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Improved Wrecks
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cumbi loba
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-05-20 20:01:34 UTC
I think it would be a good idea that the wrecks of destroyed ships actually look like parts of the ship which had been destroyed, i know this is the case for capitol ships when they explode, but this should be implemented for all ships, for example if a maelstrom was destroyed the smashed remains of the top wingy bit would be floating around the rest of the wreck that actually looks like the ship.

After all it would be far more appealing and attractive if all the wrecks didn’t look the exact same bundle of boring scrap, it would be even nicer if the wreck continued to burn up and fall apart or frizzle up by electricity, the wreck slowly breaking up over time would be nice also..
Keeper O'Secrets
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-05-20 21:16:31 UTC
while it offers no actual game play advantage or change, i think it would be good for the eye candy part of the game...

+1
Razgriz Shaishi
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-05-20 22:42:04 UTC
It would be cool, but the art department would have to make new models for the wrecks of every single ship in the game, potentially very time-consuming for them. Meaning they would have to finish all the other time-consuming projects first, such as V3-ing the rest of the ships.
cumbi loba
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-05-20 23:09:40 UTC
Razgriz Shaishi wrote:
It would be cool, but the art department would have to make new models for the wrecks of every single ship in the game, potentially very time-consuming for them. Meaning they would have to finish all the other time-consuming projects first, such as V3-ing the rest of the ships.


Yeah, good point, but possibly they will get to the smaller things eventually.
Aqriue
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-05-21 03:37:15 UTC
Different cars in the world will look different when they are wrecked, a pile of wreckage of multiple cars in different parts of the world will look the same.

Know what I am saying? Roll
Drakarin
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-05-21 15:02:24 UTC
I don't think this should be a high priority for developers to focus on, but that said, I would LOVE to see it eventually come into the game. If I know CCP I would guess they already have plans to do it. It simply takes a lot time. They have to create the animation ot he ship being ripped apart with extremely damage markers all over, lots of texture work to be done too. Considering how many ships in the game, yeah it would take a while.

But would I like to see it? The simple answer is hell yes.
Freundliches Feuer
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-05-21 17:55:52 UTC
I actually agree, it will be nice to see this, however V3-ign the rest of eve's ships and such is a priority.
cyndrogen
The Greatest Corp in the Universe
#8 - 2012-05-21 18:03:49 UTC
Razgriz Shaishi wrote:
It would be cool, but the art department would have to make new models for the wrecks of every single ship in the game, potentially very time-consuming for them. Meaning they would have to finish all the other time-consuming projects first, such as V3-ing the rest of the ships.


Actually what they should do is implement a procedural destruction, this way the effect would be random and no two wrecks would look the same.

Implement this client side, and it won't make a difference to the server. This also means that a wreck you see and a wreck I see would not be 1:1 like now, but hey it might look cooler then what we have now.

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cumbi loba
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-05-23 09:52:09 UTC  |  Edited by: cumbi loba
Wouldn’t it be cool if the wreck looked different depending on what weapon and ammunition you used, so if you used thermal damaging ammo the wreck would burn up over time in a firey inferno and if you use EMP ammo you could see the wrecks electronics frying their selves apart, would also be cool if the wreck broke apart different depending on where the shots actually hit.

Would be nice to see some variety instead of the same boring blue "Pop! have some default scrap!" Animation.
It’s just too repetitive.
DitchDigger
Hibi Proletariat
#10 - 2012-05-23 22:27:29 UTC
Razgriz Shaishi wrote:
It would be cool, but the art department would have to make new models for the wrecks of every single ship in the game, potentially very time-consuming for them. Meaning they would have to finish all the other time-consuming projects first, such as V3-ing the rest of the ships.


is there some algorithm that could automate that?
Zae'dra Xanthe
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2012-05-24 00:28:58 UTC
+1 to this idea!