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Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: adwight on July 08, 2003, 07:02:13 pm: Is there any proggie out there such as a random background generator? I'm too lazy to do my own backgrounds, so i'd rather have a proggie do it for me. If there is one(which i doubt), could you gimme a link??? Thanks!!!
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Spicious on July 08, 2003, 07:08:38 pm: Kazan's background generator, among other programs can be found in the The Alliance Productions FreeSpace 2 Kit, which can be found here (http://alliance.sourceforge.net/FS2Kit.shtml)
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Knight Templar on July 08, 2003, 07:09:36 pm: You sound like you're buidling something? Care to let us in? ;7
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: adwight on July 08, 2003, 07:25:45 pm: Just a campaign im making in FRED. I've already finished 5 missions, and I've been working on it for about a week. The mission are pretty high quality, so I hope it turns out good in the end.

I'm trying to try something different, and it might not quite work out, but oh well.... You'll find out when I release it...
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Knight Templar on July 08, 2003, 07:30:52 pm: Cool beans.....

on a semi related note, what's with people stealing my quote? :p
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: adwight on July 08, 2003, 07:39:21 pm: How do i get that program to work??? Could you walk me through it?

KT: Whatever, I added it when I saw it, thought it was a great quote, which it is.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Knight Templar on July 08, 2003, 08:01:37 pm: you make the 407th guy to think that....... :p
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 09, 2003, 05:24:55 am: Quote
Originally posted by adwight
How do i get that program to work??? Could you walk me through it?

K, you know those two files it asks for? Those need to be in C:\Program Files\Kazan, irrespective of where the program is installed. If you don't have a C drive, you're probably shafted.

Then, browse the input file to your FS2 mission and the output file to the same mission, and click the button... boom. You may need to tweak it a bit in FRED since it is random and not always artistic.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: TopAce on July 09, 2003, 05:41:37 am: I have tried it, really quick, but I think it scales the images too... big, even 6-13 scaled images are so often.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Woolie Wool on July 09, 2003, 01:41:55 pm: I didn't like it. It scattered nebula bitmaps randomly. I could make a better background in 10 minutes.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: TopAce on July 09, 2003, 01:46:22 pm: Kazan won't be impressed hearing these critics. That utility is truly unable to do 'nice' background effect, mostly because it scales the bitmaps VERY big. An upgraded version where we could set the max. num, and scaling of a bitmap would be useful.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Darkage on July 12, 2003, 08:41:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce
Kazan won't be impressed hearing these critics. That utility is truly unable to do 'nice' background effect, mostly because it scales the bitmaps VERY big. An upgraded version where we could set the max. num, and scaling of a bitmap would be useful.

You can already do that:rolleyes:
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Tiara on July 12, 2003, 09:18:42 am: Be creative, do it yourself! I mean, making a background really isn't the hardest part of FREDding... I make a pwetty good one in a few minutes and when specifics are needed 10 minutes tops.

Third party programs for these things are kinda useless IMO...
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: adwight on July 12, 2003, 09:56:17 am: Yeah, I just realized that I should just do it myself, it makes it so it doesn't look good at all...
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: TopAce on July 12, 2003, 05:02:46 pm: Quote
Originally posted by adwight
Yeah, I just realized that I should just do it myself, it makes it so it doesn't look good at all...

We'll see an updated version, if Kazan decides to update his proggy.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Darkage on July 12, 2003, 05:05:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Darkage

You can already do that:rolleyes:
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: vyper on July 12, 2003, 07:21:04 pm: These missions used backgrounds from the said generator:

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/mattB/downloads/m7_4.jpg)

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/mattB/downloads/m7_5.jpg)

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/mattB/downloads/screen01.jpg)
(Yes that last planet don't look so good, but I'd done the shots before I fixed it)

My point is I thought they looked good.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: adwight on July 12, 2003, 08:25:35 pm: that's strange, it never game me backgrounds near that good looking.
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: Tiara on July 13, 2003, 04:36:42 am: :lol: *points and laughs at half planet*
Title: Random Background Generator
Post by: TopAce on July 13, 2003, 06:27:03 am: It looks dirty if you have a closer look. During flying, when you are being chased by 4 Thoths and fired upon by two AAAs, it doesn't disturb you much.