Oolite Bulletins

Greetings, Commanders. I'd like to showcase the very first screenshots from my WIP <classified>.oxp, featuring the mind-blowing texturing creativity of Smivs.

Presenting.. the Katapatan



and yes, the running-lights cycle around the ship.. it looks quite squid-like in action.


An earlier shot, before the side-lights on the body were added.

Wow! Looking great!

Top view.

Very nice! ...so... are there any chances of a routine to cause the intensity of the ship colour to gently fade and rebrighten - to enhance the organic feel of the ship, and make it appear alive - as if it were 'breathing', or had a organ pumping fluid around it...?

A leaf texture, looking like veins. Very clever. Very horrible and alien, too. What a leap forward in texturing. Well done, all.


The pulsing effect could also be a dark patch on the wing / wings that slowly expands and contracts. Like a beating heart(s).

Selezen wrote:

That would be lovely...

One is here....http://www.daftworks.co.uk/oomages/murp ... fdodo2.png

The other was to big to upload there so is here......http://postimage.org/image/9q23azioj/

@ Smivs - I reckon this might the moment to learn some shaders - if you could impart a 'pulsing' effect to those veins that ship would look even more amazing. - urgh - Ninja'd

Capt. Murphy wrote:

@ Smivs - I reckon this might the moment to learn some shaders...

Ha, yes, one day I will, but I'll need a shadery computer first

Smivs wrote:

I'll need a shadery computer first

Is it still illegal to sell ones children into slavery?

Could you make the veins glow with an emission_map? If so it may be doable to vary the glow colour (emission_modulate_color) via script to simulate pulsing. It could pulse very slowly normally, and more rapidly in combat. Not sure how effective it would look in practise, but might be worth a try?

I don't know if this pulsating texture would be possible but it would really bring to life, pardon the pun, the organic feel of these ships.

It sounds like a fantastic idea.

Just thought that I'd post a screenshot of an encounter between a Slave ship and a Katapatan in the Larais system.

Shipbuilder wrote:

I don't know if this pulsating texture would be possible but it would really bring to life, pardon the pun, the organic feel of these ships.

It sounds like a fantastic idea.

Look at Griff's Thargoid Motherships using his Alternate Fresnel Shader. Looks like the mothership in Close Encounters.

This is the next one for Dizzie's OXP. Meet the 'Matapang'.

Smivs wrote:

This is the next one for Dizzie's OXP. Meet the 'Matapang'.

That green skin looks as though it would flinch if hit. <shudder>

looks awesome! Lovely Flash Gordon style vibe coming off it