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Drafell
Grand Admiral
Mythica
Joined: May 30, 2003
Posts: 2449
From: United Kingdom
|  Posted: 2005-08-11 09:15
I want to make a map of the entire MV. With each system mapped at the same resolution. So I have come up with a cunning plan....
To ensure standardisation for all submissions I have devised a method to ensure all screenies are taking at the same view distance.
Set your game resolution to 1024*768.
Get a scout. Jump to EAXCTLY 12000gu of the systems main star.
Centre the view on the star, and zoom directly over the star , adjusting the map until the centre of your ship icon is halfway off the top of the screen. Once this distance is set you do not want to touch the zoom control.
Take a screeny using alt + t then ctrl click around the map and centre on each point taking screenies of each area while being very carfeul not to adjust the zoom control in any way. Also be careful not to rotate the map or the view angle while doing this. We need direct overhead shots.
Once you have taken these screenies you can convert them to jpg format and upload them to imageshack, posting the thumbnails here. if you want to attempt to complie them into a single map yourself you are welcome to, but we need to make sure that the images arent resized.
Obviously We can make a single map ofr the entire MV, so we need to do this system by system. Just to give an indication or the scale of each map... i am expecting the sol system to be a 5120*5120 or more file on its own. Make sure you have the grid display on and ship icons off while doignt eh screenies, and dont foget to use the numpad to minimize the corner displays.
Thankyou for anyone who wants to help on this. With any luck we will end up with a useable resource for fan projects etc.
Example image:-
[ This Message was edited by: Drafell on 2005-08-11 09:29 ]
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Koda
Marshal
Fatal Squadron
Joined: August 29, 2002
Posts: 1384
| Posted: 2005-08-11 11:33
Why dont we just Hijack a Nuke and Hold it for Ransom like we normally do?
Muaahahhahahahaahahahaa
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Nim *
Chief Marshal
Courageous Elite Commandos
Joined: September 05, 2004
Posts: 295
| Posted: 2005-08-11 12:39
why bother? 
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Griffinhawk
Vice Admiral
Joined: January 20, 2003
Posts: 137
From: Barberton, Ohio
| Posted: 2005-08-11 14:43
because osmeone like me would detonate it in a star...
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