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Hey guys,
So I've been getting into making planet textures for sins (on the normal planet model, not the optimized one). Since I don't know alot about modding, like adding them on new planets, changing atmosphere color, etc.. I'll leave them here for anyone who likes them.
I'll be uploading some more if any of you guys are interested, also, tell me what you think, currently only have 2 textures "ready"
As I said I only made some textures, if you know how to mod planets I'm sure you can change to aura/atmosphere to a more fitting to the texture
So a short sumary:
The textures use the normal mesh.Best to use with other planet glows/atmospheres.No DA.Free to use in any mod, just credit me if you like.
Edit: (01/16/2012)
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/progress-forest-desert-oceanic-rock-and-ice-planets-done/
Edit (01/06/2012)
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/progress-sol-system/
EDIT (01/03/2012)
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/mod-progress/
EDIT (12/28/2011):
Update!
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/additional-planets-mod/
EDIT (12/21/2011):
New texture, Red Planet + Lush Planet II + 2 new Gas Giants (this is the last update for today)
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/preview-red-planet/
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/preview-lush-planet-ii/
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/preview-gas-giants-ii/
Cleaned up thread a bit, going to make better images for first post when I get home.
EDIT (12/07/2011):
From now on I'll post my updates as links to my blog:
http://axeldude3.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/preview-2-new-textures/
Today, 2 new textures I've done yesterday, these will be included in pack II.
Don't forget to check my blog for further progress, feel free to comment too so I get some feedback!
Thanks!
EDIT (12/05/2011):
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GPH6T78U
This is the download link for the textures I already made, more tba next up I'll try some more planets that are not as habitable.
Feedback would be nice, thanks!
wouldn't most gas and seriously inhospitable planets have either aerial colony pods or domed enclosures? I think it'd not be too much to have artificial gravity systems to keep gravity normal.
Not necessarily...a planet with more mass but a larger radius could end up having the same gravity as Earth...
A planet that has twice the radius of earth would need to have 4 times the mass (or half the density) of earth in order to yield the same gravity...
AxelDude, when you have a final version let me know and I'll update the Directory of Planet Mods...nice work!
Really Love your Work ! I added them to Distant stars. ( I think ) But how can I put your new planets into GalaxyForge to use them. Please keep it as simple as you can.
If you've added the planets to your "GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef", you can just copy that file to your GalaxyForge folder and replace the existing one
I noticed the 'I think'. Did you run it on top of DS or did you overlay files in the DS folder?
Was planning on doing this in a more official capacity once he was done working on them, and if I could coerce him into doing celestial bodies as well that way we don't have a bunch of awesome looking planets mixed in with some meh okay looking ones.
Thought we already utilized Celestial Bodies? Hmm... funny that
We do, that's why they need to be done before the new textures can be put in. Otherwise you end up with some really good looking original and sins plus planets and the meh okay looking celestial bodies planets. I personally don't want that.
I Love the Distant Stars Mod !! I can't play sins without it ! To Borring ! I just love the pretty Planets and want more Please !
Stant, reread what you said and realized I misunderstood. Yes, it would be nice to have a whole run of better models. And we love the support, FriendlyWarrior. The pretty planets would be a nice addition to the mod. Hopefully we can see Axel giving it some consideration as Rebellion approaches.
Axel, I love your guitar work, but we love the planets more!
I'm planning in adding the celestial bodies too, but I haven't changed the textures except for the gas giants, to reduce file size and Titan, the Titan texture was way to blurry.. think by the end of this day all the Sol system planets/moons will be done and I can begin adding the new planets
Nice, thanks brother.
Danke!
update
EDIT: Slideshow on my blog, rest of the planets look more or less the same. Some of you might not like the Venus and Titan texture because it's too plain, I've made them look like:
Titan:
Venus:
I can not complain because they actually look accurate to images I've had to work with. Plain is good if it's true.
Will upload screenshots when I'm home!
EDIT:
got a small problem, when editing the .entity files, I've set 'ringsChance 1.000000', this should always show up planet rings, right? Because in my case it doesn't.. Using a larger mesh than the vanilla. Can someone help me fix this?
Awesome.
I seem to remember seeing rings on big planets in Novus Universum, but then he may have simply adjusted the rings to compensate. Does it work all the time on regular planets?
lol stupid that I didn't think of that, gotta try that..
I've got a new texture (courtesey of Celestia Motherload), It's a bit undetailed though, the Ice regions are plain white that don't have any details, gonna try to put some into it later on
Feedback would be nice..
BTW gas giants have been added: I'll be adding about 4 more totaling about 10 gas giants + 4 sol system gas planets + 2 standard ones. That's alot of gas planets!
Still kind of cool to have an "almost" terran planet.
Yeah! Are they all going to be any different from each other stat wise, considering you can only have 5 or 6 different textures per planet entity?
Any chance for a starfield?
What? White dots aren't good enough? Aside from the fact the starfield is just an absolute mess when it's put into the game, you're actually much better off making new skyboxes. Those at least show up in a rational fashion.
Starfield with lines added:
Lined Starfield in game:
Can't really make anything good looking out of that butcher job...
How about the interspace web created by the Tholians?
Hey AxelDude...is there a download on your blog that goes to your earlier work? (The one with just forest, oceanic, etc. textures)
Or was this incorporated into the Sol or Core mod?
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