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WIP - animated main menu #90457 09/17/06 10:33 09/17/06 10:33
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra... LordRathan OP User
LordRathan OP User Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra...	Hi, I want to show you the menu I'm currently working on. It is still work in progress, but it's enough to see how it will look like. First of all some screenshots (click 'em to enlarge) Now a video. I hope you excuse the quality of the video, but the uncompressed file is about 400 MB and I don't think you want to download such a large file. Animated Menue (~ 1.0 MB, DivX) It's a pity you can't catch the animated mouse-cursor in the video. For this you have to wait for the demo or the full game. Comments and constructive critics are welcome. PS: Yes, the menu is in german, but the demo and full version will be in english and german. Gaming is not a crime!

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: LordRathan] #90458 09/17/06 11:21 09/17/06 11:21
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,628 IL,US FeiHongJr Expert
FeiHongJr Expert Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,628 IL,US	I like it the theme fits very well together and the animations are nice and smooth. http://www.freewebs.com/otama_syndicate/index.htm - Each master to his own technique. - Not me said the bee, Nor I said the fly.

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: FeiHongJr] #90459 09/17/06 11:30 09/17/06 11:30
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra... LordRathan OP User
LordRathan OP User Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra...	Thank you. In the video some frames may jump. That's because I havn't enough RAM for good screen capturing. Gaming is not a crime!

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: LordRathan] #90460 09/17/06 12:24 09/17/06 12:24
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck Xarthor Expert
Xarthor Expert Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 4,436 Germany, Luebeck	You should darken the text of the main menu a bit more when a sub menu (Options, Multiplayer) is visible, caus if you click on that screenshot showing the multiplayer menu in your first post, you can see the text of the main buttons through the background and it all gets a bit messed up. However: Nice and smooth animations. May I ask what you used to do this? Panels? Screen entities? (animated sprites)

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: Xarthor] #90461 09/17/06 12:38 09/17/06 12:38
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,332 Germany, BaW� aztec Expert
aztec Expert Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,332 Germany, BaW�	Sieht gut aus aberich finde das die Buttonsim ersten bild einen "komischen" Abstand haben also die ersten 2zum 3ten und 4ten trotzdem perfekt Visit: schwenkschuster-design.de

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: aztec] #90462 09/17/06 13:08 09/17/06 13:08
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,076 Germany, NRW rvL_eXile 3D Artist
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Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: rvL_eXile] #90463 09/17/06 18:04 09/17/06 18:04
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra... LordRathan OP User
LordRathan OP User Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra...	Thank you for your replies. Quote: Posted by Thunder You should darken the text of the main menu a bit more when a sub menu (Options, Multiplayer) is visible, caus if you click on that screenshot showing the multiplayer menu in your first post, you can see the text of the main buttons through the background and it all gets a bit messed up. However: Nice and smooth animations. May I ask what you used to do this? Panels? Screen entities? (animated sprites) You're right, I'll change that. I only use panels for that, because I don't need rotation (at the moment). Quote: Posted by aztec Sieht gut aus aberich finde das die Buttonsim ersten bild einen "komischen" Abstand haben also die ersten 2zum 3ten und 4ten trotzdem perfekt Der Abstand hat seinen Grund. Die Buttons sollen ein wenig gruppiert wirken. Also Single- und Multiplayer in einer Gruppe, Optionen in einer eigenen und der Beenden-Knopf wieder eine eigene Gruppe. Wie im Video zu sehen: wenn man auf Optionen klickt, gruppieren sich die Buttons um. Hat also den Sinn, dass ich noch ein wenig Animation einbauen konnte. Gaming is not a crime!

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: LordRathan] #90464 09/17/06 18:51 09/17/06 18:51
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,801 Richmond B.C., Canada Captain_Kiyaku Dichotomic
Captain_Kiyaku Dichotomic Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,801 Richmond B.C., Canada	sieht wirklich gut aus aber sollte um einiges schneller beim wechseln sein. ist ziemlich st�rend wenns so lange braucht zum wechseln My Blog "Tag und Nacht schrei ich mich heiser, Wind weht alle Worte fort, Tag und Nacht schrei ich mein Kr�henwort!" Subway To Sally - Kr�henk�nig

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: Captain_Kiyaku] #90465 09/18/06 04:08 09/18/06 04:08
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra... LordRathan OP User
LordRathan OP User Joined: May 2002 Posts: 611 Germany => Bavaria => Unterfra...	Quote: Posted by Kihaku sieht wirklich gut aus aber sollte um einiges schneller beim wechseln sein. ist ziemlich st�rend wenns so lange braucht zum wechseln Hmja, das ist immer so ein kleines Problem, die richtige Geschwindigkeit zu finden. Um ganz ehrlich zu sein habe ich beim Video erstellen auch ein wenig an der Framerate geschraubt, damit das Video fl�ssiger l�uft. Dazu kommt noch, dass ich zuwenig RAM f�r Screencapture-Programme habe und dabei immer alles f�rchterlich das Ruckeln anf�ngt. Da stimmt nat�rlich das Timing dann �berhaupt nicht mehr. Die endg�ltige Geschwindigkeit wird nat�rlich bei Tests festgelegt. Aber dein Einwand ist notiert und wird ernstgenommen. Gaming is not a crime!

Re: WIP - animated main menu [Re: LordRathan] #90466 09/18/06 04:51 09/18/06 04:51
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,181 Austria Blattsalat Senior Expert
Blattsalat Senior Expert Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,181 Austria	looks good and seams to work nice nothing more to say cheers Models, Textures and Levels at: http://www.blattsalat.com/ portfolio: http://showcase.blattsalat.com/