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TA Beta 3- -- Rotating parts!?!?

November 29, 2007 10:08:57 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
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By the way, its kind of hard to place parts onto a moving object.


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Reply #1 November 30, 2007 12:01:04 AM
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Yea...animate after your done...BUT DANG! I didnt know this level of eye candy was being completed
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Reply #2 November 30, 2007 2:07:25 AM
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This stuff makes me happy.. happy in all the right places
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Reply #3 November 30, 2007 2:39:55 AM
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oh my god...
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Reply #4 November 30, 2007 2:58:36 AM
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Yay! I can finally make ships that look like they have rotating sections for artificial gravity!
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Reply #5 November 30, 2007 3:46:48 AM
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By the way, its kind of hard to place parts onto a moving object.

Which is why there is a 'pause animation' button.
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Reply #6 November 30, 2007 4:31:45 AM
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Yay! I can finally make ships that look like they have rotating sections for artificial gravity!


Watch Babylon 5 much?
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Reply #7 November 30, 2007 5:19:03 AM
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make the space station from 2001: A space odysee (spelling)
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Reply #8 November 30, 2007 5:59:57 AM
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Watch Babylon 5 much?


I hope we all too, can't have too much B5.
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Reply #9 November 30, 2007 6:41:16 AM
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B5 rocks
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Reply #10 November 30, 2007 7:24:01 AM
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That is awsome! I just love surprises like that.
Thank you!
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Reply #11 November 30, 2007 9:04:34 AM
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Just what I asked for and then some.. maybe I have some pull with the devs after all

The big question is if animation within the models themselves is supported, rather then just being able to impose rotation on any part.
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Reply #12 November 30, 2007 9:06:24 AM
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neato
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Reply #13 November 30, 2007 9:33:53 AM
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Also added was a new 'Favorites' tab, so you can identify your favorite jewelry peices for quick-access.

We'll have a full change log up today.

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Reply #14 November 30, 2007 9:46:18 AM
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YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply #15 November 30, 2007 10:22:06 AM
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Can't wait to get home from the office and try this out!
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Reply #16 November 30, 2007 10:52:10 AM
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Just a suggestion, but i noticed the rotation speed slider starts pretty fast (i know it's slow compared to the fastest setting), it would be nice to make the slow end of the spectrum a little slower than it is now.

Also, though it may be my imagination, it appears as though once you actually build an animated ship and it's on the map, the animation speed is 1 tick higher when displayed on the main map, than it is in the shipyard.
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Reply #17 November 30, 2007 1:03:14 PM
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I like the animated parts, and have used them to represent spinning sensor dishes and engine effects.

One thing I'd like to see for additional eye candy is blinking running lights.
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Reply #18 November 30, 2007 2:11:13 PM
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Yeah, some real lights would be so cool.

I tried designing all my models using lights but the ones we have now just don't do it...
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Reply #19 November 30, 2007 3:13:35 PM
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Reply #20 November 30, 2007 3:49:07 PM
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The Terran Freighter with a few modifications now makes a great poor-man's Omega class destroyer.

Thank you so much!
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Reply #21 November 30, 2007 5:26:20 PM
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Glad you like the rotating parts.  There is a play/pause button as mentioned in a post above that will stop the animation so you can place more parts.  The animation is in play mode by default when you start a new ship or start modifying an existing ship.


Also, though it may be my imagination, it appears as though once you actually build an animated ship and it's on the map, the animation speed is 1 tick higher when displayed on the main map, than it is in the shipyard.

I thought I noticed the same thing too.  I will have to look into it to see what's going on there as to why it looks faster.

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Reply #22 December 1, 2007 12:09:30 AM
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By the way, its kind of hard to place parts onto a moving object.



Which is why there is a 'pause animation' button.


It was a joke. Don't worry about it.
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Reply #23 December 1, 2007 12:13:20 PM
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Oddly enough, I've never found that pause button. I must search harder, I guess!

Holy CRAP is it ever fun to make animated ships. I haven't tried anything TOO wild, yet, but I have some ideas.

Is there any chance this could be taken further, beyond a simple constant rotation? Components that could oscillate (in the manner of pistons) would be a great addition, and I can't help but think that combat-only animations would be a ridiculous amount of fun. Weapons ports opening, wings locking into position (like an X-Wing), delicate sensors retracting for protection, generators spinning up... I can think of so many cool combat based animations that could be done.
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Reply #24 December 1, 2007 12:46:39 PM
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you guys really need to lighten up with all these new additions... while i'm not a huge gamer, there are a few other titles coming out soon that i'd like to play. but with all this work going into TA, i don't know if i'll be able to tear myself away from it!

but seriously, this is absolutely incredible. three cheers for you!
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Reply #25 December 1, 2007 8:38:04 PM
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Oddly enough, I've never found that pause button. I must search harder, I guess!


Its between the "Move" button and the adjust part size slider.
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