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Gate jump effects
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Sash Miram
Iron Fold
#1 - 2011-11-15 02:45:26 UTC
I was curious if these are ever going to be updated?

Im not talking about the swirl around ones ship when jumping, I mean the actual gate itself. The buildup of energy that sends you off to the next system.

I have this vision of something far more epic. With lots of particles being sucked into a centre mass, or something. =P
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#2 - 2011-11-15 04:42:42 UTC
I think the current one is fine, but sometimes It should look a bit more awesome (some minny gates have very underwhelming effects)

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Solhild
Doomheim
#3 - 2011-11-15 06:31:57 UTC
There were some slight updates on SISI a while back, but they never went live. The current effect is underwhelming, especially next to the new warp effect.

I picture something more like a swirling and pulsating wormhole that's held in place by the gate. When the gate activates, the front half explodes out into the distance (toward destination gate) accompanied by a pulse of distortion that quickly expands in a sphere from the gate, visually affecting everything around. The white and black tears in space used in the new warp effect should also be included in this.

Could be truly epic - considering what the art team have just done with warp, I'm sure that you've all got something much better in the works Blink
Jiji Hamin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-11-15 08:56:47 UTC
i want the old stargate sound back
Oberine Noriepa
#5 - 2011-11-15 09:04:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Oberine Noriepa
Yeah, I think this could definitely be improved. Some Gallente gates have an effect that ends up shooting both ways, and it ends up looking really weird since some of those gates have a closed backside. It doesn't make much sense for the jump shot effect to be clipping through a closed area. Furthermore, having the gate effect shooting both ways can confuse you in determining which way the gate actually shot your ship.

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Maxsim Goratiev
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2011-11-15 09:15:08 UTC
Oberine Noriepa wrote:
Yeah, I think this could definitely be improved. Some Gallente gates have an effect that ends up shooting both ways, and it ends up looking really weird since some of those gates have a closed backside. It doesn't make much sense for the jump shot effect to be clipping through a closed area. Furthermore, having the gate effect shooting both ways can confuse you in determining which way the gate actually shot your ship.

yeah, i hate that's the white effect goes through the closed part of the gate.
bassie12bf1
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2011-11-15 10:50:53 UTC
There used to be an effect besides the flash, some gates still show this effect in the preview window.

Like some kind of build up in energy that ends up in this blast we see.
Adrodius
Old Ass Gamers
#8 - 2011-11-15 12:43:27 UTC
I like the current one. :)
Vihura
Vihura Cor
#9 - 2011-11-15 13:26:41 UTC
Jiji Hamin wrote:
i want the old stargate sound back

no really they are terrible