johnl3d Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I never played with the materials like evironmental map so I decide to try it with a tga i had played with in PS. I created a planet which looked good until I "flew" toward it. I'll post the project on my site if anyones interested because its too big for the forum because of the tga aplanetdecal.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Joseph Design Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Why not use a projection map instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 Was just playing with parts of AM I didn't try before just thought the effect was worth sharing yes the projection map works here's a trail with out the atmosphere in the other attempt and a smaller map eplanetdecal.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgaylord Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 John, that was the view as you exited the wormhole...it's caused by the immense gravitational gradients... This has got to be one of your most elegant mistakes! May not have been what you intended, but visually it is really cool! I'd call it a happy accident. It would be interesting to figure out how to do this sort of thing on purpose. I love your experiments. Bill Gaylord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 thanks bill ..yes sometimes trying things can produce interesting results project files here http://johnl.inform.net/pages/mapmaterial.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Joseph Design Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I just realized a good use of such an effect: the sun. Since is equator rotates faster than its polls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaryin Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hey John, I use proj maps all the time. THey work great for lots of situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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