Better snipper rifle?

[o_pixel]

New one:

New one skinned:


Old one:


I personally like the old one..

Mod ninja edited my post.

[Decs]

I didnt like the old one and thats why it was redone. I honestly didnt know how i was going to texture that and make it look elegant rather than bulky and toyish.
It was too flat and boxy, and generally uninteresting in the view perspective.

Im sorry to hear that you prefered the old one though, but i guess you cant please everyone.

Edit: just to make it clear, im not the one who edited your post haha :P i dont see why someone did either.

[trepid_jon]

Old (2nd one)
New (1st one)

Wait, what?

Wow...haha, I bet nobody gets confused by that. Why would anybody ever say forum polls are useless?

The new sniper rifle destroys the old one.

[schtoofa]

The new one kicks so much ass - I put in the in game picture because, well, it kicks ass.

I also took the liberty of fixing your poll to put the poll options in the same order as the images

[Lost]

Doin good Decs.

[o_sh4x]

It depends what kind of feel you're looking for.

I like toon models better than realistic ones so I voted for the old one. But the whole mod has gone in a more realistic direction so obviously the new one fits in alot better with the other models.

I wonder if someone's gonna make a toon pack for FF. The one for TFC was amazing, but I guess it's alot more work to do the same stuff in FF.

[o_pixel]

Originally Posted by schtoofa

I also took the liberty of fixing your poll to put the poll options in the same order as the images

Yeah and I clicked the wrong one, didn't notice you changed them.

[o_saberwolf]

Personally I think the new sniper looks alot like one of the auto-snipers on Counter-Strike.

[o_coalesce]

i like the new one but the in game shot seems like you see too much of the weapon compared to other weapon models and the arm/hand is funky looking... i can't quite put my finger on why but it just doesn't look right. maybe it is that you seem to much of the arm and the weapon... pull it back some maybe? dunno. i know you said you're working on it. anyway, my vote - first one (new one).

[o_[ae] 5316 *tkz*]

I like the new one. It's definatly > the old one.

(first post wewt!)

[mervaka]

new one for sure!

i just had at look at it ingame, and there will need to be some sort of animation for zooming in and out, because now that it has a scope, it looks wierd zooming past it to zoom in!

[o_stricknine]

I enjoyed your journal entry decs. It's cool to see all the models you made and how you progressed to your final one. In the shot with the five rifles, I like the third one the best. I think if you took the scope off the fifth model, and used it on the third, it would look superb.

The final one looks excellent. The skin and detail on the gun is fucking ace. My one gripe would be that the barrel looks a little too small. Maybe if you increased the 'gauge' or diameter of the barrel, it would look like the sex.

edit: also, is that the arm we will see on all models? If so, beef it up a little more

[o_own3r]

I prefer the new one.
Even if its unrealistic the scope feels too big (length) and the lens bulges outwards (convexly) too much me thinks.

[o_imbrifer]

Excellent journal entry, Decs. Hearing things like that - in such detail - really get people excited about FF again and really show dedication not only to creating FF, but to the community as well. Thank you!

As for the rifle, I dig the ingame shot - its a perfect balance of being beffy/fortressy-themed and staying true to the sniper rifle archetype of light and long but powerful. Very well done.

I agree with some comments about the arm - either pull the whole sniper rifle 'back' a bit so so much arm doesn't show, or move the hand or something - it looks awkward right now. But we are missing seeing it animated, so maybe when you're actually running around with it, it looks okay. /shrug

wish i was in the beta :P

[o_ihmhi]

Anyone else notice that what the player sees in front of them can be seen through the scope in that picture? Very nice effect guys.

Two things you could do to improve it:

1. Make the barrel side of the lens a ruby lens... lots of military weapons sport those nowadays.

2. Put a flip-up scope cover on the front... again, military weapons have flip-up scope covers.

[o_nodnarb]

Originally Posted by Ihmhi

Anyone else notice that what the player sees in front of them can be seen through the scope in that picture?

Yeah I have been too

hey lets confuse some more people Ihmhi :P

[o_neon]

What I don't like with the new one and find much better on the first one is the shoulder peace and the handle/trigger. The front of the new gun is good...

The handle of the new gun really give me the creeps actually

[o_agret]

snipper rifle eh, what are we snipping? the grass?

I like the new one better.

[o_tfl|bigbangtheory]

Both are nice models, the new one looks like a more classical sniper rifle the new scope & mount are more realistic. What you might want to consider is an extended eye cup on the back of the scope which marksmen use to eliminate ambient light (particularly if the light source is behind the sniper). The old model had a small laser under the barrel which I thought was a nice touch, I cant see a similar part on the new one

[o_skanky butterpuss]

Originally Posted by TFL|BigBANGtheory

The old model had a small laser under the barrel which I thought was a nice touch, I cant see a similar part on the new one

this is my guess...