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Magic_Al Gamorrean
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Posted: Apr 04, 2009 00:08 Post subject: |
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Based on the classic Star Wars arcade game. ("Red Five standing by.")
SVG:
http://homepage.mac.com/anewmanagn/magic_al/Star-Wars-Reticle.svg
Post edited per suggestions.
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lucius DarkXL Developer
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Posted: Apr 04, 2009 19:23 Post subject: |
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Nice reticles everyone. As for your's, Magic_Al, I'll probably recolor it white and otherwise leave it as is. The reason is so that people can then choose which color they want it to be themselves.
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The MAZZTer Death Star
Joined: 25 Sep 2003
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Posted: Apr 04, 2009 20:30 Post subject: |
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Magic_Al: You know there are vector image formats, right? SVG is the most common one.
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Magic_Al Gamorrean
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sheepandshepherd Trandoshan
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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Posted: Apr 05, 2009 17:30 Post subject: |
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Agreed, that would be an interesting extended feature. A reticle that predicted the splash of the TDs and Concussion Rifle would be really neat, if not a little too easy. It'd sure be fun though . . .
But just so you know, the pistol doesn't charge on DF Unless of course, someone implements it once lucius makes weapons scripted. Since mouse look will completely change game balance anyway, we might as well make it a little more interesting.
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lucius DarkXL Developer
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Magic_Al Gamorrean
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Posted: Apr 05, 2009 22:10 Post subject: |
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sheepandshepherd wrote:
But just so you know, the pistol doesn't charge on DF
Whoops. The games are running together in my mind!
Here are a few more:
X-Wing fighter scope:
TIE fighter scope:
Attack of the Clones Zam Wesell set:
Helmet scope:
Projectile rifle scope:
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Gez Gamorrean
Joined: 05 May 2008
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Posted: Apr 06, 2009 21:03 Post subject: |
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Magic_Al wrote:
None of those fit within the given requirements (32x32 images with a 1-pixel-thick transparent border).
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lucius DarkXL Developer
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Posted: Apr 06, 2009 21:18 Post subject: |
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Gez wrote:
Magic_Al wrote:
None of those fit within the given requirements (32x32 images with a 1-pixel-thick transparent border).
Good point, I haven't gone through and added Magic_Al's entries yet. The first one is easy to fix but the others won't be usable for now. I will implement a more robust reticle system later - when I implement weapon scripts - but the system is pretty simple right now, sorry. I should have identified the problem earlier but I've been preoccupied the last couple of days.
I'm getting the build ready so I'll be putting in the reticles that will be in the build in the next few days, so any reticles you want in should be finished/fixed before then. Any others can be put in later when the weapon scripts are done. Thanks everyone who made contributions. The next build will have a credits screen / documentation and I'll be adding in the contributers as appropriate. So you guys will get some credit for your work.
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The MAZZTer Death Star
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Posted: Apr 06, 2009 21:23 Post subject: |
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I was thinking that maybe reticles should be in a vector format so they will scale properly with resolutions.
Otherwise you're going to want super high res bitmaps, no silly 32x32 squares.
[Edit: Oh we already went through that... >_>]
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Gez Gamorrean
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Posted: Apr 06, 2009 22:32 Post subject: |
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To compensate for the loss of Magic Al's crosshairs, here's another set that should get gamers nostalgic:
If you have played one of the games in the X-Wing space sim series, you should recognize them. The first is modeled after the reticles in the earlier games (X-Wing, TIE Fighter) and the second after the last game of the series (X-Wing Alliance).
Of course, the cannon dots, target lock indicators and threat lights aren't there, since they would be pointless or inoperative. It's just the targeting reticle.
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lucius DarkXL Developer
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Magic_Al Gamorrean
Joined: 22 Mar 2005
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Posted: Apr 07, 2009 01:50 Post subject: |
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I tried to compensate for irregular shapes appearing smaller than regular shapes by thinking of 32x32 as a 1024 area limit, but I blew past that too.
I'm not sure how to get the transparent borders right but here are all the shapes as SVG so anyone can adapt them.
http://homepage.mac.com/anewmanagn/magic_al/Reticles-SVG.zip
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