Poll: Playable Advent mod: Alien Appearance

[Maclimes]

Hey. I'm the guy who is making the textures for the Playable Advent mod. I've gotten a lot of great feedback regarding your opinions on the visual appearance of the recruitable aliens. But I'm trying to get a better picture of the community's thoughts on the matter. I'm not saying I will 100% follow the winning result of the poll, as I am not the mod author/decision maker: I'm just the texture guy. But it will weigh heavily into my recommendations to the authors.

 

This first poll is just for the two "completed" enemies: The MEC and the Viper.

 

Here are their current in-mod appearances:

 

* MEC (75% scale, Gold-color)

 

* Viper (Green with XCOM armor)

 

If you choose "Other" for the Viper question, try to include a specific species of snake or a picture. Snake patterns are bit more complex than the MEC armor colors, so I'd like to get an idea of what you're describing.

 

BONUS NOTE: At some point, the ultimate goal is to have the units be truly customizable, so this whole poll is really just a temporary affair. But that may be a ways off yet, so let's try to get as good as we can for now.

[davidlallen]

I think it's important to visually differentiate the player units from the alien units. I voted "other" for the mec color, because I was thinking more of a "gold" than yellow. More brown, maybe, but it's a small thing.

[Azworai]

I was assuming that the addition of XCOM armor would differentiate them, but perhaps using a coloration like http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/83423240-southern-ringneck-snake-showing-its-defensive-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=%2BdTbeQDDcJkoDldgXCxShZqFBWhl%2BnH%2Fv8f7CEcrPoh5oPcQB24AqnFmhEAEU%2FcQ would work better? Solid green looks really wonky IMO.

[Maclimes]

My ultimate goal, of course, is to include ALL of the above as customizable options. But we are limited to one at a time, sadly, until we can untangle that intricately tricky knot.

 

In the meantime...

 

I'm worried that using such a vibrantly-colored snake as the "primary" would be divisive. Although I LOVE that blue/yellow combo. Snakes have such wonderful variety of colors, I feel like I could spend months just making new Viper sub-species. So many vibrant, rich colors and patterns.

 

Anyway. I'll keep watching this thread (and communicating with the authors) to figure out the best route. Thanks everyone for being helpful and patient!

[Krazyguy75]

Pretty much what they said above. The gold looks too yellow, and the green is waaay too vivid. It's a viper, not a tree frog.

[Maclimes]

  On 3/14/2016 at 6:31 PM, Krazyguy75 said:

It's a viper, not a tree frog.

 

Although I agree (and the next update will be toned down quite a bit)... This ain't a tree frog, either.

 

Snakes come in so many different colors (including some that are significantly MORE vibrant than the one I used). However, it is QUITE jarring in game, and definitely agree it needs to be adjusted quite a bit.

[sgtcal10]

I did say the green looked a little to vibrant to David and I agree the MEC needs to be bigger. I really need to get in touch with maclimes. Lol

[sgtcal10]

k, got in touch with maclimes. Let's see what happens next :laugh: