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Posted by Loco on Thu Jan 6th at 12:36pm 2005

Just finished another new site design for the Omega Project site (http://www.omegaprojectmod.tk)

I'll just post the image, as there's a tonne of new coding stuff to do in order to get the full site working.



Any thoughts or comments?
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Posted by Captain P on Thu Jan 6th at 12:46pm 2005

Usually WH40K sites have a dark athmosphere, so I like your relative more fresh style. I do think it can use some more distinction, like your chapters marks and such on banners.
As for the buttons, they're nice, but what's happening when you click one of them? Can you easily switch to another page then or do you have to return to this page each time? I'd like to see some bottons on that left-panel therefor...
The metal could use some work to look more 'metallish'. Some rust or bullet holes could be a nice finishing touch, or some paint scheme (preferrably the chapters colors)?

Mhh, what's with the ice crystals bytheway? Does it have something to do with the mod?
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Posted by Loco on Thu Jan 6th at 7:15pm 2005

Most current mod sites use dark colour schemes, especially the 40k ones which tend to use a lot of black and grey, so I thought the site could do with something a little different - glad you like it.

Thanks for the tips - I'll get to work on some proper metal! As for a colour scheme, it could be done, though one of the vague ideas we have for the mod is that you might be able to choose your own chapter.

The ice crystals are because of the mod theme - the whole thing takes place on a snow/ice planet. This lets us have loads of special effects (snow, mortars hitting packed snow, more snow etc.) and also provides an excuse for the white background!

Button-wise, until I get Photoshop/ImageReady (which I should be getting in a few days) I can only use the image mapping from the GIMP, so at the moment the only way to display info is using a pop-up for each button. Bit of a nuisance, but it will soon be replaced with any luck.
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Posted by omegaslayer on Thu Jan 6th at 7:53pm 2005

Possibly the omega symobol in the back ground??? (translucent perhapse)
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Posted by Quaver on Thu Jan 6th at 7:55pm 2005

Its good but there seems to be something missing, its doesnt seem to remind me of warhammer 40k, ahh the good ol' days.

I reakon you should have a spacemarine in the cloud sorta effect where i says what the omega progect is holding a boltor or somin, and a site logo and text effect as the banner(Flash?).

Do you have to have that znews button on your site?

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Posted by Leperous on Thu Jan 6th at 9:24pm 2005

Sorry, but those blue icons in the middle are absolute cack The blue banner at the top could be good if you make the metallic holders look better, aaaand perhaps you might want to replace the brushed metal look with something flatter?



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Fri Jan 7th at 8:25am 2005

Your text is pants. It floats too much. I'd try using a more neutral color, framing it better, and tooling around with different fonts.



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Posted by Loco on Fri Jan 7th at 11:14am 2005

Thanks for the tips. I agree that the text could do with a bit of a change. I'm not entirely sure what to do with the icons in the middle. They look diabolical because of the white gaps in between, but I'm not entirely sure how to fix it. Any suggestions on how to improve them?
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