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Offline Fury

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Is this a render or an in-game screenshot?
There are actually two things in the picture that lacks proper quality.

The first one is the planet. There is only an old single poor quality texture available for Epsilon 3. Thus it is very difficult to make a decent one from scratch that resembles the one seen in the show enough. We've had quite a trouble to get a decent replacement.

The second thing is that the B5 model lacks shinemapping and glowpoints.

Those two points aside, the screenshot is very impressive.

 

Offline Ace

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Is this a render or an in-game screenshot?
The lack of shinemapping and the ambient light in the shots really keep B5 from looking as good as it could.

Also the planet needs a better mask on it (to avoid the black line edgies) and needs to be a lot higher resolution ;)
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Is this a render or an in-game screenshot?
I can't say I like the texture on that model, it's too bright, but that could just be the lighting.
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Offline Fury

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Is this a render or an in-game screenshot?
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Originally posted by Ace
Also the planet needs a better mask on it (to avoid the black line edgies) and needs to be a lot higher resolution ;)

Like I said, Epsilon 3 is a problem since it needs to be redone from scratch, it ends up not being recognized as Epsilon 3 anymore. There is no high-quality source material available.

It will be done through trial and error. But will it be in 3.0? Who knows... Until then, only low-res R2 version will be available. :(
« Last Edit: December 26, 2004, 12:39:21 pm by 173 »

 

Offline Baldur

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Is this a render or an in-game screenshot?
This isn't render at all look on that lighting... it's the FS2... i hate that smooth lighting in FS2 ;)... just look on it more properly we have the epsilon 3 lighted on left and from same side B5... but it seems like the light goes from Epsilon 3 ;)

but still you do a great work but this screen isn't the good one ;(
« Last Edit: January 03, 2005, 07:47:31 am by 2404 »