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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: shiv on March 26, 2008, 04:31:08 pm
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Hi,
I've got a small release, maybe usefull for somebody.
It's old orange skybox I made some time ago, but I don't think I'd use it in any campaign mod.
Can anyone upload it to FreeSpaceMods?
Here's download link: http://mcyw.w.interia.pl/orange_skybox.rar
And of course, shot:
(http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4889/orangeskybox1ay9.jpg)
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I thought you said orange box for a sec :P
but that's just as friggen sweet :yes:
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
There was a reason it was taken out of Earth Defense ... its not that bad though.
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
What are you smoking? That's actually pretty good.
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
Please do so.
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
That is an improper use of the word "disgusting".
Disgusting is used as an alternative of the word gross and in no way is that planet gross.
If you mean ugly just come out and say it.On topic, I do like this planet the orange lines are like canyons.
It could use some touching up though.
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On topic, I do like this planet the orange lines are like canyons.
IMO, the orange lines are huge, deep chasms which are being distorted by the planet's thick atmosphere.
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Would work well if Cell-Shading was still available though, it'd go well with 'Anime' themed conversions :)
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why is cell shading gone again?
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I think it's mainly because once the shader-system is implemented properly, you'll be able to write your own post-routines for it if you need it.
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Would work well if Cell-Shading was still available though, it'd go well with 'Anime' themed conversions :)
exactly my point, it doesnt look real. the darker orange part has pretty much nothing to it
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Would work well if Cell-Shading was still available though, it'd go well with 'Anime' themed conversions :)
exactly my point, it doesnt look real. the darker orange part has pretty much nothing to it
What the hell are you talking about? Do you mean the atmosphere?
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I guess we're allowed to Hue/Saturation this Orange thing to our liking?
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Would work well if Cell-Shading was still available though, it'd go well with 'Anime' themed conversions :)
exactly my point, it doesnt look real. the darker orange part has pretty much nothing to it
What the hell are you talking about? Do you mean the atmosphere?
No i mean the surface in between the light cracks or whatever they are
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It is a desert planet... It is supposed to be orange. :doubt:
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He's talking about the unrealistic detail of the lines on the surface.
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He's talking about the unrealistic detail of the lines on the surface.
no i'm talking about the fact that theres nothing between the lines except pure orange...
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I guess we're allowed to Hue/Saturation this Orange thing to our liking?
Feel free to do everything :)
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no i'm talking about the fact that theres nothing between the lines except pure orange...
All the details are obscured by the atmosphere. Except the cracks. They stand out. Cuz they're funneh.
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Can someone please host this on a different server?
I cannot access interia.pl
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Looks like a planet with serious problems :) I'm sure it could be useful, when the setting is right.
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Thats just disgusting. seriously, I can make better planets than that, and i'm terrible at it.
/me facepalms
Do you have something more recent than this (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,52906.0.html) to back your claim of being able to make better planets than the orange one in the skybox?
Not that it matters, because your ability (or, apparently, inability) to make better planets than the one in question here is completely irrelevant to the topic and just adds a layer of jackassery that too easily incensed forumites will readily ignite into full-fledged flamewar. I'm not in a position of authority here but common sense should be enough for most to know that criticism is not shouting U NOOB I HAS BETTER SKILLZ LULZ.
On the topic... it doesn't look too bad to be honest. The biggest flaw is that I don't really know what I'm looking at - which, in fact, can be useful in some occasions. It could be a planet that has liquid orange surface with island network or shallower regions showing as different colour; it could be a planet with thick cloud layer, or it could be a solid surface filled with bioluminous algae or other organic material.
Perhaps adding some noise to the surface of the planet (if it's solid) and then blurring it slightly would add kind of pseudo-detail. Or, if the darker areas are some kind of canyons or gaps between clouds or in any way have different elevation than the brighter areas, some form of shadowing/bumpmapping could be useful to make the height difference apparent. Also, if it's a cloud layer, it could benefit from some wispyness that shows it's clouds in atmosphere. On the other hand if it's just differently coloured terrain, stressing the elevation difference isn't necessary (duh :p). But I would like to see some more detail in general. If it's a desert planet, the glowiness is perhaps a bit excessive. If you would add some cloud layers I could imagine it to be a planet not unlike Venus. The atmosphere isn't bad at all, but it automatically makes the planet uninhabitable (for humans and terran life anyway) being orange instead of bluish.
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I don't see a thick atmosphere in it. It reminds me of Europa.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Europa-moon.jpg/600px-Europa-moon.jpg)
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With a bit of (and I mean only a bit) color adjustment it'd look like a very nice moon of somesort. Doesn't look in any way like a large or habitable planet, but it does look pretty good. There's a distinct lack of skyboxes around, so anybody that feels they can make some, go for it.