Realistic Graphics Feedback

[NeonSturm]

That means the design should stay the same, but the style should be realistic.


If that is the intention...

I mainly care about: FPS, less distraction from animations, distinguishability, possibility - and recently also cross-server compatibility for the \"most basic\" features.

And noticing that there aren\'t even alphanumeric blocks in the vanilla... I guess this is not my exactly my favourite.

But any improvement is an improvement - and there certainly is some - with chooseable texture packs.

 

[kupu]

Schema is continuously optimising the graphics side of things. FPS should become less and less of a concern for players with modern computers using 256px textures.



http://starmadetextures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/use.html

This mod created by Crusade and Titansmasher adds alphanumerical blocks. I supported the mod so it fits with the new textures. If your playing on a server with alphanumerical blocks and would like to replace those specific textures feel free to copy / paste from the t002.


But any improvement is an improvement - and there certainly is some - with chooseable texture packs.


Haha, i spent most of my time creating new textures to avoid using the old pixel ones. So I understand not everyone will want the same thing. The new texture pack selecter really is a great improvement. (it will also stop the headaches from players who kept installing them wrong :P)

 

[pjfroggie]

I really love the graphics in the new dev build, just that everything seems so dark...maybe it\'s just the shadows.

 

[WaffulMann]

Another thing with the new graphics, is with large surfaces.

Blocks like shields and power-blocks do not look good when in large surfaces, mostly because they all look so tiled, especially the shields. The thrusters do things amazingly, by a lot of blocks look weird. I do not know if this is intentional or not, but I\'m going to put it out there anyway.

 

[kupu]

I\'m not quite sure what you\'re getting at. A square / circular graphic in the center of a block will always tile repetitively. It is unavoidable.

Here is a few reasons why they are the way they are...

They are single modular units. They are animated. They need to look self contained in a 1x1x1 block space. Power gens are rarely built in large surface shapes due to the inefficiency of the regen rate. They are based of the original designs.

 

[NeonSturm]

Recently, I thought about 4-step animations. Aren\'t they ugly?

Are transitions possible?

• fading-out + fading-in - with transparency and underlay
• fading to other picture - with transparency

Or 1x4 or 2x2 tiles, a (semi-)random offset - or offset-movement - between 0..3 or 0..1/0..1 and a crop at offset+1.

• Random only once per frame for all blocks (at least in a grid) the same.
• An option to x-mirrow odd-y and y-mirrow odd-x blocks.

With step animations, our brain thinks: \"something has changed; important; what is it?\".

With smooth animations, our brain thinks: \"something is changing; I know already the repeating pattern; I don\'t need to waste time thinking about it.\"