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8 years ago
Hello you,

I am a smaller Graphics (hobby) artist and would like to try/change some to better graphics and i have a few questions:

Support Spring Normal/Bump/Spec.. Maps/Textures?
should I change something or is it as good as it is ??
If so, this is believed because it is a lot of work and it should not be in vain !
okey my english is not perfect but with hands and feet it's already ( German proverb ) :-)

Dark

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8 years ago
Spring supports emmision, specular and normal textures (it also supports paralax for maps altrough it doesnt work properly at all).

What are your skills exactly? 2D image editing? 3D modelling? texturing 3D objects? Please, do tell since "graphics" is a very broad term.

Can we get a sample of how good you are? New modellers traditionally try to remodel Hunter, a torpedo boat from shipyard.

In regards to your english: man your english is worse than @Xeviender 's

By the way: admins please move this to development subforum.
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8 years ago
Hello Orfelius ,

I am both :-) 2d ( only Photoshop is the best ) and 3D ( Blender free and strong but complicated )

I have an idea for a new unit for the Jump Fab ! The Frog ... interest ?

Dark
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The answer would depend upon what kind of content you wanted to make. Maps? Units? Unit textures? UI graphics?

In general, any good visual improvements will be welcome. Brand new units will likely not be welcome unless they pass the balance gauntlet.
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http://zero-k.info/Wiki/Developing <- here are the basic development giudelines.

You pretty much need to do in order to develop something: join #zkdev channel in your game lobby. You can do this by typing "/j zkdev" command in the input area in the game lobby.

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Brand new units will likely not be welcome unless they pass the balance gauntlet.

Which is pretty darn unlikely.
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I'd stick to remodelling existing units, unless you get the go-ahead from somebody involved in balance (to be safe, at least AUrankAdminGoogleFrog ) that a new unit is wanted. The only totally new unit concept that's gotten any traction recently I know of is some kind of addition to Amph fac.

Plenty of existing units' models are pretty hacked-together and could use a rework / reimagining. If I recall correctly the models of Hover factory units are some of the worst, and you'd likely have a fair bit of aesthetic freedom there.
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Skasi
I am very confident that "The Frog" could become a new jumping allterrain Chicken unit!
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8 years ago
Chicken already has a(n unused) jumping unit.
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There are the things i would suggest to try remodelling:

Hunter (the torpedo boat)
Starlight (the beam superweapon)
Wyvern (the heavy bomber)

All of these have very old/bad models, so anyone with medium skill and enough perseverance to see it through should be able to output a superior model.

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Support Spring Normal/Bump/Spec.. Maps/Textures?

In a clearer way than PLrankOrfelius did: yes. ZK uses normals, emission, specularity/reflection.
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8 years ago
You could also make almost any kind of object and hope somebody will use it as decoration on a map.
Like trees, nature stuff, random buildings or techy looking things.
Maybe good starting point?
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i too am a blender hobbyist although i don't think my skill is enough to actually improve anything that already exists in zero-k.

here is some of my work, some nws

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as you can probably see i am not really confident in my ability to texture anything
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8 years ago
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concept art (nws)

[Spoiler]
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8 years ago
welcome to the team :D

moved the topic to development subforum.

go on!

and please folks, we dont need "the dong" as new unit. dont convince anyone to do that.
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it's called the Regal Alpha though i think that may be the name of the color. it was an experiment with using a photo of an overpriced dragon dildo. might make a convincing chicken unit imho though
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8 years ago
i forgot how big the damned thing is. [Spoiler] $260
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8 years ago
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and please folks, we dont need "the dong" as new unit. dont convince anyone to do that.

1st nobody needs convinving
2nd It is mundane and chlidish. Why not make something more chlidish and more awesome like a dildo spewing monster? Would you like to be impaled on a huge pointy dildo? That would be just a horrible way to die man. Imagine 10s of said pointy dildos going trough the sky and striking fear in your adversaries. That my friend is a true power!
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8 years ago
quote:
we dont need "the dong" as new unit

Too late:

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Is this what you guys do in your free time ? I mean I am talking about the post above, not the other ones
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