Map: Mars (Bigger Mars:WIP)

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 20 May 2005, 12:10

Download!!! Now http://www.fileuniverse.com/?page=showitem&ID=829

I decided of shoot off into space and give mars a little visit.

here are a few photos I took !!Updated!!

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars0.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars1.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars2.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars3.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars4.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ahayes25/T ... /Mars5.jpg

32x16 is the current size configured for 4 players

needs major tweaking on the metalmap, sky colour and heightscale.
one nice little feature would be sandstorms!

See last Post for Screenshots of Bigger Mars

Shanjaq · Post by **Shanjaq** » 20 May 2005, 12:59

Awesome! is it Epic sized?

mufdvr222 · Post by **mufdvr222** » 20 May 2005, 13:03

Sweet

Thats awesome the third image looks like Terra Meridiani,
did you get that image from the Mars Global Surveyor site, they have a ton of imagery just waiting to become spring maps..

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 20 May 2005, 13:15

I got the heightmap and texture image from this site
http://www.space-graphics.com/index.html

I'm also downloading the earth texture and heightmap for miniearth @ 56k

as for epic size maps the max I can do at the momment is 32x sized maps.
not enough PC power

Delta · Post by **Delta** » 20 May 2005, 13:55

Now we know where the "face of mars" comes from...
Artistic D-gunning

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 20 May 2005, 16:42

COOL, can't wait till this map is done!

Storm · Post by **Storm** » 20 May 2005, 16:43

Nice one.... Although "minimars" doesn't really fit a map of those proportions...

Dragon45 · Post by **Dragon45** » 20 May 2005, 22:48

Texture needs a ton of work in regards to quality/detail/uniformity. Such images of celestial entities are "patchworked" together, so as you can see, there's some very obvious seams along there, as well as the texture resolution and quality being in need of serious retouching. It look alright now, it'll look GREAT once you get those issues fixed.

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 21 May 2005, 01:07

Dragon45 wrote:Texture needs a ton of work in regards to quality/detail/uniformity. Such images of celestial entities are "patchworked" together, so as you can see, there's some very obvious seams along there, as well as the texture resolution and quality being in need of serious retouching. It look alright now, it'll look GREAT once you get those issues fixed.

dragon, I don't think his texture did that. I looks more like a bug that happens on some cards when you zoom way out. It happens on mine. I know it must happen to others.

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 21 May 2005, 01:39

I have a good heightmap for a full earth map sized at 64x32

problem is my pc isn't powerful enough for that sized texture

if anyone wants it give me a yell

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 21 May 2005, 04:51

a note about the texture is that in paint shop pro the mars texture is heaps better than what it looks like in spring so it's getting messed up during compiling.

i'll recompile it with the latest mapconv if it supports 32x16 textures

Edit: just recompiled with the new mapconv and still looks the same as the screenshots

Buggi · Post by **Buggi** » 21 May 2005, 07:39

64x32?

How much memory do you have? I have a gig :-/

I think there's a limitation in mapconv actually as it seems to load 3 copies in memory.

-Buggi

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 21 May 2005, 08:35

I've only got 768meg but I'm planning a serious upgrade in the next few weeks

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 21 May 2005, 12:42

If it does become and epic map the size will be 128x64

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 21 May 2005, 15:31

Heh Heh Heh, I only got 256mb of memory...I need a serious upgrade...memory is pretty cheap now I believe.

TARevenger · Post by **TARevenger** » 23 May 2005, 00:19

I updated the screenshots

modified the map to have a mars feel and adjusted the gravity to what should be mars gravity

is 140 gravity setting in other maps earth gravity?

see first post for links

Buggi · Post by **Buggi** » 23 May 2005, 06:03

TARevenger wrote:If it does become and epic map the size will be 128x64

That'd be an image 65536 x 32768

Photoshop won't let me increase an images dimensions past 30000...

Wow, I pity the poor machine that has to chug through that @@;;

-Buggi

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 23 May 2005, 06:07

I may be missing it but are you going to release this one soon? I am really interested in it.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 23 May 2005, 06:44

I know that much of mars is flat like the map you posted, but it also has some of the most amazing mountain ranges, valleys and volcanos imaginable.

I should hope that further maps on Mars take advantage of this...

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 23 May 2005, 07:15

Heh, yeah, Olympus Mons is pretty tiny there... (it's about the size of France)... at least it's taller than a commander, though... I don't think planetary maps really work at the scale spring can currently handle, it'd probably be best to stick with specific interesting regions for now.

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Map: Mars (Bigger Mars:WIP)

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