Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

[McHilt]

Originally Posted by RedToo

Hi All,

For information the Spit LIFE pic in this thread looks like one that I posted over at UBI and SiMHQ in a couple of threads. I have tweaked it in Photoshop. To the best of my knowledge the original looks like this:



As you can see though the grass is still more yellow than green.

RedToo.

I like the low saturated colors, makes it more dramatic. Captures a WWII mood perfectly if you ask me.
If there's anything adding to a gloomy atmosphere, it's... gloomy colors, somewhat greyish like in this picture.
Personally if I had anything to say about it... I'd rather keep them under-saturated instead of too vivid.

(an OT example of perfect mood is RTCW, which had a very grey colorpalette combined with great sounds and
stunning in-game music, which is the reason I still love that game)

Great picture that captures drama very well.
I just noticed that at least 5 guys are servicing that spit...

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by McHilt

I like the low saturated colors, makes it more dramatic. Captures a WWII mood perfectly if you ask me.
If there's anything adding to a gloomy atmosphere, it's... gloomy colors, somewhat greyish like in this picture.
Personally if I had anything to say about it... I'd rather keep them under-saturated instead of too vivid.

I'd rather keep them just right This undersaturated appearance we are used to associating with WW2 colour images is not how the world looked like back then (just like WW1 wasn't black & white and had people moving at twice the speed). It's okay as an artistic means in certain movies and games, but for a simulation I find it a bad approach.

Not that the grass shouldn't still look dry and barren if that's how it was back in 1940.

[McHilt]

I know Kraken, I know man, but... just slightly then, just a pinch you know, to compensate for the modern technology we play it on.