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Dev blog: The Space Object Factory: One File To Rule Them All

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Jessica Danikov
Network Danikov
#61 - 2014-09-25 12:25:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Jessica Danikov
If you don't do it, CPPC will- http://t.co/XOf2U30XZ4 for the Sanistaros.

Update: http://t.co/Pi6sSiZ1kl for Blood Raider Oracle.
Update2: http://t.co/IRsEFGKSW3 for Blood Raider Dragoon.
Lucian Thorundan
House Of Serenity.
#62 - 2014-09-25 13:52:01 UTC
Jessica Danikov wrote:
If you don't do it, CPPC will- http://t.co/XOf2U30XZ4 for the Sanistaros.

Update: http://t.co/suWR7EAqS4 for Blood Raider Oracle.
Update2: http://t.co/SM3Z4D1IsE for Blood Raider Dragoon.


Aww now i feel like i missed out cause its just two broken links and half a conversation :(

Fire up the Rumour Mill, let the wild speculation begin!

PS - obligatory "where is my Sanistaros skin already" - I'd put it in caps but i cant even do that ironically....
Knug LiDi
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#63 - 2014-09-25 14:16:50 UTC
Can't wait to take my nice, shiny, red and gold Guardian, and hit it with brown, rusty, Minmatar effects.

As an old space priest, having a ship that looks my age would be nice.

If only we could fall into a woman's arms

without falling into her hands
Absolutely Not Analt
Carebears on Fire
#64 - 2014-09-25 14:29:08 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
Arcos Vandymion wrote:
Blood Raider Dragoons (they allready have a cap war bonus ^^) and Oracles (BIG BAD GUNS!) gonna look so awesome.


I fired up the new Space Object Factory tools and made a Blood Raider Dragoon and Blood Raider Oracle. Confirmed that they look awesome.

Wish I could post pics, but I'd need to run it past all kinds of busy people first, so it likely won't happen.


Part of me wants to rage at you for teasing us that way.

The louder part is overjoyed that this is even possible.

DO WANT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CCP TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

Eve is a multi player game. And you are the content. - Ralph King-Griffin Being meh at two things is not better than being great at one. - Lugh Crow-Slave
Bugsy VanHalen
Society of lost Souls
#65 - 2014-09-25 15:48:00 UTC
All I can say is Awesome!

I expect this will also have a large effect on reducing lag in large fleet battles. It may only be fractions of a second per ship, but when looking for +3000 ships, across +3000 clients, it really adds up.

There may be a few bugs and typo's to work out, but I see this as a potential massive stability improvement to the core game. The added feature of preparing the system for future ship customizations is just an added bonus for me.
Jessica Danikov
Network Danikov
#66 - 2014-09-25 17:41:27 UTC
Lucian Thorundan wrote:

Aww now i feel like i missed out cause its just two broken links and half a conversation :(


I don't know what broke the links, but they're fixed now.
D'Kmal
Variables Unlimited
Urukian Collective
#67 - 2014-09-25 17:49:00 UTC
Can CCP take this opportunity to fix the textures for the Khanid ships, so they have the proper black/white contrast, not murky black/murky grey with a hint of whatever colour space you're in?
CCP Darwin
C C P
C C P Alliance
#68 - 2014-09-25 19:10:53 UTC
D'Kmal wrote:
Can CCP take this opportunity to fix the textures for the Khanid ships, so they have the proper black/white contrast, not murky black/murky grey with a hint of whatever colour space you're in?


I'll take a few minutes tomorrow to have a look at this.

That said, in general if you think the look of a ship is broken or that what you're seeing is clearly not what was intended, please hit F12 and use the in-game bug reporting tool to file a bug report, preferably with a screen capture. Attaching the output of dxdiag (if you're on Windows) is also very helpful just in case it's a driver or graphics card issue.

CCP Darwin  •  Senior Software Engineer, Art & Graphics, EVE Online  •  @mark_wilkins
TrouserDeagle
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#69 - 2014-09-25 19:43:36 UTC
time to bug report every gallente t1 ship in the game
CCP Darwin
C C P
C C P Alliance
#70 - 2014-09-25 19:57:13 UTC
TrouserDeagle wrote:
time to bug report every gallente t1 ship in the game


Seriously speaking, if you did think that all of a number of similarly-shaded objects had a consistent graphic technical problem (as opposed to art direction that you don't like), you probably should file a single bug report and provide in it a list of other affected objects that you may know about.

CCP Darwin  •  Senior Software Engineer, Art & Graphics, EVE Online  •  @mark_wilkins
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#71 - 2014-09-25 19:58:59 UTC
TrouserDeagle
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#72 - 2014-09-25 20:05:24 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
TrouserDeagle wrote:
time to bug report every gallente t1 ship in the game


Seriously speaking, if you did think that all of a number of similarly-shaded objects had a consistent graphic technical problem (as opposed to art direction that you don't like), you probably should file a single bug report and provide in it a list of other affected objects that you may know about.


the problem is that this art direction is disgusting. all the colour is gone - grey and teal.

plus you still haven't given back my green engine trails.
Lothras Andastar
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#73 - 2014-09-25 21:16:38 UTC
Three Words.

ORANGE. GALLENTE. SHUTTLE.

Bring this back and I will love you forever.

Because the Legacy Code has too much Psssssssssssssssh, nothing will ever get fixed until CCP stop wasting money on failed sparkle MMOs and instead rewrite the entire backend of EvE from scratch.
Esceem
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#74 - 2014-09-25 22:39:45 UTC
This sounds promising.
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#75 - 2014-09-26 04:39:34 UTC
CCP Darwin wrote:
Kismeteer wrote:
BTW, the check is in the mail for the $70 pants. And the monocle.


I want a top hat for my Atron.


Oh right been meaning to say: CCP Darwin you seem to make pretty good style choices in your portrait, could just use a monocle Blink

@ChainsawPlankto on twitter
Lors Dornick
Kallisti Industries
#76 - 2014-09-26 10:25:04 UTC
Altessa Post wrote:
Architects approve.

Keep up the good work!

After a long professional life as a sysa (and pl) I very much approve.

I just wish that certain of my devs (and their bosses) could have understood the impact of "pointless backend changes".

CCP Greyscale: As to starbases, we agree it's pretty terrible, but we don't want to delay the entire release just for this one factor.
Ghaustyl Kathix
Rising Thunder
#77 - 2014-09-26 14:23:19 UTC
Did anybody else try to list all of the factions in that screenshot of the Impairors? I was only able to name a little more than half of them.
Beta Maoye
#78 - 2014-09-26 17:07:51 UTC
I know it is copyright infringement, but the first thing come to my mind is Hello Kitty.
Motriek
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#79 - 2014-09-26 19:00:54 UTC
"...If we wanted to change the colored tint of the Sarum glow lights for example we would have to open, edit, save and QA the red files for every Sarum ship!..."

I am surprised to hear this is happening so late in EvE's development. It seems like CCP would have been using asset management software for some while to manage variations in texture, rigging, and modelling, but that's good to hear it's getting attention. Going to be impossible to sell aurum ship skins 'one day' without some way to reskin during design time as well as runtime.

You may want to have a look at "Production Pipeline Fundamentals" when thinking these challenges through. It's a well paved path.
http://www.amazon.com/Production-Pipeline-Fundamentals-Renee-Dunlop-ebook/dp/B00IOPYVIU/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411757606&sr=1-1&keywords=Production+Pipeline+Fundamentals++By+Renee+Dunlop
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#80 - 2014-09-26 22:43:00 UTC
I'm kind of confused with this. How do I get my new Sanistaros?

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