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Good looking ship, but no shiny explosions?

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Obsidian Hawk
RONA Midgard Academy
#21 - 2011-11-03 15:38:37 UTC
If we are going to talk about ship explosions then...........


When a titan blows up can it have the effect of the old aoe doomsday. Like the avatar has that bright blinding white light.

Why Can't I have a picture signature.

Also please support graphical immersion, bring back the art that brought people to EvE online originaly.
Kata Amentis
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#22 - 2011-11-03 15:42:39 UTC
Razin wrote:
Before thinking about pretty explosions CCP art team needs to add simple stuff like weapon misses and weapon strikes animations.


Arguable, everyone on grid can see a ship dying, but you'd only really see impact animations if you were looking closely at the target P

Curiosity killed the Kata... ... but being immortal he wasn't too worried about keeping a count.
Autonomous Monster
Paradox Interstellar
#23 - 2011-11-03 16:00:08 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
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Shisen
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2011-11-03 16:06:08 UTC
This idea is probably to resource heavy, but:

It would be cool to have a few different types of death animations that occur randomly. Of course explosions, but also maybe something that doesn't explode, like having the ship crack open into two pieces, having debris (and bodies) strewing out of the ship, or having just a burning fireball of a wreck. My personal favorite would be to have massive holes punched through the ship, simulating a massive barrage of artillery onto target, then consume the destroyed wreck with fire and degassing animations.

Again, probably to taxing to peoples older machines, and maybe even to taxing to the server to randomly roll up an animation; but would be cool for the future.
Cunane Jeran
#25 - 2011-11-03 16:09:57 UTC
I would love this but I'm sure the graphical lag in a big fight would screw with getting pods out safely.
mkint
#26 - 2011-11-03 16:15:52 UTC
Shisen wrote:
This idea is probably to resource heavy, but:

It would be cool to have a few different types of death animations that occur randomly. Of course explosions, but also maybe something that doesn't explode, like having the ship crack open into two pieces, having debris (and bodies) strewing out of the ship, or having just a burning fireball of a wreck. My personal favorite would be to have massive holes punched through the ship, simulating a massive barrage of artillery onto target, then consume the destroyed wreck with fire and degassing animations.

Again, probably to taxing to peoples older machines, and maybe even to taxing to the server to randomly roll up an animation; but would be cool for the future.

wtb lance of weapons fire punching through the ship followed by the lights and engines flickering and fading as though the ship is giving up it's soul.

Maxim 6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Shisen
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2011-11-03 16:22:33 UTC
mkint wrote:
Shisen wrote:
This idea is probably to resource heavy, but:

It would be cool to have a few different types of death animations that occur randomly. Of course explosions, but also maybe something that doesn't explode, like having the ship crack open into two pieces, having debris (and bodies) strewing out of the ship, or having just a burning fireball of a wreck. My personal favorite would be to have massive holes punched through the ship, simulating a massive barrage of artillery onto target, then consume the destroyed wreck with fire and degassing animations.

Again, probably to taxing to peoples older machines, and maybe even to taxing to the server to randomly roll up an animation; but would be cool for the future.

wtb lance of weapons fire punching through the ship followed by the lights and engines flickering and fading as though the ship is giving up it's soul.


exactly! How cool would that be :)
mkint
#28 - 2011-11-03 16:30:15 UTC
Shisen wrote:
mkint wrote:
Shisen wrote:
This idea is probably to resource heavy, but:

It would be cool to have a few different types of death animations that occur randomly. Of course explosions, but also maybe something that doesn't explode, like having the ship crack open into two pieces, having debris (and bodies) strewing out of the ship, or having just a burning fireball of a wreck. My personal favorite would be to have massive holes punched through the ship, simulating a massive barrage of artillery onto target, then consume the destroyed wreck with fire and degassing animations.

Again, probably to taxing to peoples older machines, and maybe even to taxing to the server to randomly roll up an animation; but would be cool for the future.

wtb lance of weapons fire punching through the ship followed by the lights and engines flickering and fading as though the ship is giving up it's soul.


exactly! How cool would that be :)

Also, wtb wrecks that keep their velocity and vector from the moment they are destroyed until they hit the edge of the grid and despawn. Though it seems like a troll, the whole "wrecks stay for 2 hours and then magically disappear" thing is kinda lame if you think about it. This would be more realistic physics, drive up the value of salvage, make marauders more valuable on the field, and reduce wreck lag from all the proposed sexy wrecks in this thread.

Maxim 6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Crosi Wesdo
War and Order
#29 - 2011-11-03 16:32:26 UTC
Not sure exactly whats wrong with explosions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjN3z3EP4wo

Unless you are talking about torps/cruise i guess.
Shisen
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#30 - 2011-11-03 16:33:21 UTC
having moving wrecks would also make the noctis with it's tractor beam bonuses all the more useful!
Razin
The Scope
#31 - 2011-11-03 17:05:21 UTC
Kata Amentis wrote:
Razin wrote:
Before thinking about pretty explosions CCP art team needs to add simple stuff like weapon misses and weapon strikes animations.


Arguable, everyone on grid can see a ship dying, but you'd only really see impact animations if you were looking closely at the target P

I do see what you're saying, however I was more concerned with seeing the effects on the ship I am flying.
Dante KamiyaX
STARK INDUSTRIES.INCX
#32 - 2011-11-03 18:06:24 UTC
Will Strafe wrote:
They really don't want to introduce the lagfest of your death I'm sure.

This is only the fault of your hardware being outdated.
Yvan Ratamnim
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#33 - 2011-11-03 18:16:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Yvan Ratamnim
ya honestly i'd be happy at this point if wrecks dint just look like a bunch of criss crossed lines in a circle...

I mean come on give us a carcus or alteast something that looks like pieces of burnt hull ...

Atleast on battleships, carriers, and supers, the effects should be decent, and with recognizeable hulls or atleast size-recognizeable wreckage, something is better than the current nothing

BTW, GFX have 0 to do with LAG, LAG is INTERNET related...

Also if your pc sucks turn off the "wrecks" in the option as they will probably add for its effect
Yvan Ratamnim
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2011-11-03 18:18:25 UTC
though we can't even get the local rendering of turrets missing our ships!!!!!

I mean **** the client knows it missed it just said "large beam laser MISSES YOUR SHIP" so why the hell is it rendering that it did hit my ship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Atleast fix the local my hull rendering of incoming damage!
Jerick Ludhowe
Internet Tuff Guys
#35 - 2011-11-03 19:08:26 UTC
Will Strafe wrote:
They really don't want to introduce the lagfest of your death I'm sure.


People like this need to stop acting like they know what they are talking about...
Heimdallofasgard
Ministry of Furious Retribution
Insidious.
#36 - 2011-11-03 19:18:32 UTC
Jesus Christ I'd hate to be a project/program manager at ccp right now... trying to squeeze everything everyone ever wanted in eve into a decent schedule must be hell.

the gannt charts you guys have must be epic...

that is of course... if you have gannt charts...

actually... CCP consider this a request for GANNT charts... and remember... EVERYONE LOVES GRAPHS!

I WANT GRAPHS!!! OF ANY KIND!!!! (and not the learning cliff one)
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#37 - 2011-11-03 19:25:07 UTC
CCP Navigator wrote:
I am passing this thread on to our art department as feedback from you guys. I have no idea how much programming and art work this would involve or if the artists and programmers would be free to do this in the short term.

I cannot promise you any answers but I will certainly pass it on Smile


This is awesome. Will they do it? -at least we know they will look at it.
coolzero
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2011-11-03 20:17:48 UTC
Crosi Wesdo wrote:
Not sure exactly whats wrong with explosions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjN3z3EP4wo

Unless you are talking about torps/cruise i guess.



well i would like a nice upgrade in missle explosion graphics upgrade...torp explosions are nice but it could me much more impressive.
CCP t0rfifrans
C C P
C C P Alliance
#39 - 2011-11-03 20:21:25 UTC
Revamping explosions is on our backlog, but will not be part of the Winter Expansion. It's quite a task, since we want them to look awesome yet not kill performance. Explosions and missiles are the main things remaining from the pre-Trinity days. Yes it's taken a lot of time to get there, but with our new found focus, we will get there faster than previously planned.
Geoscape
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#40 - 2011-11-03 20:44:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Geoscape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w50Gs5jZ0

Homeworld 2 showing how explosions and missiles are done.

CCP take note.
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