There is a lot of old pictures, which should be removed, so people dont think those are new, and that how doesnt download the game.
What we need, is good pictures which shows where Spring is capable of, and also shows how the gameplay works.
So we should remove all those images which only shows one unit at one feet away, because that is not how the game is played.
Example: http://spring.clan-sy.com/screenshots/screen83.jpg
Someone might get wrong feeling about the game when he looks those kind of pictures...
Another example: http://spring.clan-sy.com/screenshots/screen87.jpg
Looks really messy, and doesnt give the right image of the game. That looks more like a jungle game. Ive never seen trees in any Spring map anyways...
What i suggest, is to make like 3-6 good images from each mod, and put them all in one page as thumbnails. And with the title of the mod.
So just remove almost all of those current screenshots (only few good), and lets create/add new ones, ive seen better in some topics where people pasted their screenshots...
I could gather some screenshots from Unknown-Files mods/maps archives.
Screenshots page needs remaking
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KingRaptor
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KingRaptor
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I do not agree, it shows the progress of spring over time. Also a lot of the pictures are little interesting things that were tried as the game went along like the tree map.
also we have close up shots because even though the game is not always played at that level, it is nice to show off the details of the units.
also we have close up shots because even though the game is not always played at that level, it is nice to show off the details of the units.
Dude, normal people dont care about such things, they just want to play game, not know anything about the history or the small detailed things in the engine.
If we gonna sell this game to people, we need better screenshots.
When i look some new game, i first look at the screenshots, and if they dont look interesting to me, i dont download the game.
If we gonna sell this game to people, we need better screenshots.
When i look some new game, i first look at the screenshots, and if they dont look interesting to me, i dont download the game.
A bunch of zoomed out shots that just show birds eye perspective are also not interesting.
Things like the agorms tree map look odd and unique. Arghs nuke explosions.. masse's peewee mass death shot then in between that there are tons of great shots.
3 shots are also not enough to show off all mods.
my suggestion would be to make an archive for the old shot because guess what.. people like me go to sites like this one and find them NEAT and make me INTERESTED.
And after that it would be good to just do a mod screenshot section. A wiki styled setup would be good that way mod makers can add/manage their own shots and mods can be added without aggrivating the devs.
Things like the agorms tree map look odd and unique. Arghs nuke explosions.. masse's peewee mass death shot then in between that there are tons of great shots.
3 shots are also not enough to show off all mods.
my suggestion would be to make an archive for the old shot because guess what.. people like me go to sites like this one and find them NEAT and make me INTERESTED.
And after that it would be good to just do a mod screenshot section. A wiki styled setup would be good that way mod makers can add/manage their own shots and mods can be added without aggrivating the devs.
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Felix the Cat
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Me? I have a crappy computer though.Caradhras wrote:where's the guy who agressively gave class in photography???
He shall do some nice shots!!
Ideally we'd need someone who both a) has a computer that can run Spring on full settings, and b) understands at least the basic concept of pictures having a subject and not just being a confused mass of shit. (Unless it's modern art, I'm sure some museum somewhere paid millions for a confused mass of shit that is somehow a deep commentary on the state of society.)
You have to understand the history of the movement. A lot of it is crap - beating dead horses with new sticks... but a lot of "trash" modern art just has to be looked at in the right way.smoth wrote:Thank god I am not the only one who hates that stuffFelix the Cat wrote:Unless it's modern art, I'm sure some museum somewhere paid millions for a confused mass of shit that is somehow a deep commentary on the state of society.
Early pop-art and dadaism is a good thing to look into to understand how the morass of stupid crap that we often see now came about. Campbell Soup Cans anyone?
Modernism came from the realization of how everything had been done, except for wierd crap - so let's do the wierd crap. Postmodernism is the admission that the modernists got the last few holes, and it's now all about variations on themes. The problem is that a lot of what people think about as "modern" art is really just guys figuring out what movement involves the least amount of effort for the most return, and then cranking it out. Hence giant fifty-foot blobs of paint at your local art gallery.
But pigeonholing the entire field of modern art like that is missing a lot of wonderful stuff.
/was briefly an art-history geek in university
Re: Screenshots page needs remaking
What map is that?TradeMark wrote:http://spring.clan-sy.com/screenshots/screen87.jpg
yeah I know it's agorm's (I think it's his >_>) unreleased tree map, just had to continue the tradition