3D Screenshots (Panoramas)

Post by **Method** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:20 am

I added 3D screenshots (360 degree panoramas) to two maps that I designed for Quake 4 - City Heat and Mash-Up Streets. Check it out here:

http://www.methodonline.com/methtourney2.htm
http://www.methodonline.com/methtourney1.htm

-Method

Post by **broar** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:43 am

Hey - great idea!
Better than any fov >130 dopeview screen.

Post by **corsair** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:53 am

They're too small and don't work perfectly - I'd ditch them.

Post by **xgo** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:04 am

very nice

Post by **Method** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:22 am

Corsair: The sizeing was fixed. Apparently FireFox looks at different parameters than IE.

-Method

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:48 am

nice dude. would have been better if the camera was more in the middle.

Post by **corsair** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:17 am

Alright, that is alot better, nicely done.

Post by **Strahlemann** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:56 pm

very nice way of presenting a map :icon31:

Post by **obsidian** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:10 pm

Nice. Feels almost like being in the game and leaves a feeling of wanting to pump out a rocket or two.

Post by **Kammesennin** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:00 am

Cool, more people should definitely do this to present new maps... I'll learn how to and start doing this, that's for sure!

Post by **Method** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:17 am

To do so you need to use a program such as GoCubic. Download it for free here:

http://www.panoguide.com/code/Gocubic.zip

Load Q4 with resolution of 640x480 and then you can use "envshot" command. Here's an example:

Code: Select all

envshot [name] [resolution] [blend]

envshot meth1 1280 4

-Method

Post by **Kammesennin** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:05 am

is this possible with q3? I realize I could probably take 6 screenshots (1 in each direction) and apply them, unless of course Gocubic works differently than I'm assuming... blah I'll just take a look and figure it out, thank you though

Post by **maz0r** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:38 am

Since the envshot keyword is unknown within the console I doubt that it works in q3. Maybe you can take those shots by hand, but I don't know the specs for them at all. Can someone post some envshots which q4 produces? Haven't installed it atm.

Post by **Method** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:56 pm

What envshot produces is 6 shots that if applied on a cube fit perfectly. It's VERY hard to do so by yourself. Here's a tutorial using digital camera:

http://fromparis.com/html/technical.php

-Method

Post by **obsidian** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:26 pm

There was a mod for Q3 that took cube maps for you. Forgot the name of the mod though, but I'm sure you can still find it with a bit of searching.

Post by **Kammesennin** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:02 pm

Perhaps the Skybox mod will provide me with what I'm looking for?

Post by **obsidian** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:51 pm

I think this is the one I'm thinking of....
http://tremulous.sourceforge.net/junk/skyboxmod.zip

Post by **Kammesennin** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:31 pm

I have that already, thanks. That's what I was talking about in my previous post. Didn't get the chance to check though as my mouse died right before I posted that... nice and charged up now though.

Post by **Kammesennin** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:28 pm

I've successfully (sorta) made two of these, but I don't really have a place to upload them to.