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View Poll Results: Which glow do you prefer?
larger glow (1) 8 24.24%
smaller glow (2) 25 75.76%
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Old February 17th, 2007, 11:37 PM
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Default (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

I am working on adding star glows to planets. This will simulate atmosphere effects, as well as serve as a quick visual atmosphere reference. There is a lot of crossover between planet texture color and atmosphere type in SE5...

So, which do you prefer? 1 has a larger glow, 2 has a smaller glow.

glow 1

glow 2

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Old February 17th, 2007, 11:42 PM
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

Very Nice #1
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

I prefer the more subtle version.
Gets the point across with a minimum of overkill.
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

Very neat, Fyron.

I think #2 does the job: #1 sort of 'sends out light', while #2 does a better job at the 'atmosphere' effect, I'd say.
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

#2 seems a little dull and I understand what you mean by #1 sending out light. Still any improvement to what we have now would be a great benefit for the entire community. It will be interesting to see how the final product turns out.
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

I like the idea of planet glow, but I think it should be subtle.
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Default Re: (FQM) Planet Star Glows Poll

It looks ok, but you should have used a more multi-cultural system to display the effects...
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