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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: zonination on May 05, 2008, 10:03:10 pm
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Alright. I had some free time (as opposed to my usual time, which is spent doing an ungodly amount of work).
With that free time, I decided to waste spend it on a brand new FS2 Node Map.
Let me know what you think... changes will be made as needed, etc.
Here's the link:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/7345/nodemapai0.jpg
I'm completely open to suggestions. Give me your thoughts.
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Ooohhh, pretty colors. :cool:
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That's awesome!
Does that happen to be based off of the nodemap by Setekh?
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The curved lines bother me.
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Little too much glare. Otherwise fine except for the Ikeya system. You need to change the sun type to Wicker. :D
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That's awesome!
Does that happen to be based off of the nodemap by Setekh?
It's based off the official Volition freespace node map, and the data of the stars provided by the HLP wiki.
I had the time to include binary/trinary/quarnery stars, get the colors right, and even untangle some of the jump nodes (if you look at the Volition map, it gets really messy). Also, it's 1024x768, so it can sit in the background of most monitors.
I know that the glowy text is a bit bothersome, and I'm going to get that fixed soon.
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I think the text is fine. Would you happen to have it in 1280x720 format? :drevil:
j/k
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Little too much glare. Otherwise fine except for the Ikeya system. You need to change the sun type to Wicker. :D
I also need to put a little bursty thing on Capella, but whatev.
And I'll tweak the leveling a bit in my next version to help reduce the glariness.
I think the text is fine. Would you happen to have it in 1280x720 format? :drevil:
j/k
No, in fact.
Constructed in <10 minutes from my previous build.
I'm experiencing trouble uploading it to any image hosting sites, so I'm going to put it on my PC/server web folder, which means it won't be available 24/7 (hence the PC part).
Here it is. (http://zonination.rh.rit.edu/nodemaplarge.jpg)
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Seriously? 720p format?
Awesome! :D
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Isn't the system called Beta Aquilae ? With one L .
And isn't Ribos a red star ?
Also, the curved lines disturb me :nervous:
Other than that, I like it.
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Why the hell do people hate the lines so much??
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Love it :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
The lines too, yes :p
Great work, zoni!
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They're CURVED. So that means they look strange. Besides, we see the subspace corridor as a straigth tunnel.
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Do we, really?
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Yes?
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Do we, really?
Ummm.... you don't? :wtf:
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Mars, don't tell me you never stopped the Lucifer ?! Cause if so, then we're doomed !
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Not for another 327 years. Don't worry about it.
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i honestly think someone should make a sort-of a fs2 bible thing, including a complete map (one that includes all the systems, including new ones like Tau Sigma and Talnia, etc).
And i'm sorry, but the curvy lines just sort-of make it harder to follow routes and stuff.
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didn't the inferno team make one like that already? or the derelict team?
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i honestly think someone should make a sort-of a fs2 bible thing, including a complete map (one that includes all the systems, including new ones like Tau Sigma and Talnia, etc).
It's called the FSWiki (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page).
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They're CURVED. So that means they look strange. Besides, we see the subspace corridor as a straigth tunnel.
Well, this is more to show links between systems than having a linear representation of a linear scifi phenomenon. Like I said, I tried to make it more clear what links to what, rather than having a gigantic web of tangliness.
EDIT: And on second thought, space-time is curved anyway. :D
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I like it. But the curved lines... :doubt:
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I actually don't mind the curves, but maybe you could give them a white-ish core so they look more subspace-ey
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While I'm sure the lines make sense, it would just plain look better if they were straight.
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Could you overlay a semi-transparent grid over/under that? I'm curious as to how it would look.
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I like it. It looks like a vasudan nodemap should. :)
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Could you overlay a semi-transparent grid over/under that? I'm curious as to how it would look.
Zoni delivers.
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3764/nodemap2uu4.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nodemap2uu4.jpg)
It actually doesn't look that bad. Good suggestion, IMO.
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Cool. I'll give up about the curves thing, it looks good.
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Could you overlay a semi-transparent grid over/under that? I'm curious as to how it would look.
Zoni delivers.
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3764/nodemap2uu4.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nodemap2uu4.jpg)
It actually doesn't look that bad. Good suggestion, IMO.
If you made this in Photoshop or something similar, I'd suggest putting the text above the grid. Also, the spelling of Beta Aquilae is wrong, you've got an extra L in there. Apart from that, bloody good work.
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It's pretty. :) :nervous:
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Could you overlay a semi-transparent grid over/under that? I'm curious as to how it would look.
Zoni delivers.
(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3764/nodemap2uu4.th.jpg) (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nodemap2uu4.jpg)
It actually doesn't look that bad. Good suggestion, IMO.
If you made this in Photoshop or something similar, I'd suggest putting the text above the grid. Also, the spelling of Beta Aquilae is wrong, you've got an extra L in there. Apart from that, bloody good work.
1. The text layer IS above the grid. Also, it was made in GIMP, in case you were wondering ;)
2. God damn it on the Beta Aquilae thing; I knew something was wrong. **recites page 1 of the curse word dictionary** :mad:
3. Aye, thanks mate!
Also, I'll be releasing a second version of this. Here are some of the changes I'll make:
1. Reduction of glare.
2. Improved text spacing and size, as well as a cooler text effect. It was kind of a last-minute get-it-done-and-be-done-and-stop-working-on-this-crazy-project kind of thing.
3. I'll be releasing it alongside an alternate one with straight nodes, just for you picky Terrans out there.
4. The size of the new image will be changed to 1280x800 to fit the desktop wallpaper of widescreen computer screens that are now more common, but you will be able to see everything if you simply center it on the 1024x768 res monitors.
Don't expect this all to be done overnight though, I have a new pile of homework that needs to be taken care of first. I'll see what I can do over the weekend.
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I refuse 1280*800. 2560*1600!
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I refuse 1280*800. 2560*1600!
PFFFFFFT.
Screw you and your 5:3/16:10 aspect ratio.
I demand 720p!
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I made a post-Capella nodemap a while ago. Here.
(http://pjfoliver.googlepages.com/nodemap.jpg)
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and there is also the inferno one:
(http://inferno.hard-light.net/Docs/Nodemap01.jpg)
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And the BWO one:
(http://www.savant-online.net/graphics/bwo/nodemap_bwo.png)
And please use lvlshot, haloboy100.
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Right. Fix'd
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I made a post-Capella nodemap a while ago. Here.
(http://pjfoliver.googlepages.com/nodemap.jpg)
Holy hell. That's the one I was going to base it off of, but couldn't find on the interwebs. O_o
And as for the other maps... they're very well done. I'm trying to keep this node map 100% canon, but I'm starting to consider pseudocanon stars as well.
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And the BWO one:
*snip*
And please use lvlshot, haloboy100.
BWO is a continuation of Derelict, right?
Then shouldn't there be a node between Tau Sigma and Regulus (or was it Sirius)? The one Nyarly opened?
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Didn't that one close directly after it was opened?
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It was open long enough for you and the fleet to go through...
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The lines need upgrading, i.e. brighter cores with "dots" at the end so they don't look like they've been whipped up with an airbrush - no offence - otherwise, great work. It almost looks like a still of a cutscene, with the band of stars and black edges. And the more realistic stars (systems).
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it was made in GIMP, in case you were wondering ;)
/me worships zoni
You must be GIMPing for quite a long time... What font did you use?
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it was made in GIMP, in case you were wondering ;)
/me worships zoni
You must be GIMPing for quite a long time... What font did you use?
1. No I haven't. I'm an ex-Photoshop user of nearly five years, who recently switched to Linux (and adores GIMP more than PS). I found the commands and filters in GIMP to be similar to Photoshop's, and it only took me a couple of months to get up to speed on GIMP and all of its glory.
However, you can worship me anyway. :pimp:
2. I used the Bank Gothic font, which can be found on Volition's website (http://www.volition-inc.com/fs/downloads.cfm). It's the official FreeSpace font. :D
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Mars, don't tell me you never stopped the Lucifer ?! Cause if so, then we're doomed !
Please don't remind me....I already know how I will die in 327 years and I'm already **** scared!
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Yes IMO you should use a different color for collapsed nodes.
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Ya. And get rid of the string between them.
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No. Keep some indication of the node, but make it clear that is has been collapsed.
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No. Keep some indication of the node, but make it clear that is has been collapsed.
Yea, since collapsed nodes still have story value.
They should still be there, but clear that it is collapsed, so we don't get inconsistencies.
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Have a thin red string.
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Where do those nodes from altair and regulus go, or does no one go down them, or are they shivan?
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Its never said where they go.
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I believe they're nodes too unstable for Terran or Vasudan use.
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Were they ever mentioned at all in the games?
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They might be nodes to useless systems. Or they can be normal non-populated systems. Non-populated due to the continuous war in T-V space.
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Or just uncharted.
Yes, there's a node there. No, we do not know where it goes. No, it does not concern us.
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Or just uncharted.
Yes, there's a node there. No, we do not know where it goes. No, it does not concern us.
That's what I always thought, too.
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So if someone wanted to make a new camaign those could be populated GTVA systems and more places to live and be attacked by...?
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In Derelict at least one of them was used.
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So if someone wanted to make a new camaign those could be populated GTVA systems and more places to live and be attacked by...?
Well, yes. If the new campaign is post-Capella.
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Great idea. I'll have to use one of them.
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Scroll of Atankharzim uses the one out of Adhara.
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I felt inspired... It's 1280*1024 and I know it's not as good as zoni's, but I'm proud of it nonetheless (I've only got the GIMP for two weeks now ;))
(http://i25.tinypic.com/140hnw6.png)
EDIT: uploaded version 1.1 :D Thanks for the feedback, haloboy and blowfish! More comments = always welcome :yes:
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ooooh. Pretty ;)
That nebula could use fixing though. As well as the stars a bit, but, nice!
Sav'd :drevil:
I demand 1280X720! :P
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Yes. Nice work, but fix the nebula. Also, Capella is too bright, and the "collapsed" label for the Epsilon Pegasi-Capella node is confusing as it runs parallel to the Adhara-Procyon node.
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I demand 1280X720! :P
If anything, 1280*800, as that is 16:10, a.k.a a monitor and not a TV.
I like it, but it seems to have been eyeballed. GIMP has a neat feature, snap to grid.
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I demand 1280X720! :P
If anything, 1280*800, as that is 16:10, a.k.a a monitor and not a TV.
I like it, but it seems to have been eyeballed. GIMP has a neat feature, snap to grid.
Yeah, but my computer outputs 720p resolution too my widescreen TV, so I need 1280*720; 16:9.
Of course if it's not a problem ;)
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How many people have a big screen TV as monitor?
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People like me that are white enough to buy ~18k gold insulated component HD cables and use them for their computers XD.
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That wasn't racist or anything.
And Monster Cables (pretty much the only such cables) are worth the price, too bad the 50$ one my mom bought makes our overheating SV (shi-TV) overheat more.
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That wasn't racist or anything.
No it wasn't. Just like, one of those common jokes that nobody should take offense too.
And Monster Cables (pretty much the only such cables) are worth the price, too bad the 50$ one my mom bought makes our overheating SV (shi-TV) overheat more.
Mine were 60 bucks :P. Solid gold on the inside and silver right after that, with copper plating to finish under the rubber. Straight from THX.
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I thought that THX made monster cables? That's what's on mine, at a-
Wait, NVM, it says THX.
Don't correct me, *****. :p
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Not to get off topic or anything ... :nervous: ... but I've heard that Monster Cables are good, but are still kind of overpriced.
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Not to get off topic or anything ... :nervous: ... but I've heard that Monster Cables are good, but are still kind of overpriced.
It's amazing how quickly we can derail a thread in this forum.