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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Sheepy on November 07, 2003, 01:40:50 pm

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Sheepy on November 07, 2003, 01:40:50 pm

off topic here, but has anyone made some decent replacment background planets? as far as i can tell lightspeed didnt in his 32bit pack

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Fineus on November 07, 2003, 01:46:47 pm

You mean...

Again, just say the word and I'll start doing some custom ones. I have some free time - any custom requests welcome.

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: IceFire on November 07, 2003, 02:11:53 pm

WOW thats nice.  How'd you do it?

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Sheepy on November 07, 2003, 02:27:51 pm

"word" question is do they need to look like the original [V] one's?

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: StratComm on November 07, 2003, 02:35:32 pm

The original :V: ones would be nice (like the lava planet and the one used for the planet in Deneb in the first mission) but more [better] planets would be nice too.

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Taristin on November 07, 2003, 04:22:49 pm

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
You mean...
*snip*
Again, just say the word and I'll start doing some custom ones. I have some free time - any custom requests welcome.

Hm...

I'd like you to make more. :)  And make a semi-habittable desert world (desert with islands of shrubbery, some oceans of course...) and I'll take it. :)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Lightspeed on November 07, 2003, 04:22:51 pm

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Originally posted by Sheepy
off topic here, but has anyone made some decent replacment background planets? as far as i can tell lightspeed didnt in his 32bit pack

Was planning to add something later since i ran into problems when using TGA files as planets :)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Turnsky on November 07, 2003, 08:13:30 pm

(http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Turnsky/planet.jpg)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Setekh on November 07, 2003, 08:22:26 pm

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Originally posted by IceFire
WOW thats nice.  How'd you do it?

http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html

:)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Lightspeed on November 07, 2003, 08:36:05 pm

(http://smalltimerivalry.com/sschost/scriptlightspeed/Planet2.png)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Fineus on November 08, 2003, 03:29:08 am

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Originally posted by Setekh


http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_planet.html

:)

Shhhh ;)

Seriously though, yeah, I wouldn't leech directly from Mr Martin, I wouldn't give him to much credit for them either (since it's only a technique, and anyone with Photoshop could discover it - he just happens to have written it down). But they did originate from his work. Damn impressive they are as well.

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: FreeTerran on November 08, 2003, 05:22:07 am

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
(http://smalltimerivalry.com/sschost/scriptlightspeed/Planet2.png)

pah lunarcell :nervous:

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Black Wolf on November 08, 2003, 11:24:12 am

*Continues*

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Flipside on November 08, 2003, 02:16:58 pm

Hmmmmm.... Do I see the first few entries for 32Bit.vp? Once I get home, it's time to start Photoshop I see ;)

Flipside :D

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Lightspeed on November 08, 2003, 02:18:40 pm

I had a whole set of them...

The problem is, FS2 will not accept them, it just shows black space. (I tried with .TGAs)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Sheepy on November 08, 2003, 02:38:59 pm

also make sure they dont get that gay black edging when over layed on nebula nd things. ([V] originals sometimes do that and it looks very tacky)

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Lightspeed on November 08, 2003, 02:43:37 pm

yes, because they have 00FF00 = transparent, they do not alpha blend. Another problem with making good 32bit planets work. I dont know why but they don't even show up  :(

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Drew on November 08, 2003, 03:30:44 pm

hmm...
make a planet with visble urban areas and infrastructure   ;)
that would be cool

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: Flipside on November 08, 2003, 03:32:24 pm

Have you tried making the Planets as JPG's Lightspeed, it may be a problem with TGAs because of the alpha planes or the like?

Flipside :D

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: IceFire on November 08, 2003, 04:35:59 pm

That is the coolest tutorial ever!  I'm going to start making planets methinks :D

Title: New Background Planets
Post by: RandomTiger on November 08, 2003, 05:45:47 pm

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
yes, because they have 00FF00 = transparent, they do not alpha blend. Another problem with making good 32bit planets work. I dont know why but they don't even show up  :(

Make sure you are saving as a 24bit.
If you save as 32bit without setting up an alpha channel it will all be 0 alpha.

Green isnt used as transparrency in TGA, the alpha channel is.
All this was covered in the original thread.

If this doesnt solve your problems give me a shout.