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Setekh · **Reply #120 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:31:40 am

GalacticEmperor's maps? Yeah, he incorporated them into the Port.

Congrats, Lightspeed, welcome to the highlights.

Lightspeed · **Reply #121 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:08:20 am

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Originally posted by Setekh
GalacticEmperor's maps? Yeah, he incorporated them into the Port.

no, i think he means [v]'s big maps (like the lucifer texture, the ursa texture etc etc)

Lightspeed · **Reply #122 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:11:10 am

linky for the FS1 shinemaps:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,17730.0.html

Setekh · **Reply #123 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:12:28 am

Indeed. Man, I miss FS1... too bad you can't code in the atmosphere from the original into FS2.

Lightspeed · **Reply #124 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:18:27 am

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Originally posted by Bobboau
I think the shivans would look a bit better if the shine map was a bit granier, like it was made of a composite crystal, and maybe just a very very slight bulish and purpleish glent to them, just MHO though, they do look very nice

actually i played around with that. It didn't look pretty good though, so i got rid of it again. It's solid metal plates, thats why they need a smooth shine, just looks weird the other way.

Raptor · **Reply #125 on:** November 05, 2003, 08:10:10 am

First let me say you are one very talented chap!:yes:

but....I do have one minor gripe.

The Shivans. They seem TOO shiny to me. The image of Shivans (to me) is a dark and brooding one. Lt Ash from the FS intro said:

'They had these death black ships....'

These shine maps are almost there, but it seems, IMHO, that they are Shivan vessels with Terran armour plates added.

Wonder how they would look with the shine on the plates turned down a little....

Now I've got to wait a couple more years before I can upgrade my graphics card...(have Nvidia TNT2 pro, so most of these fancy effects will not work:( )

Lightspeed · **Reply #126 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:03:23 am

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Originally posted by Raptor
The Shivans. They seem TOO shiny to me. The image of Shivans (to me) is a dark and brooding one. Lt Ash from the FS intro said:
'They had these death black ships....'
These shine maps are almost there, but it seems, IMHO, that they are Shivan vessels with Terran armour plates added.

that's the good thing about shinemaps: The ships still
are death black, although when a source of light shines on them theyll reflect it. Also, that's from the FS1 into, and if you compare the FS1 shivan texture style with the style used in FS2 you'll notice that the FS2 shivan textures indeed do look like some terran armour plates. (just have a look at the mara).

Lightspeed · **Reply #127 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:18:56 am

completed the hecate shinemaps.

Download the hecate shinemaps

note: some other ships will use these textures as well, but probably the future shinemap release for that certain ship will have an updated version of the texture. For this particular release, have a look at the Aeolus. It should pretty much only use new shinemaps now.

As always, comments are welcome

Fineus · **Reply #128 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:28:29 am

You can install atmosphere?!

I think Raptor and I are on the same wavelength for Shivan ships - in FS1 they were incredibly black, you could still see them but they were much more alien because they were so black. The grey textures that almost match the Terran ones in coloring give them a more human quality that just doesn't have the right effect (for me).

Some day I'll put my money where my mouth is and do something about it.

Fineus · **Reply #129 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:33:54 am

Yes! Yes!! It's beautiful! Damn thing actually looks like a starship now!

Psst, do the Deimos

mikhael · **Reply #130 on:** November 05, 2003, 10:58:31 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich

I know I'm insane, what's your point?

Seriously, though, it's not that bad. All you have to do is render a single "wing" at 90 degrees to get a base texture for the wings, a single side of the main part to get a texture for that, etc. Each time you turn off from rendering the parts that you're not interested in.

It will be done.

mikhael · **Reply #131 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:02:17 am

I'd like to second Thunder. the Shivan ships should not be gloss black. They should be matte black. They should suck in light. There should be no glossiness at all. If there MUST be glossiness, make it ultra-specular. Tiny harsh white flares, instead of soft reflections.

Ace · **Reply #132 on:** November 05, 2003, 11:24:22 am

The one thing I don't like are the greenish/brown parts on the shinemap. If the map was pure greyscale in this case it would look better, more metallic, and less anime-esque.

karajorma · **Reply #133 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:32:26 pm

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
no, i think he means [v]'s big maps (like the lucifer texture, the ursa texture etc etc)

And where do you think GE got them from?

Fineus · **Reply #134 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:39:55 pm

To late. I hope you guys have broadband

Fineus · **Reply #135 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:40:14 pm

Number 2...

Fineus · **Reply #136 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:40:34 pm

Number 3...

Fineus · **Reply #137 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:40:54 pm

Number 4...

Fineus · **Reply #138 on:** November 05, 2003, 01:41:15 pm

And finally number 5

KARMA · **Reply #139 on:** November 05, 2003, 02:52:46 pm

am I wrong or the hecate's dorsal maps (the green/grey tileing) are little misaligned compared to those on the side? noticed it for the first time:rolleyes:
btw....

HOLY CRAP IT IS UNBELIEAVBLE THOSE ARE INGAME SHOTS

News:

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