08-05-2018, 08:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2018, 08:13 PM by Mr. Mortius.)
The new designer needs to keep it's flexibility, or it will not be worth the time spent developing it.
I have yet to see a ship with an entirely impossible to navigate interior, only challenging ones. Crazy geometry is a good thing, and allows some really interesting designs to be made. As an example, something like this:
https://i.imgur.com/aKDCrV8.gifv
would never have been close to possible in the old designer. I'm currently working on a ship that expands upon the different directions of gravity with paths and rooms spiraling around each other in every which direction. Would Quake identify this as "screwy geometry" and want to remove any and all designs any Hazeron players made like this? The ship is still perfectable walkable, but uses highly unusual geometry and pathing. Limiting these to the old style would restrict the new to simply fancier looking old ships.
If there is ever a return of the old style room drawer, it should be limited to a simplified option that automatically creates everything, while leaving the possibility to define everything manually.
As for the designer being too difficult to use, neither Vectorus nor I had any 3D modeling experience before using the designer. Both of us learned how to use it without issue, although I'll admit Vectorus may be slightly more skilled in one or two areas of design. It was the same way with the old designer for me: I thought it extremely confusing at first, but then learned how to use it and eventually became familiar with it. I'm sure the new designer will be the same.
I have yet to see a ship with an entirely impossible to navigate interior, only challenging ones. Crazy geometry is a good thing, and allows some really interesting designs to be made. As an example, something like this:
https://i.imgur.com/aKDCrV8.gifv
would never have been close to possible in the old designer. I'm currently working on a ship that expands upon the different directions of gravity with paths and rooms spiraling around each other in every which direction. Would Quake identify this as "screwy geometry" and want to remove any and all designs any Hazeron players made like this? The ship is still perfectable walkable, but uses highly unusual geometry and pathing. Limiting these to the old style would restrict the new to simply fancier looking old ships.
If there is ever a return of the old style room drawer, it should be limited to a simplified option that automatically creates everything, while leaving the possibility to define everything manually.
As for the designer being too difficult to use, neither Vectorus nor I had any 3D modeling experience before using the designer. Both of us learned how to use it without issue, although I'll admit Vectorus may be slightly more skilled in one or two areas of design. It was the same way with the old designer for me: I thought it extremely confusing at first, but then learned how to use it and eventually became familiar with it. I'm sure the new designer will be the same.