[phreak]

Don't you just love IW2 style backgrounds?


it was rather easy and adds a whole new dimension to the visuals

[Bobboau]

hmm, background pof eh?
does it interfere with exsisting background bitmaps

[phreak]

i imagine it does since its all additive so i can put the sun in there.  i just want to test something like this and the results were pleasing when i first saw it

[Deepblue]

Now try doing a planet and its rings.

[KARMA]

it's wonderful but the background looks a bit warped

[phreak]

yea.  im gonna need a new background sphere made.  spherec.pof (which is what is used for nebula backgrounds) is only 32 polies

[IceFire]

Hey pretty cool...how big do the bitmaps go?  It'd be pretty nifty to setup a single giant PCX file with all the nebula layout already done.  That'd be neat.

[Stryke 9]

I-War 2-style was a bit darker, and this needs to be too. The heavy aliasing in FreeSpace isn't so noticeable when you've got black backgrounds, but when they're 33% gray or brighter, ugh... probably just bump up the contrast a ways, it'll bring out the stars and colors and solve the jagged-edge problem.

[phreak]

Originally posted by IceFire
Hey pretty cool...how big do the bitmaps go?  It'd be pretty nifty to setup a single giant PCX file with all the nebula layout already done.  That'd be neat.

The map i had was 1024x1024, most cards would support 2048x2048 textures.  the background model seems to be a problem though.

Originally posted by Stryke 9
I-War 2-style was a bit darker, and this needs to be too. The heavy aliasing in FreeSpace isn't so noticeable when you've got black backgrounds, but when they're 33% gray or brighter, ugh... probably just bump up the contrast a ways, it'll bring out the stars and colors and solve the jagged-edge problem.

not to mention the 256 color limitation of the maps themselves. which is soon to be fixed

[Bobboau]

"which is soon to be fixed "

muhahahahahahahahaha!!!
(all hail RT)

[phreak]

I took Stryke's advice and darkened it along with boosting the contrast.

[Bobboau]

higher resolution background maps

[Drew]

nice

[Black Wolf]

Meh. I'm sure it has potential, but at the moment, it just doesn't look real.

[mikhael]

Using a Hubble photograph isn't a good idea. Otherwise that's pretty damn sweet.

[Bobboau]

find one of those nice full range star maps

[WMCoolmon]

It doesn't look like the Arcadia's in space anymore, though...

[Trivial Psychic]

I agree... the stars just don't look like stars anymore.

Later!

[diamondgeezer]

Damn those are pretty. As for starfields, try GRIN. I've been making half-arsed attempts to get some of the deep-field images in, without much luck...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I've never been keen on backgrounds like this. Space is empty, and as such is black, not full of all sorts of stuff.