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New dev blog: Fixing some things and moving forward

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Bratwurst0r
DARK ORCHESTRA
#281 - 2011-09-20 09:49:47 UTC
Finally, tbh. I never understood what was so difficult about it. With this you are regaining some trust, but its a long long way still.
fogbird
SmokingGuns Corp
#282 - 2011-09-20 09:56:37 UTC
great news!
Rakshasa Taisab
Sane Industries Inc.
#283 - 2011-09-20 10:01:28 UTC
If a puppy does good, pat it on the head.

*Pats CCP on the head*

Nyan
Blue Harrier
#284 - 2011-09-20 10:19:54 UTC
The best Dev blog I’ve read from CCP in a long time, it takes a big company to forge ahead with a plan they think is right, but an even bigger company to admit they ‘got it wrong’ and will rectify the mistakes.

Now dear CCP, please get this on SiSi as soon as possible so we can test it and this time if we report a problem (not only a bug), read what we have to say, give us feedback, ask questions and please, please listen.

Well done so far Big smile.

"You wait - time passes, Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold." from The Hobbit on ZX Spectrum 1982.
GizzyBoy
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#285 - 2011-09-20 10:33:40 UTC
When may we purchase this new ship?
Spc One
The Chodak
Void Alliance
#286 - 2011-09-20 10:48:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Spc One
Excellent changes !
This is what i wanted all the time since incarna came out.
New turrets are very hard to distinguish when you look at them on market or on fitted ships. If you don't know the names of turrets is super hard to know what size are they.

Now all we need is a little better rewards for 0.0 and a little better anomalies for -0.3 systems.

As for the new fonts, i don't like it very much.
Maybe you can use same fonts as they're now and make 0 and O more visually distinguishable.
Dante Kesel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#287 - 2011-09-20 11:02:35 UTC
As Visually Appealing Incarna is for the most part it has been Fluff, however I do believe that once Incarna as a Whole is Released and we are able to walk around stations and use station services such as bars etc.. then use of the CQ would be more widely accepted.
Kern Hotha
#288 - 2011-09-20 11:08:35 UTC
This is a good blog. These are the first steps in erasing the memory of Incarna, which is a worthy goal.

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CCP t0rfifrans
C C P
C C P Alliance
#289 - 2011-09-20 11:19:17 UTC
Circumstantial Evidence wrote:
FONT!

Please make the zero stand out more from capital "o".
I can tell that the new "o" is a bit rounder, but not by much.
Maybe add a dot in the middle of zeros, like old VGA textmode font, or a slash.

B looks fantastic!

The zero has a slash through it, so it should not be confused with O.
Nagapito
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#290 - 2011-09-20 12:20:23 UTC
CCP t0rfifrans wrote:
Circumstantial Evidence wrote:
FONT!

Please make the zero stand out more from capital "o".
I can tell that the new "o" is a bit rounder, but not by much.
Maybe add a dot in the middle of zeros, like old VGA textmode font, or a slash.

B looks fantastic!

The zero has a slash through it, so it should not be confused with O.


In my opinion this is the worst choice of font. I dont think EVE needs a new font but I'm ok with changing it unless it for something far worst!!!

This font is... how can I say it... to tall and to light(weight). In small sizes you cant read it, but if you increase size to be readable it just becomes huge!!!
Applying bold on it just makes it even worse!

Dont believe me? Why dont we see sites and applications using this kind of fonts? They are very hard on our pour eyes! Just get a few people with eye problems and all of them will say that the font is not very good! It tires the eyes after a few seconds!

Just my 2 cents
TheGreenFoX
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#291 - 2011-09-20 12:31:26 UTC
Nagapito wrote:
FONT!

This font is... how can I say it... to tall and to light(weight). In small sizes you cant read it, but if you increase size to be readable it just becomes huge!!!
Applying bold on it just makes it even worse!



Quote from the dev blog about the font:
" The font is, for example, sitting a bit too high at the moment so it seems like there’s not enough space above it at times, but that will be fixed."
Othar en'gilliath
Hosse en'gilliath
#292 - 2011-09-20 12:53:23 UTC
Now will this fix my Bra strap issue?
Kalissa
Sacred Templars
Fraternity.
#293 - 2011-09-20 13:00:24 UTC
A definite stride in the right direction.
TimT77
State War Academy
Caldari State
#294 - 2011-09-20 13:20:39 UTC
Nice changes overall! With the new cynoeffect maybe add in a new jump effect too?
Aineko Macx
#295 - 2011-09-20 13:32:44 UTC
Quote:
Implemented a new specular glossiness model
Added diffuse and specular fresnel
Added specular light from indirect light (spherical harmonics)

Thanks, CQ performance was too high.

Other than that, congratulations on doing the obvious, i.e. reintroducing wanted old features and fixing cosmetic annoyances.

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Caiden Baxter
You're a Pirate
#296 - 2011-09-20 13:40:19 UTC
So they are only reverting back to the old turret icons, not the old turrets themselfs right ?

Soon™
Nehmen Geld
#297 - 2011-09-20 13:47:04 UTC
\o/

So good to see that ship spinning (and all that it stands for) is coming back. Thanks!
tika te
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#298 - 2011-09-20 13:56:00 UTC
nice to see it is going to the right direction again...
"ship spining": nice!
new fornt: nice!
new cyno effects: wasn't really necessary imo, but ok.
turret icons: the problem was not that the icons were 3d rendered; i see two points here: the icons were poor in contrast - too many details but not enough space in a tiny icon...and the renndered turret moddels themselves are difficult to distinguish..
imo: the idea making new turrets is ok, but the design is...well..not on the same level like the rest of eve design. somme of the turrtets look more like a part of a fire dept pump car than like a "weapon" turret..
their design simply doesn't fit the eve universe..(lasers are ok for the most part, hybrids are horrible(again!))
Iosue
League of Gentlemen
The Initiative.
#299 - 2011-09-20 13:58:13 UTC
CCP, thanks for listening to your player base. this is something that truly sets you apart from other game designers (even if we do have to kick and scream to be heard sometimes). please keep up the good work and please keep listening to us. Big smile
electroretard
Tecnicos Investigacion Aeroterraquea
#300 - 2011-09-20 14:36:13 UTC
TLDR; We wasted 1 year developing things not related to EvE that nobody wanted with your money. We kept going with those developments even with 95% of the playerbase complaining about it and demanding REAL game improvements. When we realized they didn't fit into the game (we didn't even bother with quality testing), we are going back to what you had 1.5 years ago. Oh and keep playing please.