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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: wistler on June 08, 2009, 05:14:11 pm

Title: Good looking planets
Post by: wistler on June 08, 2009, 05:14:11 pm: Does anyone know of any good looking planet backgrounds such as the lava planet from BP and Twilight?

They can be skyboxes I'm not bothered either way. I'm looking for the sharp quality ones that stand out compared to the planets you get in the FRED background choice and would really appreciate a link or just a recommendation.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: colecampbell666 on June 08, 2009, 05:34:55 pm: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,41939.0.html
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: dANGER boy on June 09, 2009, 01:40:23 am: Quote from: colecampbell666 on June 08, 2009, 05:34:55 pm
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,41939.0.html
That topic needs to be stickied here. Very very helpful, especially the tutorial in the first post for FREDders
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: wistler on June 09, 2009, 03:31:57 am: :) thanks for the link. I did try a search but it wasn't coming up with anything useful.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: dANGER boy on June 09, 2009, 04:07:49 am: http://gtuts.com/design/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial (http://gtuts.com/design/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial)

That is a great one too. Very easy to understand and follow but is also very flexible for your own experimentation. Even the planet the tutorial creates with you is pretty decent. If you want to make it look really good, you can duplicate the plugin you use by using gradients but work with images at 2000x2000 pixels. You can get some real detail then.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: Krelus on June 09, 2009, 11:28:32 pm: After experimenting with this, I just want to say that you should REALLY make your first planet a gas-giant. At first I tried to make something with actual terrain and damn near ripped out most of my hair.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: General Battuta on June 09, 2009, 11:30:00 pm: You can grab the other awesome skybox from BP - the huge planet from 'Curse of Prescience' and 'Fallen Angel'.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: Krelus on June 10, 2009, 12:12:38 am: Quote from: General Battuta on June 09, 2009, 11:30:00 pm
You can grab the other awesome skybox from BP - the huge planet from 'Curse of Prescience' and 'Fallen Angel'.

That skybox looks AMAZING with a Whitehall orbiting it. First time I did a flyover with that setup, chills went down my spine.
Title: Re: Good looking planets
Post by: wistler on June 10, 2009, 06:47:19 am: Would I have to redownload BP to grab it or are individual things like that up for download on FreeSpace mods?