Neat tricks! Clip w. elevator, underground stream + bonus :)

[flatline]

Ok, so I've been fooling around too much with the editor, and today I have had some neat success:
This:

Space elevator

*EDIT* Video quality is quite poor but there are lots of stars, be assured...

It is mostly of proof of concept.
Things to do/issues:

Solve the fact that stars only show up at an angle of 45 degrees or more above ground, they are blocked by game entities below a 45 degree angle to the horizon.
Fix a texture for the moon (have one to apply to the particle effect, but no good at doing texture editing)
Improve the particles and light of the "water stream" (lots of room for improvement)
Daylight

And whatever else I have forgotten at the moment.
Oh yeah, I also made alcoves with items that are suspended 100 meter up, among the stars. You can make clouds if you like. And birds, balloons, whatnot.

Just paste this into items.lua or whatever you use. Then you can choose starlight, moonlight and other items. Light settings and spread of stars, distances and so on you can edit in the lua, includig moonnlight shadows, starlight shadows and so forth. (shadows are turned off atm for improved performance)

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defineObject{
name = "moon_alcove",
class = "Alcove",
anchorPos = vec(0, 10, 0),
targetPos = vec(0,10,0),
targetSize = vec(0.6, 0.5, 0.6),
model = "assets/models/env/dungeon_floor_01.fbx",
placement = "floor",
replacesWall = true,
editorIcon = 92,
}

defineObject{
name = "star_alcove",
class = "Alcove",
anchorPos = vec(0, 15, 0),
targetPos = vec(0,15,0),
targetSize = vec(0.6, 0.5, 0.6),
model = "assets/models/env/dungeon_floor_01.fbx",
placement = "floor",
replacesWall = true,
editorIcon = 92,
}

defineObject{
name = "iceflow",
class = "Decoration",
model = "assets/models/swipes/swipe_thrust_right.fbx",
placement = "floor",
replacesFloor = true,
editorIcon = 136,
}


defineObject{
name = "iceroof",
class = "Decoration",
model = "assets/models/swipes/swipe_thrust_right.fbx",
placement = "ceiling",
replacesCeiling = true,
editorIcon = 136,
}

defineObject{
name = "ice_junk_block",
class = "Blockage",
model = "assets/models/swipes/swipe_thrust_left.fbx",
placement = "floor",
repelProjectiles = true,
hitSound = "impact_blade",
editorIcon = 56,
}

defineObject{
name = "icelight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, -0.5, 0),
lightRange = 2,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.1, 0.5),
brightness = 0,
castShadow = true,
particleSystem = "icefog",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}


defineObject{
name = "moonlight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, 20, 0),
lightRange = 1,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.4, 1),
brightness = 100,
castShadow = false,
particleSystem = "moon",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}

defineObject{
name = "highstarlight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, 20, 0),
lightRange = 1,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.4, 1),
brightness = 1000,
castShadow = false,
particleSystem = "stars",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}

defineObject{
name = "starlight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, 18, 0),
lightRange = 1,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.4, 1),
brightness = 1000,
castShadow = false,
particleSystem = "stars",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}

defineObject{
name = "lowstarlight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, 15, 0),
lightRange = 1,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.4, 1),
brightness = 1000,
castShadow = false,
particleSystem = "stars",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}



defineParticleSystem{
name = "icefog",
emitters = {
-- fog
{
emissionRate = 25,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 50,
boxMin = {-1.5,0,-1.5},
boxMax = {1.5,0,1.5},
sprayAngle = {0,360},
velocity = {0.1,0.1},
objectSpace = false,
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {5,10},
colorAnimation = true,
color0 = {0.2, 0.3, 0.5},
color1 = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1},
opacity = 1,
fadeIn = 5,
fadeOut = 10,
size = {1, 3},
gravity = {0,-0.1,0},
airResistance = 10,
rotationSpeed = 0,
blendMode = "Additive",
},

{
emissionRate = 25,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 50,
boxMin = {-1.5,0,-1.5},
boxMax = {1.5,0,1.5},
sprayAngle = {0,360},
velocity = {0.5,1},
objectSpace = false,
texture = "assets/textures/particles/fog.tga",
lifetime = {5,10},
colorAnimation = true,
color0 = {0.2, 0.3, 0.5},
color1 = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1},
opacity = 0.8,
fadeIn = 5,
fadeOut = 10,
size = {1, 3},
gravity = {0,-0.1,0},
airResistance = 10,
rotationSpeed = 2,
blendMode = "Additive",
},


-- glow
{
emissionRate = 5,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 30,
boxMin = {0,0.5,0},
boxMax = {0,0.5,0},
sprayAngle = {0,360},
velocity = {0.2,0.3},
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {3, 7},
colorAnimation = true,
color0 = {0.7, 0.8, 1},
color1 = {0, 0, 0.1},
opacity = 0.1,
fadeIn = 10,
fadeOut = 10,
size = {8, 12},
gravity = {0,0,0},
airResistance = 10,
rotationSpeed = 0.2,
blendMode = "Additive",
}
}
}

defineParticleSystem{
name = "stars",
emitters = {
-- glow
{
emissionRate = 0,
emissionTime = 0,
spawnBurst = true,
maxParticles = 1,
boxMin = {-1,-1,-1},
boxMax = {1,1,1},
sprayAngle = {0,360},
velocity = {0,0},
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {1000000000, 100000000},
colorAnimation = false,
color0 = {0.7, 0.8, 1},
opacity = 0.7,
fadeIn = 0,
fadeOut = 0,
size = {0.05, 0.15},
gravity = {0,0,0},
airResistance = 10,
rotationSpeed = 0,
blendMode = "Additive",
}
}
}

defineParticleSystem{
name = "moon",
emitters = {

-- glow
{
emissionRate = 1,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 1,
boxMin = {0,0,0},
boxMax = {0,0,0},
sprayAngle = {0,0},
velocity = {0,0},
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {1000000000, 100000000},
colorAnimation = false,
color0 = {0.7, 0.8, 1},
opacity = 1,
fadeIn = 0,
fadeOut = 0,
size = {2, 2},
gravity = {0,0,0},
airResistance = 10,
rotationSpeed = 0,
blendMode = "Additive",
}
}
}

defineObject{
name = "waterlight",
class = "LightSource",
lightPosition = vec(0, -1, 0),
lightRange = 2,
lightColor = vec(0.1, 0.1, 0.5),
brightness = 0,
castShadow = true,
particleSystem = "waterfog",
placement = "floor",
editorIcon = 88,
}

defineParticleSystem{
name = "waterfog",
emitters = {
-- fog
{
emissionRate = 25,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 50,
boxMin = {-1.5,0,-1.5},
boxMax = {1.5,0,1.5},
sprayAngle = {0,180},
velocity = {0.2,0.3},
objectSpace = false,
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {5,10},
colorAnimation = false,
color0 = {0.1, 0.1, 0.5},
opacity = 1,
fadeIn = 5,
fadeOut = 5,
size = {1, 3},
gravity = {0,-0.1,0},
airResistance = 1000,
rotationSpeed = 2,
blendMode = "Additive",
},

-- glow
{
emissionRate = 5,
emissionTime = 0,
maxParticles = 30,
boxMin = {-1,-0.2,-1},
boxMax = {1,0.2,1},
sprayAngle = {0,180},
velocity = {0.2,0.3},
texture = "assets/textures/particles/glow.tga",
lifetime = {3, 7},
colorAnimation = false,
color0 = {0.1, 0.1, 0.5},
opacity = 0.5,
fadeIn = 1,
fadeOut = 1,
size = {0.5, 2},
gravity = {0,-0.1,0},
airResistance = 1000,
rotationSpeed = 2,
blendMode = "Additive",
}
}
}

Happy outdoor-dungeon-editing! /Marcus

[Lilltiger]

Neat one, the sky actually do look quite far away

[Batty]

Final proof that alcoves are the answer to everything, wait till Neikun sees this!

That looks like the beginning of a great sci-fi mod. Using the swipe graphic is brilliant! Lots of other applications for the stream, great stuff!

[Neikun]

*smirks*

[HaunterV]

has anyone made glass yet? put glass over the stream to walk on it

[Batty]

I didn't realize until seeing this how ready-made the prison wallset is for sci-fi.

[flatline]

Final proof that alcoves are the answer to everything, wait till Neikun sees this!

That looks like the beginning of a great sci-fi mod. Using the swipe graphic is brilliant! Lots of other applications for the stream, great stuff!

Well, alcoves have nothing to do with the video really... but agreed, they are pretty useful in many other ways!

[flatline]

has anyone made glass yet? put glass over the stream to walk on it

I can fix a sort of convincing glass pane. Right nnow I use trap doors as bridges, looks fine

[Trap]

nice work - love the space elevator btw. ;p

[flatline]

Got really nice rain and snow now as well, and decent daylight with a very nice sun. Fountains made from dragon statues looks pretty neat too. Still some issues with sky texture, would need a blue solid background rather than a glow-based particle-effect for the sky.

Crappy pic: