Registered: Feb 2001
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Ok so whats special about these pictures people









its just something more we've figured out how to recreate, it will help us create a better atmosphere for the game.

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after seeing the first pic I thought you guys did hyperspace...

now I'm lost....but they look sweet....and the lighting looks amazing....

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aaaaaaah, ambient light! sweet!!! that SERIOUSLY upgrades the graphics of the game... that was what seperated it from new age 3D games I think... the lighting was a bit too simple

amazing... you guys are pioneers

(p.s sorry for the spam )

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Oh yeah....who figured it out? Oh Yeah!

Probably -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 is too dark. Probably putting one of those categories into the 0.1 or 0.2 area is a good idea....otherwise all detail is lost and its just too dark. But definately moody.

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how do you do that?

i wanna have FS2 like that all the time...

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Amazing work.....

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:very cool:

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Registered: May 2001
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Truly great work guys!

How did you do it?

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Excellent.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Kaboom
Truly great work guys!

How did you do it?

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its actually very very easy to do

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Groovee...

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I saw ambient lighting in the main FreeSpace 2 campaign.. didn't you?

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yes.. why ppl here are so surprised about the new efects?

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I'm not surprised...

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it is nice ..that is a B5 scarring atmosphere

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ambient lighting was in Freespace.... THESE PICTURES LACK AMBIENT Lighting and thats what makes them cool!

ambient lighting makes it seem like day-time, while in space, it should be very dark and shady... lowering ambient lighting or removing it, results in these dramatic atmospheres.

and no this hasnt been done before.

sweet work guys.

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I like it!
I also REALLY want to know more about that "Jumpgate Online" thing there...

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I applied a very deep blue setting that CptWhite has done up for the team to The Battle of the Line and it changes the mission alot. Light placement is always crucial (in this case, one sun). With a deep blue playing across the sides of the ships (note: a very deep almost black here) it gives the dark sides of the ships a very moody feel to them. More cinematic even.

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quote:

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Originally posted by A2597
I also REALLY want to know more about that "Jumpgate Online" thing there...

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I tested it and... how I can say it... atmosphere improved a lot!
It was a bit too dark sometimes, Ice should have already changed few settings...

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