Graphics needed!

[Baron Munchausen]

Ok, all you graphic artists out there! We've got a framework that can be extended to do some great things, but we probably need a coordinated effort just as in the "mods" department. If some people could imitate the ship styles in the 20 races that come with the game well enough to produce believable BASESHIP images we could get past the silly convention of using a starbase to represent a base ship, for example. But I doubt that ONE person, even if a good graphic artist, could produce all 20 of them. We could also use more component pictures to allow all these nifty component types that all the modders want to make without duplication of images. It would be FAR more productive to combine the efforts of many people into a "standard" expanded component (and for that matter facility) image group than to have a bunch of seperately altered graphics sets floating around. How many people reading this BB are reasonably good with 3D graphics and working on anything right now?

[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 25 January 2001).]

[IBDoomed_Work]

Just curious but have you looked at all the component images that come with the game that are not being used? Excellent idea to have some baseship graphics created, I'll keep an eye on this post.

IBD

[Baron Munchausen]

Yes, I've looked at the unused components many times. And used LOTS of them in my personal mod! But there are still not enough weapon images to handle all of the ideas for unique weapon types that have been pouring out here and elsewhere. If people with some ability in graphics design were to create a few more and make an "image upgrade" mod for the game that would be as useful as the text file mods we're currently seeing.

[Tenryu]

Baron, I've been thinking on and about the same thing for several weeks now, however, I would hesitate to 'copy' the race styles to make Base Ships without first getting a clear ok from MM.

There may be some copyright issues involved, or at least sensitivities anyway.( and not all on their side either)

Besides which, they, Malfador, may already have done the work you are looking to initiate, ditto on the components.

I am not an artist, however, I know several whom I might be able to convince to do some, maybe even all, of this stuff. ( And BTW - a good computer graphics artist could easily do all 20 images; not sure how long it would take to finish though; 40 to 80 hours from get-go to wrap-up be my guess.)

Since it'll cost me more than just a few beers, I just don't want to go off half-cocked.

Why do I now have the feeling I may regret even opening my ... whatever ... ?