You can't complain that this game is costly - Page 5

Edratman · #41 September 16th, 2008, 12:16 PM

I'm staying out of this, but I do want to know where EDI got the very cool "beating a dead horse" graphic.

Edi · #42 September 16th, 2008, 01:03 PM

It's part of the standard set of forum smilies here. I actually recommended that it be added when the forums were being tested and it was included.

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Gandalf Parker · #43 September 16th, 2008, 01:12 PM

The problem with this thread is that the topic is misleading.
Obviously you CAN complain that this game is costly.

You just cant expect a lot of agreement on it.

Edratman · #44 September 16th, 2008, 01:15 PM

Thanks EDI.

You got me to check out the "more" on the smiles list. Some really nice work in there. Kudos to whomever is responsible.

Ballbarian · #45 September 16th, 2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Aezeal

PS anyone who says the graphics are a strong point of dom 3 is nuts..

As far as I am concerned the graphics are a strong point of dom3.

One of the things that I love about this game is the fact that it has beautiful 2d unit sprites. Easy to edit, easy on the graphics card, easy to create new content and have many, many, many more units and options than would exist otherwise.

Jazzepi · #46 September 16th, 2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ballbarian

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Originally Posted by Aezeal

PS anyone who says the graphics are a strong point of dom 3 is nuts..

As far as I am concerned the graphics are a strong point of dom3.

One of the things that I love about this game is the fact that it has beautiful 2d unit sprites. Easy to edit, easy on the graphics card, easy to create new content and have many, many, many more units and options than would exist otherwise.

Yeah, if anything, the simple graphics allow for a relatively straightforward modding process and low over head when creating a new unit as well as when distributing mods.

Jazzepi

Sombre · #47 September 16th, 2008, 02:45 PM

I agree that the graphics are functionally excellent. It is thanks to the system of two small, fairly simple sprites that I'm able to mod the way I do. I made mods for Total Annihilation too, but they were limited to AI and stat tweaks, not new graphics, because 3d graphics are just too much for me.

That said, Dom3 is far from a pretty game and graphically it could have come from several generations ago.

Gandalf Parker · #48 September 16th, 2008, 03:21 PM

Yes Ive seen some of my favorite games with strong modding communities basically die because the devs shifted to higher level graphics, sounds, or programming languages. Such a change doesnt do much good if it kills the supporting community.

Jazzepi · #49 September 16th, 2008, 03:37 PM

Personally I wish that games like this were more extensible from the start.

For example, I would love to see the option to add in 3-4 more sprites for different animations. Maybe a sprite with a replling animation, or a sprite for a spell casting animation, or a sprite for dying, like collapsing into a pile of red bloody, dead barbarian.

But the developers have done a great job of adding functionality to the game, especially in the modding department.

Jazzepi

Edi · #50 September 16th, 2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jazzepi

Personally I wish that games like this were more extensible from the start.

For example, I would love to see the option to add in 3-4 more sprites for different animations. Maybe a sprite with a replling animation, or a sprite for a spell casting animation, or a sprite for dying, like collapsing into a pile of red bloody, dead barbarian.

But the developers have done a great job of adding functionality to the game, especially in the modding department.

Jazzepi

Such things would be easier to do if designed in from the ground up. Bolting that kind of stuff on an old engine is a lot trickier to do.