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SWG-Goliath wrote:
The exterior of the Y8 was designed by one of our talented concept people. I took the 2d art and turned it into a ship. The we discussed what the design team wanted for the interior and i did some quick models for everyone to look at. When it was finalI did a final interior model which became the interior of the Y8. All together it took about 2 months.
well you did a fantastic job on the Y8. when i first took a spin in one of those, i was floored.
i dropped my Roleplaying character and spoke OOC in spatial just because i was so damn excited
it's just so spacious in there.
i hope you get to do some nice interior art for, say, a Nebulon-B or an assortment of other capital ships soon
*nudge nudge*
Just to back up Kelko's statement above:
"I didn't say it wasn't postponed either. All I said is right now the Live team is focusing on fixing what is broken and new features will be moved out to a long term implementation. "
I'm sorry, but those two sentences are unacceptable. At the very least, we deserve straight answers from the people responsible for talking to us. This is from someone who has not only been polite and respectful of all red names who post here, but has defended them many times in the past. Hasn't really done much good, obviously.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled topic.
SWG-Goliath wrote:
The exterior of the Y8 was designed by one of our talented concept people. I took the 2d art and turned it into a ship. The we discussed what the design team wanted for the interior and i did some quick models for everyone to look at. When it was finalI did a final interior model which became the interior of the Y8. All together it took about 2 months.
Good job on the Y-8. It really looks nice. If only the other devs could get the balance issues with POB ships worked out. I assume that once you guys start working on adding player controlled capital ships to the game, you'll be doing some of the modelling for that. Seeing as how it takes 2 months to do a ship the size of the Y-8, I assume you guys will be looking for whatever shortcuts you can find, such as using the Corellian Corvette as the first capital ship, since its exterior and interiormodels are already in the game. If you're looking for another shortcut, might I suggest that you use the crashed Lucky Despot ship in Mos Eisley. The exterior of the ship is probably 80% modelled already, and the interior is probably over 90% done. The ship that the Lucky Despot is made out of in the game would make a nice alternative to the Corellian Corvette. Its not quite as long as the Corvette, but its noticably wider. All you'd have to do then is model one more capital ship from scratch and you'd be able to give all three factions their own type of capital ship.
You know... the 2d artwork in this game is great. You are really doing a great job. I loved the color 2d icons from day one, and I love the paintings.
SWG-Goliath wrote:
I havn't gone anywhere, still cranking out art for everyone
As it has been mentioned I'm not really in the loop as far as programming. I'm an artist. I have posted a couple of times but it usually doesnt work out too well. I'm still around though. I'm here reading the forums, logging into SWG every day and playing by your sides.
The only thing I miss in terms of 2d art iscolor-customizeable textures, most noteworthy house wallpaper, furniture, clothes and armor. Someone said it cant be done, but I am still dreaming. Even droids have a very limited palette.
SWG-Goliath wrote:
The exterior of the Y8 was designed by one of our talented concept people. I took the 2d art and turned it into a ship. The we discussed what the design team wanted for the interior and i did some quick models for everyone to look at. When it was finalI did a final interior model which became the interior of the Y8. All together it took about 2 months.
Cool... Any chance it's getting more space and like a third deck when it's revamped?
And have you got any idea when the revamp for it is scheduled?
SWG-Goliath wrote:
The exterior of the Y8 was designed by one of our talented concept people. I took the 2d art and turned it into a ship. The we discussed what the design team wanted for the interior and i did some quick models for everyone to look at. When it was finalI did a final interior model which became the interior of the Y8. All together it took about 2 months.
When you turn a concept drawing into a 3d model, do you make little plaster or clay models first, like I saw in some Making Of's for Movies with Animated Characters (i.e. Lord of the Rings)? Or do you design them directly on your Computer?
-Skarra
no kissing up here, but i did want to say one thing:
the graphic art in this game is nothing short of awesome.
sure, multiple systems fail, bugs abound, issues arise faster than crabcrass, but the visuals still amaze me after playing for over two years now. youall are getting the bulldog fed.
so my hat is off to you, the swg artista. u rool3.
Darth_Maniac wrote:Erm - sorry to jump in here but as this is a chance to speak to an Arty type dev.Any chance of sorting out the artwork for the Master Pilot Jacket and helmet?? The jacket looks inflateable and the helmet has no neck!!!The Imp and Reb stuff is cool - Please make Neutral pilots proud to wear their flight gear
Just be glad you can wear your master pilot jacket and helmet. All 3 of my wookiee master pilots got shafted with stuff they cant even use.
The bandoleer doesnt count, being as it isnt a master pilot reward, its given when ya start piloting.
dlc3007 wrote:Just to back up Kelko's statement above:
"I didn't say it wasn't postponed either. All I said is right now the Live team is focusing on fixing what is broken and new features will be moved out to a long term implementation. "
I'm sorry, but those two sentences are unacceptable. At the very least, we deserve straight answers from the people responsible for talking to us. This is from someone who has not only been polite and respectful of all red names who post here, but has defended them many times in the past. Hasn't really done much good, obviously.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled topic.
Why is it so difficult for you to accept that there are no "straight" answers to your questions. You want them to fix the bugs? Sure you do. You want new features w/o bugs? Of course! You want them to tell you when it will be ready? *Bzzzz* Ain't gonna happen. You can't have it both ways. It's impossible. Either they ship code on a schedule (bug count be damned) or they ship when the bugs are fixed. You can't do both.
I for one am very glad they're concentrating on fixing bugs for a while...
-Buxley