Guest Master Yoda Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 Look at the length of the laser bolt in this screenshot it looks like something out of Star Trek. http://www.galacticbattles.com/multimedia/screenshots/10.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 yeah, i thought about that too, but i'm convinced that it is just coz it is moving when they took the shot, and that it will look better in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Master Yoda Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 I sure hope so!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJackal_jk2 Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 I think there is two reasons they are THAT big. #1 It is coming from that AT-AT so it is showing how powerful it is #2 Because it is moving it is making/showing off the effect of "speed" I hope the laser bolts of the ground units like the stroomtroopers aren't as thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon_Leon Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 they'll have that figured out i'm sure... some bolts in the early screenshots looked as thick as the units themselves, but later TF-shots showed thin bolts. The problem with bolts is that you want them 'laser-like' and you want to show where they are exactly. a tough balance. AT-AT's can have thick bolts. look at what the AT-AT fired at the shield generator on Hoth.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord JayVizIon Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 yeah, and hopefully they can make the sounds crisp such as those in the special edition. i'm wondering if the sounds will vary for each unit class (i.e. size)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SoReFiNgErZ Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 Also, keep in mind that in the game it will be moving at a relativly fast speed..in turn reduceing the size and length of the bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 Yes, in the movie you can see that they aren't very long. I'm not sure if this is because they fixed it or because it is moving. Also, i hope that they have different laser intensity levels for different lasers, that way you know which bolt you are getting hit with, and makes them easier to pick out and avoid. I hope they include different sounds as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Master Yoda Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 Ya, like when the AT-AT on Hoth was firing at the troops it sounded different then when it fired at the Shield generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon_Leon Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 that sound was from a different intensity in lasers. the first shot at the trooper was 'normal' (which is why the trooper wasn't vaporated), and the second hort, powerful burst was the 'maximum firepower' Veers talked of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer_20000 Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 Originally posted by Master Yoda Look at the length of the laser bolt in this screenshot it looks like something out of Star Trek. http://www.galacticbattles.com/multimedia/screenshots/10.jpg It isn't as long as a phaser beam, but it is to long for a blaster bolt, and it definetly has the orangy color of a phaser beam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashin994511587246518 Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 maybe someone should tell LEC blaster bolts aren't orange, they're red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral Odin Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 well technically lasser are invisible.... I would like to see diffenet sized bolts depending upon which unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer_20000 Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 Originally posted by Admiral Odin well technically lasser are invisible.... I would like to see diffenet sized bolts depending upon which unit. Yes, yes, we've already settled that SW lasers aren't actual lasers, most likely the name is a holdback from centuries past, oh and you can see the laser if it is going through smoke, and you can see it on the surface it is hitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral Odin Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 I know. Shadows of the Empire brought up that lasers were invisible but ions around them were so....giving you an idea were the laser beam was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corranhorn Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Is it just me or do the screenshots show that the lasers arc like the AOK arrows? That looks cheesy, as lasers go *almost* (only curved by VERY LARGE masses, AKA black holes, pulsars, ect) and the planet could never be large enough to curve the laser that far. Also, the lasers getting fired could not be so bright, *points at screenshot 16 on the offical site*. It would be NICE if the blasters pointed where they fire *points at screenshot 5 on offical site*. The lasers curving could make me enough to ========== at LucasArts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admiral Odin Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 They looked straight enough to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 yes, in the movie (GB movie that is) the lasers are straight, so you don't have to worry. And yes, the lasers in SW are not actually lasers. "Lasers" are concentrated beams of light or heat, and are invisible. "Turbolasers" are beams of energy, not light or heat, and the gas that is used to produce the charge is what produces the color as well. They can make clear turbolasers (ie. xerrol nightstinger), but that takes extra money, and is pointless and harmless, so they leave it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corranhorn Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Fine I'll call them blasters, but still *points at screenshot 5 on offical site, noticably at TF blaster cannons* SEE!!!! they are curved and fire farther up than the guns point. Look for yourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Rommel Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Originally posted by CorranHorn Is it just me or do the screenshots show that the lasers arc like the AOK arrows? That looks cheesy, as lasers go *almost* (only curved by VERY LARGE masses, AKA black holes, pulsars, ect) and the planet could never be large enough to curve the laser that far. Also, the lasers getting fired could not be so bright, *points at screenshot 16 on the offical site*. It would be NICE if the blasters pointed where they fire *points at screenshot 5 on offical site*. The lasers curving could make me enough to ========== at LucasArts Are slightly curved lasers really gonna take away form the game that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 you can't tell from a screenshot. Look at the movies, the bolts definately aren't curved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest corranhorn Posted August 27, 2001 Share Posted August 27, 2001 Can't you clearly see a laser shooting up at nothing and another shooting down from nothing, from the TF cannon-like things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stormtrooper Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 Have you also noticed when the rebels were blasting at the Sith Lord(E3 video clip) there were bright flashes coming from thier guns, it looked pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitth'raw'nuruodo Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 I agree with stormie on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesseg88 Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Actually, a laser bolt fires two types of energy at the same time. The destructive energy is invisible, the visible light, a by product, is harmless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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