Background Galaxy
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| Hi, is there any code around that would fill a texture with a 'picture' similar to some of the photographs of a galaxy? i.e. can a nice galaxy photo be created by code? Thanks Jim |
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| I don't think so, put possibly. You may as well use a real photograh/picture as a texture. |
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| By Glaalxy I presume you mean Nebulae, the colourful backdrops these games have. I think it would be possible to create them algorithmically, but don't think there's and current system. I have created good looking pseudo-nebulae using Corel's Paint. If you splat down some colours and swirl them around, it can work well, and that process could be automated. |
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| Pity MykeP isn't still around. He wrote a nebula generator in Blitz. Output was tileable, too. Wouldn't know where to find it now. |
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| I'd try to find some photos at the nasa, AFAIK they alo offer a lot of royalty free material. |
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| How about this. It may help if you can't get any code to do it:- http://www.diardsoftware.com/ Steve. |
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| Had a mess about with procedural textures in Lightwave, the stars I quickly added in a paint proggy :) http://www.tomspeed.com/nebula/nebula.zip This the sort of thing you're after? If so I can make you a couple. I'll just do a plain nebula, you could enhance them with your own stars e.t.c |
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| Thanks guys, Tom - this is exactly what i'm after. In particular m004 - perfect colours and not to dark & not to bright. I'm going to use these for now. I might ask you to do some more if i get far enough in what i'm doing.(if that's ok?) Thanks Jim |
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| No problem :) |
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| Hello again Tom, could you do me another one 'identical' to before except without the really bright bits in m000.png and m005.png Thanks Jim |
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| what you see there is called 'skybox' and if you are owner of half life or counterstrike, there are lots of other skyboxes! or grab them from here: http://www.alusion-fr.com/an1ffa3.htm |
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| Devils Child, these are 'skybox' what i'm looking for is what Tom did but without some of the bright parts. Jim |
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| Tom, can I use these for my Blibs Screen saver - they are really cool? I would really like some more :-) Also how did you create them? I could probably create a nice looking space scene in photoshop but how did you arrange it so they all line up nicely etc. I have lightwave too... |
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| Tom: That's a great looking skybox. Would you be willing to give short tutorial on how you made the pictures in Lightwave. How did you make the seamless? Thanks much Mike |
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| This the sort of thing you're after? If so I can make you a couple. I'll just do a plain nebula, you could enhance them with your own stars e.t.c Any new ones? MANY THANKS! |
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| gg space scene! looks like you can do procedural textures with this free (?) app: http://www.artofillusion.org/documentation |
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