1.8

[TreeBearded]

I dislike the new lobby. Its very buggy....when I try to join a game before I can double click the darn lobby scrolls down or up. Ended up in different games or with starting hero's I didn't want to play. The maps are tiny little dots. I hate to squint.

I dislike the new drake graphics. It's very hard to tell them apart from one another. Please bring back the beloved old drakie graphics.

Too many little changes like font size, pop-up box sizes, new graphics...etc makes for a unsettling experience for a long time player.

Sorry for the rant...I've loved every change until this one.

[Captain_Wrathbow]

As for the MP lobby stuff- I don't do MP at all so the truth is that I haven't even seen the new lobby.

RANT WARNING - READ AT YOUR OWN RISK:

But the drake graphics... COME ON!! Why are people whining about this now? It's kinda too late, now that they're finished and in the game. The old drakes are not coming back- a lot of work was put into these and that isn't all going to go to waste now.

Why didn't people point out these level-difference issues back when the graphics were being developed? When they could actually have been fixed! Well, if it had actually even been a problem.

The old drakes were not beloved... they were hideous. This was a much-needed upgrade. If you like them that much, you can replace them in your copy of wesnoth.

[Vladcara]

Hear, hear!

[ancestral]

Guys, give it some time. The kinks will be worked out.

[TreeBearded]

BTW - not to take away from everyone's hard work. You guys do a hell of a job!

[Dixie]

Hm, reminds me of something... Oh, yeah:

http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php ... 65&start=0

Seriously, if you prefer the old drake graphics so, make a patch to replace the new ones with the old ones. Someone mentionned something 'bout it some time ago, you could look at it with him. I, for one, would be really sad to go back to the old drakes.

[artisticdude]

To add to the ever-growing pile:

I dislike the new drake graphics. It's very hard to tell them apart from one another. Please bring back the beloved old drakie graphics.

I've never yet heard one of the mainline Wesnoth artists -people who know art- say that. I personally like these graphics better, they look more intimidating and realistic. If you have a complaint with the graphics, why not suggest how to make them better (in the proper forum, of course).

[Gambit]

If there are any bugs with the lobby please report them so they can be fixed!

For example:

On the players list, every time someone leaves or joins the lobby, the scrollbar zooms back to the top.

^^ In a bug report at bugs.wesnoth.org

[Velensk]

I dislike the new drake graphics. It's very hard to tell them apart from one another. Please bring back the beloved old drakie graphics..

You'll get used to them. When you'll do you'll find that they are actually much easier to tell apart than the old ones.

[Pentarctagon]

just reported the auto-scrolling lobby on gna.

[The Black Sword]

I didn't download 1.8 yesterday because I was thought it might be an april fools of some sort with all the other stuff going on, must say its really nice.

[Hulavuta]

http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=28814 That's what I get for proposing a change to only one sprite. When I first downloaded 1.7, I despised the Drake sprites, but I only had a first impression of them. I miss the old ones, but these ones still rock, and it's about time that they start fitting in with the other units' sprites. And for me personally, I use the old Saurian Skirmisher (and it's subsequent lines) sprites from 1.0 used for every Wesnoth version I have ever downloaded.

Edit: I am somewhat surprised seeing people discussing the new Drake Sprites, (here and all over the MP server) when I got used to them about 2-3 months ago. I'm kinda surprised everyone's been playing 1.6

This is what thespaceinvader said on my post:

No.

Seriously, we've spent more than a year coming up with a decent look, and logical weapon set for the Drakes. We WILL NOT be changing them back to the old sprites, which were, frankly, ghastly. It's been suggested before, and the answer was the same. You'll get used to them. And those last two will look better when we finally have some time to animate them (and I'm extremely hopeful that that will be pre-1.8, but I'm not certain at present.

Locked.

And while I kind of hated him at the time, I later realized he was right.

[Frogger5]

The new drakes are awesome. Well done guys.

[ScipioAfricanus]

The new drakes are awesome. Well done guys.

Definitely! And slightly off topic, but I love the tweaks to the orc sprites too.

[Icarusvogel]

(slightly offtopic again)

I just got 1.8, started Delfie's Memoirs, and so far, I love it. Great everything, only... oh well, I'll post it in the Writer's Forum. Back to the graphics: I like the new rouge graphics, only the attack animations seem a little slow to me.

EDIT: Yep, the new orcs are great. Now the archer looks a little more like the grunt, not so un-orcish.