Portable Electro-Mechanical Slug Thrower (PEST) Mk1

[Raithah]

First of all, I'd like to thank Hackaday for linking me to an article about the PEST Electro-Mechanical gun (beware:frames). Anywho, this partial mod was released because I feel it's a wicked cool projectiler; plus I wanted something simple for my first partial mod .

Without further ado, some pics :

The PEST

The download includes it's .ini file (it's modded), graphics for in game and the kill section, the sound files and bullets. Share and enjoy

Edit: Tacked on some pictures of the guns outside of play, figured someone might like 'em And I was wondering if I missed anything in the package, this is my first mod so I made up techniques as I went along.

Date Posted: January 20, 2007, 03:16:19 PMYou hate it, don't you ! Don't you all !

I mean seriously. Twenty six reads on this post and fifty or so on the candy cane ? Sheesh, you must have something against acronyms .

Anyways I'm considering redoing the ingame gun a smidgen darker. Thoughts ?

[xtishereb]

I prefer shotguns as my slug-launching weapon of choice.
Anyway, this seems to be more of a Ruger replacement than a SOCOM replacement. It's a kinda long weapon that fires long-distance projectiles, and doesn't use clips. Plus it'd be kinda awkward if you put it in a back holster.
Comments on graphics:
The handle is too short and thick in the interface. Interface images can be 19 pixels in height before they interfere with graphics below them.
The trigger guard is too thick. Only the outline in the interface, a single pixel in the in-game image.
Colors are fine.

Good work on your first mod. Think about my comments and make improvements.

[Raithah]

Psst ... it's 13 pixels high in the interface

And have you seen the picture link ? This is based off of a real gun-thingy and the real gun thingy looks kinda awkward too. Also, I figured this to be a SOCOM replacement because it doesn't fire that far at all. In fact, because of it's spread, it's more like a shotgun.

And if anyone wants to see what it's based on, again, here it is .

[xtishereb]

Good points about the weapon placement.
I looked at the reference image, and my suggestions were based on how close your sprite was to that image.
I know your image is 13 pixels high. That's why I recommended extending the bottom to 19 pixels. It doesn't matter how tall the defaults are, if an interface image is 19 pixels or under parts of it won't be overlapped by the weapon image below it.

[Raithah]

Ah ... well, I figured it'd be a smidgen more stylized than the rough one that guy did. Plus I'm used to working with teeny tiny models in pixel art (16*16) so going any larger tends to scare and confuzzle me.

And I can't imagine what else I could fit into the extra three pixels anyways. I've always liked the minimalist look, though, that's why I'm still stickn' to the default gun interface.