All new Time of Day Pictures

Post by **Sangel** » March 30th, 2004, 2:28 am

I put these together this evening. What do you think?

Post by **Sangel** » March 30th, 2004, 2:30 am

And a few more...

Post by **quartex** » March 30th, 2004, 3:27 am

They are really beautiful, but I'm not sure. It's a difference between really beautiful photos, and hand drawn pictures. All the other graphics we have in Wesnoth are hand drawn, these look like stunning photos and I just think the style might clash a bit.

Edit: i just read turin's post in underground status picture. Obviously it is unfair to expect you to redo all the artwork in wesnoth, so that you don't clash with the other styles. However I didn't think your underground pictures looked as much like photos as these do (perhaps becuase they were so dark). Maybe if each picture was of the same landscape at different times of the day it might help, right now it looks like a montage of really beautiful photos.

Post by **Sangel** » March 30th, 2004, 4:05 am

I agree, the underground pics (particularly the first one) do look more cartoony than the others, and should fit in fine. On the other hand, I'm not sure that having a photogenic image in the upper-right would clash with the graphics in any serious way. After all, they aren't really photo-detail.

Perhaps if someone with webhosting were to insert them and take some photographs of them in play, we could judge them better. Come to think of it, I think I have webhosting somewhere... *Searches*

Post by **Dave** » March 30th, 2004, 4:43 am

I also am dubious. I tend to be sympathetic toward Eponymous Archon's point of view -- he has been asking for time-of-day images that look less 'realistic'/attractive and more clearly day/night (i.e. just a large sun or moon).

These images look more attractive, but less clear. I tend to like the current ones.

David

Post by **Sangel** » March 30th, 2004, 4:51 am

OK, here are a couple of in-game pictures:

Circon · Post by **Circon** » March 30th, 2004, 6:24 am

Mmm, yeah, slighlty too photographic. Very nice pictures though...

Even if they don't make it, I feel that this (and perhaps those new mage icons) should be in a "modpack" that changes some graphic aspects of wesnoth.

miyo · Post by **miyo** » March 30th, 2004, 6:33 am

I like the old less photographic daytime images. These images just don't fit the cartoony look and feel of Wesnoth.

- Miyo

Post by **Sangel** » March 30th, 2004, 7:00 am

The people have spoken - Cartoony it is! Though I'll probably use the images myself.

That's what I love about Wesnoth. If you don't like an aspect of the game, it's simple to change it.

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » March 30th, 2004, 7:03 am

I agree, these are great but don't fit. I think everything in the GUI should be a easy to read symbol first and a pretty graphic second.

Post by **quartex** » March 30th, 2004, 7:32 am

However I think we should still keep the underground images. They're more cartoony, and it is very cool to not have it always be night when you are underground.

Gafgarion · Post by **Gafgarion** » March 30th, 2004, 8:03 am

Wesnoth has support for themes, is time of day one of the themeable parts because I think those images would make an excellent addition to a secondary theme.

Sithrandel · Post by **Sithrandel** » March 30th, 2004, 8:08 am

I'd go wholeheatedly with the theming. I love the pics and whilst they are not cartoony enough for Heir To The Throne they might fit a future campaign. The also have a cooler, more aloof feel which might fit in with some campaign philosophies