On Saturday 07 October 2006 02:58 pm, Alex Schultz wrote: > It's not a big thing, just a little detail, but it's a fun thing. I'm > thinking that the top section of the HallOfSelection that's displayed > when players are logging in, should have some cosmetic changes in the > trunk (2.0 branch). It would be nice if to make it so what was displayed > there would be something that would make players think something like > "Ooh, this looks shiny" when they first see it, and when seeing in the > future, can at the slightest glance be like "Neat, a 2.0 server". I'm > thinking that it would be neat to use either movers or the cfanim plugin > to make an interesting animation for it. > Anyone have any comments on this simple but fun idea? :)
The HallOfSelection is pretty bland, and a bit of rework could be something cool. I always thought the opening background was rather crude even though the earth/wind/fire/water theme is appropriate. If one isn't careful though, I'd think gameplay would be a let-down to newbies if the opening screen was amazing and the rest of the game remains the same. It would seem a bit like false advertising to me. Also, not meaning to be Debby Downer, but, if I wanted to play something shiny, I wouldn't play Crossfire. As it is, the smoothing looks like crap, so I turn it off. I'd rather see some real improvement in things like smoothing than adding window dressing. On the flip side, I am also not into having to have a liquid-cooled graphics processor and a 10m/b up/downlink from the net just to play around. Kevin _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
