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Offline Kazan

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on: October 23, 2002, 06:22:21 pm
Ok, I need a starmap designed for OpenPrivateer - it's a Wing Commander Style "Akwende" Projection - ie a 2d vier of a galactic region showing explored systems and their interconnecting jump points

the Map needs to be 4 sectors by 4 sectors [16 sectors] each Sector has 4 named quadrants in it
Each quadrant can have up to 32 star systems in it


What I want 3200x2400 [or around there - huge] graphic of the star map - the star map I judge as the winning one will be converted into the game's map - and the designer will be put in the credits



As a matter of Preference call our home starsystem "Sol" have it in the "Sol Quadrant" of "Sol Sector"

I also reserve the right to add/remove star systems
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Offline Kazan

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Reply #1 on: October 23, 2002, 06:30:41 pm
oh.. im authorizing the creation of one alien species in control of anywhere from 1 to 3 entire sectors, and perhaps "Spilling" a bit into the bordering quadrants of the adjacent sectors

you get to name the species and chose how they name their systems
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Reply #2 on: October 23, 2002, 08:24:01 pm
I've seen the site before, but I dunno about the rest of the people here - how about a link? :)
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Reply #3 on: October 23, 2002, 08:42:51 pm
um this is for my game - ie the one im writing

i need a starmap...
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Reply #4 on: October 23, 2002, 10:41:34 pm
Kazan, I take it you have/own/saw a copy of the Wing Commander: Prophecy map containing those 16 sectors and 4 quadrants in it? That's a damn nice map, IMO, and it might be just what you need...

...the only problem is  this map is in Wash. DC and I'm here in New York. And even if I was home, I have no way to upload the map to show it here!:(
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Reply #5 on: October 23, 2002, 10:51:55 pm
yes i have a copy of that map - but Open Privateer isn't OFFICIALLY a wing commander game - although im going making it very easy to mod *hint hint nudge nudge*
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Reply #6 on: October 23, 2002, 11:31:41 pm
Uh... any specific names?

WC use jump-node type connections, or can you get just about anywhere from anywhere, with only distance constraints? Anything about factions? Tactical data you want in there?
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Reply #7 on: October 23, 2002, 11:46:44 pm
yes jump node type connections - let's try not to make them unreasonable by - farthest being between cross-quadrant

no specific naming - as for factions look up at my opening posts
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Reply #8 on: October 24, 2002, 07:18:18 am
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Originally posted by Kazan
um this is for my game - ie the one im writing

i need a starmap...


Yeah, I know that - but IIRC this is the same project you showed me a couple of screenies of over ICQ a few weeks ago, no? Didn't you put those up online somewhere?
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Reply #9 on: October 24, 2002, 08:49:23 am
they're just screens of the mod selection screen
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Offline Rictor

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Reply #10 on: October 24, 2002, 10:32:21 am
i remember someone (blacksheep maybe) did a starmap for the babylon project and it looked SWEET

maybe ask them, though i forget where to find it
 

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Reply #11 on: October 24, 2002, 07:33:56 pm
i am putting an entry of my own into the contest and here is my progress thus far

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Offline NeoHunter

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Reply #12 on: October 25, 2002, 07:06:30 am
Here's an idea.

Create a quadrant. Call it Delta. Now, place some weird aliens that go around telling entire races to "lower their shields" and that "their technological and cultural distinctiveness will service them" and finally ending with the words "resistance is futile".

What do we have? A big star map full of conflicts.:D
 

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Reply #13 on: October 25, 2002, 09:30:31 am
*cough***** you neo*cough*

this is a serious contest
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Reply #14 on: October 25, 2002, 11:19:24 am
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Originally posted by Kazan
*cough***** you neo*cough*


Blunt and to the point....  I like it1 :D

Anyway, I'm sure I've got a few old WC graphics and spacey stuff lying around.  I'll see what I can piece together.
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Reply #15 on: October 25, 2002, 12:39:02 pm
how many times do i have to say this game isn't officially WC.. it's NOT WING COMMANDER
although inspired by... and i hope to see a WC mod
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #16 on: October 25, 2002, 12:54:40 pm
that picture you posted a few posts ago Kazan... what did you use to make the background nebula/stars?
 

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Reply #17 on: October 25, 2002, 01:00:38 pm
*guesses Glitterato*
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Offline Stryke 9

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Reply #18 on: October 25, 2002, 01:08:56 pm
Glitterato. Only it has thgat smudging thing if you turn the texture up too high.
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #19 on: October 25, 2002, 01:09:12 pm
i was thinking that too, but how do you get small nebulas all over the place like that without having to copy and paste them
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