semi-recent addition of purple to the shivan color scheme (by the mediavps weapon upgrades) actually isn't that bad...
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #96 on: October 24, 2009, 06:48:56 pm
Quote from: Tomo on October 23, 2009, 12:37:30 pm
Red-orange, or possibly orange-red booms please!

Shivan boom should be at least vaguely similar to other Shivan weaponry.

The hard-sparked red-orange boom style quoted by Droid803 and suggested by High Max gets my vote.
Needs work to turn it into an actual explosion though.

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #97 on: October 24, 2009, 07:55:14 pm
Maybe you can use some variation of this: http://www.mediafire.com/?eelikymtahz
It will of course have to be enhanced to mediavps quality, but would make a good starting point (it's from old BSG TOS mod by Raptor).
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #98 on: October 25, 2009, 11:00:07 pm
Quote from: Dragon on October 24, 2009, 07:55:14 pm
Maybe you can use some variation of this: http://www.mediafire.com/?eelikymtahz
It will of course have to be enhanced to mediavps quality, but would make a good starting point (it's from old BSG TOS mod by Raptor).

 :wtf:

Someone made a BSG TOS mod for FS way back when? When did that happen?
"trolls are clearly social rejects and therefore should be isolated from society, or perhaps impaled."

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"Look on the bright side, how many release dates have been given for Doomsday, and it still isn't out yet.

It's the Duke Nukem Forever of prophecies..."


"Jesus saves.

Everyone else takes normal damage."

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"pirating software is a lesser evil than stealing but its still evil. but since i pride myself for being evil, almost anything is fair game."


"i never understood why women get the creeps so ****ing easily. i mean most serial killers act perfectly normal, until they kill you."

-Nuke
 

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Re: Shivan flak effect
Reply #99 on: October 26, 2009, 09:59:27 am
Link to original release thread should be here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=61425.msg1212828#msg1212828
Working download link should be later in the same thread.
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