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Offline Lightspeed

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Always hated FS2's multi coulour odd-shaped nebula effects?

Time to throw old concepts over board, time to prepare for the new... for the nice... for the SCP ;7

Release:





You will find an up-to-date, larger previews section on Milliways: Click

-=Notes for FREDders =-

Every nebula set will have the following file naming conventions:

nebul +[set name] + [tile number] + [type]

Set names are the 'Set number' - They will go A, B, C, D, ...

Tile Numbers represent the number of the tile inside the set - They will go 1, 2, 3

Type specifies the type of the image. It can either be a "main" image (large nebula, 1024x1024, use at ~ 4 - 5 size, only one or two per mission reccommended) or a "whisp" image (small whispy nebula bit, 512x512, use at 1-3 size reccommended).

Overlapping is reccommended to get away from localized nebula effects. You can also see how it works with the included test mission (hint: check the reinforcment list :) )

-== ==-

Now, see for yourself. Ah, nearly forgot:

1.) I would like to get feedback on how the system works for setting up large ambient backgrounds which is what i'm aiming for. Are the wisps combinable with the rest, is the number of whisps large enough, are 2 main images enough, are there any problems?

2.) I would like to see screenshots of your creations to give me a clue what's possible and how it looks like.


Thanks in advance.

Now, click the linky:

Nebula Set #1 + Test mission

(FRED placeholder PCXs included, but I reccommend using OGL Fred as you wont see much in the normal one)

:D

-edit: Link updated
« Last Edit: February 27, 2004, 01:09:25 pm by 1317 »
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do you think you could include something about the dominant color in the name
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Good idea, i'll have this in mind when Set2 comes along.
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they look wonderful.  much better than i could do

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Definitely a solid start LS, performance is unaffected by file sizes etc.

One question though, my copy of FRED2 FSO refuses to load it... any thoughts?

 

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Originally posted by PhReAk
they look wonderful.  much better than i could do


I definately am going for this! :lol:

But yeah, amazing. I just love the dark red nebula + Shivans combo... gives mood, y'know?
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nice

 

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Definitely a solid start LS, performance is unaffected by file sizes etc.

One question though, my copy of FRED2 FSO refuses to load it... any thoughts?


make sure you have the stars.tbl in your main data dir, and make sure the placeholder PCX are in your main effects folder.
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But yeah, amazing. I just love the dark red nebula + Shivans combo... gives mood, y'know?


Well, I had to do that one first. You know how much I like shivans :)
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Looking good, but then pretty much anything you do involuing graphics is good Lightspeed.:D:yes:

except those GREEN Terran afterburners...Apologies if their not yours....

Does this new one replace any of the :V: orginals, and if so which one?

EDIT: just noticed your framerate:eek2: what kind of moster PC are you running?:eek:
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EDIT: just noticed your framerate:eek2: what kind of moster PC are you running?:eek:

Is mine reporting incorrectly then? I get a fairly steady 120FPS...

 
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i'm getting 30 with everything turned on, but that's with more then 1 ship in view.

anyhow, these look lovely, i'm no FREDder, and i'm in no position to learn the art right now either, but i''m looking forward to new campaigns with these in it.
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LS is no doubt turning off the VSync like I do. :)
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now that's the reason my framerate went from 15 to 30 when reseting all my stuff in the launcher.
either that or running the 1_20 build instead of an older one.
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What spec are you kasperl?

 

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LS is no doubt turning off the VSync like I do. :)


One Two Three. You're wrong. V-synch is turned on.

With it turned off I have more than 200 FPS.

I have 85 FPS cause i'm running 1024x768x85 Hz.

The images show framerates from 36 - 85 cause taking the screenshot slows down the game, but normally I dont drop below 85 FPS unless there's something *really* heavy going on.
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Grade A stuff. That's EXACTLY how I'd like the new nebulas to look.
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except those GREEN Terran afterburners...Apologies if their not yours....

Does this new one replace any of the :V: orginals, and if so which one?
 


They're mine, and they aren't green. I like them, but they'll get better when the hull / thruster blending bug is sorted out by the SCP team (might take a while).

It does not. Those are 20 images, read up :)
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Originally posted by Col. Fishguts
Grade A stuff. That's EXACTLY how I'd like the new nebulas to look.


I have to say I agree, I look forward to a nebula pack.

 

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So these things will not make it into the stock FS2 campaign? Fooey. Oh well, great work anyway!

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