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SpacemanSpIiff

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  1. These days my combat is along these lines.

    When I have no companion with me:

    First I throw Grand Chain Lightning (Midas Magic) at enemy and keep going until they come to melee range or I reach them to melee range then I pull out my Samson the Claymore (Sentient Weapon II) and whack them until they drop.

     

    While I have companion:

    I take my Samson the Bow and a lot of arrows then start shooting while companion goes meat shield. Then I fill enemies with arrows as Grand Chain Lightning may do some friendly fire which is not nice.

     

    When I have to protect somebody:

    Easy Samson the Claymore does the job.

     

    So for me it's:

    Melee: 2-handed blade (Samson the Claymore) because I prefer power over speed.

    Ranged: Bow and Arrows (Samson the Bow) watched too many medieval films so from there they stick.

    Magic: Electric (Grand Chain Lightning) like to play the Emperor from Star Wars =P (UNLIMITED POWERRRR!!!! *starts shooting lightning bolts from my fingers*)

     

    UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAA!!!!!!

  2. duh13, as has been said before, you have been given a critique, which is not to be confused with criticism.

     

     

    We're telling you ways to improve the work. Video game modding naturally draws people who are visual artists. Present a picture to them, and they will look at it with practiced and developed eyes.

     

     

    Sakura's post that you responded angrily towards, was some really awesome advice. It's the kind of advice that is given all the time in art schools, both fine art and technical art like what you're doing in Gimp. As someone who attended digital art school for over two years and has a degree in Visual Effects, I can tell you that Sakura in no way meant anything to be derisive. I can promise you that. When someone says something like, "The background is washed out", they imagine you will then go into Gimp and make the necessary adjustments, and in the process you might learn something about art and how pictures are assembled. Nobody expects it to be perfect first time. There is practically a science in creating good visual compositions.

     

     

    In other words, we're just trying to help. Since you took the time to make the eyes look a certain way, and took the time to blur the hand, and took the time make blood, it can be pretty safe to assume you want this to be more than just a simple screen shot of a video game. If you followed Sakura's advice it would look really cool.

     

    You need to be able to accept comments like this and not assume it was an attack on your art. Nobody is saying it doesn't look good now. It looks great. It's an awesome action shot that conveys movement and emotion. What we're talking about is icing on the cake that will make it look even better, not the bare minimum to be good.

     

     

    It's your art. Do what you want with it. Just don't assume people are out to get you.

     

    Worded a lot better then I ever would have managed.

  3. It may be a little too late but...Seriously? half the thread was wasted debating over the fact that a MALE companion had a romance function?

    People never learn...if you download it, you should know what your in for...if for some reason you dont know, and you play it...and then something that crosses your personal line happens? Then just uninstall the mod. Plain and simple...I know hes banned now...thank god. But people need to grow up.

     

    /rant.

     

    Back on topic. I said it before, Ramy's enfant is my favorite companion,

    shes got a unicorn

    her inventory is easy to access and manipulate

    her class is very easily changed

    shes actually adorable with how much she trips and falls and what not.

    Just seems like a well polished companion mod.

  4. Im not a huge fan of JRPG's, I can only take them in small doses..Tales of vesperia and Star ocean: the last hope are the only two JRPG's i can safely say that I like.

     

    This one, Magna Carta 2 flew under the radar from me until now

    http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/773/773918.html

     

    Im actually interested...it looks like real time combat thats actually on the map (no teleporting to arena's). Does anyone have any real details/more videos on it?

  5. Get rid of the health bars, compass, and HUD all together (type 'tm' in console without quotes)

     

    It says right under the first image, that it was meant to have the HUD.

     

    And all the other stuff you said, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE EVER TRIED THIS!!

    Why don't you do all that stuff, if you really hate the image that much.

     

     

    Alright since you dont know the definition of critique, let me get it for you:

     

    A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature.

     

     

    In other words, I was only trying to help you, the pointers I made are what I honestly think would perfect the image and really make it something. But since you are one of the unfortunate ones who cannot handle it, you will never get better.

     

     

    Do an image like this myself? I have, here you go, this image has been #1 on the top 25 for the maximum span of 2 weeks:

    http://tesnexus.com/imageshare/image.php?id=41009

     

    Feel free to browse my other images, if you will, most of them have been edited using Photoshop CS3.

  6. Critique:

     

    If the eyes were really glowing, there would be an emissive light that originates at the eye ports, right now it just does not look right.

    The values in the picture are all very much the same, the foreground does not stick out from the background, it all appears very washed out.

    The lighting needs works, that dull gray overcast you took this picture in does not do it justice

    Get rid of the health bars, compass, and HUD all together (type 'tm' in console without quotes)

  7. Then why using all ten options for the first poll if you miss so many and haven't even run out of option place on the last two? Doesn't it seem strange? Like if you are only interested in melee and don't really care for others? Oh, whatever. If you don't understand my point, then fine, I tried.

     

    Perhaps you overlooked the point of this poll, it is a simple "vote and explain in post" matter. I wont see your point because your posts have come across as rather rude in this topic, I really do not see what the fuss is over it. If you think I came into this thread with a bowler hat on and a monocle, rubbing my hands together and chanting "mehehe, the magic users are totally left in the dust!" you are completely in the wrong. I already made my case in my previous post and I don't plan on repeating myself.

     

    Thanks to the rest who simply voted, explained, and moved on.

  8. The idea of the (other) category was to explain what you specifically used that would qualify as other in your post, If you noticed, there are a plethora of ranged weapons and even melee weapons that I missed, partially due to the fact that having at most 10 answers for the poll question cant even begin to cover the different ways and tools used to kill your adversary.

     

    The reason specifically why I left so many magic categories out is literally just that, there are so many different types of magics that have come to popularity over the years, So I stuck to vanilla oblivion's 3 standard destruction elements and the stereotypical life/death magic thing to add, where the rest would very easily be identified by voting other, and explaining in your post.

  9. No whips, rapiers, guns, blowing pipes, summoning, shadows, infernal magic, nature magic or blood magic? Ummm...

     

     

    Melee slots couldnt be expanded anymore, so I couldnt get exotics like whips

    Rapiers are a longblade

    Guns are ranged(other)

    Blowing pipes are ranged(other)

    All those magic types are magic(other)

  10. You are going about it the wrong way. There is no spoon.

     

    The game IS the Construction Set and vanilla Oblivion is just an example of what can be done with it.

    Well said! I completely agree with this. Oblivion's main selling point is that it is a sandbox game. The construction set and modding is what is keeping this game and community alive.

     

    True but I personally come from getting it first for the console first, and THEN made the move to PC. I do all I can in my power to not shut the game down and add/remove/change a mod. Usually I can sit down and play the game for a few hours on end actually..the only time I quit to mod if is something is glaringly broken or missing.

  11. Nope, it wasnt the CS that ruined it, it was the degree im in down here at fullsail. Im in the game art bachelors program, more then half way through....yea, I know all the little secrets and shortcuts game developers make, and I know how most of everything you see in the game is done.

     

    Most of the time I try to not think about it while Im playing a game...but man... :confused:

  12. Just wondering what the people here like the most in terms of what they fight with.

     

    I'm a pole arm fan (Specifically Halberd)- Easy to learn, easy to make, and has great advantages over most other melee weapons. its a shame oblivion does not have these by default.

     

     

    I chose bow and arrow - simple and conventional, not much else to say

     

    Holy magic - Crushing the undead and deadra and playing a holy paladin type character has always been my favorite

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