[Black Wolf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freespace

Don't get me wrong - I'm not dissing Nico's Perseus. But given that all it really shows is a red fighter, it's not really demonstrating the sheer graphical improvement of the FSO engine. There're no new BGs or starfields, no new effects, only one High poly ship, the shine and glow maps are barely visible and the colours are all washed out by the red.

The picture should:

• Contain the latest starfield and some of Lightspeeds BGs
• Contain at least two high pol models
• Show off shine maps
• Show off one dramatically improved effect (Explosions, flak or shockwaves)
• Not be over cluttered

Basically, it needs to show the engine at its very best, which the current pic doesn't do. Wikipedia gets millions of hits per day, and though only a small fraction of those go to the freespace article, it's still a lot of people we can get interested in FSO. So, go to it. :)[/bw]

[CP5670]

I'll see if I can get something a bit later. Although it might be difficult to get one that both has effects in it and doesn't look cluttered. (and ship explosions aren't a good idea, as those are still using the original graphics AFAIK and don't look very good)

[Taristin]

Too bad you can't use this:

[CP5670]

How do you enable that camera mode in the game? I can't remember the command.

[watsisname]

If you press Shift-pause or alt-pause (I forget which) it does a special kind of pause of the game.  Then you can press enter and exit the cockpit of your craft and use flight controls to move around.  With that you can take screenshots without any interference from the HUD, and you also get the benefit of being able to take a picture from any location and any angle that you want.  But this feature is only in SCP.

[StratComm]

Alt-pause, and it's great.

[Mongoose]

Wow...why did I never know about this?

/goes to fool around

[BlackDove]

You should use an image of some HTL cap.

Probably the FSU Hecate.

[StratComm]

If it was done yet.  I personally am a fan of the new Aeolus or Deimos, though I'll admit that the Perseus is still the single best example of what the engine is capable of.

[Taristin]

[CP5670]

Okay, I spent ten minutes grabbing a few shots. I can't seem to get one that has everything (high poly model, background and explosion/fire/beam effects). These were some of the better ones. Anything look good?

[Pnakotus]

The last one is nearly perfect - it's a shame it doesn't have a beam in there.

Also, WTFOMGBBQ, are those green things explosion effects?  Which ones?  They're fantastic!

Then again, my backgrounds don't look anything like that, either...

[BlackDove]

Erm all of them suffer a great deal because of their native resolution.

They look great minimized by HLP's lvlshot, but when viewd as originals they're rather blurry and uncontrasted.

Might want to go down from the insane resolution and take them in the sensible 1024x786

[Col. Fishguts]

That green thing looks like a shot from some clouds in front of the sun, but I like it. Where is it from ?

[phreak]

remove hud -- shift + o

[CP5670]

The last one is nearly perfect - it's a shame it doesn't have a beam in there.

Also, WTFOMGBBQ, are those green things explosion effects?  Which ones?  They're fantastic!

Then again, my backgrounds don't look anything like that, either...

Green explosions? You mean in the second picture? Those are just part of the Perseus's thruster glows.

I also think the last one is overall the best. It has no effects but shows off the new models and specular lighting nicely.

Erm all of them suffer a great deal because of their native resolution.

They look great minimized by HLP's lvlshot, but when viewd as originals they're rather blurry and uncontrasted.

Might want to go down from the insane resolution and take them in the sensible 1024x786

I can easily size them down if they are worth considering for putting up on wikipedia, especially since it's an exact multiple of 1024x768. That's what lvlshot is showing them as anyway.

That green thing looks like a shot from some clouds in front of the sun, but I like it. Where is it from ?

The background graphics were made by Lightspeed I think. I made a few minor color changes to them for my use. The mission is from my PI campaign (available in my thread in the campaigns section).

[Goober5000]

I like the third one the best.  It's composed very well from a photography standpoint.

[Polpolion]

sigh...I wish my computer was good enough to run FS0...

[Setekh]

Front paged.

[MetalDestroyer]

Hop, my turn :




Others will come soon.