v0.2 universe screenshot

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vorenhutz · #1 Post by **vorenhutz** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:30 am

I used ka's stars and the universe generation algorithms in the design document. Looks nice huh? I'm not sure what's going on with all the red though.

noelte · #2 Post by **noelte** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:18 am

It don't looks right to me. Most of the stars are displayed like they would appear if you are close to them. (Like we see our sun) The only star which looks right to me it the blue one with white center (at Becrux)

miu · #3 Post by **miu** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:04 pm

I agree with noelte, they do look too big. And I thought they would be used with the old stars in the map as well, not replacing them complitely. The blue black-holes and neutron stars do look good as well, but the basic stars are way too big.

pd · #4 Post by pd » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:47 pm

i like the stars of 0.1 much more, they were way better.

and why are the planetes transparent?

and who is ka ? ;)

noelte · #5 Post by **noelte** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:55 pm

pd wrote:and who is ka ?

http://3dtowns.at/freeorion/index.html

Zanzibar · #6 Post by **Zanzibar** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:22 pm

You folks really should read the graphics forum more... if you don't know who ka is, that is...

pd · #7 Post by pd » Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:27 pm

well i'm pretty new here, you know. and ka's last post was on 20. january(he has only 4 total posts)

drek · #8 Post by **drek** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:04 pm

The stars look like they were made using SolarCell, a very nice Photoshop plug-in from Flaming Pear, with no touch-up work afterwards. I agree with nolte and mui. Nice "effort", but the stars can be a lot better.

KD's starship icons look nice though. I like them alot.

edit: Just noticed the spril shape. Some non-clickable single point filler stars to round out the shape might or might not work well.

vorenhutz · #9 Post by **vorenhutz** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:43 pm

OK I will go back to v0.1 stars for now as that seems to be consensus. You might notice too that we need art for swamp, inferno, asteroids, gas giants, white and orange stars, and neutron stars and black holes.

pd · #10 Post by pd » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:57 pm

[...] we need art for swamp, inferno, asteroids, gas giants, white and orange stars, and neutron stars and black holes

i'm working on the planets atm.

Redbook · #11 Post by **Redbook** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 11:29 am

I like the stars in 0.2 better than 0.1

Maybe the star colours should have more gradation in colour so they don't look too much like blotches...

utilae · #12 Post by **utilae** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:12 pm

I find the stars in 0.2 to be too flat. Version 0.1 is way better

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vorenhutz · #13 Post by **vorenhutz** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:10 pm

I think I understand now. Ka's suns were supposed to be displayed at the top of the sidepanel (where it would make sense to see a 'close-up' version of the star). Sorry for any confusion.