SO, about that New Big Thing

[Lmwevil]

On 08/11/2021 at 09:54, Alberyk said:

Medical surgery area remapped a bit after feedback:

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Mining Shuttle (it might get different wall sprites and some tweaks, but this will be roughly the shape):

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No sprite teaser today because kyres has been busy with irl, but we are currently working on the implementing the feedback and the new unfirosm.

Mining shuttle has very little space for ore boxes. You could - without making it any wider make a unique storage module on the exterior that big items like mining drills and ore boxes can be loaded into storage then offloaded when you arrive 

[stev]

18 hours ago, Alberyk said:

Here are some what we had in mind for the Idris service division:

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Please take in consideration that this is still work in progress.

Gonna echo some other comments and say the green seems quite dark on the uniforms; I have a couple more specific points of critique, though.

• I think these uniforms suffer from broadly sticking to a single colour from the Idris palette - if we look at the current uniforms, most use a base of (lighter) cyan and white with yellow highlights, which I think is quite a bit nicer than this version of the new sprites. This combined with the dark grey colouring, as opposed to the lighter/white base of the old sprites, makes the new ones seem quite muted and dark. 
• For the Idris service manager uniform, I think it's an odd choice to include the jacket/cardigan thing on the uniform sprite itself, as this kind of thing is usually reserved for suit slot items and could look very odd when combined with stuff on other layers; this could be worsened by the fact that the jacket on the uniform extends below the waistline and onto the trousers, as this will cause any suit slot items or accessories to look odd when there's clearly another layer of clothing under whatever jacket or shirt they put on top. 
• For the Idris bartender specifically, I think the lack of lighter highlights looks especially rough, as both the trousers and vest/waistcoat being the same colour makes it look unpleasantly monotone.

[greenjoe]

adding on about the mining shuttle, I'm not a big fan of the rear end of it basically being a huge gap of airlocks.

[RyverStyx]

So we've listened to some of the feedback here regarding uniforms. The new WIP uniforms for Idris service are here:

CoffeeToffee has done the Janitor sprite here and I've done the rest.

[Desven]

4 minutes ago, RyverStyx said:

So we've listened to some of the feedback here regarding uniforms. The new WIP uniforms for Idris service are here:

CoffeeToffee has done the Janitor sprite here and I've done the rest.

These look nice, but I would recommend the blazer for the service manager to be a different item (a coat on its own). As for the gardener, maybe make it look like it has overalls? The shading looks much better.

[Faye <3]

Yeah these look much better, and I agree that the service manager uniform shouldn't have a built-in jacket. That'll make accessorizing really odd. Some kind of Idris overalls for the gardener would make it less 'khakis and a t-shirt' which is good IMO.

Edited November 17, 2021 by Faye <3

[Carver]

I feel like all of them but bartender/janitor could use some belt buckles. Though I'd also personally prefer if gardeners had a variation of the janitor's jumpsuit, as gardening is a rather filthy job.

[Lmwevil]

On 17/11/2021 at 11:20, RyverStyx said:

So we've listened to some of the feedback here regarding uniforms. The new WIP uniforms for Idris service are here:

CoffeeToffee has done the Janitor sprite here and I've done the rest.

i need the janitor uniform in my life

[CoffeeToffee]

On 18/11/2021 at 05:14, Lmwevil said:

i need the janitor uniform in my life

Thanks! That one is my work

Edited November 20, 2021 by CoffeeToffee

[Alberyk]

Today's teaser:

Main bridge area:

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NanoTrasen service uniforms:

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[Desven]

9 minutes ago, Alberyk said:

Today's teaser:

Main bridge area:

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NanoTrasen service uniforms:

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The small glass box could use windoors to the hallway too, not just having one way out.

 

As for the uniforms, the crimson and gray look weird for Nanotrasen. I don't dislike them, I think they're good sprites, but there's really no instance where NT uses those colors.

[OffRoad99]

10 minutes ago, Alberyk said:

Today's teaser:

Main bridge area:

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NanoTrasen service uniforms:

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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE what I will call the "Bandana Uniform" (guessing it's the Hydrophonics uniform?). It is spectacular.
So are most of the new uniforms.

The Bridge looks nice, though I am somewhat skeptical about all of those glass panels: if I may ask, what pushed the design team to "lock" those three consoles in a glass-paneled room?

[Alberyk]

Just now, Desven said:

As for the uniforms, the crimson and gray look weird for Nanotrasen. I don't dislike them, I think they're good sprites, but there's really no instance where NT uses those colors.

Megacorporation colors are being redefined to be more unique.

[Kintsugi]

Starting from top left, going clockwise:
1. This outfit looks fine. I'm not too huge on the bandana, though.

2. Flat overall, the hat looks kinda goofy. Could use some touchups and additional detail.

3. This outfit looks good.

4. Again, flat (extremely so on the back), and the hat looks goofy. Could use more shading overall.

5. Ditto #4. I like the concept for this outfit, but it's very flat, especially on the back (no shading at all).

6. This outfit's very generic. It is essentially just the loadout suit and tie in a locked color scheme.

 

Bridge looks pretty cool.

[Butterrobber202]

The idea of the uniforms is very good, but I agree with danse that they are very flat looking and need shading.

[ReadThisNamePlz]

32 minutes ago, Alberyk said:

Today's teaser:

Main bridge area:

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I love the bridge. 

But these uniforms are absolutely atrocious. I like the design but the coloration doesn't scream "NT" to me, at all. 

[Roostercat]

Echoing the thought of coloration. Just changing color schemes on the fly like this are not a good idea. Navy blue with white striped would be good, as it fits NT and also isn't something any of the other corps use atm. besides the weird pink colors, the sprites look good.

[Billy Mays]

2 hours ago, Alberyk said:

Today's teaser:

Main bridge area:

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NanoTrasen service uniforms:

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I love the bridge, but like others, I really do think that the uniforms look really flat, I'm unsure about the colour change for NT and having the janitor sprite be the same one as the Idris one but with switched colors.

Edited November 21, 2021 by Billy Mays

[CoffeeToffee]

I did this round of service sprites. I dont mind going back in and adding some more shading. Was trying more to stick to the pallet provided to me. I was also leaving them fairly flat considering they will also be obstructed with accessories, bags, overwear, etc. trying to avoid too much noise overall.

[greenjoe]

26 minutes ago, Roostercat said:

Just changing color schemes on the fly like this are not a good idea.

I can second on this, is there some planned lore for NT's colors changing?

[Kintsugi]

I, for one, do not care about the color change. I don't see why it's a big deal when NT as it is doesn't really have a color scheme, per se. With every uniform on station being a NanoTrasen uniform, colors have been inconsistent. People associate NT with gold and blue, but that's hardly something you see beyond command and such. NT in general is extremely flavorless and a consistent color scheme that is relatively unique is a step in the right direction. It's the sprites that need work, not necessarily the colors. I suppose they could stand to be less pink and more scarlet, however.

[Marlon P.]

29 minutes ago, CoffeeToffee said:

I did this round of service sprites. I dont mind going back in and adding some more shading. Was trying more to stick to the pallet provided to me. I was also leaving them fairly flat considering they will also be obstructed with accessories, bags, overwear, etc. trying to avoid too much noise overall.

Is it possible to show a sprite wearing some accessories?

[Alberyk]

1 hour ago, Roostercat said:

Echoing the thought of coloration. Just changing color schemes on the fly like this are not a good idea. Navy blue with white striped would be good, as it fits NT and also isn't something any of the other corps use atm. besides the weird pink colors, the sprites look good.

SCC will use blue instead. NT also does not really have a color scheme in game besides its logo unlike the other corporations. We also want to give it a more unique pallete, because it is very similar to the scc atm.

35 minutes ago, greenjoe said:

I can second on this, is there some planned lore for NT's colors changing?

TBA.

[Roostercat]

1 hour ago, Alberyk said:

SCC will use blue instead. NT also does not really have a color scheme in game besides its logo unlike the other corporations. We also want to give it a more unique pallete, because it is very similar to the scc atm.

TBA.

Forgot SCC is going to be its own thing. My bad. In that case, I don't see much issue with it. Will just have to get used to the color.

[CoffeeToffee]

Sure, i can overlay the ID, PDA, maybe a belt item, shoes, hair, etc. it looks a lot better when I tested it with hair

Edited November 22, 2021 by CoffeeToffee