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Post by Daniel Brauer on Aug 16, 2011 0:43:15 GMT 10
I've been playing and enjoying a lot of Captain Jameson, but I find that the display of connectivity and damage don't look as nice as Captain Successor.
The grey colour of non-highlighted components especially bad in screenshots, but I find that it generally makes large ships look too flickery. I would really like to see the Captain Successor colour handling come back, where components are always coloured, and the hierarchical pulsing is over-bright.
The shakiness for damage gets really distracting, especially when you get into the later classes where components can still take a fair bit of damage after they are shaking a lot. I would like to see a return to the Captain Successor damage indication, which was subtle but still noticeable when assessing your ship. Alternately, perhaps desaturation could be used to indicate damage? Or maybe flickering desaturation.
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Post by Farbs on Aug 16, 2011 10:17:13 GMT 10
I would really like to see the Captain Successor colour handling come back, where components are always coloured, and the hierarchical pulsing is over-bright. Cheers for the feedback. Does anyone else have an opinion on this? Very few people have mentioned it, and I was starting to wonder if anyone had even noticed! I would like to see a return to the Captain Successor damage indication, which was subtle but still noticeable when assessing your ship. Hmm. I didn't think I'd changed this. Are you sure it's different? |
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Post by Daniel Brauer on Aug 17, 2011 9:43:42 GMT 10
Hmm. I didn't think I'd changed this. Are you sure it's different? Quite sure. In Jameson, damaged modules flicker and jitter around. In Successor, they only flicker. |
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Post by Farbs on Aug 17, 2011 10:02:43 GMT 10
Right you are.
I think I added this because the flickering wasn't sufficiently obvious to me. If people are generally of the opinion that I should remove it though then I'd be happy to do so. Would anyone else like to chime in about it?
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Post by 10tativ on Aug 19, 2011 3:09:33 GMT 10
Im okay with it, although I think the shaking could be slightly less violent.
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Post by korvash on Aug 27, 2011 2:04:41 GMT 10
I don't mind the shaking or the colours at all. Although the greyness did bug me for a little while at the beginning, I quickly came to enjoy the new graphical style. I wouldn't change it back it your position, but if you did I wouldn't be heartbroken - both styles are great.
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Post by sfsdfd on Aug 28, 2011 17:14:12 GMT 10
I really like the jittering.  It's a very strong indicator, and I think it's a great visual effect, too - not too subtle and not too distracting. |
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Post by Excellerate on Aug 29, 2011 13:38:27 GMT 10
Personally, a good solution for this would be to give repair stations are function to select the most damaged piece you have. Then you could find which pieces needed repair the most.
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Post by nemoricus on Aug 29, 2011 15:30:46 GMT 10
Another feature that would be nice for Repair Station is a 'Repair all' button. This way, if you've got plenty of cash and lots of damaged modules, you just have to hit one button rather than hunt through your entire ship for damage.
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Post by tazin on Jan 19, 2012 15:30:25 GMT 10
Sorry to resurrect this, but i can't stand the flickering colours of Jameson's modules, i mean the gray-green or gray-yellow cycling. I hunted the config for an option to turn it off but couldn't find one. I really miss the solid Successor colours. If anything, i think this should really be a configurable option. I mean, it literally hurts my eyes and i can't play for long, as opposed to Successor.
Tazin.
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Post by samsonizzle on Jun 7, 2012 2:54:42 GMT 10
I agree with Tazin that the blinking colors are annoying if only because I have to wait for a new "blink" to identify the grade of a module. Perhaps make the modules hold their color a bit longer when they blink? Or instead of them going grey have them show an slightly unsaturated version of their color? That way you can tell what grade they are even when they aren't blinking their full color? I enjoy the graphic "style" of the blinking, it just makes things harder I guess.
However, I really think the shaking of damaged modules is very helpful. I found myself in Successor not noticing the damage, but there is no mistaking it in Jameson.
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Post by banditdragoon on Jul 30, 2012 1:34:52 GMT 10
i also think the blinking is a bit much especialy when you have acquired a lot of parts and a large ship kinda resembles some sort of light show a constantly glow is more than sufficient i think maybe a slight pulse at the most.
As for damaged parts i do think they shake a little bit too much when heavily damaged although it does make me want to get rid of them or replace them, Maybe just have lightly damaged parts put out the occasional spark, fairly damaged parts as sparking more frequently and heavily damaged parts shaking a little and sparks being emitted.
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Post by Captain Michaela Nul'dolaer on Aug 24, 2014 20:05:15 GMT 10
Shaking should be kept in here, no matter the game. 'Nuff said.
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It's a very strong indicator, and I think it's a great visual effect, too - not too subtle and not too distracting.
