So no one else is using Sensei's wkMeasure module!?

I didn’t think that clouds could even be replaced, very cool work

Yeah, thanks to Nizikawa, his module can replace any sprite/image in the game.  Custom mines, oil drums, placed girders ... even things like the wind bar.  Anything.

I've attached a demo version with replaced clouds.  Make sure you have the default color scheme set in the options or you'll just see normal clouds.

The pain with replacing sprites is you don't have the same freedom as when making terrains.  You're limited to a fixed 90 color palette and that palette is different depending on if you use the default color scheme (which uses the gfx0.dir sprites file) or the alternate color scheme for anomalous vision (which uses the gfx1.dir sprites file).  Sadly, the game doesn't allow you to borrow colors from the terrain assets.   So you have to make your replacement sprites work with those 2 palette sets (by making 2 versions of your sprite) and they are quite different.  For example, converting this new sprite to the gfx1 palette looked awful, whereas I just about got away with it in the gfx0 palette (with a lot of diffusion dithering!).

Anyways - it won't be replacing the original but it's a fun little demo.  When full color is eventually implemented it will open up some very cool possibilities for the game, especially if Deadcode implements the wkTerrainSync feature set; being able to replace water and sprites, having multiple background layers.  It would also be cool to support multiple different debris sprites at the same time and be able to set the amount/density on screen for each.

I'm doing a test now on the clouds replacement - will post it later

It's totally possible to pixelate the worm sprites, there's just a LOT of worm sprite files to process so if I did it I would pixelate all sprites as a mini project. I could probably automate a lot of it. One for another day maybe

It was just a silly nod to "Gizzard"

This is kind of a silly thing to argue about since people can choose to use them or not use them, which is absolutely fine.  They add more variety, challenge and choice to a very old game; not a bad thing IMO.  I do think they will be used more and more in competitive games especially when custom terrains become natively supported.  Perhaps this will shift the focus away from memorising objects to learning the core game mechanics so well that they can reliably apply to any objects, and perhaps that is the true height of skill in this game.

Nice idea!

We need a new thread with only realistic ideas that have a chance of being implemented and approved by Team 17.  Things like new weapons I can't ever see happening.