Dutch stations set

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 06 Feb 2007 21:35

this is not a matter of 'finished' or 'unfinished', but style differences. Purno likes the platforms and buildings like this: clean, with very few to no texturing. i've seen it on his trains as well, and it's simply the way he prefers to do his graphics. Caelan also has a bit of that style, say t'is similar.
me, and some others along with that, prefer textured buildings and platforms. now there's a cultural difference which will be solved in an easy way. i propose, either way:
- the set will be different styles together, or
- the set will have all it's graphics textured and will be released in 2 versions.

my vote goes for 2nd version. and if bloody i.Mage worked on this Mac i would've gotten 'round to it already. in fact, does anyone know a good sprite painter/editor for Mac?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 06 Feb 2007 22:06

@Aegir,

I requested to Caelan if he wanted to draw Hilversum a few times, but he didn't put it on the todo list. So, finally I drew it myself. And when I draw something I draw it my style; Untextured. It works fine for trains, but apparently not for buildings. I could do pixel randomization but that'd probably be ugly too. So it'd be great if someone else could improve the sprites. Besides, ATM I got other thingies to do, and I'm not drawing sprites ATM. Now I don't want to act childish (which I probably already did) and I don't want fights. But I want Hilversum in the set and I don't want to draw in something which is not my style, at least, not ATM.

Well, blah... whatever...

Oz · Post by Oz » 06 Feb 2007 23:32

If one of you guys PM's me the original sprites, I'd like to have a go at texturing them up for ya. It's a damn fine looking station as is, but I think that a large consensus wants it scuffed up a bit.

Cheers!

Toni Babelony · Post by **Toni Babelony** » 07 Feb 2007 00:15

astath wrote:my vote goes for 2nd version. and if bloody i.Mage worked on this Mac i would've gotten 'round to it already. in fact, does anyone know a good sprite painter/editor for Mac?

I don't have it on my computer now, but if I were to draw/edit sprites again I'd use Graphic Converter. I believe you can download a demo or something equal here:

http://www.lemkesoft.com/

It's a wonderful detailed and simple program for MacOS. I've known it ever since I used a Mac. (that's almost all of my lifetime)

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 07 Feb 2007 09:52

Oz wrote:If one of you guys PM's me the original sprites, I'd like to have a go at texturing them up for ya. It's a damn fine looking station as is, but I think that a large consensus wants it scuffed up a bit.

Cheers!

You mean this file posted earlier?
Sure, I'll PM it to ya.

Caelan · Post by **Caelan** » 08 Feb 2007 20:27

@ xeryus

Did you mean my station buildings or my platforms?

Anyway here they are:

1. These platforms are not yet code ready, since i was not able to put them in code wise sprites yet but perhaps they are of use.

2. The same goes for the stations, unfortunately my work does not allow me to spend a great deal of time on these sprites. But if you think you can code them, by all means!

At the buildings in general, i recently learned how to randomize sprites, i have not yet had the oppertunity to try that out on these 'bright and flashy' buildings. All in time people, be patient!

MjD · Post by **MjD** » 08 Feb 2007 21:25

Looking lovely Caelan

MD

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 08 Feb 2007 22:00

Cool Caelan, they are looking very nice. I think some of the buildings could use some extra texturing though (the middle one on the left for example).

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 09 Feb 2007 09:25

XeryusTC wrote:(the middle one on the left for example).

That's Amersfoort

And, some of them still need to be drawn in the other direction too.

Oz · Post by Oz » 17 Feb 2007 22:25

Hey, Gang! Me and Purno have been collaborating on his Hilversum station for the last few weeks, or so. Some of you wanted some texturing, and Purno was gracious enough to let me have a go. As you can see, the station building has be re-worked to include texture, shading, and a few smaller tweaks. However the drawing is still largely Purno's.

As I was tweaking the station, Purno sent me some pics of the platforms, and I figured eh, what the hell, I'll have a go at them. The pic attached is the outcome of what the station could look like. Does anyone out there have any other suggestions?

Xeryus: Since I believe that you're coding this set, I've included the sprite set in the attached ZIP. Have a look, and if anything's messed up, or you have any questions, fire off a PM to me.

Cheers!

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 17 Feb 2007 23:52

Nice one Oz, the station defenately looks better

. I don't know if the second roof access is better though, I liked a single one at the end more.
And are the roofs part of Hilversum only or just generic tiles? I would personally prefer them to be seperate. And if they do belong to Hilversum they would look nicer behind the building although the building might block your view on them.
Oh, and the buildings at the end of the platform have a different direction than Hilversum in the NE-SW direction, I think I spoke to Purno about this direction stuff before though and I can't remember what the results of the conversation were

.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 18 Feb 2007 09:23

XeryusTC wrote:Oh, and the buildings at the end of the platform have a different direction than Hilversum in the NE-SW direction, I think I spoke to Purno about this direction stuff before though and I can't remember what the results of the conversation were .

In both directions you're looking at the front of the building. The result of the convo was that there wasn't anything you can do about it, except mirroring the building in one view (which is ugly).

And I love those roofs, just like the real thing.

Vloris · Post by **Vloris** » 18 Feb 2007 14:43

Purno wrote:And I love those roofs, just like the real thing.

It looks nice, in real life I don't see it very regularly from this angle! Sitting in a train passing by...

Bastiaan · Post by **Bastiaan** » 18 Feb 2007 19:03

It looks fantastic! It looks so much like the real one, It's scaring me

Very good job!

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 18 Feb 2007 20:42

Oz und Purno, team graphique extraordinaire™.

that looks really bloody brilliant. damn.

BobDendry · Post by **BobDendry** » 18 Feb 2007 21:28

Oz, that's damn brilliant. Would you mind doing some other stations, perhaps?

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 20 Feb 2007 16:17

Zomg, coded.

BobDendry · Post by **BobDendry** » 21 Feb 2007 06:02

Holy s***, that thing is hot. Good job, guys.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 21 Feb 2007 18:52

Nice, but you forgot the roofs

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 21 Feb 2007 19:33

quality nice material, Xeryus. it's truly bizarre how you learned to code in, well, what seems like a day in the life of a asthmatic badger. brilliance.

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