now that we have the ability to make item skins (the anniversary weapon skins for example), could we do something similar with engines?
i'd pay space points to put the upper tier olympus engine graphics on other engines, if it were an option.
#more cosmetics please
shrewd zealot
wind linden
Engines are already supported, just haven't made any.
shrewd zealot
make it so
wind linden
But it's on my list.
shrewd zealot
put it on someone elses list
seeker was online recently, maybe he can come back and do it 😄
i'd also like to see different cloaking textures for sale
wind linden
Oooo
shrewd zealot
not sure how easily that'd be done, since every cloak is different
but yea, different cloak wave things would be cool
maybe one is the c1 blue circle 😉
thick root
t23 coalfurance
wind linden
not sure how easily that'd be done, since every cloak is different
The effect they apply are all the same.
marble flower
We have a t21 coalfurnace
shrewd zealot
The effect they apply are all the same.
yea i know, but im saying with the skin system
making variants of every cloak ingame?
doable but annoying, idk
wind linden
Yeah.
shrewd zealot
unless you have an easier way of doing that
if you can decouple the graphic from the actual item
wind linden
I can easily expose the ability to have different colours or image for the effect, which could be bound to on the stats.
shrewd zealot
and just have there be an equippable skin slot for each item
that might be more elegant
if there's no skin slot item, it just defaults
but if there is, override
that way you can sell a cloak mtx that applies to all cloaks
engine mtx, etc
wind linden
As in, we could make say... A cloak from Twisted (are there any?) green, or the bana cloaks red.
shrewd zealot
that'd be cool too
thick root
id like that
shrewd zealot
give them actual flavor
wind linden
And then, ofc, expose support for visagekits on cloaks.
wind linden
that way you can sell a cloak mtx that applies to all cloaks
We talked yesterday about this on weapons, actually, but was like "nah, cause it'll be awkward"
But I guess for cloaks and engines it would be okay.
shrewd zealot
weapons need to look different yea
but no one cares what engine/cloak you ahve on
those are safe to cosmetic
thick root
bobbo, what if you could give cloaked ships a blur effect when you cannot see or detect them? sort of like how invisible units work in starcraft
shrewd zealot
then you could see and detect them
wind linden
They already have that
shrewd zealot
no thank u
wind linden
When ships get on the edge of your vision, they start to fade out and become translucent.
shrewd zealot
thats just a transparency slider though, not quite what he's referring to
wind linden
Ships which aren't visible but are detectable instead render that white image of a spaceship.
thick root
yeah, but it doesnt cause distortion from light sources
shrewd zealot
here's a timestamped example
you can see little blurs where the ships are without seeing them
or being able to select them
wind linden
I think that'd be part of the vis work we've got lined up for doing Seer.
thick root
i mean its a cool graphical thing that i guess has some gameplay implications
wind linden
Not so much that, but I think we have some new stuff for how stealth works for vis changes to make it a bit less... Binary.
wind linden
Yeah
shrewd zealot
and advertise the ones we do have!!
barely anyone i haven't told personally knows about the space point projectors in free market!!!
wind linden
I got a bunch from you before for holoprojector ideas.
shrewd zealot
when will we have SALES
like every mmo has some kinda rotating cosmetic sales
shows you the cool stuff, sells the cool stuff for cheap
?!?!?
wind linden
Like half price skins or whatever?
shrewd zealot
anything
randomize it
50% off, 25% off, 10% off, whatever
like 3 skins a day or week on sale
wind linden
Might be a bit awkward, since currently our skins are on specific ships.
shrewd zealot
sure but we also have other things we could discount
wind linden
And our holoprojectors (mostly) require the temporary ones.
shrewd zealot
space points, subs, holoprojectors, these new engine/cloak visages
nah kilando and i made ones that dont
specifically
shrewd zealot
but those were never posted about or advertised
so again, most dont know they exist ;P
FIX IT
wind linden
I should probably look into what we've got when I go adding more. 👍