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Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 09, 2005, 08:52:43 pm: Yup, it's that time again. :D If you've got a SCP beauty shot you'd like to show off, now's your chance to have it appear as the splash screen of the mediaVPs. Guidelines: The SCP logo is displayed in the upper-left, if it's shown, so that space should either be clear, or the image should have a spot to put "FS2_Open" somewhere - the version is optional.

You can either post submissions in this thread, or send a PM (If it's something that isn't public now, but will be when 3.6.6 is released)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: phreak on February 09, 2005, 08:59:31 pm: Isn't there a feature used to display a random splash screen during loadup?

anyways, my screenshot in the contest thread in the hosted project internal should work, just need to past the SCP logo somewhere

also we need Flipside's middle finger in there too.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Taristin on February 09, 2005, 09:05:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk

also we need Flipside's middle finger in there too.

I second that. But it should only load if the previous instance of FSO resulted in a crash. :lol:
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Post by: Singh on February 09, 2005, 09:08:34 pm: Yay! Another screenshot contest! :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/shivanfleet1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/bombersin.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/mystery3.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Mongoose on February 13, 2005, 12:53:29 am: Very nice pics, Singh. :D

(One unrelated question: to what does the uber-cool quote in your sig refer to? Or is it just a general theory about the Shivans?)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Liberator on February 13, 2005, 12:57:38 am: Quote
Originally posted by Singh
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/shivanfleet1.jpg)

.

I'm for this one, unless something better comes along.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 13, 2005, 02:06:50 am: Quote
Originally posted by Mongoose
Very nice pics, Singh. :D

(One unrelated question: to what does the uber-cool quote in your sig refer to? Or is it just a general theory about the Shivans?)

thanks :)

my SIG? errr........sorry, can't tell ya. :nervous: Ummm....classified level omega and all that :nervous:

edit: oh yeah, and I have a .png of that pic available, which preserves mostof the quality and gets rid of the ugly compression........
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: WMCoolmon on February 13, 2005, 02:25:05 am: Yeah, I like .pngs :D

Although I'm sort of disappointed at the lack of pictures this time 'round.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 13, 2005, 02:27:56 am: I actually have a much better picture you know. but its a bit secret and im afraid lighty wont want me to give it out either :/
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 13, 2005, 10:52:23 am: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/Hecate.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/Orion2.jpg)

Not sure if this would count because it does have a lot of MODs

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/The3rdGeneration.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: pyro-manic on February 13, 2005, 11:05:54 am: Singh's first one is very good. :yes: Also, take a peek at Spicious' entry in the multi-docking picture competition thread. That's awesome (and shows off the 158th's excellent mods :D). Has shinyness, multi-docking, skybox and high-res textures.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Falcon on February 13, 2005, 11:28:54 am: Old Screenies! They are in PNG because I hate JPG :p

Click me 1! (http://img181.exs.cx/img181/8628/red0qe.png)

Click me 2! (http://img192.exs.cx/img192/534/patrol4bj.png)

Click me 3! (http://img172.exs.cx/img172/63/corvettes8jj.png)

Click me 4! (http://img140.exs.cx/img140/993/blue5pv.png)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Taristin on February 13, 2005, 11:29:30 am: Quote
Originally posted by pyro-manic
Also, take a peek at Spicious' entry in the multi-docking picture competition thread. That's awesome (and shows off the 158th's excellent mods :D).

Eh? :wtf: I don't want to sound like I'm bashing them, but that's not a very impressive model... nor does it really look like the ships are docked to it, as much as sitting on the (extremely long and somewhat boring) runway...

Although, none of the images really shows the docking off all that well. Although Woo's is kinda funny. I like the centipede. :p
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 15, 2005, 09:47:07 am: :bump:

So who wins?
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: c914 on February 15, 2005, 11:44:32 am: For now this http://img181.exs.cx/img181/8628/red0qe.png one is best:nod:
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 15, 2005, 12:14:22 pm: I don't like the engine glows, they're fugly.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: vyper on February 15, 2005, 12:39:48 pm: Good to see the old Archangel laying waste to the universe.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: pyro-manic on February 15, 2005, 12:58:38 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Raa

Eh? :wtf: I don't want to sound like I'm bashing them, but that's not a very impressive model... nor does it really look like the ships are docked to it, as much as sitting on the (extremely long and somewhat boring) runway...

Although, none of the images really shows the docking off all that well. Although Woo's is kinda funny. I like the centipede. :p

Bleh. Wait till you play it. ;)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: karajorma on February 15, 2005, 01:30:54 pm: Personally I think the current one is prettier than anything so far posted on this thread and I don't think we should change it till we've got something better.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Drew on February 15, 2005, 03:28:49 pm: Quote
Originally posted by c914
For now this http://img181.exs.cx/img181/8628/red0qe.png one is best:nod:

so far this this is one is the best, with the pic of the aten in second
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Falcon on February 15, 2005, 03:54:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Drew

with the pic of the aten in second

Used Galemps Aten model in that shot........ :)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Col. Fishguts on February 15, 2005, 04:22:33 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Personally I think the current one is prettier than anything so far posted on this thread and I don't think we should change it till we've got something better.

2nd-ed...nothing shown here beats the current splash screen.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Trivial Psychic on February 15, 2005, 08:44:17 pm: How about whoever did the current spash screen, use the same mission used to generate the first one, but add in the new HTL Faustus and the Aeolus beta.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: BlackDove on February 15, 2005, 09:04:53 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Personally I think the current one is prettier than anything so far posted on this thread and I don't think we should change it till we've got something better.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Axem on February 15, 2005, 09:20:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Trivial Psychic
How about whoever did the current spash screen, use the same mission used to generate the first one, but add in the new HTL Faustus and the Aeolus beta.

Tell me another place to get the files that are here (http://www.sectorfiles.com/ti-file-dump/VasudanAdmiral/Aeolus_HTL_QP.zip) and it can be done. The link doesn't work for me. :( I already have AeolusHTL.zip though.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Falcon on February 15, 2005, 09:39:01 pm: Another bunch..........

Click me 5! (http://img196.exs.cx/img196/3342/vships13tx.png)

Click me 6! (http://img234.exs.cx/img234/4575/vships24be.png)

Cick me 7! (http://img9.exs.cx/img9/1354/vships37fr.png)

Click me 8! (http://img209.exs.cx/img209/9638/vships43lq.png)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Trivial Psychic on February 16, 2005, 12:58:56 am: Quote
Originally posted by Axem
Tell me another place to get the files that are here (http://www.sectorfiles.com/ti-file-dump/VasudanAdmiral/Aeolus_HTL_QP.zip) and it can be done. The link doesn't work for me. :( I already have AeolusHTL.zip though.

I myself have the file, but its more than 3MB compressed, which would exceed my personal webspace.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: c914 on February 16, 2005, 04:37:21 am: This http://img196.exs.cx/img196/3342/vships13tx.png one is nice but i like much better http://img181.exs.cx/img181/8628/red0qe.png
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 07:04:11 am: what the hell....im going to post it.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/Intro.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Flaser on February 16, 2005, 07:42:21 am: The Bacground is nice, but screenshot doesn't hit the level of the current splash.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: BlackDove on February 16, 2005, 07:46:49 am: The current splash owns too much I'm afriad.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 16, 2005, 08:06:45 am: How about this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/TheSolGate.png)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/THeSolGate.jpg)

Or This?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/TheBIGfight.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 16, 2005, 08:43:53 am: Well, if you're going to be Inferno about it, I'm going to have to say that the EA splash screen is much better. Now if only I could find the thing...*goes hunting through the Inferno forum*
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: kasperl on February 16, 2005, 08:47:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by Trivial Psychic

I myself have the file, but its more than 3MB compressed, which would exceed my personal webspace.

Send me a PM, I'll give you my 'other' email, so I can host the file.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Flaser on February 16, 2005, 08:43:55 am: The splash is about the media vp and not Inferno --> Disqualified regardless value.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 16, 2005, 09:00:19 am: It never said no Mods allowed though, and I have a retail ship in the second pic.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 10:42:54 am: One Sathanas hardly justifies a ubership-orgy of those proportions :p

Besides, those nebulas suck. Anything being considered for the splash screen should have use of lightspeed's nebulas (cohesively) as a prerequsite.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 10:55:01 am: would these do then?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/scptry1.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 10:59:40 am: That's close. Download the glowpointer Perseus so it matches the Herc, lose your squad logo, ideally get the HTL Orion, and compose that shot with your fighter a quarter-screen below it's current location so it isn't obscuring everything and you've got a winner.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 11:01:03 am: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
That's close. Download the glowpointer Perseus so it matches the Herc, lose your squad logo, ideally get the HTL Orion, and compose that shot with your fighter a quarter-screen below it's current location so it isn't obscuring everything and you've got a winner.

Where can I get this glowpointed perseus? Or the HTL Orion for that matter?

Will do moving the fighter though.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 11:09:34 am: Little Things Bugging Me (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,30182.0.html)

Last post, the perseus (it's Nico's) is in the zip with the rest of the terran fighters with glowpoints. For the HTL Orion, run a search on those terms and it should turn up. Or check the link from the "HTL Status v2" thread at the top of the Freespace Modding forum.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 11:13:28 am: allright, got both. I'll run through the mission again and see what I can get.
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Post by: Woolie Wool on February 16, 2005, 11:14:25 am: Quote
Originally posted by Flaser
The splash is about the media vp and not Inferno --> Disqualified regardless value.

But it's awesome.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 11:24:38 am: here we go. This any better?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/scptry2.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 11:27:37 am: Yeah, I can see the Orion now and it looks great... the Perseus glowpoints didn't show up though. Did you extract the stuff I had in "maps" from that zip?
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 11:29:33 am: yup. all the stuff - still wont show no matter what I do :/

edit: put it in /effects too, just in case it didn't work in /maps. and it still doesnt work.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 11:55:27 am: *check's perseus he's been distributing*

Everything's there that should be, unless... you aren't using jpgtga, are you. Bob's Herc may be in a distribute with pcx glowpoints.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 12:00:53 pm: yes, i am using JPGTGA......
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Post by: Woolie Wool on February 16, 2005, 12:00:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Singh
yup. all the stuff - still wont show no matter what I do :/

edit: put it in /effects too, just in case it didn't work in /maps. and it still doesnt work.

Put it in the root directory.

Oh, and is the HTL Orion fully functional (i.e. will it move around and shoot at you and do all the things the original Orion model does)?
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 12:02:42 pm: Do you have a Perseus model in a higher-precedence location, like root? I've had that bug come up a time or two.
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Post by: BlackDove on February 16, 2005, 02:42:14 pm: Oh yeah - Singh got the old splash beat.
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Post by: karajorma on February 16, 2005, 03:10:33 pm: I'll agree. That one IS nicer than the current screen :)
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Post by: HotSnoJ on February 16, 2005, 05:09:59 pm: I agree with karajorma.
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Post by: Kie99 on February 16, 2005, 05:28:28 pm: one minor gripe with singh's shot, it has the Galatea on it but it also has a Perseus, teh Galatea got smashed by the Lucifer 32 Years before the Perseus was first deployed
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 05:47:42 pm: Yeah that model should actually have a transparent nameplate instead of what it has now. But I think the base model was done as the Galatea, like the original Orion.
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Post by: BlackDove on February 16, 2005, 06:27:00 pm: Yeah, and the official first FS2 cutscene was dead accurate too.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 16, 2005, 06:32:16 pm: I like it. :)

Any chance of getting it anti-aliased? I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but that'd make it look a lot nicer. :nod:

As for the Perseus glowpoints, make sure you put 'em in the right mod dir. that never workds out well. ;)
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Post by: karajorma on February 16, 2005, 06:33:18 pm: Leave it in. We'll say it's a deliberate nod to the FS2 intro :D
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Post by: Kie99 on February 16, 2005, 06:42:05 pm: The destroyer in the FS2 Intro is the GTD Legion and the Hades is a er.... naturally coloured mountain!
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 16, 2005, 06:43:10 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Leave it in. We'll say it's a deliberate nod to the FS2 intro :D

:lol:
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 06:43:38 pm: I'll be honest, I still like the current one more. But if there's code to randomly choose then the VP should include both.
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Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 10:19:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
I like it. :)

Any chance of getting it anti-aliased? I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but that'd make it look a lot nicer. :nod:

As for the Perseus glowpoints, make sure you put 'em in the right mod dir. that never workds out well. ;)

errr....anti-aliased? :nervous: shouldnt be a problem...except you'd have to give up the shiny-maps then, cause they dont run in D3D on this Radeon 9250......

I've put the glowpoints and stuff into the correct directories, but it still won't work, which is rather odd, actually :/
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 10:22:18 pm: Yeah you must have another model overriding it somewhere, as I've tested that model in particular a dozen times or more. I don't know what to tell you.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Singh on February 16, 2005, 10:29:47 pm: hmmmm.......

ill see what I can do, and delete any instances of the model i come accross, and then re-install it in. Maybe that should work.......
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: StratComm on February 16, 2005, 10:33:24 pm: Yeah my first response would be a find "fighter2t-03.pof" in Freespace 2 and see what turns up. The VP's shouldn't be overriding it, unless you've got the media vp's in a mod directory and this in main.
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Post by: Taristin on February 16, 2005, 11:08:06 pm: I may actually have a fixed version of the Sobek coming out soon... It all depends on if the shading in game is correct, since the shading in modelview isn't.
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Post by: deep_eyes on February 16, 2005, 11:35:38 pm: Quote
Originally posted by kietotheworld
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/Hecate.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/Orion2.jpg)

Not sure if this would count because it does have a lot of MODs

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/The3rdGeneration.jpg)

DUDE IS THAT MY XT-01!?!??! (Hecate mod?!?) kwel!
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: NGTM-1R on February 17, 2005, 12:21:30 am: That top one from kie's post...that's Just Another Day, isn't it?
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Post by: BlazeME on February 17, 2005, 02:50:55 am: I like that one but I also like these:

http://img192.exs.cx/img192/534/patrol4bj.png

http://img196.exs.cx/img196/3342/vships13tx.png

http://img209.exs.cx/img209/9638/vships43lq.png

If your not going to use them for the splash, then I'm using them for my wallpaper. :)
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Post by: Kie99 on February 17, 2005, 04:38:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by deep_eyes

DUDE IS THAT MY XT-01!?!??! (Hecate mod?!?) kwel!

Errr.. No

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (Those 2 words were probably the funniest post I've ever made.)

Its from Just Another Day and its the Hecate from the Media VP
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Falcon on February 17, 2005, 06:31:57 am: Does anyone know when the HTL Orion will be finished :nervous:
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Post by: Singh on February 17, 2005, 08:02:56 am: Ok, I did as suggested by stratcomm, and it STILL wont show the glowpoints...grrr....no matter, at least I managed to get a new picture, this time the res is a lot higher.

no AA unfortunately, as shinemaps dont work in D3D...and it just sucks without shineymaps :(

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/scptry3.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 17, 2005, 08:16:50 am: OK i've killed the Galatea Logo on it (Hope you don't mind singh)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/f1337.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Taristin on February 17, 2005, 09:01:58 am: fix the floating turret on the sobek, while you're at it. :nervous:
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Post by: Kie99 on February 17, 2005, 10:12:16 am: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/F1337_2.jpg)

Happy now? :p
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: BlackDove on February 17, 2005, 10:28:02 am: I wouldn't like people touching my art.

I'd feel violated.
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Post by: Kie99 on February 17, 2005, 10:34:31 am: You're weird.
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Post by: Falcon on February 17, 2005, 11:40:00 pm: *Falcon yet captures more screenies*

Shivans (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/6521/shivan16me.png)
want (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/5527/shivan23le.png)
your (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/6056/shivan32dq.png)
lunch! (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/697/shivan43ao.png)
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Post by: Kie99 on February 18, 2005, 04:51:13 am: img188.exs.cx/img188/5527/shivan23le.png

We have a winner!
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Post by: Mongoose on February 18, 2005, 08:48:19 pm: That Sathanas shot is absolutely hot. :D
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Post by: BlackDove on February 19, 2005, 05:14:27 am: Really?

I mean the Sathanas may be hot, but the image angle, and quality ain't.
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Post by: Kie99 on February 19, 2005, 05:37:04 am: What's wrong with it?
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Mongoose on February 20, 2005, 02:23:48 am: I don't see anything bad about the quality, although I might agree that a forward-facing shot would be somewhat better.
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Post by: BlackDove on February 20, 2005, 05:45:17 am: Quote
Originally posted by kietotheworld
What's wrong with it?

Quote
Originally posted by BD
the image angle, and quality
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: c914 on February 20, 2005, 06:42:51 am: You know this one: http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/derelict/levcloseup.png should be title screen. I found it in WMCoolmons screenspage:D
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Post by: Kie99 on February 20, 2005, 07:03:56 am: I meant what's wrong with the Image angle and Quality?

THe Image angle shows off those excellent engine glows and I can't see any problem with the quality.
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Post by: BlackDove on February 20, 2005, 07:24:18 am: The fact that it's from behind, and most of the image is blank.

It's not good enough, allright?
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Falcon on February 20, 2005, 07:59:08 am: Will both of you quit arguing? :p
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Post by: Kie99 on February 20, 2005, 09:23:05 am: Its not an argument its a debate! :p

The fact that its from behing shows off the best engine glows in the game, and most of the image is not blank it shows off all of those nice nebulae.

@Falcon, where did you get those engine glows?
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Post by: Falcon on February 20, 2005, 11:00:28 am: Quote
Originally posted by kietotheworld

@Falcon, where did you get those engine glows?

*points to Milliways (http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/)*

Im using the "Bobboau-Lightspeed hybrid Thruster Effects" from the downloads page. :yes:
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Post by: Kie99 on February 22, 2005, 01:11:30 pm: Shouldn't there be a poll on which image should be the title screen?
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Post by: FireCrack on February 22, 2005, 05:31:17 pm: I'd personaly like to see 3 title screens chosen at random or somthing. A shivan, terran, and vasudan one.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 22, 2005, 06:10:06 pm: I sort of like that idea. And I took a look and it looks like phreak's right, most of the old random-screen code I did is still in there. (but commented-out)

Hmmm...
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Post by: Kie99 on February 28, 2005, 12:58:32 pm: :bump:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/CvsS.jpg)
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Col. Fishguts on February 28, 2005, 01:10:51 pm: To really show off what the SCP has accomplished,
a new media_vp splash screen should contain...

- new high resolution background nebulas, planets
- spiffy weapon effects
- dramatic/realistic light effects
- new high poly ships

...all this should be nicely composed together in one pic.

So far none of the suggestions is on par with the old one (http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/misc/SCPc1024.jpg).
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Post by: Mongoose on February 28, 2005, 02:08:02 pm: No offense, but I personally don't see why everyone is so enamored with the current splash screen. There's nothing really special about it; it's just a few high-poly ships sitting there. Kieto's shot, on the other hand...that thing is hot. :D
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Post by: Kie99 on February 28, 2005, 03:08:04 pm: THanks :D It took me deleting all the events in a mission with a good background, deleting objectives, briefing, Command briefing and 3 different SCP builds. Oh yeah and a 96MB download.
Title: New mediaVP title screen
Post by: Kie99 on February 28, 2005, 04:58:13 pm: So who's winning so far?
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Post by: StratComm on February 28, 2005, 04:58:55 pm: I still think the current one does.
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Post by: Kie99 on February 28, 2005, 05:15:22 pm: I never actually liked the current one, I prefer shots showing ships in Action, although that Sathanas shot is nice. I suppose its because the current splash screen doesn't show any Shivan ships and only a fairly plain blue background.

Yes, you read it right I don't like the current splash screen!

What with the gun? Oh crap!
*Runs into nuclear Bunker and finds Mongoose*
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Post by: BlackDove on February 28, 2005, 06:29:50 pm: Am I the only one who ****ing hates the Colossus from the bottom of his soul?
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Post by: StratComm on February 28, 2005, 06:41:11 pm: No.
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Post by: Falcon on February 28, 2005, 06:47:52 pm: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
No.
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Post by: Flaser on March 01, 2005, 12:15:59 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Falcon
Quote
Originally posted by Stratcomm
No.

...and a new splash screen MUST:

1) contain HTL models
2) show off new nebulae / skybox art
3) ...or smg. similar to the Asteroid Test
4) ...and if in action use updated effects
5) ....and LSD shine-glow-env maps are a MUST
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Post by: Kie99 on March 01, 2005, 02:06:14 pm: Who gave you supreme authority over Title Screen criteria?
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Post by: StratComm on March 01, 2005, 02:09:47 pm: He's not the authority, but he's right. It has to show off features, and the HTL ships look by far the best.
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Post by: Flaser on March 01, 2005, 03:26:24 pm: I have no whatsoever authority nor does anyone beside the authors of the Media VP.

...however the splash screen of the Media VP should friggin show stuff fromt the thing it was made for!

IMHO that's only common sense, as well as the objective of this endeavour.
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Post by: Mongoose on March 01, 2005, 03:54:12 pm: Quote
Originally posted by BD
Am I the only one who ****ing hates the Colossus from the bottom of his soul?

Am I the only one who thinks it rocks? :p
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Post by: Flaser on March 01, 2005, 04:01:51 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Mongoose

Am I the only one who thinks it rocks? :p

Probably

However if for no other reason, we shouldn't include it since it features the most overused and bland map of FS2 and wasn't HTL-ised while a lot of other ships recieved the uplift.
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Post by: Kie99 on March 01, 2005, 04:07:09 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Flaser
I have no whatsoever authority nor does anyone beside the authors of the Media VP.

...however the splash screen of the Media VP should friggin show stuff fromt the thing it was made for!

IMHO that's only common sense, as well as the objective of this endeavour.

OK but you said the new Media VP MUST contain.....

An IMO would have been helpful there.

BTW Mongoose, you're not the only one who thinks it rocks.
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Post by: Axem on March 01, 2005, 04:15:57 pm: All a splash screen needs is not to be black. ;) People could debate for hours on what constitutes "art", or in this case a splash screen, so let's not go there.

Out of all the ones posted, I like Singh's Terran Fleet one the best. A nice display of some HTL models (be great if all of them could be in there). But the thing that irks me about it is the low ambient light that makes everything a dark blue. I prefer the ambient light to be subdued not totally absent. That's my personal taste there though.

But I still dig the current one... :D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 01, 2005, 06:01:04 pm: If people spent less time arguing and more time playing FS they could probably get some pretty good ones. :p

The trick is to map the screenshot and toggle-hud keys to only take one keypress each. Then, as a cruiser goes up in flames, two keypresses and you've got a nice, clean screenshot.

Oh, and avoid engine glows like the plague...unless you're right behind them, in front of them, or in a select few angles, you'll get clipping errors. :ick:
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Post by: Sheepy on March 02, 2005, 05:48:33 am: use the closeup levi one someone posted up earlier, its by far one of the sexiest high poly models, it has good angle and composition. Slap some nice text on there and what not and you have a winner ...

... *plots something*
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Post by: aldo_14 on March 02, 2005, 05:53:33 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
If people spent less time arguing and more time playing FS they could probably get some pretty good ones. :p

The trick is to map the screenshot and toggle-hud keys to only take one keypress each. Then, as a cruiser goes up in flames, two keypresses and you've got a nice, clean screenshot.

Sod that, don't we have a free-view / bullettime style screenshot thing done by RT still?
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Post by: Kie99 on March 02, 2005, 05:43:29 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Axem
All a splash screen needs is not to be black. ;) People could debate for hours on what constitutes "art", or in this case a splash screen, so let's not go there.

One of the most sensible things I've seen on these forums
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Post by: BlackDove on March 02, 2005, 06:40:16 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Axem
All a splash screen needs is not to be black. ;) People could debate for hours on what constitutes "art", or in this case a splash screen, so let's not go there.

Nah, it just needs to not suck.
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Post by: Sheepy on March 03, 2005, 11:01:07 am: quick question, what size and format should this be in, also does anyone have a plain copy of the SCP kicking about?
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Post by: Kie99 on March 03, 2005, 11:35:57 am: Come on lets see some more screenies!
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Post by: Singh on March 03, 2005, 06:52:03 pm: hmm.....would screenies with bob's old shadow builds count? If so, I'm sure I can get something :D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 03, 2005, 09:09:24 pm: :nod:
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Post by: Grug on March 03, 2005, 10:24:56 pm: I use OGL, and the splash screen never works. It just shows whatever was last in frame in an OpenGL frame. (Usually an assortment of FS2 GUI etc and / or pretty pixels)
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Post by: FireCrack on March 03, 2005, 11:10:55 pm: I get that old source code project overlay (the one with the half transperent planet) in the top left of my screen all the time.
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Post by: BlackDove on March 04, 2005, 05:50:59 am: I use OGL, works fine for me.
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Post by: Sheepy on March 04, 2005, 10:27:32 am: Im sure people love to ingnore me :doubt:
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Post by: StratComm on March 04, 2005, 01:16:59 pm: I'd say tga/jpg/pcx are all good options.
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Post by: Kie99 on March 17, 2005, 05:45:13 pm: :bump:
nice, simple and Über
Originally taken by Bobboau.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/MEDIAVP.jpg)
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Post by: Taristin on March 17, 2005, 06:45:22 pm: Err. No. It needs a new graphic for the explosion flare, methinks, before it should be used on explosions.
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Post by: FireCrack on March 17, 2005, 09:09:22 pm: Yeah, its too damn red, needs more orange and stuff...
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Post by: Taristin on March 17, 2005, 09:21:13 pm: Although those particles are stellar. Where are they from?
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 17, 2005, 09:23:27 pm: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,31376.0.html
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Post by: Taristin on March 17, 2005, 09:47:02 pm: So helpful. :doubt:

I said particles, not rays. As in those little red dotty ****ers floating behind the baslisk...
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Post by: Deepblue on March 17, 2005, 10:50:42 pm: I believe those are DaBrains upgraded ones...
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Post by: Bobboau on March 17, 2005, 11:28:17 pm: mmmm no, there mine.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 20, 2005, 05:22:44 am: Well, since it seems like no one wants to post images, I think this is officially closed.

I also found an image that just begs to be the title screen. And IMHO, creams the current one. :)

Of course, it's one that could really use a special 3.6.6 logo... ;) I have no real PS skillz, and the old one could be made a bit better, methinks.
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Post by: Flaser on March 20, 2005, 05:25:36 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Well, since it seems like no one wants to post images, I think this is officially closed.

I also found an image that just begs to be the title screen. And IMHO, creams the current one. :)

Of course, it's one that could really use a special 3.6.6 logo... ;) I have no real PS skillz, and the old one could be made a bit better, methinks.

j/k: Than post if st****d!!
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Post by: WMCoolmon on March 20, 2005, 06:07:01 am: It's a surprise :drevil:

However, in the interest of logo development, I will post the portion of the image where it'll go:
(http://fs2source.warpcore.org/temp/logo.png)
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Post by: Kie99 on March 20, 2005, 06:57:33 am: So when will 3.6.6 be out? :D
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Post by: Kie99 on March 20, 2005, 09:19:46 am: Based on Coolmon's pic here are the possibilities and impossibilities

Impossible
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/5527/shivan23le.png
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/6521/shivan16me.png
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/6056/shivan32dq.png
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/697/shivan43ao.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/bombersin.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/shivanfleet1.jpg
http://img188.exs.cx/img188/697/shivan43ao.png
http://img181.exs.cx/img181/8628/red0qe.png
http://img192.exs.cx/img192/534/patrol4bj.png
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/3342/vships13tx.png
http://img234.exs.cx/img234/4575/vships24be.png
Singh’s fleet shot (And my editions to it)
http://img209.exs.cx/img209/9638/vships43lq.png
http://img9.exs.cx/img9/1354/vships37fr.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/Intro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v107/anandraj/mystery3.jpg

Possible
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/CvsS.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/Hecate.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/The3rdGeneration.jpg
http://img140.exs.cx/img140/993/blue5pv.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/THeSolGate.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/TheBIGfight.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/kietotheworld/MEDIAVP.jpg

Maybe I should have put [img] tags next to all of them :drevil:

EDIT: Cool! I have a 5/7 chance of winning!