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old wormhole / in system jump hole

Sep 03, 2004 andremachado link
Hello,
Please, return to use the old beautiful in-system jump hole.
It was an eye candy, but catched the new players. It impressed some friends that I showed.
The present in system jump is VERY ugly. Sadly.
Regards.
Andre Felipe
Sep 03, 2004 roguelazer link
Have you tried jumping between systems recently?
Sep 03, 2004 Phaserlight link
??I didn't know that they changed anything to do with in-system jump graphics??

If you mean everything should look like a wh, then I disagree. I *like* the in-system warp graphics. Kind of reminds me of ST:TNG.
Sep 03, 2004 roguelazer link
In system jump definitely needs a "revving" sound, though.
Sep 03, 2004 Agonizer link
A little bit confuses me that all ships ('bus', vulture or even heavy bomber) have the same jump-graphics. In my opinion the bus (i mean the free ship) or a small vulture should have a small/little effect while a Ragnarok or Centaur should have a much bigger effect as they have more mass / more energy; perhaps give them a cascade effect. If a ship is about to enter a sector it should be noticeable that "something big is coming". Just an idea.
Sep 03, 2004 andremachado link
Hello,
I did not jump across systems. The old beutiful wormhole is there.
But the in-system jump is still UGLY.
Maybe some artist could help with an idea.
Regards.
Andre Felipe
Sep 03, 2004 grunadulater link
Well, the little "ripple" effect way at the end of the jump animation is a little off target, but otherwise it really doesn't look too bad. In my openion.
Sep 04, 2004 Ticho link
I like it the way it is... Except that the in-system jump's wormhole usually opens a bit astray from the ship's direction, but I imagine that the animation can only happen at set x,y,z coordinates in sector, while the ship can fly continuously in-between these coordinates.