We're still casting about for a consistent look for Energy Hook - one that's inexpensive but cool. I've been leaning towards fairly flat-shaded on most things because flat-shaded has a "I meant to do that" sort of look to it - where if you texture then you can easily have inconsistent or insufficient texel density or inconsistent art styles on the different textures - but it's probably too abstract. More surface detail looks like we're giving it more care and helps with the sensation of motion - when you're running along a flat-shaded floor it's kind of hard to tell how fast you're moving.
So here's some before and after from what I've done this weekend. These beige tiled buildings will probably go away soon anyway, but in the meantime...
Before.
After.
Which one do you like better?
Playing around with the look has meant changing shaders on a bunch of materials at the same time, and I made life easier on myself with this editor script, which takes all the shaders of a given name in the scene and changes them to another.
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using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Collections;
// ReplaceShader
public class ReplaceShader : ScriptableWizard
{
public Shader oldShader;
public Shader newShader;
[MenuItem("Custom/Replace Shader")]
static void CreateWizard ()
{
ScriptableWizard .DisplayWizard ("Replace Shader", "ReplaceShader");
}
void OnWizardCreate ()
{
//Transform[] Replaces;
//Replaces = Replace.GetComponentsInChildren();
Renderer[] renderers = GameObject.FindSceneObjectsOfType (typeof(Renderer)) as Renderer[];
foreach (var renderer in renderers) {
foreach (Material m in renderer.sharedMaterials) {
if (m.shader == oldShader) {
m.shader = newShader;
Debug.Log (m.name);
}
}
}
}
}
Call it "ReplaceShader.cs", put it in your \Assets\Editor folder, and use at your own risk - back up your stuff first. It'll mess up all your materials just like magic.
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