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Title: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: mjn.mixael on May 02, 2016, 08:45:27 pm
The theme this month is BEAMZ

Just remember the rules:
Must be from the FSO engine
No HUDs
No Photoshop or any post procesing
Must fit the month's theme.
Only 3 entries per person, per month

Watch those HUD gauges (especially that sneaky FPS gauge) and check out the Screencam Script (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=82173.0) to help you win a badge and bragging rights. You can see the rules and the previous winners here on the Wiki (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Screencap_Contest).

Screencap Scoreboard:
Betrayal - 1
Spoon - 2
Black Wolf - 1
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Darius on May 05, 2016, 08:25:23 am
The theme this month is the perfect theme for Eradica Final Fantasy beams


(http://i.imgur.com/NoceJAy.jpg)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 05, 2016, 11:59:57 am
Isn't that the Advent Rebels' *what-you-call-a-SoSE-übership-again*?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Spoon on May 05, 2016, 12:11:06 pm
That definitely screams final fantasy to me
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Thisisaverylongusername on May 05, 2016, 04:20:31 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/Va7tsvn.jpg)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Trivial Psychic on May 05, 2016, 05:15:23 pm
Is that Ravana firing a BFRed from a convergence turret?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Thisisaverylongusername on May 05, 2016, 05:19:35 pm
Is that Ravana firing a BFRed from a convergence turret?

Basically. This shot was taken from Vassago's Dirge, which I highly encourage you to play.  :)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Trivial Psychic on May 05, 2016, 07:53:54 pm
Currently replaying WIH (now with voice acting) and the sequel (which I haven't played yet).  After that, probably.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 06, 2016, 01:53:29 am
Is that Ravana firing a BFRed from a convergence turret?

Not a convergence turret per se... it's a new (invisible) turret
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: -Norbert- on May 06, 2016, 10:07:32 am
The theme this month is the perfect theme for Eradica Final Fantasy beams


(http://i.imgur.com/NoceJAy.jpg)

Wait... someone brought the Eradica into FS2? Is that a SoaSE mod for FS2 or something?

Is the model a straight conversion or a re-build? The texture or at least the glow maps can't be a simple conversion though, since the original Eradica had only orange glows (though I made an alternate texture that made the glows team-coloured).

And for those wondering, it's from Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - the Advent Rebel Titan to be exact.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Darius on May 06, 2016, 11:45:47 pm
Straight conversion.

I've got a converted Vorastra sitting somewhere as well. No plans for a Sins TC anytime soon.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Mammothtank on May 07, 2016, 01:04:42 am
Straight conversion.

I've got a converted Vorastra sitting somewhere as well. No plans for a Sins TC anytime soon.

Do you know of any tutorials on how to convert models that you know of?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: -Norbert- on May 07, 2016, 06:47:59 am
Straight conversion.

I've got a converted Vorastra sitting somewhere as well. No plans for a Sins TC anytime soon.

But how did the glow-maps become blue then? In the original textures it's orange after all.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: 0rph3u5 on May 07, 2016, 07:26:53 am
But how did the glow-maps become blue then? In the original textures it's orange after all.

That's very simple editing once the maps are storted out
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: -Norbert- on May 07, 2016, 11:37:19 am
It wasn't easy in SoaSE itself... especially not with how the orange glows weren't just glows but also part of the texture itself and how the orange areas "bled out" into the surroundings of the glowing areas.

But I guess at least part of the difficulty was only having GIMP and nothing else to work with. ^^
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Erebus Alpha on May 11, 2016, 12:09:04 pm
I tried taking screenshots for this, but encountered unexpected technical difficulties. When I pasted the screenshot (taken with ctrl+printscreen) into an image editor...it was a screenshot of my desktop, like Freespace 2 was completely transparent.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 11, 2016, 06:57:31 pm
I tried taking screenshots for this, but encountered unexpected technical difficulties. When I pasted the screenshot (taken with ctrl+printscreen) into an image editor...it was a screenshot of my desktop, like Freespace 2 was completely transparent.
You either need to: use FSO's built-in screenshot functionality, run FSO in windowed mode, or use third-party software like FRAPS.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Spoon on May 11, 2016, 08:49:40 pm
Four is the new Three
(http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/kingspoon/Junk/screen0904_zps54gr6wzn.jpg~original)
(http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/kingspoon/Junk/screen0908_zps24gkuac5.jpg~original)
(http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/kingspoon/Junk/screen0906_zpsvppmmvr3.jpg~original)
(http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/kingspoon/Junk/screen0911_zpst7jqgya4.jpg~original)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: niffiwan on May 11, 2016, 08:57:45 pm
I *love* that mission
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Erebus Alpha on May 11, 2016, 10:31:37 pm
BEAMZ that would make Admiral Steele proud. Bring your safety goggles. :cool:
(http://www.malzo.com/i/2016/06/02/ik7.jpg)
In case the image above does not display correctly:
http://www.malzo.com/i/2016/06/02/ik7.jpg (http://www.malzo.com/i/2016/06/02/ik7.jpg)

On the note of the Eradica in FSO - That would make a really nice Vasudan corvette or destroyer if reskinned. Do you have one that is fully turreted? I'm trying to find a really nice HTL'ed Vasudan corvette that can be repurposed into a missile carrier.
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Darius on May 11, 2016, 11:38:10 pm
Too bombastic and stylised for vasudans. Ancients, maybe?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Mammothtank on May 11, 2016, 11:49:51 pm
Yeah seems like it would fit in with the Ancients crew.


What exactly is a missile Carrier?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Erebus Alpha on May 12, 2016, 12:41:20 am
It wouldn't fit precisely with the Vasudan aesthetic, but I've always found the Vasudan aesthetics to be pretty loose and permissible. The spiny-arm-bits would have to be passed off as some sort of technobabbly experimental subspace drive, and it would not work unless it had stuff poking out of the ship at weird angles.

Missile carrier = carrier for missiles :p

Basically I just need a Zod ship that looks fast and has plenty of turrets that I can reconfigure as missile launchers. Multipart guns with barrels sticking out aren't so good, but small non-glowy beam dishes and other generic 'lumpy' turrets work great for VLS launchers.

I'll take some more beam-screenshots later. We're allowed three submissions, right?
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: niffiwan on May 12, 2016, 12:51:47 am
We're allowed three submissions, right?

Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on May 20, 2016, 09:08:11 pm
Did somebody say BEAMZ?
(http://deviance.duckish.net/pictures/may_screenshot_competition_01.png)

EDIT: Let's try that again, with more PBR:
(http://deviance.duckish.net/pictures/fs2_open_3_7_3_SWIFTY_AVX%202016-05-20%2021-05-25-85.png)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Mito [PL] on May 27, 2016, 03:08:09 am
I say everyone loves Lucy:
(http://i.imgur.com/27Ne9tZ.gif)(http://i.imgur.com/D8FarRa.gif)(http://i.imgur.com/2VkmD2k.gif)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: Jessnec on May 30, 2016, 03:23:55 pm
smashing ravana!
(http://i.imgur.com/sKJyiJY.jpg) (http://imgur.com/sKJyiJY)
(http://i.imgur.com/lHmKjdu.jpg) (http://imgur.com/lHmKjdu)
(http://i.imgur.com/p4Z5Jdt.jpg) (http://imgur.com/p4Z5Jdt)
Title: Re: May 2016 Screencap Contest
Post by: tomimaki on June 06, 2016, 03:55:59 pm
Am I late? :nervous:
(http://i.imgur.com/Kt38h8t.png)
I couldn't stop from posting this when I saw what killed me :lol:

(http://i.imgur.com/sujcQuK.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/A9PHUjF.png)