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Projects & Development => Projects => Outpost 2 Update => Topic started by: Leviathan on April 04, 2009, 03:36:42 PM
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Hey, So we are using this Mars picture on the site:
(http://www.partyben.com/cover-mars.jpg)
www.outpostuniverse.net (http://www.outpostuniverse.net/)
Was thinking we should update the Outpost 2 shortcut Icon for the next release. This is easily done with the installer, done have to edit Exe's icon but can have differnt icon for the shortcut on desktop/start menu :)
The icon currently with Outpost 2 is 32x32. Vista now supports icons of 256x256.
:op2:
I think it would be great to put a space ship similar to the OP2 one on the Mars image so that we have a simialr but updated and biger size icon for OP2 :)
Can someone remove the black and add a space ship please? Thanks
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Also there was this one.
(http://forum.outpostuniverse.net/style_images/Mactasti-151/logo.jpg)
But I doubt I have the version of it with no background.
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No.
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Why have we done all the work on Oupost 2, countless edits and new content? To improve the game!
Thats what this suggestion is.
Quit with the attitude. Thanks.
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Not everyone uses Vista.
And I at least half-agree with Sirbomber.
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Quit with the attitude. Thanks.
Again, no.
If you want a new OP2 icon, make it yourself. Don't just replace the good one we already have with some generic picture of Mars because you think it "looks cool."
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ehhh i use XP not becouse i cant get vista just becouse i dont want vista so the point of doing it becouse its possible is not that good
+1 sirbomber
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(http://www.xdtech.net/art/NewTerrra_Icon.png)
here ya go.
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Thanks Fenrisul, just what I was after. Great work :)
If anyone else has any other designs please post them.
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making maps and fixing bugs is one thing, but changing the icon? Have you forgotten the phrase "If it isn't broken, don't fix it"?
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Its dated and looks bad when sized up. Not just talking about Vista either (I only have Vista on one of my desktops).
Why not have a better icon?
There are things we have edited before that were not broken but we changed them anyway, to improve the game, to make our version much better than the original.
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i dunno how much wait my opinion has around here these days but i'm very against changing the iconic icon of op2.
i mean we all recognise it and know what it is.
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There is no good reason to change the icon. It is a reflection of the era at which the game was released. To update it is to deny its past!
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Well, I like it a lot, and while I've been gone quite some time, I still love OP2. Actually, after working with 3d Studio and GIMP, I've redone it a bit, based off of the one you posted Fenrisul. Since the original icon looked like this: :op2: , with the blight showing on it, I figured the "new icon" should look something like this:
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/8/614633/NewTerrra_Icon2.png)
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There is the OP2 3D coming out, we can use it there. I like the idea of an icon bigger then 32x32, but the fact is, i have seen the old icon for years, and really don't want to stop seeing it...
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That's cool. I'm pretty good with 3d modeling, let me know if I can be of any help!
I understand the hesitation of replacing the OP2 icon, but I see nothing wrong with changing it. After all, the latest OP2 version is hardly the same OP2 it was when it came out 12 years ago. I think a new icon would be nice.
Maybe instead of replacing the old one, just add in a new one, so everyone has a choice? Seems fair to me. :P
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Actually, the current version is essentially the same as it is now. As far as I've read, the outer shell of it all is still the same. We haven't exactly added new campaigns (except the 4 mission buggy Renegade, but I mean a full-length one), new vehicles, new research (really... but yeah).
But I mean hey, if I'm wrong and we've drastically changed anything, please, let me know. I know we've:
Removed Cheats
Still neglected to fix the inconsistencies in the research tree (if anyone wants to know, ask)
Added new ways to multiplay
Removed need for CD
Fixed wreckage bug
Added mods (netfix, etc.)
And the rest of the stuff we can all read in ChangeLog.txt
But really, there hasn't been some HUGE update. Map-making is still too ridiculously difficult without a full recreate of the game (i.e. remake the code and make maps in a different way; not hard-coded) to add another 12-level campaign.
So I say hold off the new image until there's something new and big to put it with. But it IS nice Darkmar; very good skill on your part. Keep in contact with me. ;)
Anyways, again, correct me or question the living Blight out of me if I made a mistake in this, and don't think I'm dissing anyone's work (aka the people who have been behind the updates etc.).
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You have a good point, and I'll do my best to keep in contact! Feel free to PM/IM me anytime!
Even though those are small changes, it's still a fair amount of them. It doesn't matter to me either way, personally I like the idea of a new icon, but I understand that not everyone does. If nothing else, we can just post an .ico version of it for whoever wants it.
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I know this is not the icon, but I always wanted a new title screen to the game, and some more "Demo" screen on the main menu...
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I try to have good points. Now wait for an old timer to stop by and say I'm an idiot. But yeah, that sounds tangible. Your choice of .ico! :D
Spike: Get to it. Don't ask, do.
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Come to think of it, whenever I look at the icon for Outpost2, it kind of reminds me of a strange smiley or face...
Good work Drakmar, It looks awesome. Keep it up.
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Yes I agree, nice work Drakmar :)
And map-making is not ridiculously difficult, really its not! Once you learn its quite easy, it just takes time. Its really worth learning to do, its very re-warding experience. I wish I had time to create stuff atm but I just dont.
Yea the OP2 icon is part of the past, but updating would be nice, its the same picture just much better! Its not like we want to change it to a different picture eg a Tiger or something.
Anyway glad this thread got some discussion :)
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Way to post the exact same thing twice Lev.
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Well thanks! I rather liked it. I'm always up for helping out graphics-wise, so if there is a project that could use a hand, let me know!
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Hmmm... Drakmar, mind a suggestion? Maybe you should make the blighted area have a purple-colored grid projected on it (like in the cutscene you get for failing an Eden "regular" mission), rather than coloring it purple. The blight doesn't actually have a color. The planet itself should have a more reddish color like in Fenrisul's.
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Not a bad idea. I'll begin work on it.
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when op3s is made, you can say, "i made the icon". then claim 51% of it so when it goes big, your icon is still the most important part.
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darkmar, since you made a really cool pic, can you add caption "Outpost Universe" on it for the wiki?
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Way to post the exact same thing twice Lev.
Lol, you're picky with him.
Actually, the current version is essentially the same as it is now.
Very true. It could be way different (at least internally) if the focus hadn't been a lil' fix here and there.
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darkmar, since you made a really cool pic, can you add caption "Outpost Universe" on it for the wiki?
Or are we allowed to add that text, and use the image?
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Lev said: Cool Pic, If only we had caption "Outpost Universe" ...
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Yeah, I can add the text in there. Working on redoing the image first. I'll post the finished work, both as the "Icon" and the "OPU wiki" image if that is what you guyz would like.
Edit: Here is the redone image using a grid to represent the Blight, instead of a solid glow. The planet has also been redone to better represent New Terra's terrain.:
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/8/614633/New%20Terra%20Grid.png)
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Sweet! The only problem I see is that the grid is purple, and not the blight itself.
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The blight is a microbe, and is invisible. The grid is a computer-generated projection of it's growth. It's based off the image in the campaign missions. So, I'm not sure what you are trying to say....
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Looks great. Pretty sure Lev will use it.
Btw, can you blur the edges of the spaceship a little more, becuase it kinda looks blocky...
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Here you go. This should be better.
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/8/614633/NTBG.png)
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Yea, I know it's a computer overlay. I meant that the grid could be other color, over the purple, computer projected Blight.
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That would be a bit too "busy" in my opinion. One or the other would be best.
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Maybe, maybe not. Using this image as an example:
(http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/1/8/614633/NewTerrra_Icon2.png)
The only difference would be a grid over the purple, Blight infected area.
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darkmar, i think the space ship is losing its quality. compare the latest picture witht he original space ship Fenrisul made, theres soem big differences. can you ask Fenrisul for the original picture maybe?
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Yeah, I noticed that too, lol. I was in a bit of a rush. I'll re-do it in a bit to fix the quality issue.