Get rid of the OTA commanders

[bobthedinosaur]

Get rid of the OTA commanders. Even if they are s3o's not using TA material, make a new model concept for them.

Fore instance some on could redo the core commander to retain the roundish armor look with the big dgun, but with a non TAish look. Especially the arm com, it is just ugly.

Like maybe this for core:

Wow look at the big freaking disintegrater!

or maybe this for arm minus the lame face:



NOTE: images were totally stolen from other place, but are just examples of styles to consider. A direct copy would just run into the same issue with the OTA commanders ip.

[Gota]

are there rockets in his feet?
Reminds me of megaman a bit cause of the cartoonish proportions of his feet.

[Licho]

Yeah we would like to. If you find good models, let us know!
Also there is no arm/core anymore.
Instead there are many different commander types.

[luckywaldo7]

Yes, as always, our #1 problem is lack of artists

Actually there are a couple of excellent models being used as commanders at the moment, should look kind of familiar to you

[Otherside]

2 of them are still OTA derivatives.

[bobthedinosaur]

those middle 2 are my models. Hell I might get drunk enough in the coming weeks to make some replacements, problem is i suck at texturing and people don't like texturing other people's junk.

[SinbadEV]

Make one that's one of your existing coms but with it's head replaced by a re-purposed chassis of another unit and have it walk on all fours like an ape.

[Beherith]

:)

[bobthedinosaur]

Do it behe!

[Wombat]

get rid of EoW commanders!

no, joking <3

[Kron]

I really like the first pic in the OP. :D

However, we don't have Arm and Core separation anymore, we just have one side. Why the separation into Arm and Core commanders in the art?

[luckywaldo7]

Not everyone is familiar with recent developments :S

[Wombat]

dunno how about others, but ive stopped downloading test versions, dealing with the mess and bugs and im playing 1.2 only atm which works perfectly.

so, have there been any recent advantages ?

[bobthedinosaur]

there might be only 1 faction now, but arm and core models are still used.

[Wombat]

--_________--

hardly recent man :D

[Kron]

dunno how about others, but ive stopped downloading test versions, dealing with the mess and bugs and im playing 1.2 only atm which works perfectly.

so, have there been any recent advantages ?

Quite a lot actually. I tried jumping back to v1.2 and I just found it painful.

The only times I've been disappointed with riding on the edge of the development wave have been:

• ... When all lua spontaneously collapsed for a few people (me included).
• ... When they disabled energy storage on a lark. It's a neat idea, but I'd prefer a less ham-handed way that doesn't break as many widgets.
• ... When areamex spontaneously stopped working. Yeah that was annoying. Also pretty recent, not sure if anyone fixed it yet!

All in all, while that may sound really bad, it usually gets fixed in a day and there are loads of neat advantages. I love the newer UI elements, like the map with the toggle buttons on it, and the new Complete Camera Control system.

Ooh, and my favorite: the ability to set Supcom-style ferry routes and delete / move waypoints Supcom style! Yayyy!


Update: Apparently areamex was fixed 30 minutes ago! Fast fixes indeed! :D

[Pxtl]

Speaking of test changes, can somebody explain to me how the heck overdrive works now? We've got pylons and transmission nodes and energy-building radii? WTF? I could understand the transmission nodes, but what are the pylons for? Just bigger transmission nodes?

[SinbadEV]

...what are the pylons for?...

An excuse to use the phrase "Construct additional Pylons"?

[Wombat]

Quite a lot actually. I tried jumping back to v1.2 and I just found it painful.

oh c'mon, i was playing 1v1 with jK 4 days ago, dont tell me it has changed so much... except new bugs

ca nightmare returns ;_;

[luckywaldo7]

Its not like huge sweeping gameplay changes. Mostly tweaks to the interface or effects, some bug fixes, and such. There was some experimentation with the economy but at the moment it has been reverted back to basically the same as v1.2.