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Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:57 am
by Kerflumoxed
Chamberlain wrote:
Hey Tim,
Very good looking Sprite !!!
Reminds me of the Sprites you created for CWBR & TC2M !!!
Awesome !!!!!
Chamberlain
Yes, indeed! Very impressive...as are the TC2M charactorizations. Are you doing the ones on GB?
Great work!
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:58 pm
by tim
Yes - Derek (aka bedbug) and I created the Gettysburg sprites. We tried to make the sprites look more realistic - more dusty, dirty and washed out look. Hopefully we achieved that - it was a massive labour of love.
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:30 pm
by Kerflumoxed
tim wrote:
Yes - Derek (aka bedbug) and I created the Gettysburg sprites. We tried to make the sprites look more realistic - more dusty, dirty and washed out look. Hopefully we achieved that - it was a massive labour of love.
Outstanding! Just this morning I was wondering about the clean appearance of the TC2M fellows!
Now, about the smell...of dirt, sweat,burnt gun-powder and blood!
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:23 pm
by Kerflumoxed
Oh, by the way, I have noticed in TC2M that the color bearer is never shot...and since they were often the "center of attention" and frequently rendered hors de combat, is this a possible consideration?
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:39 pm
by Armchair General
Kerflumoxed wrote:
Oh, by the way, I have noticed in TC2M that the color bearer is never shot...
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
That's because there is no flag bearer. It's just floating in the air.
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:23 pm
by Kerflumoxed
Armchair General wrote:
Kerflumoxed wrote:
Oh, by the way, I have noticed in TC2M that the color bearer is never shot...
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
That's because there is no flag bearer. It's just floating in the air.
Ah, I hadn't really noticed that. Will be more conscious of that next time I play TC2M.
Thanks
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:36 pm
by Joshua l.Chamberlain
Maybe norb's mirecal workers can have a random flag bearer dieing animation with the flag falling then a new soldier picks it up.
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:15 am
by tim
The flag bearer is one of those compromises. We couldn't afford the memory hit to have an actual flag bearer. Jack is right to a certain extent in that one sprite is set in the data files as the flag bearer and he never dies. He is however a normal infantryman sprite although I replaced him with an officer mod in TC2M.
Re:TC2M & the Frustrating Flags
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:40 am
by Kerflumoxed
tim wrote:
The flag bearer is one of those compromises. We couldn't afford the memeory hit to have an actual flag bearer. Jack is right to a certain extent in that one sprite is set in the data files as the flag bearer and he never dies. He is however a normal infantryman sprite although I replaced him with an officer mod in TC2M.
This is certainly understandable and I appreciate the explanation. Compromises abound in life!
Thanks
Jack Hanger
Fremont, NE