jtr7 on 28/8/2007 at 18:45
My opinion:
Start with the original concept as seen in the
movies, then "modernize" them. Show a technological growth. Maybe more compact, two lenses on opposite "poles", so that no matter how it would land "in real life" at least one lens is open to the space it's been tossed in. Show activation switches for arming them. The red light can be on for the toss, the red light off when resting on a shelf, table, in a crate, etc., or in the player's inventory.
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http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8219/flashbombtma03ht4.jpg(On a related thought, but not a suggestion: Outside of favoring the engine's needs, and strictly speaking from a Thief Universe perspective, where does the bomb itself go after the flash? It looks to be made of tough materials? Might the "spent shell" get left behind, useless and burnt out, then fade away/crumble after a time?)
Digital Nightfall on 28/8/2007 at 20:19
I'm pretty sure that's a scouting orb, not a flashbomb.
jtr7 on 28/8/2007 at 20:44
Except the red light blinks, the electricity arcs, then it flashes. Plus Garrett throws it down, almost straight down.:cheeky:
TMA intro.
Nightstroll on 28/8/2007 at 21:27
And the FB also has a lens. Schwaa's one has even two lenses. ;)
Digital Nightfall on 28/8/2007 at 21:47
Where can I see Schwaa's flashbomb?
Actually it doesn't make sense for a flashbomb to have ANY lenses. It's not a camera!
jtr7 on 29/8/2007 at 00:27
Oh yeah. And the lenses might throw the light out at nearly 360-degrees. I think the flashbomb design suggests reusability: hard case, beat-up, electronic... ideas that were used in-game for the scouting orb. I understand it's easier to have the flashbombs disappear, and it's more challenging to the player, less useless objects for the engine to think about, or for the player to pick back up, etc.
Schwaa2 on 29/8/2007 at 03:30
I think I got all my improved objects into TTLG (The Tiny Lost Goalset)
(or was that Thru the Looking Glass? Can't remember :D I think it's up at thiefmissions)
flashbomb (actually has a lens, not a texture lens), mines, scouting orb? ect...
jtr7 on 29/8/2007 at 04:56
Hey, yeah! A more accurate rendering, for sure.:thumb:
