[Galemp]

For the purposes of making CBanis I've made my own custom 3D nodemap in 3DS Max. It's a WIP, but I'm pretty happy with it, and rendering CBanis is a snap. I still have to reposition some things so the lines don't cross the text. The only problem is doing that nifty halo hilighting.

I have FS1-style graphics avaliable, as well, so I can cook up an FS1 nodemap too. Give me some time, and I'll be able to make 3D animated node CBanis for the campaigns I'm signed up for.

[Knight Templar]

oooooooooooooh!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[Solatar]

[karajorma]

Excellent. I made a few primative stabs at this myself but you seem to have gotten a lot further. The Halo lighting was bugging me too

 Is this going to be released so we can all use it?

[Exarch]

Most impressive, looks very Volition like. Can't wait to see some CBanis done with it.

[Vilkacis]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
I still have to reposition some things so the lines don't cross the text. The only problem is doing that nifty halo hilighting.

Do the labeling of the Planets via VideoPost, composite image files with the names on top of the video depending on ObjectIDs that should eliminate your crossing text problem. For the highlighting I'd suggest using selfillumination with a falloff map on a second sphere around the planets, you could use glow effects as well but that would be only unnecessarily more complicated.

[Taristin]

Can't glue a light to the camera?

[TheCelestialOne]

You do this stuff in 3D!? Use friggin PS or PSP

Well, thats if you didn't want ani's....

[Goober5000]

Big thumbs up.

[Tar-Palantir]

Oh how do I wish I could do that.

[TopAce]

It's a good one. You have proven yourself valuable again enough well so we could call you 'Emperor'

Apart from homour:

I see what all nodemaps posses:

1. The grid behind the systems.
2. Different color for collapsed jump nodes.
3. Nebula background.

[HotSnoJ]

Cool!

Can you write a tutorial or just release the files so we can figure out how you did it?


*can wait to get home to finish the SSani tut and then start on CBani's*

[deep_eyes]

hey emperor. can i use this image alone as a map for my campaign? its the hottest, most up to date map in existance, and its only a wip .... can i?

[an0n]

That ain't a nodemap. THIS is a nodemap.

:thepimp:

[TopAce]

That IS a nodemap, you can see which jump nodes lead where and from where.

[Knight Templar]

Captain Obvious scores yet another kill.  

[TopAce]

How do you mean that?[/b]

[Sesquipedalian]

[Solatar]

Originally posted by TopAce
How do you mean that? [/B]

sorry, but...

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Give me some time, and I'll be able to make 3D animated node CBanis for the campaigns I'm signed up for.

Re-ee-eallllly...