PlaneShift
Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mordaan on November 30, 2007, 05:40:08 pm
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The Explorers Guild has accumulated a lot of interesting pictures over the years so we decided to start a "Picture of the Week" thread. We take pride in getting to those hard-to-reach and you're-not-supposed-to-get-there places. So a lot of those will be posted but it's not necessarily limited to those. Sometimes we'll just include something interesting we've come across.
Why this section? This thread could go any number of places, including the guild section, but since the screenshots thread is here, it seemed as good a place as any. And I didn't want to hijack that thread as it's huge and I didn't want to bury these there. But if the mods feel differently, I'd understand.
So here we go: this is not the prettiest picture but ................ [drumroll]
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/hydlaa-bridge02-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/hydlaa-bridge02.jpg)
One thing we see is snow + fog + flame spire = a not so good graphic effect
But if you look closely, the poor guy passing by below is getting both scorched AND snowed on. ;D
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Wowzers.
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Mordaan shows up with a goofy top hat and a red coat with long tails.
Ok, for our next act we have an amazing, incredible, high wire act! Yes, walking that tight rope is none other than Maanahr!! *applause*
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/maanahr-tightrope-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/maanahr-tightrope.jpg)
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First picture caption:
"Tragedy strikes as Santa crashes in a fiery blaze. Elves unsure what to do. Dwarves get marshmallows."
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I like them. Keep them up. Novelty is good in pictures and these far surpass the novelty of those in the screenshot thread.
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I have often wondered how people change the size of their character like that, but that shall remain a mystery I suppose. Overall though, having one per week ensures pretty good quality pictures, especially when you have an entire guild working at it.
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I have often wondered how people change the size of their character like that, but that shall remain a mystery I suppose.
It's a matter of zooming your camera. By default, I believe the scroll wheel is used for zooming. You can't zoom with all camera modes though, but I think you can in 3th-person follow or free rotation.
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Incidentally, to zoom out that far you'll need to edit the MaxCameraDistance in PlaneShift/data/options/camera.xml.
In my usual camera-mode, free rotation, I have it set to a kilometer or so.
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How do you do that?
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How do you do that?
I believe you set the distance in your options/camera in game. If that is what you were asking?
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No, about what Manar said. I can't get it to go further than its default.
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Manar is suggesting manual editing of the xml file.
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How? What do you need to change?
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How? What do you need to change?
He just said. Here:
Incidentally, to zoom out that far you'll need to edit the MaxCameraDistance in PlaneShift/data/options/camera.xml.
You have to modify that file so the MaxCameraDistance has a larger maximum value
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Thought he said something else. Thanks.
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Here's Quinidain getting a helping hand from a statue at the arena.
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/quin-arena-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/quin-arena.jpg)
BTW, looks like that poor guy needs a chiropractor after holding up the arena. X-/ ;D
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Great picture... But don't get me started about chiropractic. :P
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lol, how did you get up there?
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Wow. These pictures are Good. New desktop wallpaper Good (Note the capital G). \\o// I really like them! Keep them coming! :)
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Hope you brought your basejumping gear. Or a strong rope at the very least.
*(and I am mightily curious about how one climbs the Arena like that...)
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Nah, that's my bungie jumping spot. I save base jumping for the eagle's head. :D
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Speaking of wallpaper and considering the time of year [OOCly] here's a nice wintery post card type shot of Hydlaa.
Have a great holidays everyone!
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/hydlaa-winter-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/hydlaa-winter.jpg)
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oooh thats such a good picture!! *steals it* :D
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Continuing with the wallpaper theme. This seems to be a severe dusk effect (or some funny night mushrooms).
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/horizon-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/horizon.jpg)
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How many Explorers can you fit on the head of a pin?
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/ojaroad2peak-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/ojaroad2peak.jpg)
Why, as many as show up, of course. :D
Here are some alternate views
one (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/oja2peak-ket-01.jpg) two (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/oja2peak-mor-03.jpg) three (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/oja2peak-mor-01.jpg)
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Nice picture! Too bad i couldn't make it to that meeting. :(
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It seems poor Nilaya has been thrown in jail! Totally innocent, of course. :P ;D
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/nilaya-jail-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/nilaya-jail.jpg)
By the way, who removed the ladder that used to be there? Some of us still hang out there, ya know.
And I didn't notice this until after I posted the pic, but it seems part of the wall has gone missing. :o Gotta love graphical glitches.
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After a long day of exploring, Mordaan is tuckered out!
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/roof-asleep-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/roof-asleep.jpg)
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Heh heh, good one.
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It seems poor Nilaya has been thrown in jail! Totally innocent, of course. :P ;D
I didn't notice this until after I posted the pic, but it seems part of the wall has gone missing. Gotta love graphical glitches.
/me laughs
:P Poor Nilaya! It looks as if she is gazing out at the missing wall just wishing that "Graphical Glitch" would come her way and make an opening for her on the fence that holds her captive.
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Hmm, can you spot the kran in this picture?
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kranspec-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kranspec.jpg)
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Not unless he is the ~three pixels about a centimeter to the right of where the stalactite meets the stalagmite.
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Eh... all you rocks look alike to me...
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Good thing I saw the picture before the link broke. ;) To be honest I am stumped. I looked at it upside down, right side up, through squinted eyes and through eyes wide open and I can't see it. It is bugging me! Where is the Kran!? Please Mordaan, for the love of Laanx, send me a pm showing me so I can get some sleep. :P
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Good eye, bilbous. :D
And it's much easier to see at full resolution.
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I just used my Kran-dar! I figured it had to be on one of those areas of valid land as opposed to cling-on wall slides.
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Hmm, can you spot the kran in this picture?
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kranspec-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kranspec.jpg)
Aka Spot the looney! :)
Btw, i posted 2 pictures to the screenshots thread, in the 61st page. Anyone used to go there?
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Can you hear me now?!
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/tallroof-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/tallroof.jpg)
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Your life would be empty without climbing glitches, wouldn't it? :P
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Explorers challenge!!!
Ok, who has been or can get to this spot? (It is of course the roof of the archway between Hydlaa and East Hydlaa.)
And it's not that hard now, once you know where to begin. And no spoilers please...until next week at least.
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/east-hydlaa-archway-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/east-hydlaa-archway.jpg)
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by exploit, or private server? lol
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by exploit, or private server? lol
Nope, nope. Totally legit.
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Hm, any explorers were able to go through this gate? :)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2259339091_3e6032c6f4.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/2259339095_bf4f75cacc.jpg?v=0)
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I've put my camera through it once... does that count? :) It's a one-way portal.
I haven't a clue on how to trigger its appearance though. I've only seen it once, maybe twice.
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What??? No one took us up on the challenge?
*Mordaan lights the house on fire*
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/house-fire-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/house-fire.jpg)
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Hmm...center of the world?
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/vortex-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/vortex.jpg)
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Can't see it: "Error 404 - Not Found" :(
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Can't see it: "Error 404 - Not Found" :(
Ah, it would help if I actually uploaded the files to their correct location. :-[
Fixed now, thanks.
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Outstanding photos! \\o//
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Hmm...center of the world?
That, or a really awesome PlaneShift dance floor! :D
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That, or a really awesome PlaneShift dance floor! :D
Too bad you just fall through it. :lol:
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Calling all arteeests!
(using maps as a canvas)
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/drawing-klyros.png)
Here are a couple more.
http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/drawing-arena.png
http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/drawing-arena2.png
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I saw some of those...they're insane.
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Now that is awesome. Nice job Maanahr! :D
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want to join my team for the city contest?
we supply all the maps you need to sketch with >.>
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Unfortunatly, I'm not good at drawing... the way I make these is closer to vectorizing existing images. Mainly screenshots, so far.
Unless you were looking to get your existing material as in-game sketches, I'm afraid I wouldn't be much help. :sweatdrop:
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A klyros takes flight from the Ojaveda walls.
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/off-the-bridge-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/off-the-bridge.jpg)
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This grendol looks stomping mad!
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kalyan-grendol-kick-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kalyan-grendol-kick.jpg)
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Interesting overhead look at the DR during a splash screen (thanks Csophae!).
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/dr_overhead-tn.png) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/dr_overhead.png)
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Seems this cliff got a new tiger skin. (Once again, gotta love those graphical glitches)
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/tigercliff-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/tigercliff.jpg)
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Calling all arteeests!
::| :o :'( :surrender:
Wow.
Someone has too much time.
The picture of the little victim girl showing the criminal (made for a roleplay) which looks like drawn by a 5 year old ... just looks like that, compared to your art.
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Remember, the map was much bigger in 0.3.020 ...
(http://www.ligh.de/pics/PSCB/Hochi_by_5yo.png)
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After skipping a week, the POTW is back. I'm sure most of us by now have seen the checkerboard graphics issues. But I couldn't help bringing this one out:
And next on the dance floor...MORDAAN!! *cue the disco music*
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/disco-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/disco.jpg)
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I bet this kran looks angry because kra has an itch kra just can't scratch!
(http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kran-nose-tn.jpg) (http://www.explorersguild.org/storage/potw/kran-nose.jpg)
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actually, earlier on in this topic... you never did tell us how to get to the top of the bridge
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new screenshots... heh he he
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/Bamko/shot97.png) test
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Exploring great dungeon hall
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2964/shot24x.th.jpg) (http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2964/shot24x.jpg)
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6360/shot25a.th.jpg) (http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6360/shot25a.jpg)
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Reminds me on the "first color photo: a blackamoor in a dark tunnel"... ::|
Really, really - use gamma correction at least. If not even a photo optimizer. I don't have one of those extremely overbright flat monitors.
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Yes, there is an impressive architecture (http://www.ligh.de/PlaneShift/Dungeon_Hall_1.jpg). But - how did you get there (http://www.ligh.de/PlaneShift/Dungeon_Hall_2.jpg), by climbing the wallhanging?
P.S.: Thank you for keeping up good traditions!
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Yeah, but don't forget it's supposed to be a dungeon ;) (I'll increase the gamma next time, np). You can get there section by section. (On the second one I'm standing facing the viewer, though armor blends with the stone :) ).
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Huge skeleton in DR (character is highlighted there) [gamma doesn't help in DR, sorry].
(http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2578/shot27.th.jpg) (http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2578/shot27.jpg)
(http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7894/shot28.th.jpg) (http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7894/shot28.jpg)
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The in-game "Brightness correction" is not at all related to "gamma". It only increases the brightness of the "Big Crystal" lightsource, which has no effect on the Death Realm, Bronze Doors caves, Guild Houses, Kada-El's tavern, etc.
No - I mean "Gamma correction" features of image manipulation software. Or gamma tweaks of the graphic driver (that will have less banding in textures).
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Oh, I see, alright. I can run it though some filters next time.
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Yeah, but don't forget it's supposed to be a dungeon ;) (I'll increase the gamma next time, np). You can get there section by section. (On the second one I'm standing facing the viewer, though armor blends with the stone :) ).
Hmm, I don't see you in the second picture. Another where's waldo type thing. ;D Kinda reminds me of "spot the kran" earlier in this thread.
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Hmm, I don't see you in the second picture. Another where's waldo type thing. ;D Kinda reminds me of "spot the kran" earlier in this thread.
Chainmail seems to be a perfect fit to hide in gray stone interior of the Great Hall :) Look at the first row of columns from the right [not the ones attached to the wall], the second closest. I'm standing there back to the column, facing the viewer.
Easier to spot in the filtered image from LigH:
(http://www.ligh.de/PlaneShift/Dungeon_Hall_1.jpg)
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Finally, a PS ghillie suit!!!! :woot: :woot: :woot:
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increasing brightness of jpegs makes my eyes bleed :|
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Yeah, I like the original better, but probably it depends on the monitor as LigH above noted.
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Somewhere in East Hydlaa...
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1992/shot56.th.jpg) (http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1992/shot56.jpg)
Gilrond: Hmm. This feels cold... Why do I get a feeling that I know what to expect?
few minutes later...
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3083/shot57s.th.jpg) (http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3083/shot57s.jpg)
Barrin: How do you like this new styled sidewalk?
Gilrond: Looks like you overexperimented with your spells, master Barrin...
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Yliakum the red planet?
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/40fba.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/40fba.jpg)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/dec16.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/dec16.jpg)
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In a rarely visited, quiet Hydlaa neighborhood, one can spot this unusual magic house floating in the void:
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/h8kja.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/h8kja.jpg)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/t4ac1.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/newuploads/t4ac1.jpg)
It can be a great potential guildhouse... of course, if the owners would know some powerful levitation spell, or can fly there on some machine ;)
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oops! ;D ;D ;D
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It can be a great potential guildhouse... of course, if the owners would know some powerful levitation spell, or can fly there on some machine ;)
Who told you about the klyros-only house?
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No one, we explorers stumble across this stuff while exploring ;)
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No one, we explorers stumble across this stuff while exploring ;)
is that what explorers do?
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No, they're actually more prone to baking cakes and scones.
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is that what explorers do?
Amongst other things :) Even though Yliakum implementation is limited to the first level (even part of it), finding some new stuff after playing PS for a while is always fun.
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oh how i miss you gil
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I miss you too. I'm back a bit more now - hope to meet you in game Ara!