Rank

posted on January 28th, 2009, 6:31 am

i try to edit the tga files but when ever i change anything it appears as a white box ingame

posted on January 28th, 2009, 10:01 am

Are you saving them as a 24/32 bit (and here comes the important bit) UNCOMPRESSED .tga?

posted on January 28th, 2009, 11:57 am

at first we had also the race specific pip design in mind, but they weren't as distinguishable as we liked them to. so we took the bar-design we now have

posted on January 28th, 2009, 2:49 pm

hmm ill check.

posted on January 28th, 2009, 4:42 pm

Are you saving them as a 24/32 bit (and here comes the important bit) UNCOMPRESSED .tga?

Hmm sorry about that it sounds quite harsh now I read it again, been up all night, anyway it's just the mistake I always make so you should probably check it.

at first we had also the race specific pip design in mind, but they weren't as distinguishable as we liked them to. so we took the bar-design we now have

I can see why you chose it it does have a rather clean look that I don't suppose pips would have.
Doesn't Starfleet also use bars for certain ranks too? I'm sure I remember seeing bars somewhere.

posted on January 28th, 2009, 6:48 pm

Now that ive been working on it i have to agree with the FO team it is hard to make out the different ranks. the way it is now works well. If sometime in the future you can figure out how to make them clearly it would still be cool

posted on January 29th, 2009, 2:16 pm

Doesn't Starfleet also use bars for certain ranks too? I'm sure I remember seeing bars somewhere.

i think the admiral ranks have black bars with pips inside them

posted on January 29th, 2009, 2:43 pm

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Starfleet_uniform_(2366-2370s)#Examples_of_rank_insignia

This goes to Starfleet Rank insignia.