Hd sprites pack[s]?

Chaython · Post by **Chaython** » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:53 pm

Hd sprites pack? Everything is so low res and aliased make the game good looking!

avalach21 · Post by **avalach21** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:13 pm

Zoom out? Disable Pixel doubling? lol

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:31 pm

How difficult would it be to increase the resolution and--keeping to the original designs more or less--add in increased detail?

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:33 pm

If you could give the game a pollish it's not a bad idea. But I'm guessing not so easy to do?

SirCake · Post by **SirCake** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:34 pm

Its not easy to do. At all. All the dev team has are finished sprites and no 3D models or animations. Sprites are a series of pictures which represent a unit in the game. An infantry unit has about 150-200 pictures in its sprite file.

So the only reasonable way to do a HD pack is to
1) remake all models in a 3D program and render them so they look EXACTLY as in the original
2) Animate every action a unit can possibly do in the 3D program
3) write a custom mod for OpenRA that takes account of the altered HD sprite sizes

Which is a shit fucking ton ridiculous ammount of work and the reason that "Remastered" games like starcraft 1 Remastered or Age of Empires 1 Remastered will cost about 15$ even though the games are 20 years old.

I think someone is working on it for the RA mod, nevertheless - so be very very very patient (years) or enjoy the nostalgic pixely look of OpenRA.

IronScion · Post by **IronScion** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:22 pm

It's a beautiful looking game

avalach21 · Post by **avalach21** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:27 pm

IronScion wrote: ↑ It's a beautiful looking game

haha the game IS beautiful as is.. As I said.. just zoom out (disable pixel doubling) and everything looks less pixelated and the game is "HD" . To further enhance this effect, get a 2k or 4k display :-)

Inq · Post by **Inq** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:13 am

Like Cake said:

It's loads of work.

Someone started a HD C&C/reimage years ago, never finished, you can still see pics on ModDB.

Easier to immerse yourself in nostalgia & enjoy the retro sprites.

MustaphaTR · Post by **MustaphaTR** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:57 am

Actually, warman is working on a HD RA mod, you can find images on IRC Logs.

http://logs.openra.net/?search=warman