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[Daedalus]

So much better than the original...

[Aldorn]

Miam !   

So Anthropod is the Terrorist unit for Spitter alien race !
So Spitter is the Terrorist unit for Anthropod alien race !

The Anthropod-Spitter combo is ready, I could release it as a standalone thing.. even though they are clearly of a different type, compared to the rest of the alien cast.

I beg your pardon ?

They are exactly what they have to, and fully integrated to the new wave of aliens you designed
I guess vanilla team would have wanted recruiting you (even if you were a small kid at this time  )

There was 5 races, there are now 8, it's a +60%, you propose an interesting ROI 

[robin]

Uploaded: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2180.0

Hope everything works, I'm done for today.

[robin]

:
- cult soldier
- cult heavy soldier
(yes, the helmets are clearly from the zaku)
- the guys with the beret are corporate security (female one will never be used but it looks good).

Still one batch of these to go.

[guille1434]

Excellent work!! 

[Arthanor]

Soldiers and guards look awesome! And the new alien pairs? WOW!! I'll download all three and give them a run as I test my mod. When are they supposed to start showing up in the game? (My game just entered March).

[Aldorn]

Robin, you are just mad, but that's good for all of us 

A question about new Anthropod&Spitter alien race

- regarding Spitter terrorist : you gave him sometime alien rank 2, 3, or 4. How will it deal with weapon assignation in alien deployments ? I guess it could cause some issues, but I did not test it yet, as I am still integrating it

- regarding Anthropod : did you have any hidden intention while creating this race so that it has neither leader nor commander ?

[robin]

Robin, you are just mad, but that's good for all of us 

A question about new Anthropod&Spitter alien race

- regarding Spitter terrorist : you gave him sometime alien rank 2, 3, or 4. How will it deal with weapon assignation in alien deployments ? I guess it could cause some issues, but I did not test it yet, as I am still integrating it

- regarding Anthropod : did you have any hidden intention while creating this race so that it has neither leader nor commander ?

- Yes, Spitters also have other ranks than terrorist ranks. I did a quick battle and I didn't notice any issue.....  So... maybe... it's fine!
... Damn, I don't think I can get away without testing this time 

- Yes, Anthropods are like Mutons, leaderless.

[Aldorn]

Not sure if it may cause an issue or not, but, given that you proceeded differently with waspites and gazers, I prefer to report before forgetting it

Regarding Anthropod's SpriteInv, you did not specified size of image
    width: 320
    height: 200

Sorry, I changed the label so I don't remember yours, also :
under "Armors:" section, have a look at
  - type: ANTHROPOD_ARMOR0
    spriteInv:
then jump to corresponding string under "extraSprites:" section

[robin]

Regarding Anthropod's SpriteInv, you did not specified size of image
    width: 320
    height: 200

Is this required? I'm not using it in my other mods.

under "Armors:" section, have a look at
  - type: ANTHROPOD_ARMOR0
    spriteInv:
then jump to corresponding string under "extraSprites:" section

My brain already went into off-mode, but I don't understand what you are pointing out, they are both "inventory_ANTHROPOD".

[Aldorn]

Is this required? I'm not using it in my other mods.

Don't know, perhaps I added it myself to your other races
Do not take care

My brain already went into off-mode, but I don't understand what you are pointing out, they are both "inventory_ANTHROPOD".

yes
I should have made the effort to get it back
I confirm, I was speaking about

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extraSprites:
  - type: inventory_ANTHROPOD
    singleImage: true
    files:
      0: Resources/anthropod_alien/inv_ANTHROPOD.gif
that I would have written

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extraSprites:
  - type: inventory_ANTHROPOD
    width: 320
    height: 200
    singleImage: true
    files:
      0: Resources/anthropod_alien/inv_ANTHROPOD.gif

Don't pay attention, I will integrate it as I think it has to be, then test it, and write somewhere what I think that could cause eventual issue and keep it in case it could be useful for debugging purposes

But your previous alien race mods did not meet so many issues, so let's think it will be same here

[robin]

Too much time to make maps like this. The others will be more modular.

[Solarius Scorch]

It's way cool, man. Way cool.

...But why is your resolution so freaking huge?

[Hobbes]

Too much time to make maps like this. The others will be more modular.

*drool*

Please tell me you found a way to convert Apocalypse's tilesets to be used in UFO...

Although I actually suspect that you have used old UFO/TFTD tiles with new ones to make those tilesets

[robin]

Well the "conversion" method is:
1. look at apoc screenshot and identify the DO WANT tiles;
2. check UFO/TFTD if there are similar tiles to work on;
3. if yes: rip and retouch; if not: draw from scratch.

(I don't know how to rip graphics from Apoc. There should be tool from Bomb Bloke I think, but it's more fun drawing things).