Pachira on 8/6/2018 at 05:28
Quote Posted by downwinder
the thief1/gold/2 eye is better then the thief 3 eye in my view
next someone will post from reboot thief claiming that is his eye
no offence to ion storm in austin texas but thief 3 story was the key to that game not those highlighted graphics/includes his eye=not original garrett
sad to think people would use thief 3 over thief 1/gold /2
no need to reply i am offended about this entire eye subject now
jeneiver is not a bird either=posting this now as down the road/years from now someone will have the nerve to say reboot is true thief
i am done
and that terrible scar above and below his eye,where the hell did that come from,dont make me post video with viktoria takes garrests eye with out making that ion storm fake scar on garretts face
sad the ovious is staring you all in the face,but you refuse to see it as not om
also so you all know the oceans arent blue either,a trick of the autmosphere
i am a artist and i know how colors work=thief 3 is a junk version of garrett,with his fake hip movement
also i got a cold so i am taking this serious
also karrass made garretts eye when he was a hamerite
A few months late, but I figured I should correct you
Garrett's mechanical eye IS green, it's green in Thief 2. In Thief 1 it's just a trick of the lighting. There's a cutscene where his eye is out of its socket and he is cleaning it. It's the cutscene before the mission Eavesdropping.
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https://puu.sh/ABdkV/b3c0380a60.jpg)
You can see it plain as day. It being so vibrantly green in Thief 3 is probably just a gameplay thing ,like Sam Fisher's goggles in Splinter Cell.
downwinder on 8/6/2018 at 09:23
i would say its patina on the metal if you look real close you can see the shutter effect on the metal like a camera lens closing or opening probably made of bronze,also might have a liquid inside the eye making it seem green on metal
Purgator on 8/6/2018 at 10:17
I'm glad you are feeling better. And yes, it was well worth the effort! Most taffers here would agree that their best work is usually done in the wee small hours. Excellent work, and welcome home.
Pachira on 8/6/2018 at 23:06
Quote Posted by downwinder
i would say its patina on the metal if you look real close you can see the shutter effect on the metal like a camera lens closing or opening probably made of bronze,also might have a liquid inside the eye making it seem green on metal
It's not patina, it's way too uniform and shaped like an iris to just be patina. I reviewed the cutscene and it seems like some sort of green fluid is being poured into the eye into the area around the camera lens pupil thing. That serves as his iris, it's not said what it is for however. I guess so he can empty it out and then easily access the iris if he needs to fix it. Maybe some sort of healing liquid to help keep his eye socket from getting infected.
This also allows it to double as a normal looking eye, that way people at a glance just see a normal looking eye instead of a mechanical eye. Glass eyes operate on the same principle except they are painted to look like eyes instead of being fancy mechanical working eyes with handy zoom and fluids.
Either way, it was green in Thief 2 and that's why they made it green in Thief 3. The scar however isn't there in the cutscene nor on the box art, that was an artistic liberty (which the John P texture pack fixes among other things).
McTaffer on 8/6/2018 at 23:14
Oh, we're doing this again.
Pachira on 9/6/2018 at 01:17
Nah Karras did make the mechanical eye Garret has, he says so himself (
http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/Mechanical_Eye#History) That's what we are talking about.
Personally I don't believe it is patina, the eye does consist of bronze of course but not for the iris part. That looks to be glass that is then filled with that green fluid. (
https://puu.sh/ABIfw/d002257934)
If you view the cutscene for eavesdropping you can see it being filled in motion along with him holding it up.
As for the Thief 3 hate, I personally love Thief 3 as much as I love the older games. I'm surprised people still bash Thief 3.
downwinder on 10/6/2018 at 23:34
i loved thief 3 but i felt the movement in game was junk,the third person view was junk,otherwise amazing game,still wish it would be converted to thief 2,then we can add swimming and rope arrows