[Starks]

Screenies plz!

[Flipside]

Well, it seems to me that the best way of doing this would be for each of us to produce, say, three asteroids each. That way you'll get a mixture of styles and shapes which would help make the asteroids look different from each other

[Fineus]

Originally posted by LLivingLarge
Screenies plz!

In game shots are on the way...

[kasperl]

Originally posted by Flipside
Well, it seems to me that the best way of doing this would be for each of us to produce, say, three asteroids each. That way you'll get a mixture of styles and shapes which would help make the asteroids look different from each other

does anybody know if there is a max number of roids in the table?

[Unknown Target]

If everyone does three roids, what are the poly limits we should follow?

[Fineus]

Okeydokie, here we go:



http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast1.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast2.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast3.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast4.jpg

Please note I've had a little trouble tweaking the HTL settings for FS2 recently, getting the most recent build etc running - so some of the shots don't look their best. It also means the FPS went to ****e so don't take it as a reliable indication of performance. I think they look pretty darn impressive!

[Unknown Target]

Oh...my...God...

*orgasm*

[Flipside]

Well, I think really high poly asteroids should be single models, and be used as a feature of a game, for example for a destroyed planet you could use one enormous asteroid (model) surrounded by loads of little ones (field).

Id personally say max polys for a standard Asteroid is 300. This would mean that, for example, being within LOD0 range of 10 of them would still only use up 3000 polys, and the odds of being within LOD0 range with 10 asteroids on screen at once is pretty slim, so this shouldn't tax the game too much, and give the CPU/GCard more time for glows, specs, e-mapping etc

[Rictor]

woot woot



That background especially looks nice with the asteroids, its not that sort of brownish quality to it,

[phreak]

if you have 250 asteroids at 1000 polies each thats 250,000 polies for a frame or 7.5 million per second if FPS=30

whats the max triangles per second can a radeon 7000/GF2 handle

[Fineus]

I'm not sure about the numbers - but here's some proof that even with 200 asteroids on screen, not to mention high res textures etc, things don't slow down...



http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast6.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast7.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast8.jpg
http://www.zen8740.zen.co.uk/ast/ast9.jpg

[StratComm]

So now we need the ability to define asteroid fields as regions instead of the trivial cubic clump.  Even if it's of a fixed depth (that can be set, of course) but defined by some non-rectangular shape (see Freelancer localized nebs/fields) the posibilities would be vastly greater than they are now.

[Rictor]

Why are they blue? For that matter, why ios the ambience blue?

I see a red/yellow nebula in the background, but little blue anywhere.

But it looks swanky nevertheless

[Fineus]

Because I didn't have the blue nebula pack installed at the time I know, should've done it. My bad.

[Ace]

Looks good Kal/Thunder.

My suggestion on the maps for those rocks: Have a bit of the original FS2 maps added into these ones. The shine map being just the new stuff, none of the old maps in that.

It'd add a little color and texture so they look good even without ambient lighting, as well as seem more FSish.

[Flipside]

Ok, heres Ast02.pof with textures. I think I've done a wee bit better on this one, even if it is still pretty low-poly (bout 180 I think). I used a grey/red light to colour the rocks on this one slightly, just for a change, it doesn't show much, but then it shouldn't

http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/Ast2.zip



Theres a Red sun in that mission btw, don't worry, my colour vision isn't THAT bad

[kasperl]

goodie goodie.

FSCZ might just become a collection of SCP features, but it'd sure give some nice screenies!

[Unknown Target]

Awesomeeee...
Me wants!

[Fineus]

I've just had a thought regarding textures / colors on asteriods.. we might want to take a page out of Terragens books with this... generally their default textures are a little grainy.. adding to that rock feel. I'm not saying go over the top - but things feel a bit smooth and perhaps even bright at the moment. I may well play with this myself but it's something to bear in mind.

[Flipside]

Hmmm.... You're right Kalf, possibly using Photoshop to add some grain to the texture would help. I've got a few other ideas as well, but I'll see what can be done tonight

Edit : Remember that once bump mapping is implemented in post 3.6 (if), this will also do massive amounts to enhance the asteroids