Official Announcement: Art Pipeline for .5 and Beyond

[Mekabuser=12thVR=]

Plenty of big parties still man ... we will still be releasing major updates(.5, .6, .7 etc) that include major changes to mechanics, gamemodes and features or the introduction of new mechanics, gamemodes and features just like normal..
 
What Defender is getting at is that you can expect to see new mechs, models and other pretty stuff(like Maps!! ) included in our point releases(0.5.1, 0.5.2 etc) rather than only in major releases like we have done previously.

theres gonna be a release someday and suddenly when you smash into an asset your not gonna do the pixel tango , but actually smash into each other with an appropriately awesome smash sound. Collision  detection !!!!

[CGB [CoffiNail]]

Plenty of big parties still man ... we will still be releasing major updates(.5, .6, .7 etc) that include major changes to mechanics, gamemodes and features or the introduction of new mechanics, gamemodes and features just like normal..
 
What Defender is getting at is that you can expect to see new mechs, models and other pretty stuff(like Maps!! ) included in our point releases(0.5.1, 0.5.2 etc) rather than only in major releases like we have done previously.

theres gonna be a release someday and suddenly when you smash into an asset your not gonna do the pixel tango , but actually smash into each other with an appropriately awesome smash sound. Collision  detection !!!!

Now that would be sweet, some twisting, grating metal screeching in my ear.

I still like if you laser a BA when it is right at you by a few scant meters sometimes you get the guy goin 'AHH!' in pain. heh

[«اك§» Trooper_Thorn]

* Received* Incoming Overlord with new mechs and other assets! Woo Hoo, that is good news, the shipping schedules from the assembly plants have been moved forward.

[Arghy]

Dear god collision detection with falling damage will be so damn sweet--clan mediums running circles around your IS heavy mech? just reverse and hit one of them head on at flank speed...... if only my atlas could punch also.

I still feather my JJ's when i'm landing because its so ingrained haha hope we finally add falling damage.

[sgnl05]

I noticed that you've mentioned that you want to increase the overall quality of art assets. Will there be work done on existing assets to bring them up to the level set by the "best" that MWLL has to offer? I don't think that the mod has any bad looking assets right now, but honestly some things are just leagues ahead of others, which can make the art side of things look a little strange sometimes when multiple assets of varying quality are on screen at once.

[GB-72AT Talon]

Dear god collision detection with falling damage will be so damn sweet--clan mediums running circles around your IS heavy mech? just reverse and hit one of them head on at flank speed...... if only my atlas could punch also.

I still feather my JJ's when i'm landing because its so ingrained haha hope we finally add falling damage.

I do the same thing to break my fall instinctively. 

[Virt]

This is great news.   More frequent releases will help keep the playerbase interested.

I'd be interested to know which art assets are considered to be best and, err, not best...?   

They all seem pretty good to me.

[Defender]

This is great news.   More frequent releases will help keep the playerbase interested.

I'd be interested to know which art assets are considered to be best and, err, not best...?   

They all seem pretty good to me.

It doesn't really come down to best and not best.

It comes down to which assets are still in Alpha Stage and require and update, which assets require optimization, which assets are closest to completion, which assets should be prioritized over others to even the classes, and which asset releases will best suit gameplay advancements in the future.

[Virt]

It doesn't really come down to best and not best.  It comes down to which assets are still in Alpha Stage and require and update, which assets require optimization, which assets are closest to completion, which assets should be prioritized over others to even the classes, and which asset releases will best suit gameplay advancements in the future.

Ok, so let me ask the same question a way you'll be more comfortable with :-)

Which assets are still in alpha statge and require an update, and which ones are close to completion?

They all pretty good to me, so I'm just interested to compare and see if I can notice any difference.