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Re: The MegaMod 0.8.0 has finally arrived!
« Reply #165 on: October 01, 2018, 01:34:49 am »

thank you...question, where is your documentation at? it's not with the zipped game?

Most of my documentation would be on the website I linked to on the releases page.
Though I've yet to do a complete write-up for the Custom Seed feature.
It's a bit more hacky than I'd like it to be and so It's aimed more at the power users.

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And for the other bugs, they have been fixed and I'm drafting a new release as I type this

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And... Released!

https://github.com/Serosis/UQM-MegaMod/releases/tag/0.8.0.81-MegaMod
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« Reply #166 on: October 01, 2018, 04:56:34 am »

Hey excellent job.  That fixed all the naging issues for this release.  I had a few thoughts for the future if you dont mind:

- I really like the new UI used in game.  Could you also extend it to the Battle UI?  It looks really plain by comparison and I find the lack of unity jarring.  I think the Supper Meele Menu could use a similar esthetic as well.

- I noticed the Search Star feature in the star map doesn't line up with the new Bezel.  Might be something to look into.

- I see what you wanted with the new Main Menu font by going with a bolder, more striking one.  But I find that gives me a western vibe more than a sci fi one.   This thread mentioned the fonts used by the Comms if you want  ideas.  http://www.star-control.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=359&start=20 I like Final Frontier used by the Humans myself.

Just a quick look through this https://www.1001fonts.com/futuristic%2Bscience-fiction-fonts.html?page=7&items=10  What about "Hyperion BRK Normal?"  Lot of other good ones there.
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Re: The MegaMod 0.8.0 has finally arrived!
« Reply #167 on: October 01, 2018, 01:21:40 pm »

Hey excellent job.  That fixed all the naging issues for this release.  I had a few thoughts for the future if you dont mind:

- I really like the new UI used in game.  Could you also extend it to the Battle UI?  It looks really plain by comparison and I find the lack of unity jarring.  I think the Supper Meele Menu could use a similar esthetic as well.

- I noticed the Search Star feature in the star map doesn't line up with the new Bezel.  Might be something to look into.

- I see what you wanted with the new Main Menu font by going with a bolder, more striking one.  But I find that gives me a western vibe more than a sci fi one.   This thread mentioned the fonts used by the Comms if you want  ideas.  http://www.star-control.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=359&start=20 I like Final Frontier used by the Humans myself.

Just a quick look through this https://www.1001fonts.com/futuristic%2Bscience-fiction-fonts.html?page=7&items=10  What about "Hyperion BRK Normal?"  Lot of other good ones there.

- If a design comes to me that I think will fit over the Melee UI well enough I'll pop it in.

- I can probably fix that by drawing the new UI between the blue box and the blinking cursor. But it's not a pressing priority.

- That font is actually the closest thing to the original 3DO main menu font I could find.

It's one of many personal stylistic decisions to show my preference to the 3DO version of the game.
Just be glad I didn't make it "3DO Green", because that was an option at one point:


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« Reply #168 on: October 01, 2018, 06:54:40 pm »

Well if there is a historical reason for the font.  That's fine then.   Im on the fence if the green is actually better...
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« Reply #169 on: October 01, 2018, 08:01:33 pm »

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I'm looking into this right now but it may be beyond my understanding as to why this is happening.

Wow! That was fast! I can confirm that the fix worked! Fantastic job mate!
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« Reply #170 on: October 02, 2018, 03:17:02 pm »

Well if there is a historical reason for the font.  That's fine then.   Im on the fence if the green is actually better...

I've stared at it for many hours. It grates after awhile and the only thing I could come up with for a reason is that there's more words and they're focused.
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« Reply #171 on: October 15, 2018, 08:10:39 am »

I don't hold out much hope that the vocoloid has some insightful commentary that would be of much help, but I did come across a Let's Play of the 3DO Star Control II of the Japanese port that might include some criticism of the translation.

https://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/33091341

This is somewhat unrelated, but their (possibly abandoned) Star Control: Origins Let's Play has one of them animes man-spreading in the corner, as if they're a Twitch streamer.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm34006965
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« Reply #172 on: November 14, 2018, 12:57:01 am »

Basically a copy/paste of my post over at PoNaF...

Here's a couple of other new things:

HD 3DO Icon Menu               EDIT: And for good measure the original 3DO icon menu


HD Melee Menu (Marauder recolored and rescaled, Dreadnought rescaled, new Umgah variant by Nackles42, and a new Cruiser variant ripped from the SC1 ship info art)


Added "Music Options" to the setup menu (Thanks to Volasaurus)


The reason for the new menu: Volasaurus composed remixes for everything, including alternate tracks for Pre/Post-Process Chmmr, Fwiffo, Safe Ones, Spathi ships, Pre/Post-Ultron Utwig, Ur-Quan Probe, Yehat Rebels, and Pre/Post radioactives Commander.


...And I'm still hard at work doing a few other things.  Wink
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« Reply #173 on: November 14, 2018, 09:15:15 am »

Wow. Need to get my new machine.....

Thanks.

Also, site back up without having moved?
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Re: The MegaMod 0.8.0 has finally arrived!
« Reply #174 on: November 15, 2018, 10:04:49 pm »

Tumbling Slylandro Probes in interplanetary view.

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https://streamable.com/mdeqw

SD:
https://streamable.com/1lw51

Volasaurus' Ambient Themes Teaser Pack 1:
https://streamable.com/btx1y

Volasaurus' Ambient Themes Teaser Pack 2:
https://streamable.com/z4h6m
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« Reply #175 on: November 15, 2018, 10:29:11 pm »

Volasaurus' Ambient Themes Teaser Pack 1:
https://streamable.com/btx1y

Volasaurus' Ambient Themes Teaser Pack 2:
https://streamable.com/z4h6m

Heh. Some SCO features are already making their way into UQM. Smiley

By the way, since the MegaMod has restored the orange FRIED for the Kohr-Ah, I'd also like to see the PC-style green exhaust for the flagship restored, so that players could pick it over the 3DO version's red exhaust.
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« Reply #176 on: November 17, 2018, 04:03:52 pm »

Huh

SCO features? What are you talking about?

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« Reply #177 on: November 17, 2018, 06:26:08 pm »

When you enter a system inhabited by an alien race in SCO, a variation on that race's theme music plays in the interplanetary screen instead of the normal interplanetary music. Volasaurus' new tracks were obviously inspired by that.
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« Reply #178 on: November 17, 2018, 10:10:14 pm »

It's also an optional feature so if it's not your cup of tea you can leave it disabled.

(Meaning it's not enabled by default)
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« Reply #179 on: November 17, 2018, 11:27:25 pm »

When you enter a system inhabited by an alien race in SCO, a variation on that race's theme music plays in the interplanetary screen instead of the normal interplanetary music. Volasaurus' new tracks were obviously inspired by that.

Or… like… any game since Mega Man?
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