I'm tired of reused Inventory Graphics..

[Cyberleet]

That ring to the right could be something from Pande or Inf.

let me know what you think of the bracers, I'm still hashing out the designs..

Great, I like the rings the most.

If you can make some bracers less fantasy and more sci-fi I'd love them just as much.

[Kintaii]

Doc, for real, check your PMs. XD

[bitnykk]

and that would be appliable to most RK texture/geometry for new engine or revival would never occur

why not create a community contribution path to AO ? prolly lotta players are artists and would love to participate ao revamp ...

this contribution shows it's possible. gg for it.

[Phixalicious]

Doc, for real, check your PMs. XD

WOOT!! Go get him, Kintaii! We needs graphics!!

Bump and very nice work Doc!!

[Yama]

Kintai...you do not hear voice of your boss yet ?

It saying something like "Kiiiiintaaaaiii.....get this ingame asap or you are fired !"

[Xenotric]

there gonna bump doc off and steal his work!

[Obtena]

Well, as you know, FC working very hard to provide you an updated grahpics engine with new models for things. So while you don't like the icons, I think I would rather keep the resources on the engine and skins.

More reasonably, FC could have contests for people to submit these kinds of graphcis, of course giving up all intellectual property when they submit them.

[Technogen]

Doc, for real, check your PMs. XD

He had them off or I was going to tell him to get a hold of you already.

[Ninj00]

I'm an artist as well, and this so great to see

I really hope this gets embraced and implemented

There's nothing better than working on something you're passionate about, and if Funcom could get this implemented and maybe even develop a system for player made content to get in game it could result in some amazing things.

Imagine hiring one more full time staff member to manage a group of volunteer developers, you could push AO years ahead and push the boundaries of whats been done in a game of this scale.

Crowd sourcing is the future and so many companies are profiting off of it, (threadless.com is a good example)

But its not just the companies, its the consumer that is also profiting. More work and higher design standards that emerge out of a pool of competing or collaborating artists.

Go go Funcom! Help us, help you, help us!

[Effrit]

If FC don't reward him and implement these i will...i dont know, be very angry? Fly to Norway to camp outside FC HQ to campaign for this?

Seriously, imo give him at least a year free on his accounts and ask if you can use them damnit.

Massive Bump.

[Axtilmor]

Bump for this, and a selfish bump for making the Detonation Matrix lockout visually distinct from Suppressive Horde.

The rings and collars look great! The bracer prototypes you have there look like a good start, as well. One idea I had would be a bracer that looks more like armor than decoration. A few overlapping scales might do the trick.

[Maxisolja]

make some uber shoulder pads

the collars are alright, but seem a little to straight cut.

and the bracers are a decent start but could use a look that would make them appear to be comfy to wear

but I am just being a critic, there is no way I could do that myself

That one isn't in your list of AO rings is it?

[AGPEcko]

That ring to the right could be something from Pande or Inf.



Great, I like the rings the most.

If you can make some bracers less fantasy and more sci-fi I'd love them just as much.

Agreed, make them semi-transparent blobs of controlled plasma or something. Make them glow.

P.S. Loving that candy-cane one.

[trousers]

You should make an Interesting pair of pants, that way I can retire.

And Nice job, I'm highly impressed.

[Docaholic]

First, thanks for catching that missing AO ring Maxisfix. I had it on my workscreen but must have missed moving it to the sample. Cheers!

Second, I had not checked out the nano formula icons yet Axtimor, that will be a whole ball of wax on it's own. I'll look into it at some point but atm I'm concentrating on inventory items.

Third, here is another little update with a new bracer design and a few more rings...

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...wAO_Rings4.jpg

Cheers!

P.S. keep the suggestions and comments coming, feedback is my main fuel source. LoL

[MassDebater]

Do items that use the same icon, use the same icon file, that is, does notum ring of the three and augmented OT ring use 28572.file or do they have their unique icon file?

If they are the same, you could ask someone who runs a DB site to figure out a list of items that reuse icons, and start making new ones for some really prevalent gear.


MA attacks
Nanos
Weps
Armour
Hud Items

And more hand done would be icons that dont match the item very well, like ream robe is white in inv but blue on character.

[Docaholic]

Do items that use the same icon, use the same icon file, that is, does notum ring of the three and augmented OT ring use 28572.file or do they have their unique icon file?

If they are the same, you could ask someone who runs a DB site to figure out a list of items that reuse icons, and start making new ones for some really prevalent gear.


MA attacks
Nanos
Weps
Armour
Hud Items

And more hand done would be icons that dont match the item very well, like ream robe is white in inv but blue on character.

Hi MassDebater,

I'm sure there is a way to get a list of the duplicate items from the DB. I'm not the one to do that though. And I'm going to concentrate my efforts on inventory items only at first. Weapons and armor have actual in-game models and or textures that you see on the player, that is a huge ball of wax beyond anything I feel like tackling atm. Nano formula icons would be in phase 2 of this icon blitz to remove as many duplicate items as possible in the inventory.

I would go as far as to say with the inventory items, any 'unique' item that is using a duplicate icon get a bit of a priority for being replaced. But that's just my humble opinion.

Cheers!

[MassDebater]

Hi MassDebater,

I'm sure there is a way to get a list of the duplicate items from the DB. I'm not the one to do that though. And I'm going to concentrate my efforts on inventory items only at first. Weapons and armor have actual in-game models and or textures that you see on the player, that is a huge ball of wax beyond anything I feel like tackling atm. Nano formula icons would be in phase 2 of this icon blitz to remove as many duplicate items as possible in the inventory.

I would go as far as to say with the inventory items, any 'unique' item that is using a duplicate icon get a bit of a priority for being replaced. But that's just my humble opinion.

Cheers!

I just meant the icons for weps/armour

Also added to duplicate nano icons is the nanos with missing icons (nice green sphere with ? in it)

[Technogen]

Docaholic - Do you think you can output your render at 2x size, the detail you have on the rings and such is great but at the scale your image is at the detail is lost.

[Docaholic]

Docaholic - Do you think you can output your render at 2x size, the detail you have on the rings and such is great but at the scale your image is at the detail is lost.

I understand, but unless I missed my guess the inventory icons in AO are 48x48 in size. if the game would rescale them down to 48x48 from a higher rez one (ie 96x96) the detail would still get lost, and depending on the scaling routine it might look even worse.

all my rings are being rendered at 512x512 and then scaled down. I have more control over the final image this way and can guarantee without a doubt these 48x48 icons will look better than if the game engine simply scaled them in-game.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...SizeSample.jpg

as you can see there might be even more detail lost than you originally thought, but that is the price to pay when dealing with small icon sizes.

Cheers!