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Re: I escaped the pyramid without a lead box

Posted By: W'rkncacnter Date: 2/5/19 6:24 a.m.
In Response To: Re: I escaped the pyramid without a lead box (Shining Raven)

: Overall, great job! Your work with the lighting really paid off, and the HUD
: and Lua inventory management system looks great.
: However, the map needs some improvement. At least, there should be thick
: brown lines on the walls.
: Changing the black background to proper beige is not as simple from what I
: can tell reading the MML documentation, but you could perhaps add a layer
: of large squares that underlie the entire map, and reveal them all with
: lua when you enter a level. Then the map would behave more like the
: original, with it being not so clear all the time what is space and what
: is not on the periphery of your explored area.
The map is never going to look the same anyway, so that's probably as good as it's going to get. If I make all solid lines dark brown, a bunch of lines show up that wouldn't normally be on the map. I had to use solid lines in front of all the pillars, so if you walk along them, you slide along them nicely instead of getting stuck.
I tried it with the solid lines being darker brown and decided it didn't look right. I agree with you that it's sometimes hard to tell if you've reached the end of the path the way it currently is though. I don't really know that I can do anything about that.
I don't want to replace negative space with more polygons, because some maps already have a ton of polygons (I had to use some extra polygons to prevent bouncy walls). Also if every map is just a giant grid of open space, performance will be bad.
: I don't know if it's possible to display an image on the map with Lua, but if
: you can add the legend with its big north sword that would be awesome.
: Failing that, you could add some annotations.
Your idea with the legend is good, I can probably add that.
: I am mildly, but only mildly, disappointed that the inventory dialogues are
: screenshots from System 7. I'd rather see a dark theme to compliment the
: full-screen environment, with freshly-rendered text edited to reflect the
: required actions. However, I totally understand your reasons for making
: that choice of direction.
I'm not going to go through the trouble of doing all that. I guess if someone cared enough to make new images, I'd be open to using them instead.

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: The map is never going to look the same anyway, so that's probably as good as : it's going to get. If I make all solid lines dark brown, a bunch of lines : show up that wouldn't normally be on the map. I had to use solid lines in : front of all the pillars, so if you walk along them, you slide along them : nicely instead of getting stuck. : I tried it with the solid lines being darker brown and decided it didn't look : right. I agree with you that it's sometimes hard to tell if you've reached : the end of the path the way it currently is though. I don't really know : that I can do anything about that. : I don't want to replace negative space with more polygons, because some maps : already have a ton of polygons (I had to use some extra polygons to : prevent bouncy walls). Also if every map is just a giant grid of open : space, performance will be bad. : Your idea with the legend is good, I can probably add that. : I'm not going to go through the trouble of doing all that. I guess if someone : cared enough to make new images, I'd be open to using them instead.

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	Message: : The map is never going to look the same anyway, so that's probably as good as : it's going to get. If I make all solid lines dark brown, a bunch of lines : show up that wouldn't normally be on the map. I had to use solid lines in : front of all the pillars, so if you walk along them, you slide along them : nicely instead of getting stuck. : I tried it with the solid lines being darker brown and decided it didn't look : right. I agree with you that it's sometimes hard to tell if you've reached : the end of the path the way it currently is though. I don't really know : that I can do anything about that. : I don't want to replace negative space with more polygons, because some maps : already have a ton of polygons (I had to use some extra polygons to : prevent bouncy walls). Also if every map is just a giant grid of open : space, performance will be bad. : Your idea with the legend is good, I can probably add that. : I'm not going to go through the trouble of doing all that. I guess if someone : cared enough to make new images, I'd be open to using them instead.
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