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Splash Screens! Vega Strike Ad Agency :)

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Hi all.

I'm starting an Advertising Agency in Atlantis and I got 2 commissions today. :)

Here are the previews:

For the Shmrn Medical Consortium:
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And an obscure shipping company that apparently ran an Aeran Blockade:
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:)
Full 1024x768 res Pics available at:
http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/Botet ... Splash.JPG

http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/SMC%20Splash.JPG

And the images I squared especially for y'all, ready to be included into your loadscreens (don't know how? check the wiki! or the documentation in VS root)
http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/SMC%2 ... reRes).JPG
http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/BoteteMFSplash.JPG

Enjoy! :D
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Post by Kangaroo »

:D :D :D Nice pics!

How about adding some spam to the pics somewhere, like "translating from deeplayer.com - the best server available for your message"
No offense to www.deeplayer.com, just an idea :)
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:wink: deeplayer is chuck_starchaser's.
Hehe. APOLOGIZE! :x
:D Spam would be obvious. This are meant for billboards in my base renders that were eventually transmuted into load screens. :)
Maybe in the future... :) Like Luddite spam! :) yeah!
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I know that deeplayer.com is Chuck's.
Chuck, man, I didn't mean it that way, I have nothing against your server. :roll: :roll: :roll:

Hey, how about a spashscreen showing a ludditie virus spreading through the space?
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...That would be a Confed Ad? Warning the civ population about the dangers of Luddite lunacy? Will try. :D Why not try to make splash screens too? Post it here! It's an advertisement section that has infiltrated the VS forums, anyway. lol :lol:
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I meant that a luddie virus is showing their religious tracts in your nav computer. I'll try to make something too, but now I need to finish the observatory. Maybe even make an ad like this "We're watching you. Don't do anything stupid."[/b]
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:lol: Big Brother!
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Post by klauss »

I think splash screens are supposed to let off some clue about the universe background story - so try to fill the "ads" with nice historical details, or details about the races/factions, to make it fit in - with that fixed, they could totally be counted in.

Moreover, whenver 3D bases come, I'd totally put them in bases as "random ads" :D
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klauss wrote:I think splash screens are supposed to let off some clue about the universe background story - so try to fill the "ads" with nice historical details, or details about the races/factions, to make it fit in - with that fixed, they could totally be counted in.
I think that these do fill that purpose. A lot of the splash screen ads now are stuff like ads for pleasure worlds, "tripezian premium" ale, ships, and confed propoganda. The "medical consortium" ad has cultural information about the prevalence of biotechnology and cybernetic enhancements in the VS universe; the shipping ad has a nice allusion to the human cost of the aeran/human war.
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May be for the shipping ad, but I don't see anything like that in the medical consortium one (other than its existence) - perhaps it's in the smallprint, though ;)
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It serves as a billboard for medical products that users will later encounter in the game. I think it functions on the same level as the tripezian ale advert.
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Yep. But a little deeper than that. They actually give a hint to the VS fiction. See first ad. It's an ad commissioned by the Shmrns, who are good at healing.

Try to read the smaller words. ;) They give out ideas as well. Including different models of pleasure borgs for different VS species offered. Don't try to read the really small letterings though, they are random.

And the second ad. It features an unknown shipping company. It shows a fleet of oxen(? : :roll: ). Relates about a past blockade by Aerans in the "testimonial". AND.... the bottom right shows " A Subsidiary of CMT Shipment Group", come on guys... CMT means Cherryh Merchants *Something* (Can't remember it offhand); but basically CMT is what we popularly call the "Merchants" faction in VS. A big monopoly. :D
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New Splashscreens! :D

Hehe. Before and after infection:

Original 1024x768 images:
http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/TumpyAdUnadorned.JPG
http://www.deeplayer.com/Oblivion/LudditeVirus.JPG

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I don't know - for an ad, there's too much information shown there. Or too much detail. You know, usually the ads show only the most important information about something. Perhaps if you like detailed images (I can't say I don't like them), you could make a splashscreen of an important battle, about a star explosion or something like that. :)

But still, great work.
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Kangaroo22 wrote:Perhaps if you like detailed images (I can't say I don't like them), you could make a splashscreen of an important battle, about a star explosion or something like that. :)
Something like this?
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Yeah, something like that. I could make the ad if MY F*****G HARD DISK WAS OK!!!! :x :x :x :x :x :x I had to use the "emergency exit" - a 15 GB disk with Fedora Core 2 on it, of what I have no idea how to use! ok, I'm not that dumb, but still, all my favourite drawing programs are on Windows. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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:P Sorry I know nothing about hardware. And I do like details though. They're supposed to be interactive advertisements. Kinda like html. hehe. So clicking on parts will take you to the purchase screen, etc.

Will try making ads like the commercials today when I get to it. :)

All the wiki pictures are under gpl right? So I could use them in splash screens? :wink:
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All of what wiki pictures? Ones on the VS wiki? Or wikipedia?

You can basically use anything from the VS gallery or the game data set, along with any other content you find with an appropriate license or public domain status.

And yes, all of VS, including the dataset (models, etc.) are licensed under the GPL. (GPL isn't a great license for content IMO, but we can get into that some other time. :? )
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:D ok. New fodder...
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Andolian Protectorate ummmm....

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1024x768 res

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/ ... 24x768.jpg

Shmrn Designer Clothing

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:D

I think that you should add more information to the shmrn ad, like where to get the stuff, how much does it cost, etc.

Where do you get inspiration for these artworks? :shock:
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8)

TV probably. Or Cosmic Rays.

Also probably from neutrinos drifting through my brain.

:lol:
The Shmrn ad is hohum. :roll: I just used the unfinished version of the clothed Shmrn I was trying to model. I gave up but some renders looked nice, so I made it into an ad. :P

I wish I could make the andolian renders nicer. I'll try to. Will find better models of humans in .3ds meshes. :D
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Post by Cassandros »

Hey, i am going to see if i can whip some of these up, can anyone point me in the direction of the 128x128 pics for the cargo types?
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There's a list of the yet unfilled cargo pics on the wiki. If you're interested in making new ones. :)

For the existing pics, it's in the VegaStrike root directory inside texture/cargo. :) Or you could try to contact Zeog.
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Just another Splash Screen, i hope you enjoy:
(clik on the image when it is loaded to view full size)1024x768

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