Gadget2006 on 7/5/2009 at 13:10

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I built a simple external image renderer for the game, it's able to load 128x105pixel card pictures from .jpg files. If some one you have any ideas or good screenshots to use as card art, feel free to turn them into 128x105 pics and submit, either here or by e-mail, as a test.

Unfortunately, at the moment the renderer only supports 128x105 pixel art and will upscale the picture for higher resolutions, which means the art won't look too pretty when the game screen is resized to something like 1400x1050 or above that. However, certain design limitations of the engine introduced a couple years ago prevent me from coding it otherwise at the moment without breaking a whole lot of stuff, so, unfortunately, it's likely to stay that way for at least quite a while (at least until all the core game aspects are finished). But anyway, we can do some test art (out of game screenshots, for instance) to see how it looks and how it works - if you have anything to suggest, it'd be nice to take a look.

By the way, here's the list of changes I'm about to finish today (before I submit the new beta for testing tomorrow):

- enabled a simple renderer for 128x105 pixel card art.
- improved the AI decision-making when prioritizing balanced attack cards and when looking for cards to throw away, there are now MGSE options that prevent the AI from throwing away banding creatures and from prioritizing them too highly as separate attacks (enabled for master skill levels, disabled for novice skill levels).
- started to change generic fonts into Thief fonts as a part of the Thiefication project.
- renamed Acid Ball to Frogbeast Egg, Lightning to Electric Short, Ray of Disintegration to Dagger in the Back, Fallen Defense to Musta Been Rats, Destroy to Glyph of Destruction, per your suggestions.
- improved card visualization (now the card description text is aligned in a pretty, even way).
- fixed the Glyph of Reversal status message going out of bounds of the status line.
- fixed Order of the Vine card description text.

EDIT: Renaming Walls will come next. I like your ideas, guys, but I'd really like the standard naming convention "Wall Of X" to stay - it makes the identification of walls in your hand and elsewhere easy enough. Can you think of any Thief-related names for Walls? I'm thinking about changing "Wall of Magic" to "Wall of Shadows", but besides that I don't have any bright ideas.

Stath MIA on 7/5/2009 at 23:29

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Lets see, I think I know where you can find a few pics.....

For Glyphs check this website, it has pics of all of them (I think). #018 has good shot for Consult the Glyphs:
(http://thief.nov.ru/glyphs.htm)

For some various screenies go here, here, and here:
(http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/gss/legacy/thief/screenshots_lo.html)
(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/t2screens/)
(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/t3screens/)

And a couple sets of concept art:
(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/paintings/)
(http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/concepts/)

If you still haven't got everything you need then check the Wiki:
(http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page)

Also if you need anything that isn't anywhere else then ask around on the Taffer Art page here at TTLG, I guarantee you someone has made/will make the illustrations if you ask:thumb:.
BTW- I emailed you a link to a simple program which should allow you to convert the images to the correct size. The Email has instructions on how to do it. If you have any questions/issues PM me or send an email.

Stath MIA on 9/5/2009 at 00:03

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Hey I just played version 2, it is much more Thiefish now. The new fonts and card names really add to the environment, now all it needs is an awesome interface theme to complete the package! Anyway, I think the Master Thief card needs to have an additional ability or two. Maybe let him bypass walls?

As for a text for the Skeletal Hammerite Haunt- "Once a devoted servant of the Master Builder, this warrior now bears the foul visage of undeath" or alternatively "Join us, Join us now!"

jtr7 on 9/5/2009 at 04:46

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(http://www.jitzul.com/otherStuff/psBeyond/textures/parchment.jpg)

Unless you'd like the torn edges?

Gadget2006 on 9/5/2009 at 12:33

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No, I actually think it'd be great if Master Thief were unblockable with walls - it'd make sense (so that walls couldn't stop the thief, you know) - I'll just put a smaller number of them into the deck in order not to unbalance the game.

Speaking of Thiefication, I'm really proud of what I've done with the game interface today. ;) I changed all the remaining fonts, added a backdrop to the battlefield (however, I had to scrap the parchment idea - it didn't work too well as a backdrop after all, but the backdrop I'm using right now is *very* Thiefy!), made the buttons prettier and changed the color scheme to be 'darker' and more 'Thiefy' as well. As soon as I finish some stuff here and there, I'll release it as Beta 3 to the testers.