Please rate the new "suns" i created for imagemod

Ragnarok-X · #1 August 28th, 2004, 02:32 PM

hey, i decided to create a few new ingame graphics for my upcoming mod. Here are a few examples. I hope to give the game a more "science-fiction" feel with those suns, as they look more "metallic" and more science-fiction imho..

what do you think ?

Ragnarok-X · #2 August 28th, 2004, 02:34 PM

Uh well major question: Right now the picture shows at "attachment" in the topic of my post. Is there a way to make it appear in the post ?!

Fyron · #3 August 28th, 2004, 02:39 PM

Yes. Use the Image UBB tags. You can click on the link in the Instant UBB Code to use a javascript applet to automatically create them from the URL.

DarkAnt · #4 August 28th, 2004, 02:40 PM

intense, I really like them

Ed Kolis · #5 August 28th, 2004, 03:07 PM

They look cool, but why are they all eclipsed?

Baron Munchausen · #6 August 28th, 2004, 03:34 PM

Heh...

Ed Kolis' observation that they look 'eclipsed' is based on the contrast between the body of the star and the corona around it. You need to make the star as bright as its corona. If that washes out the detail then you need to make the corona as dim as the star. We know that stars are very bright, but a point of light isn't interesting in a game. We'll just have to assume a convention that stars are always seen through the proper filters. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon29.gif[/img]

Ragnarok-X · #7 August 28th, 2004, 03:52 PM

Well now that you guys mention it, yeah. It really looks like the light is coming from behind the "sun". Well thats pretty stupid. Then again i really like the suns, and since its my mod i guess i will stick with them anyway

The problem is if i brighten the "star" up, then it wont look half as cool imho

David E. Gervais · #8 August 28th, 2004, 04:35 PM

'Eclipsed' laf, you guys are funny. If it were 'eclipsed' the center orb would be completely black. It actually it looks like you are viewing the suns using proper 'solar' filters that prevent you from going blind. The swirl patterns are the visual effects of seeing solar flares.

At least that's the way I see it.

Cheers!

Atrocities · #9 August 29th, 2004, 01:58 AM

I rate them as [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon44.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon44.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon09.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon09.gif[/img]

Well done. They look awsome.

Slynky · #10 August 29th, 2004, 02:16 AM

I don't think they necessarily have to look absolutely perfect and realistic. Looking kewl is kinda nice. So, stick with it, like you said. (I like the lower-right the best...for some reason...LOL).