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Most of the textures in Escape Velocity look like they are made of a plastic substance that is very glossy and very non-rugged looking,like a real spaceship would not look like it. But in EVO,The textures on the game look more metal structure than anything.They look more as to not much effort into them,but still,they do look more like a real miltant ship. Compare EV to EVO,and you'll see what i mean.
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actully, I think the EV 1.0.5 graphics look more realistic then EVO graphics
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Actually, I prefer the 1.04 graphics to the 1.05 graphics. Its a game, it isn't a realistic game; I don't see why the ships should reflect "realism" when the universe itself does not. Its nice and simple, as is the game. Nova, however, is a much more a "real" game and universe, and the graphics reflect this.
As for the EVO graphics look more complex than EV's, well, thats because EVO came out after EV.
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The ships in EV 1.0.5 have a clean and classic look to them that I (for one) prefer. Especially the Confederation vessels.
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I must say that I prefer EV ships over EVO ships(Excepting the Azdara and UE Fighter, along with a few others.). EV ships have a sleeker and not so old look to them, and basically all have smooth lines. However, in EVO, I question how some ships could even make it through the atmospere, theey're shape is so anti-aerodynamic.
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Originally posted by Phil Barron: The ships in EV 1.0.5 have a clean and classic look to them that I (for one) prefer. Especially the Confederation vessels.
Yes, the re-texturing for 1.0.5 did a lot of good. Most of the ships in EV look like they could actually built, as opposed to the cartoon-like ships that dominte most of EV Override.
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The graphics of early versions of Escape Velocity were about as good as the latest Override ones. I must say that the EV graphics of version 1.0.5 put the Override counterparts to dust...
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Originally posted by David Arthur: **Yes, the re-texturing for 1.0.5 did a lot of good. Most of the ships in EV look like they could actually built, as opposed to the cartoon-like ships that dominte most of EV Override.
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My feelings exactly. The EVO ships really do look cartoonish. I don't see what you mean when you say that look more realistic. I don't even think that realistism is what Matt Burch had in mind when he made EV, rather entertainment and quality. The EVO ships look like they were conceived by a child. Honestly, look at the Voinian Dreadnought.
(edit) In the future, I doubt they will make spaceships out of metals, because they are generally very heavy and may not provide as much protection as advanced plastics. Look at the space shuttle -- it uses Silicon, 90% air and some sand that can withstand thousands of degrees and is very durable and easily replaceable. In the future we will, most likely, use substances quite unlike metal, and perhaps smooth and plastic-like. ------------------ --ares (url="http://"http://www.saberstudios.f2s.com/")Saber Studios(/url)::(url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url)
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Originally posted by ares1: **My feelings exactly. The EVO ships really do look cartoonish. I don't see what you mean when you say that look more realistic. I don't even think that realistism is what Matt Burch had in mind when he made EV, rather entertainment and quality. The EVO ships look like they were conceived by a child. Honestly, look at the Voinian Dreadnought.
Actually, I do like the designs of the Override vessels, it's just the "texturing" (if you can call it that) and color that seems to make them cartoonish. The Voinian vessels look quite nice in my own opinion.
The delta design is quite popular, so I'm not surprised we saw a design in Override use it (the dreadnought). The manta of Escape Velocity also features the delta...
I agree. Some of the designs are kind of cool (IE Crescent Warship thingy, and Igadzra) but they really do look stupid with the colors they have. Bring yellow and red do not look good together, and the Cescent ship may be cool if it wasn't so... purple.
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Originally posted by ares1: **I agree. Some of the designs are kind of cool (IE Crescent Warship thingy, and Igadzra) but they really do look stupid with the colors they have. Bring yellow and red do not look good together, and the Cescent ship may be cool if it wasn't so... purple.
Yeah, the colors of the Igazra do look rather silly. Even the United Earth vessels look more like toys than realistic, human ships.
Of course, the Igazra has its own oft-referenced design problems.
Also, the CW isn't purple, perhaps you're thinking of the Zidara? The CW is actually one of Override's better looking ships in many ways, and is blue and black.
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Blue and black? I seem to remember it being purple and blue. I havn't played in a while, and when I did it was for a very short time.
Originally posted by ares1: **Blue and black? I seem to remember it being purple and blue. I havn't played in a while, and when I did it was for a very short time.
Mac is right, the Crescent Warship is blue and black (or dark gray, really). Perhaps your moniter just displays colors a bit differently...
The only reason that the crescent warship is considered good looking is because it's such a blatant copy of the Kestrel, one of EVs best looking ships (excluding of course the rebel destroyer).
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I find the standard EV kestrel sprite to be quite ugly. Not quite ugly, but it is too thin and scrawny. Several great plugins replace the stock kestrel (The stock kestrel shipyard image is cool, just not the sprites) with the free kestrel from grand-novice.com. The grand-novice version is much more refined and smooth, with more detail. My plugin uses it, as well.
Originally posted by ares1: I find the standard EV kestrel sprite to be quite ugly. Not quite ugly, but it is too thin and scrawny. Several great plugins replace the stock kestrel (The stock kestrel shipyard image is cool, just not the sprites) with the free kestrel from grand-novice.com. The grand-novice version is much more refined and smooth, with more detail. My plugin uses it, as well.
The best Kestrel I've seen in any plugin is the one Matthew Dailey did for Pale. It's a derivative of the free one, and exists in several variants, including a more heaviliy-armed pirate version and a sleeker mercenary version.
Originally posted by ares1: **I find the standard EV kestrel sprite to be quite ugly. Not quite ugly, but it is too thin and scrawny. Several great plugins replace the stock kestrel (The stock kestrel shipyard image is cool, just not the sprites) with the free kestrel from grand-novice.com. The grand-novice version is much more refined and smooth, with more detail. My plugin uses it, as well.
Actually, the thing I don't like about EV's kestrel graphics are the size of the sprite. The kestrel is considered a "frigate" class warship, yet it's sprite is about the size of a corvette...
David- I agree. Matthew Dailey's multiple kestrel class graphics for pale were excellent, along with all the additional Pale graphics.
Actually, I think that ALL of Matt Dailey's re-rendered EV ships look better than the originals, especially the ships that are loosely based on EV ships (the Vindicator is a really cool Defender/bomber hybrid, just to name one).
I'd like to see him re-do the EVO ships... I can only imagine what he'd be able to do with the Voinian ships (especially the Dreadnought... mmmmm....)
EVula, could you do me a favor? Can you change the "3" to a "Å‚"? If it's not too much to ask...and I updated the page(finally). It's getting better...
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