Racial Emblems under Labs - cool or not?

KlavoHunter · Post by **KlavoHunter** » 17 Jun 2006, 08:28

What's you guys' opinions of the Arm or Core logos appearing under factories?

I thought it was kind of neat for the first building or two, but it lost its charm quickly thereafter.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 17 Jun 2006, 08:39

Could you explain more?

KlavoHunter · Post by **KlavoHunter** » 17 Jun 2006, 09:44

Maybe it's an AA 2.0 -only feature.

However, when you build a Kbot Lab, Vehicle Plant - any sort of unit-making factory, a large decal of either the Core or Arm logo is placed onto the ground in stylish dark metal.

This is not a feature of the model, it is some effect caused by placing the factory there.

I'm unsure how it works, as it doesn't change the terrain in such a way you can see it using F1 (As you could if, say, an enemy built a Punisher on a slope, so you could see the rectangle indentation), but... *shrugs*

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 17 Jun 2006, 10:04

*sighs* it was magic...

not, all joking aside it is the new ground decals. Expect it to be coming soon to mods near you.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 17 Jun 2006, 16:01

Basically, it's exactly the same thing as with the cratering decals on the ground, EXCEPT it's created by the building - it fades just like a normal crater decal when the building is removed.

Personally, I think it looks cool. It adds something hard-lined to the buildings.

Machiosabre · Post by **Machiosabre** » 17 Jun 2006, 16:13

I sorta like it, but the decals need some work, they look horrible on snow maps

Vulcan · Post by **Vulcan** » 17 Jun 2006, 17:58

IIRC the decal under the arm buildings dosnt have the arm logo on it. Its just some other pattern.

Was kinda cool at first but then was kinda off putting.

Post by **jcnossen** » 17 Jun 2006, 21:16

AFAIK it is possible to use partially transparent building decals, which should look a lot better...

knorke · Post by **knorke** » 18 Jun 2006, 04:53

looks good on signle buildings, strange with more buildings in one place..

maybe the edges should also be more "blurred" out

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 18 Jun 2006, 05:00

or maybe the decals shold not be larger then the unit ground plate. You guys really need to sen the complaints about HIS implementation to the corresponding author. The rest of us have no controll over his mod.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 18 Jun 2006, 05:25

Do we have a transparency channel on them?

Acidd_UK · Post by **Acidd_UK** » 18 Jun 2006, 12:46

I think they're pretty....

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 18 Jun 2006, 14:55

As of yet there's no way to do transparency, no. I'd have rather rounded the edges or made them look more natural, but no such luck. Maybe in a future version.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 19 Jun 2006, 04:55

I think a better way to have done it would be to not just decal from the middle of the structure but to paste an aligned texture on the ground if theres a building near it so we don't get the ugly overlappingness.

Zoombie · Post by **Zoombie** » 19 Jun 2006, 05:02

I thought those were rodes, to make your base look more millitary and orderly. I thought they were cool, and wished there were more 'foundations' on other buildings. Its damned odd to see grass sticking through the spinny platform in your factorys.

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 19 Jun 2006, 06:10

They may not be as good looking as they could be, but I still think they are really neat. I'd like to see more ground decals for the heavier buildings i.e. Fusions, storage, nukes, LRPCs, etc.

FireCrack · Post by **FireCrack** » 19 Jun 2006, 07:04

Some things actualy NEED them, like the arm EMP missile launcher.

unpossible · Post by **unpossible** » 20 Jun 2006, 14:11

we needs support for an alpha channel/tranparency!
These are a might more complicated than the explosion scars aren't they as the scars are just a transparency colour.

Targ Collective · Post by **Targ Collective** » 20 Jun 2006, 18:28

In the meantime, why not just remove the fancy edge texturing so overlap is a matt grey on grey? The whole idea started from a potential Dune mod in which concrete would be underneath all buildings.

The only reason we see overlap is because of the contrast between edges. Used right this is a neat little feature, just keep the textured bits under the buildings.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 20 Jun 2006, 18:56

Das Bruce wrote:I think a better way to have done it would be to not just decal from the middle of the structure but to paste an aligned texture on the ground if theres a building near it so we don't get the ugly overlappingness.

Or caydr could just fit the decal to the footprint.

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Racial Emblems under Labs - cool or not?

Racial Emblems under Labs - cool or not?