Bl4de Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 I looked through the forums for awhile (not too long) just thought it'd be cool to see what people think. Should sabers be RGB selectable (IE. you select from the color grid with EVERY color for a saber color so sabers are about 256 times more unique) or should they just have the 5 original 0.o
Neko Lain Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 Yea, and they should like have different skins for the holding thing
UsEr-X- Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 And maybe different saber effects and different glow patterns so yours can be an original. UsEr-X-
Bl4de Posted April 18, 2002 Author Posted April 18, 2002 New saber hilts (the holding "thing") would also be nice, maybe they could release a pack for everyone, that way people who download it will have more sabers and more customization.
Desslock Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 I wish I had the original post where I pointed this idea out... now I can't claim credit.
Bl4de Posted April 18, 2002 Author Posted April 18, 2002 Originally posted by Darksider Ill say it again I WANT BIG FLUFFY PACK : JKO! What was that? I think this is the best thing Raven could do with saber-uniqueism if you will, in the sense that people can have their favorite color instead of preset ones, and give them a real reason to be unique.
Valdarious Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 I agree you should have get a choice, it is a game not the movies. But I cant see anyone getting black anytime soon. When you use black in the jpg's to make a saber the black is the color for transparent in the game for them.
Bl4de Posted April 18, 2002 Author Posted April 18, 2002 I'm sure Raven could fix the transparency thing easily. Black would be ok, but it just doesn't look right as a saber color I think.
Darth Abbadon Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 This would be an excelent thing to have, and I think it could be done without too much of a problem. For instance in Drakan: Order of the Flame you could do something like this for the color of your armor. If someone can host a screenshot from that game so I can show just what I mean, just send me a private message.
SPY_jmr1 Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 need for speed: porche did this for the car paint color. real slick imho. ever seen a puke green porche?
Tchouky Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 it wouldn't be that hard to implement in a mod and i ll be glad to do it ! BUT as always we can't do anything til the sdk is released ..... and btw a black saber would be hard because black is 0.0.0 in rgb values and it will be transparent ...... waiting for the sdk ... COME ON RAVEN !!
DarthMark Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 it would b cool with RGB u could pick loads of different colours to have sum form of contrast in the game and u could make a very dark grey lightsaber to look like black BUT WE STILL NEED THE SDK!!!!!!!!!!
Tchouky Posted April 18, 2002 Posted April 18, 2002 you're wrong for the very dark gray because it would be very transparent !!!! and the black would be totaly transparent !!!!
Bl4de Posted April 18, 2002 Author Posted April 18, 2002 All Raven has to do is make it so any darker colors don't show up transparent. And I would like if Raven realeased this in a patch that way you don't have to download a MOD which only effects 1 user unless the rest have it, this way everyone will download it and everyone can see everyone elses saber color.
DigitalVapor Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Do any of you have Photoshop 5 or higher? I ask because I understand exactly how the saber effect is done. I do it all the time with my SW themed artwork. I create the glow effect on a black background. when i place the saber blade effect layer over my image, I set its mode to SCREEN. What screen does is filters transparancy based on the brightness. Black is the darkest and is thus invisible. the lighter the color, the more opacity it has. Since the saber effect is primarily a gradient, we get a perfect, gradualy fading glow that even reacts to light colored backgrounds.
Chanke4252 Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 wouldnt the transparent one be white since black is every color combined? Plus, wouldnt the saber backdrop matter since any color wouldnt be visible if the color right behind it is exactly the same, that is if the sabers were the same color all the way through, but they do get a bit lighter as they get further away from the center.
JRA_Wolf Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Originally posted by Chanke4252 wouldnt the transparent one be white since black is every color combined? Plus, wouldnt the saber backdrop matter since any color wouldnt be visible if the color right behind it is exactly the same, that is if the sabers were the same color all the way through, but they do get a bit lighter as they get further away from the center. Um, no, all the colors combined makes WHITE. Black is the total absense of color.
Darth Abbadon Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Thanks to kanehart, I can now show what I was talking about:
Moleculor Posted April 19, 2002 Posted April 19, 2002 Cool. Someone went and took my idea and made a poll out of it. As for preventing black sabers (white shouldn't be prevented, because one character in one of the books had a silver blade) you simply prevent the three RGB values from smaller than something like... 255 (check this in something like Adobe... it's the smallest natural looking color you can have.) That still leaves you with 510 colors to choose from. It's cool that everyone likes my idea.
sunrider4240 Posted April 20, 2002 Posted April 20, 2002 Good thinking. I wish i was smart like that. However, part of our dreams are coming true. I've been hearing an aweful lot about a mod that is going to allow us to be able to customize our saber handle. Cool eh?
Bl4de Posted April 22, 2002 Author Posted April 22, 2002 It'd still be better if Raven made all this stuff (more saber hilts as well) and included them in a patch, because not everyone downloads the mod, and then those who don't will never see your cool saber color or hilt. Maybe a moderator should make this a sticky, I think it's a very good idea. BTW whoever said this was your idea, I think 2 other people came up with it as well . BTW I just took this idea from someone and turned it into a poll, I never came up with it.
enDless_Deliriu Posted April 22, 2002 Posted April 22, 2002 as far as the colors White is all the colors being reflected back to your eyes off an object Black is all the colors being absorbed by the object (why darker clothes are hotter, it absorbs all the colors in the light spectrum) As far as the idea: Love it, I want it. Tomorrow if possible
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