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Re: Lunar War <v30> p1, 36 [GP] - new legend & stuff
Looks good let's FF this!! IMHO!
Re: Lunar War <v30> p1, 36 [GP] - new legend & stuff
The shuttles are GO! F. A. B.
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Re: Lunar War <v30> p1, 36 [GP] - new legend & stuff
Ok, in that case I will be updating the legend & small version.

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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Does anyone else find the number "6" in the large version's legend a bit difficult to decipher? It looks a lot like a "0" to me.
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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Yeah... it could use a slight shift down. No need to kernal(or whatever) the font, just copy the little bit of the 6 and shift it down a pixel or 2.
The new shuttles look good, the edges do look a bit pixelly, especially on the large version.
The new shuttles look good, the edges do look a bit pixelly, especially on the large version.


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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Updated large image: fixed the sixes and tried to reduce pixelation of shuttles.

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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Looking good 
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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
MarshalNey wrote:Looking good
Thanks ney. Hmm, I wonder if this could get stickied soon...?

Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Thanks ney!! I hope it does too!natty_dread wrote:MarshalNey wrote:Looking good
Thanks ney. Hmm, I wonder if this could get stickied soon...?
Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
Maybe....

A little nitpicky I know, but I wouldn't mind seeing a little bit of flame on the shuttles engines. To me they are just kinda hanging there in space...(duh) and could use a little zazz, just a little though. And oh yeah, your decision, but the proper term these days isn't "A.D." to denote years. Anno Domini(Latin for: The year of our Lord.) of course refers to Christianity specifically, and the term "C.E." (Common or Current Era) is often used to separate from anything controversial referring to religion.
A little nitpicky I know, but I wouldn't mind seeing a little bit of flame on the shuttles engines. To me they are just kinda hanging there in space...(duh) and could use a little zazz, just a little though. And oh yeah, your decision, but the proper term these days isn't "A.D." to denote years. Anno Domini(Latin for: The year of our Lord.) of course refers to Christianity specifically, and the term "C.E." (Common or Current Era) is often used to separate from anything controversial referring to religion.


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Re: Lunar War <v31> p1, 37 [GP] - new shuttles
If the shuttles would be using ion thrusters for space flight then there would be no flames... just a stream of hot ions, and you usually can't see those...
For the year thing, I'm not opposed to doing it.
For the year thing, I'm not opposed to doing it.

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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
...is what I said, but after a quick google I found out that ion thrusters actually do produce a blue-ish flame-like-thingy.natty_dread wrote:If the shuttles would be using ion thrusters for space flight then there would be no flames... just a stream of hot ions, and you usually can't see those...
Thus, here is version 100000 (in binary.)
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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
Here's just for comparison a picture of an ion thruster.



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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
So, does anyone have any more input on the graphics? Anything else that needs to be done?

Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
Like the ion trails, still think the shuttle edges are pixelly. The curves you've used on the flags seems overly bulgy in an unnatural way, and some of the flags seem to be short with the detail shifted to the right; most obvious for Brazil, the EU, the Generic, and India. I knowyou're trying for a bit of a 3-D effect there to show the curvature of the hull of the shuttles... but it doesn't look too good. Try the flags flat a least and then see if you want to try to add some subtle curvature.


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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
I had them flat, people complained..RedBaron0 wrote: Try the flags flat a least and then see if you want to try to add some subtle curvature.

Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
I Iike the use of C.E., but normal usage puts it after the year, that is, MMLX C.E., with the periods being optional.
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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
Those shuttles look very fuzzy, they could also afford to be a tad darker, or at least the flags could be darker.
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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
I'm tearing off my hair here... shuttles look pixelated... shuttles look fuzzy... aarghIndustrial Helix wrote:Those shuttles look very fuzzy, they could also afford to be a tad darker, or at least the flags could be darker.
I'll see if I can address both issues with a quick update, hang on a minute..

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Re: Lunar War <v32> p1, 38 [GP] - new shuttles
Those shuttles don't look bad, but could you enhance the detail on the EU flag? The stars are barely detectable, especially on the small map.







