To finish this we still need to decide the distribution of stars. We have two types of nebulae, the fast shrinking FLD_NEBULA_1 that currently produce blue stars and the slow shrinking FLD_NEBULA_2 that currently produce white stars. I want to keep the two types distinct.
My suggestion:
FLD_NEBULA_1 produces OneOf(Blue, Blue, White, Yellow)
FLD_NEBULA_2 produces OneOf(White, Yellow, Orange, Red)
But i'm open to any suggestions.
Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
Blue stars are more valuable, both to Energy hulls and phototrophes, so they should be in the slower nebula I think, beyond that makes sense.
Suggestion: change the art to Nebula12 and Nebula14, they work quite well and I think are, well, prettier.
Suggestion: change the art to Nebula12 and Nebula14, they work quite well and I think are, well, prettier.
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
Ok, i will switch them.MatGB wrote:Blue stars are more valuable, both to Energy hulls and phototrophes, so they should be in the slower nebula I think, beyond that makes sense.
Nebula12 is ok, but Nebula14 looks too flashy imho (like an explosion). I think we better use Nebula14 as a field that needs more attention from the players (something rare with a big effect).MatGB wrote:Suggestion: change the art to Nebula12 and Nebula14, they work quite well and I think are, well, prettier.
For reference: One Nebula14 on the left and two Nebula12 on the right. EDIT: Worlds on Fire
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
See, I really like that one, they slowly collapse over time with the circle getting smaller, I think it looks cool. However, it's a purely subjective aesthetic and if you think not then it's probably best to be more neutral.
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
I like the look of nebula14 there, but agree it's a bit much on there for general purposes.
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I went ahead and made a PR: https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/pull/276
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
The orange nebula looks like it's expanding, not contracting.
The purple nebula's perimeter seems to irregular, making it too difficult to tell where the edge is.
The purple nebula's perimeter seems to irregular, making it too difficult to tell where the edge is.
Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
Yes. I didn't include it because i had similar concerns.Geoff the Medio wrote:The orange nebula looks like it's expanding, not contracting.
The collapsing nebulae currently have no effect other than showing that something will happen in the future, so it's no really necessary to be able to tell where the edge is.Geoff the Medio wrote:The purple nebula's perimeter seems to irregular, making it too difficult to tell where the edge is.
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Re: Balance concern: Nebulas and Phototrophes
Yup, better to use the irregular ones for this so that the 'round' ones can be used for clouds and moving effects
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