DRD Team

by **Enjay** » Tue Mar 04, 2025 20:48

Rex Claussen wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 17:18(Nigel, please stop hitting "refresh" continuously on this page. Heh!)

You sussed me out!

by **Rex Claussen** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 17:18

And on an unrelated (but related) note: This thread have been viewed 63,247 times as of March 3, 2025. I find that to be highly suspect. (Nigel, please stop hitting "refresh" continuously on this page. Heh!)

EDIT: It's 63,374 views as of March 4. That's a jump of almost 130 views, which this site normally tends to get over a period of a month. Something in this thread (and, possibly, this site) is a bot-magnet.

EDIT: It's 64,082 views as of March 9. 700 new views in 5 days? Something smells rotten in Denmark.

EDIT: It's 64,576 views as of March 17. It's finally slowing down.

EDIT: It's 66,040 views as of April 14. ~1,500 views in less than a month? Things are creeping back to being fishy.

EDIT: It's 66,437 views as of June 1, suggesting something akin to "normal" - although 400 views of a thread in 1.5 months in these forums still seems high

by **Rex Claussen** » Fri Dec 27, 2024 18:43

Enjay wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2024 1:57 I'm certainly happy to look at the images and try a few different adjustments on them to see if they can be made a bit darker/more vibrant. It wouldn't take long to do something like that. So, if you didn't like the results, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Let me extract the skybox textures and post them here for you to mess with.

by **Enjay** » Fri Dec 27, 2024 1:57

From the screenshots the answer is "maybe." They do look as if they are potentially a bit pale pastel-coloured.

I'm certainly happy to look at the images and try a few different adjustments on them to see if they can be made a bit darker/more vibrant. It wouldn't take long to do something like that. So, if you didn't like the results, it wouldn't be a big deal.

by **Rex Claussen** » Thu Dec 26, 2024 21:58

I'll let you be the judge on whether or not the alien sky seems washed out. If the sky is acceptable to you I'm fine keeping things the way they are.

by **Enjay** » Wed Dec 25, 2024 0:53

Rex Claussen wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 15:55 On a related note, the Xen skybox is from the unused resources in the HL game disk. But, while they are clearly alien, they seem a little washed out to me. Therefore, I'm open to using other (more dramatic) alien skies.

I used to have a huge collection of skyboxes, but a HD crash (years ago) lost them for me. I got them via google searches though, so there are probably still plenty out there.

That being said, I like the idea of using the originals. If they are too washed out, however, it might be possible to fix that with a bit of tweaking to the colour balance, contrast and brightness of the images in an image editor of some description.

by **Rex Claussen** » Tue Dec 24, 2024 16:59

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by **Rex Claussen** » Tue Dec 24, 2024 15:55

Enjay wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2024 18:22 As a Dark Lord of the Sith once said "Impressive, most impressive."

Looking very nice indeed. The three shots of the Xen castle-like structures are a wonderful example of being very clearly Xen, but also your own interpretation of that alien world.

Thanks, Boss. Because the original HL didn't really show Xen "buildings", I took some liberties with the architecture.

On a related note, the Xen skybox is from the unused resources in the HL game disk. But, while they are clearly alien, they seem a little washed out to me. Therefore, I'm open to using other (more dramatic) alien skies.

by **Enjay** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 18:22

As a Dark Lord of the Sith once said "Impressive, most impressive."

Looking very nice indeed. The three shots of the Xen castle-like structures are a wonderful example of being very clearly Xen, but also your own interpretation of that alien world.