Home World Forum
Stars! AutoHost web forums

Jump to Stars! AutoHost


 
 
Home » Stars! Clones, Extensions, Modding » FreeStars » 3D tool
3D tool Tue, 30 January 2007 14:24 Go to next message
Neo the White is currently offline Neo the White

 
Master Chief Petty Officer

Messages: 96
Registered: December 2006


Here's the tool that I think was used by the makers of the Stars

http://www.povray.org/

the same looking planets can be made with this one as they are in stars.

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Sun, 21 October 2007 10:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Xeander is currently offline Xeander

 
Crewman 3rd Class

Messages: 8
Registered: October 2007
Location: Spokane WA

If memory serves me correctly
the graphics in Stars! was done using CorelDraw

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Tue, 06 November 2007 06:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
Commander

Messages: 2765
Registered: October 2004
Location: Third star to the left
It would be nice if we could see some new "planet icons" crafted with whatever tools and ready to be used by Freestars or any of the other clones... Cool


So many Stars, so few Missiles!

In space no one can hear you scheme! Deal

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Mon, 24 December 2007 19:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ekolis is currently offline ekolis

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stars! Nova developer
Stars! Nova developer

Messages: 51
Registered: May 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

I don't think the license for the SE5 Multimedia Pack mod for Space Empires V prevents you from using the graphics in games other than Space Empires V... here, have a look - it's got lots of planets, among other things! Smile

http://mm.spaceempires.net/index.php



Mr. Flibble says...
Game over, boys!

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Wed, 26 December 2007 06:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
Commander

Messages: 2765
Registered: October 2004
Location: Third star to the left
ekolis wrote on Tue, 25 December 2007 01:37

I don't think the license for the SE5 Multimedia Pack mod for Space Empires V prevents you from using the graphics in games other than Space Empires V... here, have a look - it's got lots of planets, among other things! Smile

http://mm.spaceempires.net/index.php


Looks nice! The gadgets are cool! Cool

But planets seem to be reduced to just a few textures. I take it SE5 renders those on the fly to display the actual 3D-ish balls? Sherlock

Last but not least, their License clearly states the artwork is for building SE mods. Confused



So many Stars, so few Missiles!

In space no one can hear you scheme! Deal

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Wed, 26 December 2007 22:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ekolis is currently offline ekolis

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stars! Nova developer
Stars! Nova developer

Messages: 51
Registered: May 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

Aren't there renders of at least some of the textures on planets? I could have sworn there were...

The license does say that you are free to use the images for SE5 mods, but it doesn't say that you *can't* use them for other purposes, just that you have to provide proper attribution when you do use them... if you want to make sure, you can email admin at spaceempires.net, or I can ask him for you - we're in regular contact through the SE community Wink



Mr. Flibble says...
Game over, boys!

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Thu, 27 December 2007 12:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ekolis is currently offline ekolis

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stars! Nova developer
Stars! Nova developer

Messages: 51
Registered: May 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

I asked Fyron (the admin at SpaceEmpires.net) and here's what he said:

Quote:


The license explicitly states that "you are free to use the work in Space Empires (tm) mods." It doesn't grant the right to use them arbitrarily, just in SE mods.

Its not like we are opposed to sharing the images elsewhere or anything, but it wasn't really the goal of the project and would seem to be technically forbidden (albeit slightly implicitly). I can't speak for all the contributors and grant rights to people to use the images for other games. Nothing stops one from contacting the author(s) of particular image sets and requesting permission to use them elsewhere, though.



So basically if you want to use anything from the multimedia pack, ask whoever contributed it - they shouldn't be hard to contact, seeing as one of the requirements for submission to the pack is that you provide credit information! Smile



Mr. Flibble says...
Game over, boys!

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Thu, 27 December 2007 18:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
m.a@stars is currently offline m.a@stars

 
Commander

Messages: 2765
Registered: October 2004
Location: Third star to the left
ekolis wrote on Thu, 27 December 2007 04:32

Aren't there renders of at least some of the textures on planets? I could have sworn there were...

I found some here: http://imagemod.spaceempires.net/preview.php Cool



So many Stars, so few Missiles!

In space no one can hear you scheme! Deal

Report message to a moderator

Re: 3D tool Fri, 28 December 2007 09:07 Go to previous message
ekolis is currently offline ekolis

 
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stars! Nova developer
Stars! Nova developer

Messages: 51
Registered: May 2006
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA

Those are from the SE4 image mod, so they're not actually renders of the textures of the SE5 multimedia pack. But yeah, ask whoever made those Wink


Mr. Flibble says...
Game over, boys!

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic: Efficient Algorithm for Scanning planets/fleets/etc.
Next Topic: Another Stars!-inspired game: Cosmic Crises
Goto Forum:
  


Current Time: Fri Mar 29 05:02:39 EDT 2024