[VB.NET]

But anyway for art, I'll be removing all cell shading, and redoing the level art to not be noise filter + shine. I'll still be keeping a similar idea to what Dimps did, so it will still have all the stages looking like rip offs, just I plan on doing it better.

On the subject of cell-shading, I would just like to register that I think Sonic looks a lot better in the PS3 version on account of not being stupidly shiny... so my idea idea of how the models should look is somewhere in that direction. Just sayin'.

And to think they might be developing a sequel to THIS game...

[Dark Sonic]

While you're at it can you remove the stupid subtitles the levels have. I thought that was one of the most pointless things they added.

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Why does this even matter?!

It doesn't. It just seems stupid. And I'd imagine it would take little effort to remove them. I'm not saying make this top priority just if he gets around to it. Plus all the important problems have been addressed. I'd just be repeating people if I brought it up again.

[StephenUK]

...like the very beginning of Splash Hill before they decide to fuck it up right before the bridge by making a ramp for no fucking reason.

You mean like this:



You can't really complain about Dimps doing that, Sonic Team / STI beat them to it. They were just learning from the best.

[grap3fruitman]

Really? I remember editing a GH3 ISO to enable autobot and it worked on my non JTAG'd 360. I haven't used it online and I'm not banned. :s

He's talking about content that's signed, it's very possible that to enable your hack a file other than the signed XEX was modified. That's how I did all my DOA4 hacking on a non-jtagged system. Of course that thing died and I just recently gotten ahold of a jtagged falcon unit.

Edit: Was going through this thread in order on my iPod and hadn't realized several people had responded to you already.

This post has been edited by grap3fruitman: 16 October 2010 - 08:48 PM

[Polygon Jim]

...like the very beginning of Splash Hill before they decide to fuck it up right before the bridge by making a ramp for no fucking reason.

You mean like this:



You can't really complain about Dimps doing that, Sonic Team / STI beat them to it. They were just learning from the best.

The S4 one is just much more annoying because it shoots you up at a straight 90 degree angle, the S2 ones let you keep moving somewhat.

[Solaris Paradox]

The S4 one is just much more annoying because it shoots you up at a straight 90 degree angle, the S2 ones let you keep moving somewhat.

That and, like I said, the Sonic 4 ramp is a bit too tall.

Keep the ramp, just change its shape and size to make it more functionally pleasing.

[StephenUK]

...like the very beginning of Splash Hill before they decide to fuck it up right before the bridge by making a ramp for no fucking reason.

You mean like this:



You can't really complain about Dimps doing that, Sonic Team / STI beat them to it. They were just learning from the best.

The S4 one is just much more annoying because it shoots you up at a straight 90 degree angle, the S2 ones let you keep moving somewhat.

Fair enough, valid point. If the physics were tweaked to allow more air control, then I don't think the ramp would be too much of an issue. It's more the fact that you pretty much go straight up and down with little horizontal movement which makes it a poor addition.

[DimensionWarped]

%99.9999999 sure that's just a bad Photoshop bros.

The Shadow image? Yeah that was kinda the point

I do hope something like that can be done in the future however.

I seriously fucking love how we bitched about the new characters and green eyed sonic, yet you fucks still say shit like this. Especially when they tried so hard to please us by not putting any of these characters in. This why we get the steamy piles of shit we do.

On topic, another thing that really bugs me is when you're super sonic and you get a shield, it shows up...

Personally I never cared for the whole 'Sonic should be on his own' camp and I loved playing Tails and Knuckles in S3K, so I can appreciate people wanting to play other characters in general... as long as it's an option and not some necessary thing.


I've always believed that what was holding the series back at least in the 2D realm was mostly shitty level design, and Sonic 4 is at least a few steps above the rest in that category... even if the physics are crap.

Bottom line though, you can't just say 'we bitched...' as though there is some single unifying opinion held by everyone here or there. Even among like-minded individuals, the desires for all the little things in this franchise vary immensely.

This post has been edited by DimensionWarped: 17 October 2010 - 04:40 AM

[SpeedStarTMQ]

I'd like to ask if there's anything within the game's code or data that suggests if and how future games will work with Sonic 4; Episode 1? Will they lock on? Will they just reference certain information from one or the other?

[Aerosol]

I think Jim mentioned on another thread that lock-on might actually be impossible after all, due to it being impossible for WiiWare games to interact with each other. I could be wrong, though, and it'd be better for him to explain it.

[SpeedStarTMQ]

I actually thought it unlikely that lock-on would happen, although Sonic 3 & Sonic and Knuckles on the Wii channel can do it.

[Aerosol]

S3&K on the Wii Channel is one rom, not two connected together.

[Glaber]

But it does detect if the other games are avaible and won't allow access to the lock-on games if they're missing.

This post has been edited by Glaber: 17 October 2010 - 06:14 AM

[Aerosol]

Yea, but that isn't really lock-on then. If Episode 2 features more characters, they won't be able to used in the Episode 1 stages. That defeats the purpose of lock on.

[SpeedStarTMQ]

Without going into too much detail, I wasn't really trying to suggest that Lock-on (as in putting both games together as one) would be used, merely that somewhere along the line that perhaps Episode 2 takes certain data from Episode 1, for example, Chaos Emerald count. If the games somehow can connect into one, then I'll be amazed. To be honest, I'm wondering how I'm gonna get to use Sonic 4 Episode 2, seeing as Episode 1 has to be on my Wii menu, as launching it from the SD card makes me copy a huge file across anyway. I only have 496 blocks left, and Sonic 4 is a good 380 or so.