Elite on Kickstarter...

[Dio]

texturing the whole screen might be putting a translucent bump mapped plane right in front of the camera

Again you can create good still images but you get a temporal dissonance with a fixed texture sitting in screenspace if the camera is rotating.

Yeah, I've seen this with some weird screenspace effects. It becomes very clear that you're watching something that was not rendered that way that's been filtered to make it look like it is. It's like looking at something moving through textured bathroom window glass.

[adam]

so is there any way to make a textured "canvas" so to speak that has all the 3d stuff happening inside it?

[sack]

so is there any way to make a textured "canvas" so to speak that has all the 3d stuff happening inside it?

this conversation reminded me of this

[gravy]

Excellent demo. And the guy went on to make Little Big Planet

[adam]

not working for me for some reason, i'll imagine it

[axel000]

Nice new concept art:

(big)

Spoiler: show

[Darkflame]

I like that one a lot. *desktoped*

[axel000]

Check your email (and spam folder) Frontier just sent out an email to all backers and posted an update - the "move your pledge from kickstarter to frontier's systems" app is out and registering commander names and pledge upgrades as we speak.

Have at it. Got my name and upgraded to the digital upgrades for life pack.

[oktup]

Check your email (and spam folder)

QFT

I also asked whether you can have first + last names or just last names for your Commander or NPCs as it didn't really explain - it's either they said. So now I just got to think of a suitable name as I am usually crap at choosing them.

Who are you going to be?

[axel000]

Just my real name for the NPC as I think that's what they put in the random NPC character name generator right ? So it'll be jumbled anyway.

For my commander name, real first name and last initial, same as kickstarter and the forums on frontier, easier to find other backers that way once we are in multiplayer Not that creative with names either, although I've seen some funny ones mentioned over the weeks on the kickstarter comments thread

Frontier forum profile
Kickstarter profile

Hopefully we'll have a few yak yakkers on there when we enter Beta (couldn't pony up for the Alpha, too rich for me ).

[Portland]

Real name as Commander, offspring's name as NPC.

Seriously, check junk folders people...

[Misfit]

Mine was indeed in spam. Thanks.

They have very cleverly made the app allow you to up your pledge levels and buy any of the extras.

[Darkflame]

In my spam too:
According to google:

We've found that lots of messages from dlx35295.fm.netbenefit.co.uk are spam.

hmz.

[Istar]

You may call Valarian. Commander Valarian. Of the Free Trader Assembly.

Now turn over your cargo to me for free, so that I may trade it.

Or I shall beam-laser your hull into pieces small enough to force-feed to you.

[TFO]

You may call Valarian. Commander Valarian. Of the Free Trader Assembly.

Now turn over your cargo to me for free, so that I may trade it.

Or I shall pulse-laser your hull until you fly off.

FTFY