- The buttons look out of place, they don't match the rest of the sidebar, they may look better with a similar style to the arrow keys, which I like by the way.
- The arrow keys look good in my opinion, but those glowing wires(?) don't blend very well, I think they'd look better without a glow effect and another color such as a dark red or a dark blue.
- I can tell my looking at the cameo part of the SHP that this is the first time any of you have attempted sidebars, so just a note: The cameo line (AKA: Side02.shp) is the same image repeated over and over again, so you're going to have to make sure it blends with itself... if that makes any sense.
- Vehicle, Infantry and Sell tabs could use better symbols in my opinion.
- I hope you plan on getting a new cameo style, I've never liked Red Alert 2's buttonized style.
Other than those points mentioned above, I'm liking it. QUICK_EDIT
The thread's name in the staff forum is "My Very First Sidebar" so yeah, this is my first.
Things I'll try to improve:
-The buttons; the arrow keys are supposed to be broken LCD screens. I guess I'll try to recreate the effect to go with the theme.
-Removing the glowing wires :p
-Before I made this, I looked up on XCC; the cameo line makes a pattern when stacked. I guess this will be the real challenge for me. Then again, it makes me better at what I do so yeah. I'll look up into this.
-The vehicle-infantry-sell tabs were just shapes in my PS I'll make a vector as soon as I finish the first 2 improvements.
-Cameo styles... Hmm... This one's interesting. To the staff forum, AWAIIII!!!
Keep the buttons for the structures, inf, ect. They look very high-techy Tokyo ish, like some sort of Japanese street signs. The LCDs don't look so LCD ish, nor do they seem to fit with the bar itself.
I suggest you make the metallic blue stuff more futuristic and clean like the Kautine structures. _________________ Victory! QUICK_EDIT
Quick retouch before I go to bed; the wire's blue now and the cameo line now blends when stacked (I chopped it up into tiny little pieces in a separate document then stacked them up), the LCD -- anti-aliased.
And I'm trying to recreate a new cameo style. Though I'm having trouble making it line up with the rest of the closed once once the cameo 'opens up'.
Keep the buttons for the structures, inf, ect. They look very high-techy Tokyo ish, like some sort of Japanese street signs. The LCDs don't look so LCD ish, nor do they seem to fit with the bar itself.
Yeah, they look pretty good but.. cars? _________________ mentalomega.com QUICK_EDIT
Keep the buttons for the structures, inf, ect. They look very high-techy Tokyo ish, like some sort of Japanese street signs. The LCDs don't look so LCD ish, nor do they seem to fit with the bar itself.
Yeah, they look pretty good but.. cars?
Don't forget the Recycle bi- button.
If it was for the Civs it might work...I was sorta expecting something gritty and burnt _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Quick retouch before I go to bed; the wire's blue now and the cameo line now blends when stacked (I chopped it up into tiny little pieces in a separate document then stacked them up), the LCD -- anti-aliased.
And I'm trying to recreate a new cameo style. Though I'm having trouble making it line up with the rest of the closed once once the cameo 'opens up'.
Critique pls.
Oh. I forgot to upload the new one in my post before this. Damn it.
EDIT: the arrow keys will be remade to fit one of the older LCD versions; I'll add in more noise to it then take out the greeniness.
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Keep the buttons for the structures, inf, ect. They look very high-techy Tokyo ish, like some sort of Japanese street signs. The LCDs don't look so LCD ish, nor do they seem to fit with the bar itself.
Yeah, they look pretty good but.. cars?
Don't forget the Recycle bi- button.
If it was for the Civs it might work...I was sorta expecting something gritty and burnt
Hey, I've told Eno loads of times to add rust and damages to the buttons, I think he'll get around to it soon
Oh, and the car is temporary, it made me go WTF too when I saw it xD _________________ Please, I DON'T read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
1. It's not the usual "ore" you see around mods; something different. That's why it has to be "recycled".
2. It's definitely not Tiberium.
3. More info from Mr. T soon.
Looks much better, but I preferred the old colour on the arrow keys to the new colour, plus those tabs still look out of place in my opinion. QUICK_EDIT
It's not the usual "ore" you see around mods; something different. That's
So instead of selling buildings and defenses you recycle them? Interesting... _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
what really bothers me about this sidebar is the bottom arrow buttons... the color doesn't look good at all with the rest of the sidebar, and the fact that they're crooked makes it look even more unfitting :/ anywho, that's my two cents QUICK_EDIT
The tabs will be redone. Like I said earlier, the arrows at the bottom will we redone also; the green was a mistake on my part. I will fix this. QUICK_EDIT
The arrows at the bottom would look fine if they matched the infantry/structures/vehicles/crap tabs in scheme if you ask me. _________________ Victory! QUICK_EDIT
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WIP - Kautine Sidebar
I'll make a vector as soon as I finish the first 2 improvements.
