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New Lens Flare Effects
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Penny Ibramovic
Wormhole Engineers
#1 - 2014-06-09 19:46:59 UTC
The new lens flares of the stars is a nice effect. It doesn't quite make sense, though, that different stars have different effects. I thought that lens flares are an artefact of the lens, not the source of light, hence the name. I could be wrong.

Might it be a better idea to have a different but consistent lens flare effect for each race's ships? This would reflect the different technology used across the races, and give a unique feel when flying a different race's ships.
Antillie Sa'Kan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2014-06-09 20:28:50 UTC
I think they look pretty.
Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#3 - 2014-06-09 21:07:46 UTC
Except for the vertical one and the greenish horizontal one.

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Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2014-06-09 21:14:26 UTC
Penny Ibramovic wrote:
The new lens flares of the stars is a nice effect. It doesn't quite make sense, though, that different stars have different effects. I thought that lens flares are an artefact of the lens, not the source of light, hence the name. I could be wrong.

Might it be a better idea to have a different but consistent lens flare effect for each race's ships? This would reflect the different technology used across the races, and give a unique feel when flying a different race's ships.

Different stars emit different combinations of light frequency. Even within just the visible spectrum, different colors at different intensities react different when put through a lens or prism. So it is somewhat realistic, in concept if not implementation, that different stars would generate differing "lens flare" effects.