Lava on horizon?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by igncom1, December 20, 2014.

  1. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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  2. killerkiwijuice

    killerkiwijuice Post Master General

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    Fluidus lava = 16GB minimum ram (exaggerating obviously)
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  3. igncom1

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    It depends how good the lava is.

    If it's good enough, I'll upgrade my PC for it!
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  4. Dementiurge

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    Just need to make it like water, but with a bright, fancy shader. And obviously no pathing... Unless you want your commander to walk absent-mindedly into the lava.

    Alternately, if the decals supported emissive textures...
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  5. squishypon3

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    Lava was a fluid when it was first implemented. :)
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  6. igncom1

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    The problem with water lava, is that lava shouldn't be like that, even on a lava world it's not going to behave like water.

    And besides, what about possible lava on jungle planets and earth planets? We need lava, and then also water.

    What we need is a lava that isn't water, but is also not just a .png on the floor.

    It needs to be more like a Armageddon landscape of fissures, pools, rock spires and fire.
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  7. Dementiurge

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    You haven't paid Uber enough to remake From Dust.
    Also, an 'armageddon landscape' is not lava. It's a biome that includes some lava.

    In the sense that water in PA is a tiling layer on a planet that fills over low-lying areas, lava is going to be exactly like water.
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    The current lava biome is a biome that 'includes some lava'

    And to be honest, lava should be just filling low lying areas, it should be flowing from fissures and volcanos, sloping around on the surface.
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    Might not be the most popular opinion but I say make it look good ....I don´t care about realism.
    (Regarding stuff like this at least)
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  10. igncom1

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    [​IMG]

    Like this, lava worlds would look legit, at least based on my Paint.net skills.
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  11. theseeker2

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    I have 12gb of ram
    god damn it I swore I'd never need more than 12mb
  12. theseeker2

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    that's horrifically bad
    I like it
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    does anyone have screenshots of what it looked like, I forgot
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  14. igncom1

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    I spent over 50 mins making that!

    But so long as it got the point across.
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  15. Geers

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    This is REAL lava:

    [​IMG]
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    +1 for incredible paint skillz
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    dat please.
  19. g0hstreaper

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    I believe it's called

    Attached Files:

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  20. squishypon3

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    Not when it's above ground it's not. :)
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