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Here I made this for you for the menu screen let me know if you have any idea for this screen. Let me know if you need different sizes. Its also on deviantart if you need another location.

That one you had on there killed me.... sry Tell me what you think

Alright I updated it tell me what you think. Moon is smaller and the starfield has been updated.

EDIT: K well there it is Final! If you like it use it for the menu!



This post has been edited by Monarky2000 on Jan 14 2010, 06:04 AM

Hmm, very nice. That's pretty cool looking.


The starry background above the planet is really well done. Same with the part just a little to the left. Farther to the left looked a bit spray paint like a first. It seems like a line of constant thickness snaking through there, almost like someone dragging the mouse with a spray paint tool. Except, nicer looking, and more (subtly) multicolored. Definately an above average job on the stars.

The texture on the smaller planet is also done quite nicely. It looks sort of photographic like. Seems oddly close to the other planet though, like they're going to crash into each other. Come to think of it, that's a pretty big looking moon. Well, I suppose extinction level events are kind of the theme of the Outpost series.

The planet in the front looks somewhat New Terra like. I would perhaps have expected a bit of polar ice though. There are some ice tiles for the polar regions in Outpost 2 after all. Unless that's what's in the center? Hey, if it's space, why not rotate the view. But then, I guess it wouldn't match up with the angle of the sunlight to really be where ice would form. The bottom left looks unusually plain. It seems like there should be more features or roughness there, or something. Actually, it seems a bit odd that most of the planetary features seem to appear in a circular region about what's probably on the equator.


How did you make that image? (Image software package?)
What sort of texturing technique did you use?
How were the stars generated?

Just photoshop You can look on Deviantart.com To see some of the other stuff i have done. I figured this would be much better then the one in the game now lol.

Yeah and the stars i might fix them too. But i did them in photoshop too. Nothing was generated.

This post has been edited by Monarky2000 on Jan 14 2010, 03:52 AM

I kind of like the varied density for the stars. If you look closely at pictures taken above the Earth's atmosphere, globular clusters are there. And they look pretty close to that.

My 1 criticism is I don't care much for the glow around New Terra. I like the idea, but to me that seems like the rushed part of the picture.

Awesome render

Thanks man.

Hmm, you've edited to add a twinkle like effect to a few stars. My first thought was you'd need to be looking through an atmosphere with disturbances in it to get that sort of effect. Of course, that's more of a shimmer. Maybe this is more like lense flare. It's neat, but I'm still trying to make up my mind if it's believable.

Well I like it I think it would make a much better main menu then the one thats on there now.

Hey, I know I haven't been active much but there is a lot of other things going on right now not many lines of code written but a few... I really like it, and it do look better. However the one that is there now was meant to be more living and add to the whole outpost 3d thing.

If giving the main menu scenery more time one cold make it much more like this and still be in 3d, if only there was the time... will add it and see how it works.

Also really like the logo in the corner.

Well let me know if you need a certain size umm.. yeah well i thought this looked 3d. maybe i will look at the one thats in there again

It does, but looking 3D isn't quite the same as actually being 3D.

It does, but looking 3D isn't quite the same as actually being 3D.

All pictures "look" 3d

very untrue, nothing 3D looking about a stick figure

They're 3d if you have proper lighting/shadows. That, or if you have an obvious fore/back ground.

...nothing 3D about a 0th dimension dot

I really enjoy the image. Really good work. One thing though, the "Eden Insignia" in the logo is backwards. Not sure if that was intentional or not.

*Loads up Outpost 2*

Wow, you're right. I never noticed that.

the image dose not show
sorry bout spelling
edit: yes i know it is dead. just where is the image

This post has been edited by evecolonycamander on May 19 2010, 06:40 AM

well...I wouldn't say backwards...just rotated 1/4 turn clockwise, heh

image is in the top post still.

oh now it shows... lol

Is it backwards?! wow i must of rotated it too far with out realizing it so is there anything you need me to do to help you get it on the main screen if you want to use it.

Mind if I use this for a little project I've been working on? I was just playing around at first, but it looks so good and now I want to keep it.

that looks very good you used Microsoft paint didn't you sirbomber

Nope. I used a resource editor to replace the image in op2shres.dll.

cool

This post has been edited by evecolonycamander on Jun 9 2010, 06:48 AM