[Fineus]

I think it's generally been accepted that subspace is a blue tunnel with white/blue lightning. The lightning in that (subspace3.jpg) image is spot on - the tunnel outer wall looks a little dodgy?

Edit:
As a thought, Bob was talking about motion blur... perhaps we could work out something impressive with motion blur, glowmaps and what have you applied?

[Rictor]

I suggest using Lightspeed's dark blue nebula images as the background texture, and keeping the "lighting" one in the foreground. That should make it a bit darker and also more true to the original.

[Sandwich]

I can adjust the colorization of the cyan BG to be darker and more blue if that's what people want.

[Sandwich]

How's this?

[mrduckman]

I think it was used with water.... I like it

[Singh]

much, much better sandwich. now lets see it in-game

[Lightspeed]

doesnt look all too subspacey.

[StratComm]

I think it should look fine, once it's in as the second layer.  I actually sort of liked the teal, moreso than the teal afterburners.  If people are willing to have that change made, I can't see how this would be any worse.

[Sandwich]

I can do pretty much anything you guys want in Photoshop, as long as it's not anything like what Greg Martin does. Just say the word.

[redsniper]

http://freespace.kicks-ass.net/_images/fs/subspace3.jpg

@ the URL

[jdjtcagle]

Please, don't try to make a whole new look, Just give it more features and Hi Res Textures.

[Rictor]

I just had a cool idea. You could animate the lighting texture to actually arc and twist like real lightning. Then, you slap on the animated texture and you get something like the effect in B5 hyperspace. I don't know becuase I haven't seen it, but it seems to me that it would look funky to have a static lightning texture that just moves along the z axis. If animating it is too much work, then you could just make several similar lightning textures (or just flip+modify slight the existing one) and just have them static for a few frame then a new one comes along.

[AqueousShadow]

Yea...I'm thinking it'd be kinda odd animated, and a royal pain the ass. Isn't the thing still supposed to be spinning? Or did I get something wrong here...

[Carl]

Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Please, don't try to make a whole new look, Just give it more features and Hi Res Textures.

that's what mine are, minus the features part.

[Vanguard]

I think any lightning should be scarce.  For some reason I don't think lightning fits subspace, at least not as its seen in the nebulas.  Basically, I don't think it should be violent looking.  Then it's overkill.

[Liberator]

Load the Speeder3k visualization into Winamp 5's AVS(it come's with it) and that's a pretty good idea of what the lightning and flashes in Subspace should look like.

[Ransom]

I think it'd be good if you could choose to have the nebula-style angry lightning for an unstable node, but for a stable one the angry lightning doesn't quite fit. Could it be made an option or something?

[Vanguard]

That's not a bad idea.  Maybe have it adjustable in FRED2 like the nebulas.

[jdjtcagle]

Originally posted by Carl


that's what mine are, minus the features part.

I know, I just see them makeing different styles, which scared me alittle:p

[Setekh]

Originally posted by JarC
Sandwich's variety

Thanks, that's just what I needed. Welcome to the highlights, all of you.