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Size of ships vs. Captain Duel Backgrounds

MarkQuinn

MarkQuinn

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A thought occured to me.

The old Pirates! had identical backgrounds for all of the `on-ship` duels. It was a single backdrop that never changed regardless of whether you fought on a tiny sloop or a massive galleon.

POTC did the same thing with their duels.

So far, in the few Pirates! movies we've seen, the background seems to be the same. Not enough info to go on, of course, but wouldn't it be grand if duels on large ships contained gigantic sprawling backgrounds while duels on medium and smaller ships had relatively more moderate scenery? Not necessarily a realism issue (we are afterall talking about cartoons here) but background decour relative to actual ship size would do a lot in terms of promoting the illusion. Just my ideas.

Any thoughts? Anyone know for sure how this will be handled?

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im sure ive seen a couple of different backgrounds, but thats a damm fine point though ill try to find some of the piccys
 
There are still not enough screenshots and good movier, but are these different? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":|" border="0" alt="mellow.gif" />


<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sidpirates/screens.html?page=53" target="_blank">http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sidpir...ns.html?page=53</a>

<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sidpirates/screens.html?page=55" target="_blank">http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sidpir...ns.html?page=55</a>

You can see that they are in the same general location on the ship (perhaps different ships). But the mast on the first picture is high, and the second picture doesn't have a mast on the same spot.
 
I don't know. They really do look identical in size to me. In detail, you are of course right - they are different.

Side note: I hadn't seen either of these screenshots yet. I like the font they are using. Seems very crisp and clear. Now who among us wasn't just ITCHING to get in there and click "keep her" and then move on to the next ship or the next island? My mouth `is-a` watering for this game.

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Ah, indeed yes.

You know, I've being saying this a lot, but it's just true. Before any game comes out there are always worries, but when it comes out you realize that it's not as bad as you thought. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="cheers.gif" />:
 
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You know, I've being saying this a lot, but it's just true. Before any game comes out there are always worries, but when it comes out you realize that it's not as bad as you thought
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I have no fears whatsoever that Pirates! will be bad. As a matter of fact I think it will be the game of the millenium (so far). I think that with any game there will be room for improvement or personal preference. There will be problems, sure. But you're on to something. Usually the things you think are going to be problems never end up being problems. HOWEVER, many times the things you never thought about end up being problems. We shall see.

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True, what I really meant was that some features or additions you'd want not always get in, not saying that it is a big problem.

FIRAXIS has the reputation (with me at least) of releasing good games. With each of their release I'm always stunned at the detail and little features and big features alike in the game.
I just think they are very, very good game designers. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
 
Anyway, I looked at some more screenshots and the background design and size (as you mentioned) are pretty much all the same.
They may still improve this however, they are still pretty early on.
It isn't uncommon for them to add different backgrounds, etc.
 
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