Really awesome and original idea :D Great thread man! I agree I think the lower depot mechanic to stop burrowed vs raising to stop things above would be a sick mechanic ... Although that would mean burrowed units could pretty much roll in under the barracks ... lol

Spec

Taiwan931 Posts

August 23 2012 03:29 GMT

#222

There is a need to have a burrowed-only mod for all three races while the players play above we watch from underneath.

VoxxGD

United States6 Posts

August 23 2012 07:20 GMT

#223

Never knew so much animation went on behind the scenes

GoSuChicken

Germany1726 Posts

August 23 2012 23:03 GMT

#224

awesome thread!

thefrol

Russian Federation30 Posts

August 25 2012 03:54 GMT

#225

wow, amazing work ♥

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

August 26 2012 04:58 GMT

#226

Shit guys you realize this is why there is so ,much imba and death ball: blizz spent too much time on this and not enough on balance hue

SayGen

United States1209 Posts

August 27 2012 01:17 GMT

#227

Nice to see things liek this. Well done OP

Celebi

Norway1 Post

August 28 2012 08:14 GMT

#228

Wery good work, I really enjoyed it! : )

TerranTechie

24 Posts

August 28 2012 10:03 GMT

#229

Haha nice. Funny that you discovered this.

mordaren

Sweden13 Posts

September 04 2012 23:00 GMT

#230

Did it never occur to anybody that Blizzard most likely didn't design the game this way for consistency, but simply for the convenience of it?

The units are already rendered as they're trained/built, having the engine remove one half of the unit when it's under ground would just be a silly way of wasting computing capacity whereas stuffing it away below the ground for a while (hence making it invisible) requires nothing but a simple shift of its coordinates in space. Or, as in the case with the hatchery-into-hive, have the spikes tucked away and ready until they're to be shown.

Sorry to spoil your fun but this most likely IS the result of slacking among programmers (not graphic designers though as burrowed units obviously have the same textures as unburrowed units only difference is the way they're arranged at a specific moment)

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

September 05 2012 01:18 GMT

#231

What is that blue thing below the forge, I wonder?

Scare-CroW

Canada54 Posts

September 05 2012 09:45 GMT

#232

Sick post.
great read.

Jragon

Australia1471 Posts

September 07 2012 01:17 GMT

#233

Neat, nice work

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

September 07 2012 01:20 GMT

#234

Wow, this is a great thread. So interesting and never really thought about it much.

Resistentialism

Canada688 Posts

September 07 2012 01:23 GMT

#235

On September 05 2012 10:18 The_Templar wrote:
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What is that blue thing below the forge, I wonder?

It's the side of the spinning forge wheel that you can't see at the moment (and its accompanying particle effect, probably).

Gene(S)is

Sweden419 Posts

October 17 2012 00:12 GMT

#236

Really cool and fun random SC thread

ReachTheSky

United States3294 Posts

October 17 2012 00:16 GMT

#237

That thing you call the rooting graphic for the creep tumor totally resembles the legs of an overlord.

Antylamon

United States1981 Posts

October 17 2012 00:19 GMT

#238

On August 17 2012 14:27 Orek wrote:
Burrowed Movement
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Sadly, burrowed movement has no special graphics other than rubbles. I was expecting some digging with claws. No way can floating bodies like these move inside soil. I hope ultralisk’s burrowed charge in HOTS introduce decent animation underground.

According to the campaign, Zerg units vibrate rapidly with almost every muscle in their body in order to break apart the soil, so there's nothing wrong here.