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Why are Citadels so dark and gloomy ?

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helana Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#1 - 2016-01-26 22:50:10 UTC  |  Edited by: helana Tsero
Why are citadels so dark ?

http://i.imgur.com/A30RkKo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mgNMDfi.jpg

I thought they were supposed to look all like super high tec shiny cities.... where are the neon signs / advertising banners ?

Dont want dark smelly mining platform !


(realise these shots are in the suns shadow... but if you look at a city CBD in the dark its brilliantly lit.. not a dark gloomy industrial complex that hasnt paid its power bil..)


I was hoping that the non sunlit sides would look more like this -> http://www.wallpaperup.com/uploads/wallpapers/2014/01/06/217196/e7f8e8fea0e8c2635545625abb36100c.jpg

"...ppl need to get out of caves and they will see something new.... thats where eve is placed... not in cave."  | zoonr-Korsairs |

Meanwhile Citadel release issues: "tried to bug report this and the bug report is bugged as well" | Rafeau |
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#2 - 2016-01-26 22:57:49 UTC
Because they are not Amarr. Everyone knows Amarr are the happy cheery race.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#3 - 2016-01-26 22:58:11 UTC
clearly unfinished art assets

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mcdoodle
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#4 - 2016-01-26 23:26:26 UTC  |  Edited by: mcdoodle
Pretty sure i read somewhere that citadel lighting effects change as more people dock in it.

Edit: Yup i did http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/67559/1/citadel_m_activity_states_b.jpg
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#5 - 2016-01-26 23:27:11 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
clearly unfinished art assets

Shader issues.

"Black cars citadels look better in the shade."
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#6 - 2016-01-26 23:31:18 UTC
it only had 1/2 of its stuff online form what i read. and it snot finished yet

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helana Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2016-01-26 23:47:26 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
it only had 1/2 of its stuff online form what i read. and it snot finished yet


Its going to need more than another 50% worth of lighting to make it look like a city and not a warehouse..

CCP get thee texture artists moving.

"...ppl need to get out of caves and they will see something new.... thats where eve is placed... not in cave."  | zoonr-Korsairs |

Meanwhile Citadel release issues: "tried to bug report this and the bug report is bugged as well" | Rafeau |
CCP Ytterbium
C C P
C C P Alliance
#8 - 2016-01-26 23:59:05 UTC
Work in progress.

I've seen the latest models and I had a trouser containment problem. Let the Art guys do their jobs before drawing early conclusions P.
helana Tsero
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#9 - 2016-01-27 00:01:42 UTC
CCP Ytterbium wrote:
Work in progress.

I've seen the latest models and I had a trouser containment problem. Let the Art guys do their jobs before drawing early conclusions P.


Glad to hear it. But better to comment (state preferences) now while they are being worked on rather than wait til finished product and be disappointed.

"...ppl need to get out of caves and they will see something new.... thats where eve is placed... not in cave."  | zoonr-Korsairs |

Meanwhile Citadel release issues: "tried to bug report this and the bug report is bugged as well" | Rafeau |
Seraph Essael
Air
The Initiative.
#10 - 2016-01-27 00:02:06 UTC
CCP Ytterbium wrote:
Work in progress.

I've seen the latest models and I had a trouser containment problem. Let the Art guys do their jobs before drawing early conclusions P.

Did you leak?Lol

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Pix Severus
Empty You
#11 - 2016-01-27 00:07:47 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
snot finished


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Avvy
Doomheim
#12 - 2016-01-27 00:07:51 UTC
Because citadels are evil.
Kuetlzelcoatl
#13 - 2016-01-27 00:56:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Kuetlzelcoatl
helana Tsero wrote:
DaReaper wrote:
it only had 1/2 of its stuff online form what i read. and it snot finished yet


Its going to need more than another 50% worth of lighting to make it look like a city and not a warehouse..

CCP get thee texture artists moving.


Having 1/2 of things online is not equal to having any lighting done.

Silly assumptions as your OP only makes game designers want to preview things less often.

Unfinished WIP assets is "unfinished Work In Progress assets." Lighting is only a fraction of making such new assets a reality.



To be honest, Lighting on an even part of a space object 150km across should look more like this than that.

You should not be able to identify individual windows from 10km away let alone 150km away from these stations.

You should see the combined glow from many of them.
Teckos Pech
Hogyoku
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2016-01-27 00:57:17 UTC
Avvy wrote:
Because citadels are evil.


Yes, but how big are their ducts.

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Valkin Mordirc
#15 - 2016-01-27 06:54:53 UTC
CCP Ytterbium wrote:
Work in progress.

I've seen the latest models and I had a trouser containment problem. Let the Art guys do their jobs before drawing early conclusions P.



Could you line out the details? Lol
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Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#16 - 2016-01-27 07:10:24 UTC
Something something Grimdark something something.

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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#17 - 2016-01-27 08:03:20 UTC
Vasko Ecclesiarch
Doomheim
#18 - 2016-01-27 08:03:33 UTC
mcdoodle wrote:
Pretty sure i read somewhere that citadel lighting effects change as more people dock in it.

Edit: Yup i did http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/67559/1/citadel_m_activity_states_b.jpg

That's pretty cool Big smile
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#19 - 2016-01-27 08:14:32 UTC
I am afraid some of these structures will not be finished, from financial reasons.
Then some pirates, narcotic dealer, hookers and space squaters will move in and space police will avoid these regions.

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Luna Bowman
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2016-01-27 08:41:54 UTC
CCP Ytterbium wrote:
I've seen the latest models and I had a trouser containment problem.


Totally steal....errm, borrowing this quote. Twisted

Also, show us some renders! :D
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