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Turning style also affects weapon projectiles.

A really high turning style makes the sprite spin like crazy.

Not always. For instance, projectiles. I have zip experience with 3D, so I'd rather handle the projectiles than anything else.

But for units? You have to have 3D models. It's impossible to do the shadings, the shape changes, etc.

I thought Kenoli was on the team, doesn't he have 3D experience?

omg! 3d is sooooooooooooooooo hard!

Yeah, that's why I'm just sticking to things I can do in a half-hour with Fireworks.

Whats fireworks? I use Jasc PSP 9

Macromedia Fireworks is an image editor similar to Photoshop. It employs 16-bit PNG imaging and can export as GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, 8-bit, 256color max) or JPEG (24-bit 'True Color').

lol, i use photo shop also.

I know that but I was just using units as a example since their easier to test

I mean I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9. It can open and save about 30 different file picture files types, and the animation shops can open and save 7 animation types

Yes, but I was talking about Adobe Photoshop, which, though quite a bit harder to use, is probably the best image-editing tool out there.

Maybe, but there are lots of photoshops out there.
Serif Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop, etc. You're speaking about Adobe, right?

That's what I said last post.

Oops. Didn't see D:

yes there are lots of photoshops, yes we can make a 3d model of the ion cannon (i hope) how will it move? dont ask graphics artist
3d hard? yeah it is!

The ingame Ion Cannon should not be 3d, as I have stated before. It doesnt blend in with other sc units.
Why is this becoming a graphic conversation? This is the Ideas forum.

LOL, I just remembered... The original signup thread did the same thing, became a conversation about graphics.

Umm... we'll just pull frames of it and export them as sprites, just the same as Blizzard did when it was developing SC.

I know we'll use 3d for that, but we won't put real 3d units like wc3 units in sc.


Graphics is the fun part of sc modifications.
Whoever is leading the mods, tell me what to make.

Ive decided to finally make a realistic Ion cannon attack to be better then cln fatso's, and i did this.
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And then I decided to put electricity on it and did this.
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Please comment on what to improve.

i think it was my beam you saw..dunno havent seen the other replies so there might be one of cnl fatso well my beam got owned by yours definitly btw the electricity doesnt match with it

Yep, I agree.



I'd change the red to a more orange-red color. But, that's just me...

All new comments on the graphics of Ion Cannon, attacks, etc should now please be put in the thread on it. Thank you.

Since nobobdy loved my pseudo-manual, I'm putting my bests idea down- another capital ship, a floating building, and an interceptor-esque skirmisher. We could replace the Civilian or heros or some unit like that with these.

Terran Helios
Health: High
Armor: High
Cost: High
Speed: Slow
Energy: Standard
Damage: High
Cooldown: Slow
Builds at: Fleet Command
Special Abilities: Helion Flare: Uber attack with chance of the ship exploding. Research at Fleet Command (see below.)
Make sure it moves like a walrus. If you graphics designers can't do 3D, meld a battlecruiser's engines onto the back of a Science vessel and the battlecruiser's "head" up front, and you'll get the idea. If you can do 3d, make a ship with engines and a spherical "head" with tubes sticking out of it.

Terran Viper
Health: Med-Low
Armor: Low
Cost Med.
Speed: Ungodly fast
Energy: Low
Damage: Med-Low
Cooldown:Fast
Builds at: Fleet Command
Special Abilities: Kamikaze: Quite obvious.
A one-planar design, with a bulge in the middle. Think of a wraith with the bottom wing cut off.

Terran Fleet Command:
Health: High
Armor: High
Cost: High
Speed: Low
A slow, flying building, the Fleet command builds the Viper and Helios and researches the Helion Flare ability (and perhaps more, if DoA can hurry up with his mempatcher)

I think its good, but a bit unoriginal
A slow, powerful, gigantic starship
Helios - Battlecruiser
A fast, useful, small space fighter
Viper - Wraith

I think we need something a bit more interesting.
Or maybe everything original was taken by Blizzard already, and you're right about this.

The Archon-Dark Archon Warp-Mind control idea was very good, Ion cannon was good, arch queen needs a new name.

I'll take a shot at making a Protoss Starship

Protoss Dargon
Health: Medium
Shields: High
Armor: Medium
Cost: Very High
Speed: Medium
Energy: Average
Damage: High
Cooldown: Medium
Description: A powerful protoss interplanetary battleship, used in large groups as support. Can Sacrifice its energy (and when that runs out, its own shields) to restore the shields of allied units. Uses latest technology to shape its shield.
Ability:
1) Boost Shield: Sacrifices its energy/shields to restore shields to another allied unit with shields.
2) Warp Shield: Change the shape of shields (if any exist) to reduce damage taken by outside attacks. (It's like an ability to increase defense) Temporary, drains energy.

Please Rate

Forgot to mention, the Viper uses rockets and lasers while the helios uses oversized plasma-flame flarethrowers.