Call for help: art for space terrains

[pepper2000]

Hi all,

Before I can proceed much farther in integrating material from the space colonization mod into the main C2C mod, we need adequate artwork for space terrains and features. I have some throwaway art now but need something better. Can anyone design some space terrains, or alternately, is there another mod from which we can take them?

 

[Hydromancerx]

What all needs to be done? That might help.

 

[raxo2222]

Final Frontier may have some space textures: https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/civ4-final-frontier-plus.387/

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

C2C has pillaged reused art from most other mods that allow it. Most of our existing space terrains are from Final Frontier if I remember correctly.

 

[pepper2000]

Sorry I forgot about this. Here's the list of map objects that need artwork. In some cases art can be recycled from existing terrains. It's a lot, I know.

Terrains
- Mercury
- Venus (maybe multiple terrains)
- Asteroid surface
- Jupiter
- Io
- Ganymede
- Europa
- Callisto
- Saturn
- Titan
- Enceladus
- Lava Ocean
- Methane Ocean
- Subsurface Ocean (outer solar system moons, most notably Europa)
- Uranus
- Umbriel
- Neptune
- Triton
- Kuiper Belt Object
- Inner Solar System
- Outer Solar System
- Transneptunian Space
- Transtellar Space
- Red Dwarf
- Sun-like Star
- Red Giant
- Orion Arm
- Milky Way
- Neutron Star
- Nebula
- Star Cluster
- Galactic Core
- Local Group
- Virgo Supercluster
- Observable Universe
- Galactic Void
- Distance Cosmos (beyond the cosmic horizon)
- Hyperspace
- Distant Past
- Distant Future
- Branespace
- Green Moon
- Green Mars
- Others?

Features
- Oort Cloud
- Sednoid
- Blue Dwarf
- Blue Supergiant
- Brown Dwarf
- Carbon Planet
- Chthonian Planet
- Desert Planet
- Dwarf Galaxy
- Galaxy
- Hot Jupiter
- Mini Neptune
- Planetary Ring (e.g. for Saturn)
- Quasar
- Rogue Planet
- Small Moon (outer solar system, moons not covered by the above terrains)
- Super Earth
- White Dwarf
- Water Planet
- Supermassive Black Hole

Improvements
- Martian Mine
- Martian Farm (outdoors)
- Space Solar Array
- Space Solar Concentrator
- Asteroid Mine
- Solar Trading Post
- Trading Planet
- Supernova Mine
- Dyson Sphere
- Terraformed Planet
- Biotic Galaxy
- Helioformed Brown Dwarf (converted into a fusion-powered star)
- Habitat Expansion (cislunar colonies)
- Satellite Space Station
- Interstellar Colony
- Intergalactic Colony
- Parallel Universe
- Time Manifold
- Cislunar Military Base
- Deep Space Military Base
- Interstellar Base
- Intergalactic Base
- Hyperspace Bunker

 

[Faustmouse]

As planets are seperated by space, I think (for starters) you can just copy earth terrains:
Saturn looks like dunes, neptune can be tropical coast, venus looks a bit like desert, Saturns and Jupiters moons can use differnt lunar terrains etc. It's not perfect, but good enough, in terms that these terrains would be clearly distinguishable.

 

[pepper2000]

As planets are seperated by space, I think (for starters) you can just copy earth terrains:

I might do that. Right now all space terrains are the same as terrains that already existed, except sometimes with palette swaps. I'm inclined to add the terrains, features, and improvements as they are, despite the fact that some will have very odd appearances, so I can move ahead with adding the rest of the space content.

Opinions?

 

[Faustmouse]

I'm all in for it! Getting these playtested is much more important imo than having them look good right from the beginning. "Looking ok" is enough at first.

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

There is a graphics thread which has a lot of terrains in it 200 at least. Some would be useful for "hot" terrains with molten rock and stuff. I did look at a couple for the snow terrains. here

 

[raxo2222]

@pepper2000 Do you know Space Engine program? Its free Universe "Simulator" software.
You can make screenshots of every object you need for terrains and features.
This way you don't have to start from ground zero with 2D terrains

 

[Thunderbrd]

@pepper2000 Do you know Space Engine program? Its free Universe "Simulator" software.
You can make screenshots of every object you need for terrains and features.
This way you don't have to start from ground zero with 2D terrains

I'm interested in looking into this. Can you provide a link?

 

[pepper2000]

There is a graphics thread which has a lot of terrains in it 200 at least. Some would be useful for "hot" terrains with molten rock and stuff. I did look at a couple for the snow terrains. here

These looks really nice, and some of them will be good for planets and moons.

@pepper2000 Do you know Space Engine program? Its free Universe "Simulator" software.
You can make screenshots of every object you need for terrains and features.
This way you don't have to start from ground zero with 2D terrains

I was not aware, but it looks awesome.

 

[raxo2222]

I'm interested in looking into this. Can you provide a link?

Here is download
http://spaceengine.org/download/spaceengine

There are also few spaceships too - simplest one allows you to traverse whole solar system in weeks by constantly thrusting, while most advanced one, alien type, allows you to fly to Andromeda in fairly reasonable time of 25 minutes (advanced warp drive good enough for Virgo Cluster Tourism - 300 MLy/day!)
Apparently it has no upper limit - if you accelerate while in warp drive mode you can travel even faster!

 

[Thunderbrd]

Interesting. Thanks for the link!

 

[raxo2222]

@pepper2000 So did you managed to use stuff for terrain/features using program, that I found?

 

[Hydromancerx]

Wasn't there some like terrain megapack that someone made years ago?

EDIT: Here we go ...

Infinite Terrain Pack (Over 200 Terrains)
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/graphics-infinite-terrain-pack.487022/

Preview
http://spiralgraphics.biz/packs/terrain_civilization/index.htm

 

[Dancing Hoskuld]

That was the one I linked to above

 

[Hydromancerx]

Oops! They still look nice though.