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Hi
Good start, never saw Discovery orbiting around Earth, now we can :)
There is something wrong with atmosphere at the horizon: this edge
Is it your media density or cloud layer? I can't say but I suspect clouds
BTW I'd rather see a more dense atmospere
CU
Marc

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Perhaps Jupiter would be more appropriate for the proposed subject. :-)

Nice work for a WIP, but some media on the atmosphere and better 
texturing and lighting would definitely help.

I'd definitely like to see your progress on this.

Timothy R. Cook wrote:
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Wolfox wrote:
> Perhaps Jupiter would be more appropriate for the proposed subject. :-)

It's Earth because I wanted to show off the 21600 x 10800 image map
of Earth I've got.

> Nice work for a WIP, but some media on the atmosphere and better 
> texturing and lighting would definitely help.

The atmosphere has two parts, a media-filled sphere that's the
blue glow, and a media-filled sphere with a cloud texture that's
the clouds, which I heavily altered to make the surface more
visible.  See comment above.  The Discovery and EVA pod are
just there to add interest; the real focus I haven't planned
a design for the overall ship yet.

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"Timothy R. Cook" <tim### [at] scifi-fantasycom> wrote in message
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Hey, we have 2002 meanwhile, but early last year I also couldn't resist...

-Ive

P.S. at this time I did own a Pentium 200MHz with 32MB so it took forever to
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Timothy R. Cook wrote:
> Wolfox wrote:
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>> Perhaps Jupiter would be more appropriate for the proposed subject. :-)
> 
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> It's Earth because I wanted to show off the 21600 x 10800 image map
> of Earth I've got.

Yeah, I noticed the detail (Great Lakes and all). Very good texture indeed.

>> Nice work for a WIP, but some media on the atmosphere and better 
>> texturing and lighting would definitely help.
> 
> 
> The atmosphere has two parts, a media-filled sphere that's the
> blue glow, and a media-filled sphere with a cloud texture that's
> the clouds, which I heavily altered to make the surface more
> visible.  See comment above.  The Discovery and EVA pod are
> just there to add interest; the real focus I haven't planned
> a design for the overall ship yet.
> 

Yeah, I noticed the use of media, but if you want to get a more 
realistic look you'll have to insert some randomness on the media, and 
also work on the reflectivity and finish of Earth's surface as seen from 
space. As I said, it shows great promise and I'm sure you'll end up with 
an outstanding image when it's all ready.

If only I had some links for Earth pictures from orbit...

Regards!

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Ahh the Famous Discovery!

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Psychomech wrote:
> Ahh the Famous Discovery!

It was either that or a Cobra Mk. III, but the .raw
file of the Cobra doesn't render properly for some
reason.  I need some ideas for my own ship.

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Wolfox wrote:

> If only I had some links for Earth pictures from orbit...


I found some here:

http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/GT4/10074016.jpg
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/STS64/20163222.jpg
http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/Images/Astrobiology/jpegs/AC91-2008_a.jpeg


Note how thin the atmosphere layer looks, and that there is practically 
no stars visible.

/Ib

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Ive schrieb:
> Hey, we have 2002 meanwhile, ...

I think he was referring to the titel of the film '2001 - A Space 
Odissey'. Just my 2 eurocent.

P.S. Good modelling btw. Maybe the texture it's a bit to white. It's 
hard to see the details...

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