[CP5670]

These looks great; I was having lots of trouble with the TGA versions before but these work very well, especially with the newest memory-efficient versions. It looks like resizing them to 2^n-sized images took down the ingame memory usage considerably.

But... well just look at them. The resolution could definitely be increased - I know they're gaseous but they lack detail. This is my idea of a decent nebula, the shot was taken in anchient pre-code FS2 but you get the idea.

This whole nebula issue is most likely due to the new nebulas in the fs2 open VP; see my post on it in here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,20572.0.html

[Fineus]

Ah, looks like nebuli have potential to be a separate topic which I've duely posted up, no wish to de-rail Lightspeeds topic with something else. Please take all comments of nebula here:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,20961.msg415382.html#msg415382

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by RandomTiger

Yer? What did you do, make them smaller?

No, I aligned them to 2^x sizes.

And yes, if I ever have a go at nebulas I will change the concept completely. I don't quite like the multi coloured thingy.

[Johnmike]

=)

[Zarax]

@Lightspeed:
I don't know if it applies here, but for 2D acceleration is also recommended to have sizes that are multiples of 16 or 32, as some cards may have problems with different sizes.

[Setekh]

Dude, the transparency works wonders. Well done.

[SadisticSid]

A1 SUPAR! I wouldn't bother doing anything with those existing nebulae, however. Start with some fresh ones instead...

[Lightspeed]

That's what i'll do. This is bout the planets tho

[diamondgeezer]

'Tis all about teh planets™. Well, them and those pillar thingies. Me wants those

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
No, I aligned them to 2^x sizes.

Thats the way to do it, anything else is very wasteful.

The DDS tool i use is the nVidia Photoshop plugin, I have tried the different formats, and i'm using DXT 5.

You might want to try using the texture tool that comes with the DX SDK, its easy to use and the results seem to fairly good.

Can you download the SDK or would you like me to see if I can upload the exe?

[Lightspeed]

Try uploading the exe

[RandomTiger]

OK, but it may need dll's and stuff from the SDK and I dont really want to get into uploading them.

[RandomTiger]

http://www.randomtiger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/freespace/DxTex.rar

[RandomTiger]

I dont know if its actually any better but its probably worth a look

[Inquisitor]

I really like the second one

[RandomTiger]

Let me know how you get on with that app Lightspeed

[Lightspeed]

I will, once i've time to try

[RandomTiger]

I spend too much time here dont I?
Im off to make some pancakes!
Or try at least.

[Setekh]

Too committed for your own good, RT.

[Lightspeed]

There's a simple solution:

More coding, less forums