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Reged: 12/30/12
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Posts: 431
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Loc: Halifax, Canada
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> Good work on getting back drop piece aligned with game. > > I wish it were possible to further dim the farthest bit pieces of the explosion > images (from explosion buytrate piece), but then that wouldn't be preserving the > scans of the "explosion buytrate" component so it probably is better to leave it as > it is. > > Comparing blinddog's great Guided Missile videoclip versus how it is emulated, it > appears the outer edges aren't really visible when viewing the videoclip and that > would likely be that the lamp piece isn't fully illuminating the outer edges. Maybe > the outer edges are visible when playing the game in person, but they don't seem to > be when watching videoclip. I guess this part should be mentioned if not documented > in MAME source code or at least documented on any of the various info sites so > information doesn't fade away over time. > > Capturing the explosion effect to be almost as if playing the game from an actual > Guided Missile cab was next to impossible imo. I didn't have high hopes for that, but > it is better than what it used to be with thanks to blinddog's great work as well. > > > As for Guided Missile bezel, it would be great if it could be vectorized, but that > is intensive work itself. A bezel really needs to be given the flatbed scan treatment > in order for there to be any chance of vectorizing the bezel piece. That's why > various bezel pieces were purchased over the years and scanned. > > If there is some way to get a different Guided Missile bezel output in which the > backlit lamps of the bezel stand out, that too would be great. That would be two > different bezel images of Guided Missile: one that is viewed with all images viewable > (as if seeing it in daylight) and the alternate would be where portions of bezel is > viewable, but with backlit lamps standing out illuminating portions of bezel in a dim > lit manner.
I never thought of having a separate "night-time" version of the bezel but that is a great idea. I tried simulating the backlight effect via photo-editing, let me know what you think. Of course it would be best if we had a photo of a backlit bezel (maybe blinddog would be nice enough to take one when he gets it put back together).
I also had some ideas for improving the look of the explosions without changing the preservation much, but I'll have to do some experiments and get back to you.
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