Hostile gangs and civilians

[luke83]

I had hoped to have these finished tonight but i found a few glitches where the torso joins the arms

On the plus side all the major jobs are done i just need to clean them up

[luke83]

Last week i thought i was done but all my ladies when walking had MAN LEGS ,Today i finished doing all the walking sprites i just need to do the crouching legs and check for any strange pixels .
 I want to add some more detail to my Gang members next before i move on to some new map blocks.

I also want to make a Alien unit that Lays proxy mines for the aliens , it was going to be a small flying saucer until i saw TFTD has a similar unit, now im looking for a some new inspiration for what this unit should look like.

[Yankes]

Today i finished doing all the walking sprites i just need to do the crouching legs and check for any strange pixels .

great that you give them 100% functionality like standard soldiers. In ufo2000 (this is portably true too in UFO:TTS) you could play as aliens but without crouch animation it didnt look nice.

[luke83]

I figured if i didn't do the crouching images someone would complain plus its only another 8 sprites so its not like doing walking sprites or arms which take forever to do as there is HEAPS of them

[luke83]

Im have done the sprites for the girls kneeling, i also started tweaking my Red Coat Gang today , they now have there jackets undone and a army hat on

Pictures show work to date , i plan i making all 3 available this weekend in 1 file but just be warned there not 100% finished but there good enough ( i hope) for some nice programmer to be inspired and write some code for them 

CURRENT VERSIONS HERE ( No there not finished some still look a little crappy
https://www.mediafire.com/?3tztbkhpbofav7t

JUST seen a error in the girl sprites , my work will never be done

[Yankes]

I think you should move a bit leg graphic. Look on top male solder, his legs are moved  to much in +X axis (around 1 or 2 pixels).
Women legs are to wrong when it look to the right.

[luke83]

Thanks Yanks. I really got to stop being lazy and install openx either in my Linux or in a my separate windows partition as currently i am using it in a Virtual XP and i cant get full screen for some reason. I will look into these tonight

[Chiko]

Hmm... well, for the civilians defending themselves idea.

Maybe make police officers be sometimes present in terror missions. Making them use a modified version of X-Com basic soldier sprites. Maybe just a different color and a police hat to make them less of a copy paste edit in graphics.

[luke83]

police officers are on my to do list already , i just got to finish these 3 sprites first, then mod at least 2 different soldiers before i start them. I also want to do all CIVS from TFTD at some point

Since  i cant code, i am simply supplying some sprites in hope someone else also likes the idea.If i was doing the code , not every Civ would be armed , just a couple here and there for variety sake. Also i think it would be cool if the aliens would mind probe some civs and grab a gun off a corpse and come attack the xcom agents.

[Yankes]

Also i think it would be cool if the aliens would mind probe some civs and grab a gun off a corpse and come attack the xcom agents.

This is great idea, for harder difficulty levels. Force you to use CC (Crowd Control ) to reduce number of casualties in civilian ranks.

[luke83]

I had 30 mins to play with tonight so i thought i would play around with "Bagirov" sprites for the x-com soldiers . These are HIS URBAN soldiers with some combat helmet on.My thoughts are with  more Civs/NPC could reslult in New different Missions latter on so i think it was time well spent

[hsbckb]

luke83, I'd like to show my great appreciation to your work.

I hope that there will be more (or custom)  face/head/hair designs for our X-Com operatives. I can create a soldier like my friend/ family member. This can indeed increase the tension during the battle (I do not want them to die) 


However, there will be much wok in face/hair/head selection programming, Paper doll graphic in equipment screen,  new head for sprites in battlescape.

[Yankes]

luke83 I think you need add shadows to solders uniforms. without it, its look flat. Compare your work with original one and how thy use colors.

[luke83]

"I think you need add shadows to solders uniforms. without it, its look flat"

Yes i am totally agree with you Yanks, Last night i only added the helmets to the sprites. After i Finalise my other 3 sets of sprites  will start working on these properly

[luke83]

Does she look to Manly or not . Just toying around with a second gang