Ok, after reading Wyvern's whining (I don't like being critical, as you know, but it's true), I decided to see what everyone thinks. This post is not for endless pages of babble, it's to vote. If you want to discuss the pros and cons, go to (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/000974.html")this post(/url). Simply state which you like better; we'll see who likes what. The voting is for whether you like top down or angled sprites in the EVO engine better.
As you all know, my vote is cast for angled.
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If done correctly, I really don't care which. On the other hand, nobody has yet done it correctly. So count this as half a vote for each.

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i'm gonna go with top-down. but nova may change my mind.

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I like angled sprites, as long as they aren't too angled. EV3's ships are just about right for me.

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i vote angled

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Top down. But, since most sprites are rendered from models, can't people easily distribute both?

Angled so long as it's 45ş. Too many use 60ş and that messes up your direction..

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Originally posted by Andrew M:
**Angled so long as it's 45ş. Too many use 60ş and that messes up your direction..
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So does 45, just not as much.

Apologies regarding the vote, but I had to point this out.

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I prefer angled WHEN it has a simple rotation to it. Not one of those wierd strange rotate here and there kinda stuff.

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Hmmmmm... Let me think.

Side View!

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definately top-down. Nothing else looks right in an engine like EV's, the stars are not on an angle, so the ship get out of sync. EV Nova should change this, though What If's sprites are staying top-down.

Top-down. Angled looks better on a purely aesthetic basis, and can be done so it points in the right direction even in EV/O (my own method), but makes it so that the spin seems to spin faster at some points and more slowly at others.

Thus, my vote's for top-down, unless EV3 has an angle resource.

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**Thus, my vote's for top-down, unless EV3 has an angle resource.
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I'm pretty sure it will.

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Top View
like blackhole said: "the stars are not on an angle"-> I agree with this and add more when you fire weapons, they are not angled

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Angled

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**If done correctly, I really don't care which. On the other hand, nobody has yet done it correctly. So count this as half a vote for each.
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Correction. Make that one (1) vote for top down. I tried a fixed angled view, and the rotation looked rather funky, plus it still doesn't fit exactly with x and y weapon offsets.

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