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damn, looking nice
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06-30-2007, 06:53 PM | #122 |
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This map get a big "FUCK YEAH!" for awesomeness!
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06-30-2007, 09:21 PM | #123 |
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thx as always.. beetle: well fps are doing really good considering that i am not runing vis , and have taken out all of the nodraw so i can compile it. average fps are in the 200's but keep in mind i have dual 512meg 7950's. i am actually building another pc that will have a bfg 640meg 8800 and dual core 2.4 to do the compiling and rendering and other such long LONGG tasks although im not sure wich one will be doing it, depends on if this 8800 is faster then dual 7950's.. anyways heres more sshots of another compile..
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06-30-2007, 10:59 PM | #124 |
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very nice
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06-30-2007, 11:07 PM | #125 |
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I cannot make textures so cannot really comment but I couldn't help but feel a terragen skybox would be better the low res of the stars doesn't really do it for me. In source 512 x 512 is really the lowest you want to go the quality does tend to suffer below that at least in my experiments.
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06-30-2007, 11:14 PM | #126 |
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hmm maybe your right, i think ill take that and work on it, ill make a terra gen astroid ridden moon, and use the stars for the bacground on that, i was going to have a bunch of astriods floating and spining around in the skybox.. but imo your idea sounds better
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07-02-2007, 03:40 PM | #127 |
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Yea i guess a little more high res of a space skybox would be nice.
I didnt really think of that cause the way it was now really reminded me of the old Quake star textured warps/windows |
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07-02-2007, 08:11 PM | #128 |
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zaskar: yea i had thought i was going to do a skybox similar to how the one in quake2 that rotates around ... only i was going to have just astroids spining , but the same style star cluster looking like thing.. with all the red dust stuff , im not sure how i am going to do this that im thinking now... the windows are really tall where the sky is... ill think of something tho
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07-02-2007, 08:50 PM | #129 |
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I think it would work perfect if you just make a skybox outta some nice looking deep space photos. Nothing with large objects or anything, something easy to make seamless. Just diff color stars/small galaxies or something.
[EDIT] Few Examples: Search through some more of the stuff here: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/ Last edited by Zaskar; 07-02-2007 at 08:59 PM. |
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07-03-2007, 12:59 AM | #130 |
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thanks for the reference material, seamless is the key , and the skybox is very difficult. the last time i did a skybox texture was actually for tfc for badlands, way back when it did not have one (a personal one , not actually the one that it comes with now). it turned out ok , it was actually a terra gen one also ... those 2 pictures are basicly what i had in mind.. ill see what i can do,.... although i still have serveral textures left in the works... they are narrowing down... not like there is a rush or anything i plan on really going all out on this one... just placed the rest of my pc parts on order .should be in tomorrow or the next day.. this way when my 20+ hr compile time comes around i dont have to go insane waiting to use my pc again... while also waiting for even the 10min render times i can still make progress... that is if i can pry myself off of the computer i hear these 2.4 dual's are fast for compiling in 3ds because it has multi cpu support
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07-03-2007, 04:11 AM | #131 |
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Actually I got an idea that might work. Instead of having a starry texture, have a black texture with those particles slowly moving around, as if they are stars (that move, so sue me).
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07-03-2007, 02:43 PM | #132 |
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Surely for a space texture it would be easy to make seamless because you just start with a black background and just throw some stars and galaxies in there? Make sure to do a 3d skybox with asteroids, that would rock. And a window on the floor of your level looking down to more space so it looks like youre floating in space, maybe like an airlock in the spawn rooms or something.
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07-03-2007, 03:22 PM | #133 | |
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The only thing that could be hard, is if you want a really nice one, which uses different pics for each side, gotta make sure the blacks are adjusted to be the same. (some are a bit more washed out then others) Like that first pic I posted, its really cool, but could only be for 1 side, as something like that wouldnt look right on every side. BTW BumGravy, remember those pics have at the bottom links to higher resolution versions on the site. Last edited by Zaskar; 07-03-2007 at 03:35 PM. |
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07-03-2007, 05:42 PM | #135 |
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Dont do a moon :/ then when you look through the bay doors it will be ground :/
Also, on 3d skyboxes, can you put lights, or do objects like that not work? Dunno how bad this would impact lag, but could make a black skybox and populate it with small concentrated slightly varying color light sources to look like stars. |
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07-03-2007, 06:27 PM | #136 |
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I think you can put in lights, but i don't think they scale. I could be totally wrong though. I haven't tried adding anything other than models and brushes.
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07-03-2007, 06:51 PM | #137 | |
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If your gonna go outta your way to make your own by hand instead of using those photos, then if that method works, I really think it would looks the best, and best of all, unique. |
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07-03-2007, 07:30 PM | #139 |
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in your 3dskybox you could do one of those vortex things (like in bum's map) as sort of a blackhole in the distance.
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07-03-2007, 07:56 PM | #140 |
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hehe the dr. breen escaping model... yea also more thoughts.. but its probably going to be a while before i get back to the sky/skybox right now im doing the main texture for the walls, i have to do the ceiling texture and then another texture for the green vats on the walls (probably will take the longest to do besides skybox stuff) then the spawn area ... the spawn area should go fast but i still have some thoughts about that area, such as where i will place the spawn turrets and how to make it so there is not a brutal spam spot , wich i think i have it planned, just have to make it... theres a few textures in that , probably after that ill start on the skybox stuff...then i should be onto the mirroring phase along with the tweeking.. and the long compile waits by then ff will out and everybody will be playing lmao
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