Hamata
07-16-2013, 19:24
here is a post from twc from one of there ca members about the new arrow trails
Hi Guys!
Thought I’d just illustrate how difficult it is to show off a game that’s as big as Total War when it’s not finished yet. One thing a lot of you noticed were how prominent arrow trails were in our Battle of the Nile video a good example of something that changes and evolves as the game goes through development.
Projectile trails are important because the player needs some visual indication that their troops are attacking with, or under attack from, ranged weaponry. But as you saw, they were rather prominent in the Battle of the Nile. This was actually caused by all troops firing at once and the trails overlapping each other.
This screen shows what they look like today – the effect of development progression on just that area of the game; one of hundreds of thousands of tweaks and spots of polish the team are applying on the run up to launch. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=285813&d=1373985394
source http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?608913-Arrow-Trails-Before-and-After&p=13032141#post13032141
Hi Guys!
Thought I’d just illustrate how difficult it is to show off a game that’s as big as Total War when it’s not finished yet. One thing a lot of you noticed were how prominent arrow trails were in our Battle of the Nile video a good example of something that changes and evolves as the game goes through development.
Projectile trails are important because the player needs some visual indication that their troops are attacking with, or under attack from, ranged weaponry. But as you saw, they were rather prominent in the Battle of the Nile. This was actually caused by all troops firing at once and the trails overlapping each other.
This screen shows what they look like today – the effect of development progression on just that area of the game; one of hundreds of thousands of tweaks and spots of polish the team are applying on the run up to launch. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=285813&d=1373985394
source http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?608913-Arrow-Trails-Before-and-After&p=13032141#post13032141