Well, I kinda wanted to use a "natural looking" lens flare but since I can't find any suitable candidates, I have no choice.

Do whichever you think works best, bro. Keep us updated!

Mark I have a lens flare just chillin lol Want me to send and see how it looks?

YES PLEASE!!!!

it looked horrible indexed the way it was before so........monochrome it had to be
Sorry though,man it looked so exotic before =/ maybe I'll send the orig later anyway

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^In its monochrome goodness

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I'd like to first thank Genesis for sharing that lens flare sprite, I OWE YOU! + Your name goes to the forever permanent read me part of my .def

It still has a long way to go but it's still better than nothing.

I tested it, it's very nice!

Some feedback:

Make sure you take the spaces out of your .def and .sff file replace them with underscores, or no spaces. So the stage can still be assigned to characters in mugen.

Also, please change the bgm to the name of the stage so it's neater and easier to find.

Some of your sprites are very large, (this isn't a huge deal) however large sprites can cause lag in mugen. Try to cut up, and tile or jigsaw next time. It'll save space and lag.

I know you mentioned smoke, maybe some layerno1 smoke/fog would fit.


Very fluent animations! I love the lens flare and the ship. The deltas are great.

What are your other plans?

GLB wrote:I tested it, it's very nice!

BIG THANKS!

GLB wrote:
Make sure you take the spaces out of your .def and .sff file replace them with underscores, or no spaces. So the stage can still be assigned to characters in mugen.

Oh! Thanks for the info! I never knew about that!

GLB wrote:
Some of your sprites are very large, (this isn't a huge deal) however large sprites can cause lag in mugen. Try to cut up, and tile or jigsaw next time. It'll save space and lag.

Alright, will do!

GLB wrote:
I know you mentioned smoke, maybe some layerno1 smoke/fog would fit.

I'll see what I can do!

GLB wrote:
Very fluent animations! I love the lens flare and the ship. The deltas are great.

Thanks! I REALLY owe Genesis for that lens flare sprite, it looks fantastic!

GLB wrote:
What are your other plans?

- Anti-Aircraft gunshots
- Smoke
- Flying vehicles maybe? I'm still looking for sprites though.
- More buildings?

I'm still working on the other plans.
And again, thanks for the feedback GLB!

I must've been really tired cause I clocked out early before replying*yawns*

ok I really do Like the stage,personally i'd make the plane move up and down a little faster

Anti-Aircraft gunshots

OOOOOOOOH gonna make the plane explode?

If so and you did mention other planes,having those soar thru the air and being shot down and explode would be awesome

adding on to what GLB said,I'd recommend changing the song name to the stage name for a few reasons,main one is some peeps have OCD and like their mugen organized and having to look thru the def and whatnot makes a lot of work

MarkPachi wrote:

- Flying vehicles maybe? I'm still looking for sprites though.

Here's a .png i sprited:

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the source:

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Hope this helps!

Time for me to make my yearly stage thread bumping.
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Here's what's suppose to be my contribution to the Newage release pack ... until I got stuck.



Any suggestions? btw, i'm looking for "metal railings" sprites, anyone here have some and is willing to share it?

Try searching .pngs on google for what you need, or try DeviantArt for parts and recolor to fit your stage. I'll try and help when I can.

Why not just make them yourself. It wouldn't be that difficult to draw.

I like your style, Mark. I really do. Maybe a jungle backgroun, or a lake...

GLB wrote:Try searching .pngs on google for what you need, or try DeviantArt for parts and recolor to fit your stage. I'll try and help when I can.

Alright, thanks!

xX-Nero-Xx wrote:Why not just make them yourself. It wouldn't be that difficult to draw.

Well, I did try that. It looked like shit.

Vegaz_Parrelli wrote:I like your style, Mark. I really do. Maybe a jungle background, or a lake...

THAT'S IT! Thanks for the suggestion!

Good, you caught the vision as well. It kinda reminds me of the military bases you would see in the old Rambo movies. Or Predator 1. Some sick jungle sprites would set this off! Glad I could help YOU for a change....lol!

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Just a small update.

Looking good mark! You should try adding a gradient in the black railing that sort of looks like the color railing back by those trees and bushes. Also try to remove that pink border from those pea leafs.

To add on to what Nero explained, your railing needs to be extended over 1, or 2 pixels to the right, since there's a short pink line still appearing and put it behind your foreground so it's no randomly placed. Also, the trees look poorly cut i can see leaves not attached to the tree above everything, they're just floating leaves. I can also see some short gradient mess on the floor. Your railing could use a recolor, since it's not blending at the moment.

Suggestions: To me this looks sort of like a battleground from a war, the guy hanging out of the window kind of brings that effect on even more. Perhaps more trees, bushes, leaves etc (more vegetation) perhaps a short fog layer with a dim alpha behind your floor, have that light on the building animated. Also, maybe you could render out that destroyed brick wall (assuming that's what it is to the far left.) Then flip it, and place it on the right also. Some airplanes/choppers would be cool. Then perhaps a large layer of rocks behind everything on a separate delta (more realistic) then maybe you could add a dim and somewhat desecrated looking lake area animated water of course, on broken land. Obviously you don't have to add this, just ideas and brainstorming.

Looking nice Mark and woah you should probably do like what Glb suggested.

xX-Nero-Xx wrote:Looking good mark! You should try adding a gradient in the black railing that sort of looks like the color railing back by those trees and bushes. Also try to remove that pink border from those pea leafs.

Will do!

Leo116 wrote:Looking nice Mark and woah you should probably do like what Glb suggested.

Will do, thanks!

GLB wrote:To add on to what Nero explained, your railing needs to be extended over 1, or 2 pixels to the right, since there's a short pink line still appearing and put it behind your foreground so it's no randomly placed.

Will do!

GLB wrote:Also, the trees look poorly cut i can see leaves not attached to the tree above everything, they're just floating leaves.

Fixing it asap!

GLB wrote:I can also see some short gradient mess on the floor.

Uhhm, could you explain more about the gradient mess?

GLB wrote:Your railing could use a recolor, since it's not blending at the moment.

Will do!

GLB wrote:To me this looks sort of like a battleground from a war, the guy hanging out of the window kind of brings that effect on even more.

GLB wrote:Perhaps more trees, bushes, leaves etc (more vegetation) perhaps a short fog layer with a dim alpha behind your floor, have that light on the building animated. Also, maybe you could render out that destroyed brick wall (assuming that's what it is to the far left.) Then flip it, and place it on the right also. Some airplanes/choppers would be cool. Then perhaps a large layer of rocks behind everything on a separate delta (more realistic) then maybe you could add a dim and somewhat desecrated looking lake area animated water of course, on broken land. Obviously you don't have to add this, just ideas and brainstorming.

More trees = OK
Fog = OK
Render Brick Wall = Done!
Add it to the right = OK
Chopper = Looking for sprites
BG Rock layerings = DEFINITELY!
Animated water = I'm thinking how i'll be pulling it off and how i'll be adding it to the stage


Plans:
Rain
AA gunfire
Explosions
Big mech? Maybe

BGM:
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Anyways, keep those suggestions pouring!

Gradient mess was the wrong choice of words, maybe I could use "needs cleaning" instead. If you look closely at the floor you can see random pixels of different color. Perhaps this can be fixed by simply recoloring the floor.

I'll see what I can do


Oh yeah, as of 11/26/12, this will be the BGM for the stage.
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You guys just sit tight, i'm so close in completing this stage.

BGM fits perfect
tl;dr soooo i think a nice sunset esque sky would work great here

And since this is your contrib to the pack,I need to step mine up
Good Luck Mark

Genesis wrote:BGM fits perfect

Thanks! Any suggestions?

Genesis wrote:
tl;dr soooo i think a nice sunset esque sky would work great here

Tbh, i'm not sure if the bg will be at sunset, sundown, night, midnight ...

Genesis wrote:
And since this is your contrib to the pack,I need to step mine up
Good Luck Mark

You should!








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Ahh crap, I forgot about the IMT contest! I'm not even half-way with my entry!