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**aszazeroth** · 06-03-2008, 08:46 AM

hmm, have to check it out, but the tutorial pages, should superceed the older page <5 figures. The size of the alpha is sort of dependent on how close you wanna render them beasts. Recommend atleast 4096x2048 px.

efritsch · 07-10-2008, 01:43 AM

Can anyone help me out with how to create a cloud map that pretty much covers 100% of the surface? Kinda like Venus?

**aszazeroth** · 07-15-2008, 09:05 AM

How detailed do you need that cloudmap to be ? I would suggest stacking individual cloud maps if you need massive detail, or, do a clever noise/smoke displacement in your 3D program. Perhaps an amalgam of the both is to be preferred... I will try and post the results =)

efritsch · 07-16-2008, 12:16 AM

Not terribly detailed but seeing as anything to do with maps, textures, etc, baffles the snot out of me, any help would be great.

su_liam · 07-31-2008, 09:08 PM

It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

VertexMonkey · 08-08-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by su_liam

It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

That's pretty impressive! Mind you; a 800mm super-telephoto lens is a hell of an upgrade on the Mk 1 eyeball

su_liam · 08-15-2008, 08:37 PM

True... true. But imagine your doing a gunport view in a battle between a ship at 12,000 km and a ship at 100 km altitude is the target. The gunscopes on a ship in Traveller or Starfleet Battles have got to be at least super-telephoto.

Now for a Firefly shot. I'd say from the jiggle it's at least a little telephoto. Last night I watched an Olympic medal ceremony. They zoomed in on the gold medalist from so far out and apparently the cameraman had too many double espressos. Made me pine to watch me some Firefly. Then I put on some Battlestar Galactica. Up till two in the morning working off that jones.

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efritsch SFM Guru Realname: Eric Fritsch Join Date: May 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 637 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Can anyone help me out with how to create a cloud map that pretty much covers 100% of the surface? Kinda like Venus?
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07-15-2008, 09:05 AM	#113 (permalink)
aszazeroth Resident Ph.D Flaunter Realname: Stefan Join Date: May 2006 Location: Höör (Scania), Sweden Age: 33 Posts: 1,204 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	How detailed do you need that cloudmap to be ? I would suggest stacking individual cloud maps if you need massive detail, or, do a clever noise/smoke displacement in your 3D program. Perhaps an amalgam of the both is to be preferred... I will try and post the results =)
	________________________________ "The impossible only takes longer time" [DrD] [WBD]

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efritsch SFM Guru Realname: Eric Fritsch Join Date: May 2006 Age: 28 Posts: 637 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Not terribly detailed but seeing as anything to do with maps, textures, etc, baffles the snot out of me, any help would be great.
	"Common Sense is so rare it should be a damned super power" Spiken: 1993-2008 R.I.P.

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07-31-2008, 09:08 PM	#115 (permalink)
su_liam SFM Nugget Realname: Colin Paddock Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's interesting to see an example of just how much relief can be seen from space. Here is a shot from the ISS: The Alps

08-15-2008, 08:37 PM	#117 (permalink)
su_liam SFM Nugget Realname: Colin Paddock Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	True... true. But imagine your doing a gunport view in a battle between a ship at 12,000 km and a ship at 100 km altitude is the target. The gunscopes on a ship in Traveller or Starfleet Battles have got to be at least super-telephoto. Now for a Firefly shot. I'd say from the jiggle it's at least a little telephoto. Last night I watched an Olympic medal ceremony. They zoomed in on the gold medalist from so far out and apparently the cameraman had too many double espressos. Made me pine to watch me some Firefly. Then I put on some Battlestar Galactica. Up till two in the morning working off that jones.

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