GoodGuyEddy Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Hi, i am using the forums quite passively, i do remember chris saying that the basic alien will have about seven variations so they can scale as the game goes on. So i kind of wonder will they be substantially different(like having visually different armor) or will they be pallet swapped because pink deflect bullets better because of SCIENCE! I couldn't find anything on this by using the search function. So does anyone know? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I believe it's a pallet swap of the Caesan's shirts atleast. I would assume that the official stand on this is that the colours denote rank and that the officers has simply been issued higher quality gear rather then the colours beeing a real factor =P (why would the non combatents be issued overalls with armour built into them?) I belive that looking through the png files in assets > units > Alien (> caesan) should answer a bit of your question. It's probably a lot easier to do a simple pallet swap then designing different armours ad how they fit on the alien models. Especially considering how many sprites it concerns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzz Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) substantially different(like having visually different armor) More like this. Not substantially but different Edited March 31, 2012 by zzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Bleh the lighting there is really inconsistent. I might have to look at that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Might be a mix really. Looking at the images posted, they have slightly different colours, but the models also look different. Somewhat like they're wearing armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyEddy Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hmm i can get behind that, the provided example picture "palette swaps" really do look like they are wearing more pieces of armor. Go Xenonauts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Especially the Caesan one. That's some beefy carapace armour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 You are able to tell them apart visually so that's good. Not different enough so that they lose their individual racial look though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 They're not just palette swops - the more advanced aliens actually are wearing more armour. The models are different. The officers / leaders all have helmets etc as well, and the different Andron ranks are actually entirely different models because they physically get larger and taller as they increase in rank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Sweet! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyEddy Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 ^^^ omg! GGE is a three-eyed alien! poke him with the stunn rod!=P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 ^^^^ My eyesight is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 ^^^^My eyesight is bad. I am as confused as the artist doing the cover of Terry Pratchett's "the light fantastic". Are you by any chance named Twoflower? How can your eye sight be bad with 4 eyes? Is GGE wearing a monocle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyEddy Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Is GGE wearing a monocle? _██_ (ಠ_ರೃ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 _██_ (ಠ_ರೃ) Well played sir, well played. PS. I still say poke him with the stun rod PPS You need a bigger hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Or a smaller head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Or less skull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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