Environment Maps, Aka Skys

MrBatman · December 2002

I've been messing around with Terragen and some other programs lately and having fun. Here's some panoramas a few of the space-themed skyboxes I've made (they are 512x512 but could be easily sized down ...):

<b>Orbit</b>
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/orbit2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

<b>Sinus Magnus</b>
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/graphics/sinus_magnus.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

<b>Binary</b>
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/graphics/binary.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

MrBatman · December 2002

Some more Marscapes:

<b>Valles Marineris</b>
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/graphics/valles_marineris.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

<b>Canalis Marineris</b> (what if Mars had water?)
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/graphics/canalis_marineris.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

<b>Capricorn One</b>
<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/C1_sample.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

Ender1 · December 2002

That would be a cool map for NS, lol.. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

MrBatman · December 2002

I was thinking the same thing myself. Mars of the future, partially terraformed, and the Kharaa invade a terraforming station there ...

ShadmilkMaN · December 2002

gz man, those are some really good terragen renders, the second set of renders are so damn crisp, you got any tips on how to make these mars-type landscapes in terregen?

r3men4nt · December 2002

bat how do you get the renders so crisp man i try to make the renders and all i get is **obscenity** quality i oculd prolly count all the pixels on my render <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'>

Vicious_VP · December 2002

Nice stuff Mr.!

r3men4nt · December 2002

hey batman how do you get your renders such high quality?

Eejoot · December 2002

Nice work.... I have used teragen and know how much effort you have put into them... Stunning!

Eejoot

Elbo · December 2002

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wow.gif'>

nice!
Is something similar also possible with bryce?

Supernorn · December 2002

hey batman, good work...do you take requests? id sure like a underwater skybox <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

MrBatman · January 2003

r3men4nt, are you using the latest version of Terragen?

Milkman: Terragen comes with a surface called Martian Plain and and several Martian atmospheres. I just used a little more haze than normal.

Here's one I did messing around one day with various settings. I call this one Outpost.

<img src='http://home.earthlink.net/~mrbatman/graphics/skys/Outpost.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

r3men4nt · January 2003

Ya i am would i have to register to get full render capability?

AcdFRe · January 2003

Batman...do you think you could make me a sky for my map? plz private message or post on here plz
thank you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

Carbon14 · January 2003

r3men4nt, remember that these images are 50% the size of the skybox ones, this would obviously make them look crisper.

MrBatman · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Carbon14 @ Jan 9 2003, 01:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>r3men4nt, remember that these images are 50% the size of the skybox ones, this would obviously make them look crisper.</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Yes you're correct, Carbon14. And I'm initially rendering them at 960x960, then scaling them back to 512x512 (or up to 1024x1024). So they come out a bit crisper that way than if you render them at 512x512 to start with. At least they do for me.

Carbon14 · January 2003

Don't you mean scaled back to 256x256, I have never come across any skyboxes with sides 512x512.

Hey either you know how to make skyboxes with 200X more detail than current ones, or you have a lot of rescaling to do <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'>

KeksImperium · January 2003

awsome man!

i love the outpost thing <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

can i use it for a map?

MrBatman · January 2003

256x256 = Half-Life size
512x512 = Quake3, 3DNA Lo-res
1024x1024 = 3DNA Hi-res

Carbon14 · January 2003

Ah, ok.

I made this one sort of like your outpost one, what do you think?

Cyborgguineapig · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Carbon14 @ Jan 11 2003, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Ah, ok.

I made this one sort of like your outpost one, what do you think?</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
You's winzor! But hey Mr Batman, yours are also good.

DooM_Space_Marine · January 2003

Hmmm... Could you try and make a snowy/icy world one while you're at it? Just to give you a.. eh, challenge. =)

Carbon14 · January 2003

A chalenge eh, this one is really good.

the planet your on has a ring around it like Saturn (which you can only just see in the pic), and ther is a crescent moon above you.

DooM_Space_Marine · January 2003

Wow, nice work <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'> Got a downloadable version for in-game/mapping? I'll probably (well, I WILL) use it once I get my damned map done <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'> By the way, it's my favorite one yet.

Carbon14 · January 2003

The file is a tad oversize, I will have to email it to you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'>

DooM_Space_Marine · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Carbon14 @ Jan 13 2003, 07:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>The file is a tad oversize, I will have to email it to you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Thanks in advance =) Dum dum dum..

KeksImperium · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Carbon14 @ Jan 13 2003, 07:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>The file is a tad oversize, I will have to email it to you <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
can you mail it to me too? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

quazilin · January 2003

Whoa pretty nice skies, how do you make them? with 3dsmax or something?
I would love to use that "Valles Marineris" on my map maybe... if it is possible =)

MrBatman · January 2003

Nice, Carbon14.

I use Terragen. Would like to get Bryce though. And I can size down some of the skies for people that want to use them (soon as I get some time...)

quazilin · January 2003

Whoa you can make those with terragen? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'> I have it, maybe i have to learn it better.

OttoDestruct · January 2003

Are there any resource pages for terragen with tips / trick / tutorials ? I suck with it =P

Environment Maps, Aka Skys

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