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By: MM

MM — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:45:23 +0000

This is a hard problem. I see countless games that fail at showing the player were he can stand and were not. I’m sticking with black for now.

By: karmazon

karmazon — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:38:21 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_perspective

By: Gnoblar

Gnoblar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:01:46 +0000

Yes I see.

Well then don’t make them black, make them dim or high contrast, not black.

It’s moddable anyway right?

By: MM

MM — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:07:16 +0000

Black outline looks cartoonish, it kills the realistic effects I’ve made.

Gnoblar: the problem with that is you have to point the light to see what’s there. This kind of kills the benefit of a side-view game where you can see the whole map and can think about the tactics.

By: Gnoblar

Gnoblar — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:29:07 +0000

Back on topic, an east way to differentiate foreground to background elements is that only foreground elements (in this case foreground is the play form you’re standing on) are affected by direct lighting i.e. Your flashlight bathes it in light, and lights from the buildings will directly affect the platforms. Only background light (distant gunfire, lightning, artillery) affects the background, this way it’d be obvious which is which because the light won’t penetrate the floor your standing on.

By: ZeroG001

ZeroG001 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:59:52 +0000

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SORRY! I wont do that again. I just wated to see how it looked on your site with the black backround XD. You can delete it if you want.

By: ZeroG001

ZeroG001 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:54:29 +0000

lol way to write an essay snow. Print it, turn it in, thats pretty much an A+. Seriously…

By: niko šveikovsky

niko šveikovsky — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:48:16 +0000

listen to snow.

By: Tenshi

Tenshi — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:06:47 +0000

Man Gigantic Dick, for your sake I hope you have what you claim to be, or else there’s nothing you could compensate with… at least not you intelligence, that’s for sure.

In other unrelated topics, TLD’s idea is pretty cool, I’d give that a shot. Or you could do that but just texturize the top side?

By: Makron666

Makron666 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:07:27 +0000

@GD, this blog ain’t flaming each other, so if you don’t like somebody’s idea, don’t say he’s a dickface, maybe tell us why it’s bad. And remember, you can’t see their vision of the idea, he’s idea might be awesome from he’s perspective, but is a little hard to describe. So to put it simply: if you don’t have any constructive criticism, STFU.