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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: WMCoolmon on December 05, 2004, 06:24:18 pm
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Just what the topic says...the deadline is tomorrow, when the new mediaVP is released.
Only one limitation - 'Freespace Source Code Project', 'FSSCP', 'fs2_open', or some other ID for the project must be visible. This means either the upper-left space needs to be kept clean for the logo, or the words must be somehow integrated into the picture. (If you want to include version numbers, it'll be mediaVP 3.6.5)
Although I will say that anti-aliasing is a big plus if you can get it to work. :D
See the thread in the SCP builds forum for preliminary versions of the VPs - Lightspeed's newest shinemaps aren't in them, but I'll probably include them in the final version.
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were talking splash-screen for loading up FS2?
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Yep. :)
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:D
(Actually, It could use a nicer background and the top turret is gone. I think I destroyed it before I took this pic, but I like this shot)
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The beamglow is ugleh.
And just like always when this pops up, I have no suitable screenshots around *curses*.
I'll see if I can come up with something tomorrow (in time?) but no promises :)
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My beam effects are stock. I'll get around to upgrading some day, I'm sure.
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*goes off to make a render of the Aquitane...*
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Originally posted by Raa
My beam effects are stock. I'll get around to upgrading some day, I'm sure.
Grab the mv_effects in the thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,28101.0.html), or check one of these threads:
DaBrain's improvements: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,28128.msg569676.html#msg569676
Firecrack's beam stuff: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,28182.msg570694.html#msg570694
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I've seen all of them. I didn't like how they alterred the effects so dramatically. And I especially hate glows with long sharp rays. I'll make my own some day.
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:( *is kicked off the computer before he can complete the render in time* sry all :(
edit: what if there are no entrys?
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YAY, new media VPage tommorow!!
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Originally posted by Grimloq
edit: what if there are no entrys?
Well, I can always go with Raa's, use one of the images I've got floating around on my HD, or use this image by Clave:
(http://homepage.mac.com/clave/smilies/smileycube.jpg)
:p
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What good is having something special if you can't show it off? :p
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Or another gorgeous candidate...
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(http://www.waycoolpages.com/originorder/fso_splash.jpg)
there, i made it in like 5 minutes. no time to add thruster glows..
BTW, i was planning to put the GTVA symbol in that empty space to the left
is 1024x768, JPG format.
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At the moment I'm torn between this one...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest.jpg)
and this one...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest2.jpg)
However in the top one, you can notice a blaring mapping error on the Orion.
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I like the bottom one. Alot.
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damn.......i need my screenshots!
I only wish Lighty would let me show some of the stuff ive been working on tho..that would be real usefull in this case :drevil:
Edit: only thing i have to offer atm im afraid:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/scptry.jpg)
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Originally posted by Axem
At the moment I'm torn between this one...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest.jpg)
Make this one 1024x768 , and maybe replace the Perseus with a nice red glowing Shivan bomber...and we have a winner :yes:
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This is, um, retail models / designs only , isn't it?
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well yeah, any mod specific stuff would be a splash screen for that mod
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest.jpg)
HOLY....
That's amazing.
Get a large version of this one and it'll be the unrivaled king.
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These are the best ones I have ATM:
(http://img91.exs.cx/img91/1350/screen58.jpg)
(http://img65.exs.cx/img65/434/1b-screen15.jpg)
I think they are very good, but not perfect for a splash screen.
Other than that I like Axem's first pic.
But IMHO we should use something slightly different anway.
On the one side of the title screen is the old FS2 engine and the old effects and on the other side a shot of the most rescent build with all our new stuff.
The problem to take exactly the same scene for both shots. Looks like a job for a FREDder. ;)
That is if you like my idea.
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Originally posted by DaBrain
http://img65.exs.cx/img65/434/1b-screen15.jpg
That one is very good, DaBrain. The only thing that should be changed are the horrible textures on the Deimos. Who had that idea to roughen them up. The Deimos looks like it's made from sandstone blocks and not metal plates.
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Originally posted by Axem
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest.jpg)
that one is the win!
Dabrain, yours would be good, but they are way too busy.
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Yeah. I lost my old Deimos textures, so I'm unsing Lightspeeds ShineLT build.
I can search for them.
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(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/scpcontest2.jpg)
There, I fixed up Axem's screenie for a 1024x768 splash screenie.
You'll just have to remove the old blend-over PCX files (maybe include one as a small version counter in the upper left corner?) as the text is already included.
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It's great!
I like it.
Vote [X]
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http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/scpcontest2.jpg that's beatiful :yes:
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yeah, i like that one best :) i wish id had a high-poly orion/perseus to use... :(
totally agree, that one is awesome :yes:
[edit] clarification: the reason mine was done in 5 minutes was because my parents were downstairs, and if they came up and found me on the computer id be dead meat :nervous:
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Originally posted by Lightspeed
http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/scpcontest2.jpg
Ah, perfect timing, I was just looking for a new desktop pic.
Definetly the best.
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gets my vote! :D
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The one Lighty posted. Easily the best one.
BTW, was the HP Orion ever turreted? And I'd hardly call HP ships full blown 'Mods,' per say. After all, they are still the same retail ships...
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can we get the dots by the loading to rotate. Can we have a eff with 3 frames that cycles loaded for the loadup screen?
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get rid of the scanlines and it will be perfect:yes:
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Scanlines are there to make it not look so pixily and blurred. (I think)
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*sets new desktop wallpaper*
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I kinda like the scanlines. They make it seem more...realistic.
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Damn, I just realized why it got shrinked down. Photobucket doesn't like it when you have a 400kb picture on their server, so they shrink it down to make it less than 250kb. Here's the full 1024x786 one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/scpcontest3.jpg
It's just a link cause you all know what it already looks like. ;) Plus its quite large.
Hey Lightspeed, mind touching this one up with that text? ;7
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The scanlines are a nice touch, too, though they don't scale to 640x480 very well.
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Contest huh? What do you get if you win? :D
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The antidote. :drevil: :p
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toooooo..... what?
hey, where can i get the UBER-perceus and the UBER-orion? (are they done yet? :nervous: )
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delted see next pic
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my desktop:
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axem, your picture would be almost perfect if that sobek was removed.
a better showing of env mapping would make it perfect.
And why not make the splash screen random out of 4 or 5 images, like the UT splash screen.
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i would think that would be pretty hard to do :nervous:
anyway, its cooler this way IMO. gives a sence of stableness to the game.
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nice pic Grimloq! you got my vote!
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A - The Original
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/scpcontest2.jpg)
B - 1024x768 base image
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCPhisc.jpg)
C - Reduced scanlines for those that wanted them away (looks worse IMHO)
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCPhinsc.jpg)
And the 640x480 version:
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCP640.jpg)
Personally, I prefer the original. The slight blurrieness gives it kind of a cool look. I'm fine with both A and B though :)
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[X] B
The scanlines make it look like a TV frame...which our brain probably translates to "must be real" ;)
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It just reminds me of the FS Cutscenes. The scanlines help that fact.
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It really shows the power of the SCP when you have to REDUCE the image quality to make it more realistic ;7
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LOL yeah, that must be good! :lol:
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Originally posted by Grimloq
i would think that would be pretty hard to do :nervous:
anyway, its cooler this way IMO. gives a sence of stableness to the game.
hard? just to add a random function out of like 5 filenames? Its like rolling a die with filenames on the face. I can do that sort of stuff on my graphic calculator.
as for the pictures, most people like to see what their looking at. blurry ass photos dont do a very good job of showing off. C is the best.
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I think I have had an idea.
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Hell yes, it worked exactly like I wanted it to!
These are the final final versions:
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCPc1024.jpg)
(http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCPc640.jpg)
:)
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:yes: Cool :D
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Very hot indeed, excellent work to everyone involved!
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:eek2: woah now that is amazing
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Originally posted by Drew
hard? just to add a random function out of like 5 filenames? Its like rolling a die with filenames on the face. I can do that sort of stuff on my graphic calculator.
:nervous: ok, so im an idiot... :D
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Agh, I forgot to say thanks. So...thanks everyone who contributed. :D
LS, sorry, I put together the VPs before I saw your post, so I ended up using the 'blurry' version for 1024 and 640. Please keep the new versions up if you can - next time I boot to Windows I'll probably want to save 'em in the mediaVP folder for use in any upgraded versions, decision pending when I compare the old and new ones. :)