Hmm sounds pretty sweet! I would like to throw a planet and more space stuff but I don't want to fiddle with Mr Chris's map too much without consulting him first, hehe. On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was tellin Chris a little about this but ok so right now we have a > starfield in the void that is made by using a skybox (a box with textures on > the inside of it that look like distant features). > > anyhow, our game renders in 2 passes, the skybox pass and then the world > pass. our "skybox" rendering isn't limited to sky boxes. > > We could make sky domes, or sky spheres. > > We could make a sky sphere where stars are painted on the inside and the > sphere rotates over time (either slowly or quickly) > > But... we aren't limited to simple geometry. > > we can put planets out there, complex scenes, animated scenes, all sorts of > stuff. > > like how in smash bros they have complex stuff goin on out there in skybox > land like lava and volcanos, or space ships flyin around, we can do that > kinda stuff too. > > Just FYI so you guys know more about the options available! >