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Thoughts on the new graphics patch

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16 hours ago
I think it's worth trying, at least in test mode for a couple of weeks, to increase the size of all units by 1.5-2 times.
Perhaps the game will become much more visually pleasing, and its graphical enhancements will be much easier to notice.
Take Dota 2, for example: everything is more visible on the screen, which makes it very visually appealing.
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16 hours ago
I think so, especially with ships.
When ships were scaled up in previous patches, they started to look nicer.
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16 hours ago
I've invited a lot of new players to the game, and they're all put off by the difficulty of learning and understanding the game, especially the fact that the units are so small.
Newcomers' first impressions are the visuals, and then they delve deeper into the mechanics. Therefore, if it's easier for them to get used to the game and appreciate the scale and beauty of the units, I think more newcomers will stick around.
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12 hours ago
Maybe you would rather halve all ranges and speeds, then play more zoomed in? Make a tweakunits and call it Epic Mode. It sounds easier than doubling unit size, which would cause a lot of clipping if footprints were not made larger, which is a whole can of worms. Also larger units might have trouble fitting on the current scale of maps.
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9 hours ago
Huh, that's an interesting idea. Zero-K definitely has a bit of a learning curve, but I don't think its because of the size of the units. If you take games like Age of Empires or 0AD, the vast majority of units are people, and people have very small footprints--basically like your standard raider size in ZK, yet that doesn't seem to turn people off at all.

And, you can already do this in normal ZK. Just zoom in and you can see and control the units better. Yet, the majority of players spend most of their time doing the opposite.

Good unit design is being able to make out details of units and distinguish units from each other even when they are very small (like when you're zoomed out). I actually think Zero-K does a really good job of this compared to a lot of other games. Like, there are no two units that look even remotely similar, which is impressive given how many units there are.
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8 hours ago
Amazing, I love new graphics patch. Didn't know there was a graphics patch until I saw a new factory being built and my lotus's being more pretty than usual!
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7 hours ago
didnt change anything for me :?
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