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Most efficient way of rendering stars? #282842 08/04/09 09:13 08/04/09 09:13
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 528 Wagga, Australia the_mehmaster OP User
the_mehmaster OP User Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 528 Wagga, Australia	What is the most efficient way of rendering stars, taking in quality and speed. I wish to render many, many stars. A similar amount of detail to the game 'sins of a solar empire'. Any help appreciated! P.S: I did use the search function, couldn't find much.

Re: Most efficient way of rendering stars? [Re: the_mehmaster] #282869 08/04/09 11:39 08/04/09 11:39
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,510 Denmark Claus_N Serious User
Claus_N Serious User Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,510 Denmark	A skycube with lots of stars? Edit: or maybe using particles, but it wouldn't be as efficient as the skycube afaik. Last edited by Claus_N; 08/04/09 11:45. Nighthawk Arts \|\| NHA RPG Templates

Re: Most efficient way of rendering stars? [Re: Claus_N] #282895 08/04/09 14:20 08/04/09 14:20
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710 MMike Serious User
MMike Serious User Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710	i used for my space games, particles, or draw_3d points, based on a vector array , distribution. and using vec_to_screen functions. particles /points works best.. Skycube is OLd fashion... and blur etc etc.. and they dont blink, etc etc..

Re: Most efficient way of rendering stars? [Re: MMike] #282900 08/04/09 14:27 08/04/09 14:27
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710 MMike Serious User
MMike Serious User Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710	SHOT - DETAIL Gstudio Unispace Project forum link Last edited by MMike; 08/04/09 14:27.

Re: Most efficient way of rendering stars? [Re: MMike] #283326 08/07/09 08:25 08/07/09 08:25
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 528 Wagga, Australia the_mehmaster OP User
the_mehmaster OP User Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 528 Wagga, Australia	Do you have some example code using particles/point3ds?

Re: Most efficient way of rendering stars? [Re: the_mehmaster] #292054 09/29/09 21:23 09/29/09 21:23
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710 MMike Serious User
MMike Serious User Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710	i have my code.. og that screen shot you see, that uses nice stars, but im upgrading, this, to a Universe sandbox program, so you can tweak starts, number, etc..