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Ad Astra

By Ad Astra,
Posted on: 2008-12-16 01:40 in Base Construction

 

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Never claimed I didn't

 

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I have seen Dremster's plasma tubes, and they are by far one of the most unique items I have ever seen. Very awesome.

 

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Ok. So while I was putzing around with my pond I stuck a arcane floor pattern under my slow field and it stripped away all but the light effect and it came out like a coolin magical vortex...

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/o...icalvortex.jpg

The pattern is really neat under the "water" effect.

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That is *interesting*...I may try that just for the heck of it

 

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I'll be putting words in the other poster's mouth, but...looks like two crates from the Tech section (at least two, there might be a third that I can't see hidden down below), the torches that were mentioned, and four of the glass supergroup logos, artfully arranged. Trying to figger out how other people did this stuff is fun!

 

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THose are torches in the middle? Is seeing them thru the glass causing the flame to disappear and resulting in that effect?

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At a guess, I would say yes. Transparent items in-game tend to neuter particle effects, and some other effects...sometimes with amusing results, for awhile there my female characters who wore skirts could sit down in watery areas and suddenly be skirtless...while I haven't seen the transparencies removing the particle 'flames', I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised. I've noticed some other particle effects disappear when looked at through the glass logos. Looks to me like the light is staying, while the flames themselves are just showing up as a yellow glow. From the picture at least.

 

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Yup, After I saw this I tried it with some differnt light sources, its a really neat effect. Play around with it. Then POST PICS MOAR PICS!! hee hee hee.

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Jackrabbit is right the SG glass hides the torch flame but when the torches are close enough to the glass a few particles manage to escape to make a cool effect

also the more torches you stack on top of each other the more intense the orange glow inside

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Ok so I want to make some of those glass tubes that people are always putting prisoners in in comics.

Prisoner Tube
It needs work, so if anyone has any suggestions on how to make it look cooler I'm all ears.

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That's pretty cool, Eva!

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I like it. Improvements, hm...more light for it would be my first thought. Are those tubes thick enough to conceal the smaller of the floor lamps? If not, hiding some torches inside could possibly work (I think a white glow instead of a yellow one would be better, but not sure how to get that unfortunately). At least that's kinda how I envision a 'prisoner tube' is with barriers made of light, perhaps a legacy of too much Star Trek...

Wonder if there'd be a way to employ Jacob's Ladders in there somehow, without it looking *too* much like they're tacked on...seems like the sparks coursing up and down would be an ideal feature.

 

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well. nothing as complex as a theater. or cool as a car. but I did make this flaming crystal ball

 

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that skull looks cool nice work

 

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hey base builders, check this out!!!

 

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Uh, she writes the base column for the City Scoop, brainiac. I'm pretty sure nobody is going to complain.

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hey base builders, check this out!!!

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hey base builders, check this out!!!

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hmm, off topic ?? uhh not really, this is a base construction thread, my articles cover the completion of those constructions, so I am fairly sure this is on topic. However if this is bothering peope I can remove the prior post. . .

up to you guy/gals