Stars on the water - Page 2

Kpt. Lehmann · 11-09-08, 02:04 PM

Even on the the surface of the water on its most glassy night, the water is ALWAYS in motion enough to destroy the reflection of the stars.

Adding the reflection of the stars on the water would not be very realistic at all.

Philipp_Thomsen · 11-09-08, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann

Even on the the surface of the water on its most glassy night, the water is ALWAYS in motion enough to destroy the reflection of the stars.

Adding the reflection of the stars on the water would not be very realistic at all.

Yeah...

I wasn't thinking about that when it came to my mind.

Now that I am, you're right. Makes no sense.

Thanks!

anzacmick · 11-10-08, 02:00 AM

ud be hard pressed getting a indoor pond to reflect stars:rotfl:

flakmonkey · 11-10-08, 04:58 AM

The stars are objects, well sort of anyway.
Each one is just a poly plane with a texture of a single star in the same way the moon/sun are poly planes with textures applied, I think the actual model file is in scene.dat somewhere as i extracted it once just to see what it was.
Unfortunatly the positions and properties of the starfield geometry seem to be hidden or at least not accessable to modding.

11-09-08, 02:04 PM	#16
Kpt. Lehmann GWX Project Director Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 6,875 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Even on the the surface of the water on its most glassy night, the water is ALWAYS in motion enough to destroy the reflection of the stars. Adding the reflection of the stars on the water would not be very realistic at all. __________________ www.thegreywolves.com All you need is good men. - Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock Last edited by Kpt. Lehmann; 11-09-08 at 02:05 PM.

11-10-08, 04:58 AM	#19
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	The stars are objects, well sort of anyway. Each one is just a poly plane with a texture of a single star in the same way the moon/sun are poly planes with textures applied, I think the actual model file is in scene.dat somewhere as i extracted it once just to see what it was. Unfortunatly the positions and properties of the starfield geometry seem to be hidden or at least not accessable to modding. __________________

11-10-08, 02:00 AM	#18
anzacmick Helmsman Join Date: May 2003 Location: australia Posts: 101 Downloads: 134 Uploads: 0	ud be hard pressed getting a indoor pond to reflect stars:rotfl: