From earth to space
by Ian Roach · in Torque Game Engine · 12/13/2001 (12:22 am) · 3 replies
Heya all.
I was recently going over some ideas i could try and i came up with one of leaving earth and entering space (with no load times)
The way i believe this could work is i was thinking of doing sumthing like having a 12km by 12km world (or infintely large since the engine supports terrain mirroring) for example which u can fly into space from
the way it works is the higher in altitude u get the more data gets streamed in so it looks like ure going from land thru the atmosphere into space once in space all u see of the planet u just left is a 3d sphere for example.
but no matter where u enter that sphere from it will always take u to the 12km square peice of land this way by having say 8 terrains u can have 8 planets in between would be just space e.t.c , so u could literally have space battles going whilst ppl are fighting on the ground
Can such a thing be done ?
how can i get around skyboxes e.t.c
and how do i do a space map minus all the terrain (just planet objects.
Would this require a major code overhaul ?
I was recently going over some ideas i could try and i came up with one of leaving earth and entering space (with no load times)
The way i believe this could work is i was thinking of doing sumthing like having a 12km by 12km world (or infintely large since the engine supports terrain mirroring) for example which u can fly into space from
the way it works is the higher in altitude u get the more data gets streamed in so it looks like ure going from land thru the atmosphere into space once in space all u see of the planet u just left is a 3d sphere for example.
but no matter where u enter that sphere from it will always take u to the 12km square peice of land this way by having say 8 terrains u can have 8 planets in between would be just space e.t.c , so u could literally have space battles going whilst ppl are fighting on the ground
Can such a thing be done ?
how can i get around skyboxes e.t.c
and how do i do a space map minus all the terrain (just planet objects.
Would this require a major code overhaul ?
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#2
12/21/2001 (6:43 am)
i dont think you'll be able to get far far far and get to see a round planet.... i think that's not possible, but it is possible to make space yes... just remove the terrain, and u have empty space...
#3
don't know how to do this yet but i will try!if anyoen could help with this it would be much appreciated help!
12/21/2001 (3:18 pm)
I think i spoke to you on this exodus, i don't really care about the planet going in or out but as i coudlld use loading on this, my solution to display planets is to make a sphere skin it position it maybe something similar to a sky box as you reach a certain place you could put an animation of the ship going or entering the atmosphere and then it woul load the planet terrain!don't know how to do this yet but i will try!if anyoen could help with this it would be much appreciated help!
Torque Owner Hugo Queiriga
please can you help us out!