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[Andrea C.]

Isn't that how the original portraits were made?

Yep.

[Almateria]

Our plan to compress the 3GB's of Awesome that is BG:EE into less space did not keep the awesome. We're stuck at 3GB

awful

Edited by Almateria, 08 September 2012 - 06:04 AM.

[Almateria]

I'm literally dying from laughter, please send help

Seriously though I didn't know Kwiat_W landed himself a job at Beamdog, gj man

[Lava Del'Vortel]

Sadly, I must agree with Almateria about the GUI... what's even worse, Kwiat's GUI is much better. There's somethign wrong with the texture. Looks really artificial.

[Daulmakan]

Oh dear, not good at all...

[Crazee]

I'm disappointed with the portraits. They just simply don't match with the original style. I seriously hope they're still working on this, just experimenting with the colours, etc.

[Almateria]

Sadly, I must agree with Almateria about the GUI... what's even worse, Kwiat's GUI is much better. There's somethign wrong with the texture. Looks really artificial.

Also, look at the edges and the clock. It's a complete rushjob.

Wait what do you mean by sadly

[Andrea C.]

The clock has been reworked. FYI.

[SapphireIce101]

It might be just me, but I actually like the new GUI. Sure, there are some kinks with it right now, but I still like it.

[Almateria]

The clock has been reworked. FYI.

Too bad they couldn't, y'know, show it.
Because it's only a week before the release.

[Lava Del'Vortel]

By sadly I mean that I would like the gui to be better It's not like I'm sad because I have to agree with you xD

[Beleg33]

The screenshot was probably taken weeks ago, waiting for approval pipeline to disclose.

[Almateria]

It's literally a screenshot, there is no weeks-long approval pipeline. How many people even work at Beamdog? If it takes them a month to release a crappy screenshot to public, maybe they should just hold on for that week and not release anything before the game?

Man, their legs probably end with bloody stumps by now.

[Dakk]

1. It's very.. blue.
2. The new portraits really shout "hey, look at me, I'm not an original release NPC" (is the half-orc portrait in black/white??)
3. The text box is wack. And in Baldurs Gate like 50% of the game take place there.

I'm sadly underwhelmed. I want to love it :'(

[Yovaneth]

My grandmother used to say 'if you haven't got anything good to say about something, then don't say anything'. Just a thought.

-Y-

[Vicen]

1. It's very.. blue.
2. The new portraits really shout "hey, look at me, I'm not an original release NPC" (is the half-orc portrait in black/white??)
3. The text box is wack. And in Baldurs Gate like 50% of the game take place there.

I'm sadly underwhelmed. I want to love it :'(

To answer your second question its in black and white because that team member is dead...(Though I have not played bg in a long time I could be wrong...but i doubt it!)

But if this is a new screenshot...color me not impressed!

[Andrea C.]

Dorn's portrait is grin-tinted, almost B&W; you can see it on baldursgate.com. In the screenshot, Dorn is alive.

[Kaeloree]

Also not a fan of the new UI, I have to admit. I hope they'll take advantage of the fan feedback and improve it. I do think blue is a good colour, and I like some of the ideas there, but the general design isn't great. Unfortunately it's very difficult to design these things, because they have to work on so many resolutions -- there are so many things that can go wrong if you have details.

Edit: as for there being an approval pipeline -- there most certainly would be. Overhaul aren't huge, but they do have to go through Beamdog as well.

[Jarno Mikkola]

The screenshot was probably taken weeks ago, waiting for approval pipeline to disclose.

Well that... or the screen shot was made from one of the company alpha's ... meaning that it's totally not finished.

Edit: as for there being an approval pipeline -- there most certainly would be. Overhaul aren't huge, but they do have to go through Beamdog as well.

That's like saying that in a big company(+1000 employees), everyone knows what everyone does and needs to approve it... totally. The PR people should be the once publishing pictures... on a good day.
Of course it might be complicating things if it's true... meaning that the alpha in usage when the picture was taken, is old as ... my shoes.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 10 September 2012 - 10:21 AM.