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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Supernova:  Is it hot on this planet or is it just me?
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16 Mar 2009, 23:34 |
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sj2290
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Joined: 09 Aug 2008, 07:03 Posts: 23 Location: NY
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well first off let me say sorry for my absence. I know its been a long time since ive been here. College, work, ex-girlfriend, and computer problems have been plauging me for the past few months. I havnt gotten the oportunity to do much but here is what ive manage to produce. I know its not a lot but i will try to make more as soon as i can, that is if you still want me to. I see we have some other contributers now. Pos. Growing conditions  Negative Growing Conditions  New mining methods  New operating protocols  Artificial intelligence  Galactic trade summit  Pos. foreign relations change 
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16 Mar 2009, 23:54 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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Hey Sj, welcome back!  Now we've got two people doing random event images. You guys might want to work together to produce the best images you can. That or work against each other and fight it out. There's nothing like a bit of healthy competition.  I've got one little tiny nitpick though Sj; the images that we've asked for need to be 270x225 pixels (Or a multiple of those dimensions) Your images are 275x255 though. I know it's just 5 pixels off, but it's just a heads up for future images. Otherwise keep up the good work.  I've got some news for you guys as well; Mike told me last night that he's added in a rudimentary random event system to the game. It only allows for one random event at the moment, which has a 1% (Or once per 100 turns) chance of occuring. With any luck though, it won't be long before the game is ready for some "real" randoms - and your images will have real purpose then. 
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17 Mar 2009, 00:52 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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These are more to add to the list Sj I would be happy to work with you, so far I have created about 30 images a lot are not posted due to I’m waiting to hit 40 images to upload to the team. -Val Dishourable Discharge  Scientific Breakthrough  War Games  War Averted  Trade Strike  Splinter Coloies  Civil War 
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17 Mar 2009, 01:01 |
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sj2290
Crewman
Joined: 09 Aug 2008, 07:03 Posts: 23 Location: NY
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id be happy to work with you too. i like some of the images you've created, specifically dishonorable discharge, war games, and trade strike. heres one for a negative foreign relations change 
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17 Mar 2009, 01:05 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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I'd forgotten about updating the first post.  I'll get on it now. You and Sj have duplicated some of the images though, so i'll put them side-by-side and let people choose which one they think is best.
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17 Mar 2009, 01:07 |
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Kenneth_of_Borg
Ship Engineer
Joined: 10 Jul 2006, 01:00 Posts: 5220 Location: Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence!
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Great to have two people working on this. So could we have two images for the same event and just alternate the one that comes up? Does anyone want to make ship models? 
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17 Mar 2009, 01:30 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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I'm not sure if that's possible, Kenneth; i'm sure Mike would add it if we ask though. The problem with it is that doubling up the images increases the filesize of the final game - that's bigger downloads that need more bandwidth, more files that need more memory space on players computers, and more files that need to be loaded by the game so slower performance. ...Other than that though, I say go for it.  I've updated the images in the first post now. Where we've got multiple images, i've put them side-by-side so people can compare. I also centered the images for greater effect.
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17 Mar 2009, 01:35 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Matress_of_evil wrote: I'd forgotten about updating the first post.  I'll get on it now. You and Sj have duplicated some of the images though, so i'll put them side-by-side and let people choose which one they think is best. That works for me...
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17 Mar 2009, 01:36 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Computer Hack: 
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17 Mar 2009, 04:56 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Political Member Assassinated: (image could pobably be used for both +/- moral effect) 
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17 Mar 2009, 15:21 |
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Malvoisin
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 13 Nov 2006, 01:00 Posts: 2323 Location: Germany
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The guy in the picture resembles McCain  . btw. would it be possible to render some if not all images also in higher resolution, just in case a design change is made and the pics should be filling out half or near-half the screen?
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17 Mar 2009, 19:35 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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That's why I said to do the images at a minimum of 270x225 or a multiple of that size, Mal. Supremacy automatically resizes images to fit, but obviously if the game needs to upscale an image, quality will be lost. Thanks for the pic Val, i've added it to the list. 
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17 Mar 2009, 20:34 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Malvoisin wrote: The guy in the picture resembles McCain  . Obama has yet to impress me either; I should consider using his solute also haha  if he fails at his new job at leased I can say "whelp I voted for the other guy" Quote: btw. would it be possible to render some if not all images also in higher resolution, It is possible to do I kept all the PSD files for each of these, I have been considering redoing the background on a few of them because they were not of high quality.
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17 Mar 2009, 23:08 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Officer Exchange: 
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18 Mar 2009, 05:28 |
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Malvoisin
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 13 Nov 2006, 01:00 Posts: 2323 Location: Germany
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would be cool if you could make them available in higher res afterwards. At best in a two-layer psd with the background stuff as one layer and all trek emblems and stuff in the second layer (if possible  ) since then we could use those pics for BotE too if you don't mind  .
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18 Mar 2009, 19:43 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Defector Captured:  Propaganda:  Mal, I went back to see what I could do about the images once I tried to scale at 800x600 with the PSD files they look like "throwup" I would have to create a whole new set of images if you wanted to go any larger than 540x450.
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19 Mar 2009, 21:04 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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I doubt Mal wants the images larger than 540, so don't work on making bigger ones unless he says so Val. That might save you doing some work. Thanks for the latest images, i've added them to the list. 
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20 Mar 2009, 02:30 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Donation: 
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20 Mar 2009, 04:18 |
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Malvoisin
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Joined: 13 Nov 2006, 01:00 Posts: 2323 Location: Germany
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If you created them at 270x225 original resolution then it's fine to leave them that way. Upscaling can also be automatically done by the game's engine but since it's likely to result in throwup images, we would then use the 270 ones and not upscale them. It's just if you did them at a higher res first and then downscaled to 270x225.
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20 Mar 2009, 07:42 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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yeah, sorry they were all created in a 270x225 window. the only one that was made outside of those settings was the very first image I posted. 
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20 Mar 2009, 12:34 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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TerroristsCaptured: 
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20 Mar 2009, 18:36 |
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Zeleni
Aesthetics Surgeon
Joined: 24 Oct 2006, 01:00 Posts: 1349 Location: Croatia
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I like it, very nice indeed. Keep up the good work. 
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20 Mar 2009, 19:18 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Thank you good sir. Severe Setback: 
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20 Mar 2009, 22:22 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Embezzlement: 
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21 Mar 2009, 15:42 |
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Kenneth_of_Borg
Ship Engineer
Joined: 10 Jul 2006, 01:00 Posts: 5220 Location: Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence!
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Yes, the Severe Setback looks like a leap forward in art. Very nice. 
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21 Mar 2009, 17:54 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Conspiracy Uncovered: 
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21 Mar 2009, 19:15 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7801 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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Ooh I LOVE the Conspiracy Uncovered one! The eye of Ra is the perfect conspiracy image...i've been watching Stargate lately. 
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22 Mar 2009, 01:51 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Academy Disaster: 
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22 Mar 2009, 05:13 |
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Valcoren
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Joined: 10 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 309 Location: Florida, USA
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Marshall Law:  Rura Penthe: 
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