Adjust the Offshore Pump Sprite When Used in Lava

[DaddyCage]

TL;DR

The offshore pump sprite should be updated to reflect the luminosity of the lava it is "dipping into". It's very jarring right now.

What?

I love the new planets in Space Age and all of the new art, music, etc is gorgeous. But I think the offshore pump looks really bad when placed over lava. I understand that the gameplay features of the offshore pump were expanded to support Space Age, but I think the graphics may have been looked over a bit here.
In the current sprite you can even clearly see the "water level" line that helps it blend into water on Nauvis.

Current offshore pump sprite

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I think the sprite could be improved by making it look like it's being lit up from below by the luminosity of the lava, and for the "water level" line that you can see on the sprite (the darker bottom half of the pipes extending down) to be replaced by transparency or some other way to indicate that the pipe extends into the lava below.

A quick photoshop mockup of maybe what it should look more like.

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Why?

I honestly love this game so much. The artstyle shows a true mastery of some of the best pixel art you can find in gaming. I think small changes like this go a long way to pulling the world together and I promise you people do infact notice these small details. Just take a look at YouTubers reacting to the new art in the expansion. Our factories may be big, but it's all the kitbash sci-fi tech within that makes me want to come back every time.

[Koub]

[Koub] Moved to Ideas and Suggestions.

[DaddyCage]

[Koub] Moved to Ideas and Suggestions.

Oh, thank you. I thought I had created this there already. First time mistake

[Uranium_train_driver]

I voted Does Not Matter. Prior to this post I never would have noticed this, but I would at least agree that your improvement proposal looks better. Cheers.