UFO:Alien Invasion

Development => Artwork => Topic started by: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 01:21:57 pm

Title: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 01:21:57 pm: Are the mail contact Avatars are random generated models or just pictures? If theyre pictures we should replace them with some drawn avatars because it will look much better. Well surely we need to ask around if someone draw us some.
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: MCR on July 29, 2011, 01:33:30 pm: If you mean the avatars for the mail protagonists - those are head models, but they are not used in-game yet (just referenced in the ufo files).
You can find the model files in base/models/characters (al_kuhar, connor, falkland, floydd, howard and navarre).
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 01:41:45 pm: Too bad, is there a way to replace them with a 2dobj?
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: MCR on July 29, 2011, 02:17:33 pm: Ofc. there is a way.

There is always a way. ;)

We could render them for example and use the rendering as 2d pic.
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: geever on July 29, 2011, 02:27:54 pm: Quote from: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 01:41:45 pm
Too bad, is there a way to replace them with a 2dobj?

Convince mattn first. But I don't want cartoonish avatars!

-geever
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: H-Hour on July 29, 2011, 02:31:05 pm: Quote from: geever on July 29, 2011, 02:27:54 pm
But I don't want cartoonish avatars!

Seconded.
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 02:52:08 pm: Actually i wanted to replace the models because some of them look cartoonish. For example this guy:

(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9627/snoopyguy.jpg)

Somehow he reminds me at Charlie Brown (his eyes...). Probably pre rendered HQ models is also an option.
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: MCR on August 10, 2011, 01:09:37 am: Quote from: Crystan on July 29, 2011, 02:52:08 pm

Somehow he reminds me at Charlie Brown (his eyes...). Probably pre rendered HQ models is also an option.

I am for 3d, as we will stay flexible...
If you want to create new character models I recommend playing around with that tool: www.makehuman.org
Title: Re: Replace Mail Contact Avatars?
Post by: TrashMan on April 24, 2012, 10:56:58 am: Why not a 2D image/drawing. It's far more flexible than a 3d model and it ends up looking better too.