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Kerr
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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2010, 11:46:57 pm »

i went to it and saw, *facepalm* that's whjy i asked where it came from as they werent with the game or manual... Huh

All i had to go by was watching melee in star control 2

so the center thing was supposed to be point defense lasers, the thing on the bottom of the bridge was supposed to be the fire control deck, and on top the Bridge.

The missiles are meh, and i was planning on redoing the bridge... but...

uhh, the that pic 's bridge looks so much different than the pin in melee...


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2010, 04:00:19 pm »

Quote from: Shiver on June 27, 2010, 08:50:03 pm

Look at the image. Read his post history. Actually read it, do not skim.

I read every word of every post of his in chronological order before I commented the first time. He is eager, perhaps to a fault, but he is NOT a troll. Troll has a specific meaning. He does not fit it.

And one would think that the person who started this would be glad for any protectiveness towards trolls that we have.

ETA: ... oh, you flounced. Congratulations.


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2010, 09:27:49 pm »


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2010, 11:13:23 pm »

Don't worry about it, Kerr. Shiver just stirred up a little drama is all. Roll Eyes


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2010, 01:26:29 am »

well then, would anyone like fancy 3d models of the SC2 planets?

& noobody would happen to have a mass agglomeration of all the SC2 planet textures, would they? :p


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2010, 01:37:27 am »

http://darkstars.co.uk/svn/kerr/Approach.jpg
Full Size 5000 X 5000 image (14 MB)
(Please take a look!)

(click to show/hide)

Resized 1000 X 1000 Image, 355K & not nearly as good!

plx take a look at the full image lol...


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2010, 01:44:49 am »

Who is that and why does it have pidgeons sitted on the side?


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2010, 01:50:04 am »

Quote from: Kerr on June 29, 2010, 01:26:29 am

well then, would anyone like fancy 3d models of the SC2 planets?

& noobody would happen to have a mass agglomeration of all the SC2 planet textures, would they? :p

the SC2 planets are created in a more complicated way Wink

. fault formation, height maps and color maps Cheesy

effectively meaning that all the thousands of planets in SC2 have a different texture.

I once created such a random planet texture generator, using the actual SC2 colormaps and height translation maps.
You can download it here, and work from there: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y5YFX4HL (the flash files you want to run are in the 'bin' directory')
If you want bigger or different textures or a way to save the txtures other than using a printscreen, you need to learn as3 and work with the source files which I also provided Wink

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Here's a quick screenshot of the program in action:

top left is the height map, top right are the possible color translations in 3 color indexes (they are chosen based on the planet's temperature, but only differen with certain color maps (water and metal if i'm not mistaken)
bottom left the actual planet's surface.


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2010, 02:28:38 am »

that's pretty cool

I made the textures of those planets using GIMP's plasma render, desaturate, colorize, and then made a bump map.

the ship is that pic was just something random.

(This is my first try at making planets lol)

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This is my second.
(No Star Background)

(click to show/hide)

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That is a SC2 planet's textures. (Kudos if oyu know which planet)

*hint* that is the planet's class 8 atmosphere you see.


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #24 on: June 29, 2010, 11:45:59 am »

Quote from: Death 999 on June 28, 2010, 04:00:19 pm

And one would think that the person who started this would be glad for any protectiveness towards trolls that we have.

ETA: ... oh, you flounced. Congratulations.

Perhaps it's the quality of perceived trolling that he's dissatisfied with Wink

Quote from: Kerr on June 29, 2010, 01:37:27 am

Resized 1000 X 1000 Image, 355K & not nearly as good!

Consider trying lossless .png

Quote from: Angelfish on June 29, 2010, 01:50:04 am

I once created such a random planet texture generator, using the actual SC2 colormaps and height translation maps.

Is it anything to do with that clone of yours?


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #25 on: June 29, 2010, 12:02:25 pm »

Quote from: Zeracles on June 29, 2010, 11:45:59 am

Quote from: Death 999 on June 28, 2010, 04:00:19 pm

And one would think that the person who started this would be glad for any protectiveness towards trolls that we have.

Quote from: Angelfish on June 29, 2010, 01:50:04 am

I once created such a random planet texture generator, using the actual SC2 colormaps and height translation maps.

Is it anything to do with that clone of yours?

Yes, that's the reason I created it. I needed a way to display the SC2 universe, including its planets, outside of UQM Wink


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2010, 12:35:04 pm »

Err... You might want to edit those quotes, I don't understand what you meant this way...


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2010, 12:38:21 pm »

Quote from: Zeracles on June 29, 2010, 11:45:59 am

Quote from: Kerr on June 29, 2010, 01:37:27 am

Resized 1000 X 1000 Image, 355K & not nearly as good!

Consider trying lossless .png

My work here is done Grin


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #28 on: June 29, 2010, 01:23:45 pm »

Quote from: Alvarin on June 29, 2010, 12:35:04 pm

Err... You might want to edit those quotes, I don't understand what you meant this way...

Try again - he's taking credit for Shiver's ship-bashing thread, meaning Shiver is his sock puppet and hasn't really left us Grin

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Quote from: Zeracles on June 29, 2010, 11:45:59 am

Consider trying lossless .png

My work here is done Grin

Faithfully your protege Cheesy

I was thinking Shiver might have been objecting to many-megabyte images, as well as their dimensions.


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Re: Random Rambelings and questions of a newbie.
« Reply #29 on: June 29, 2010, 01:35:54 pm »

Quote from: Zeracles on June 29, 2010, 01:23:45 pm

Quote from: Alvarin on June 29, 2010, 12:35:04 pm

Err... You might want to edit those quotes, I don't understand what you meant this way...

Try again - he's taking credit for Shiver's ship-bashing thread, meaning Shiver is his sock puppet and hasn't really left us Grin

WHAT?


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