Alternate original seven faction mod

[Dio]

Do you know how to work the lighting function under Filters?

No, I do not. For your information, I have only been using GIMP since January and do not have any college or university education in graphic design. So I am still not exactly sure how to use everything in GIMP correctly.

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm not sure either.

I'm more than half self-taught.  A little training in graphic design in high school, and that ended in 1983, so no computers.  Look under Filters>Light and Shadow>Lighting Effects and do some experimenting.  That's how I learned.

[Dio]

What color is planet's soil usually?

[Dio]

Updated version of the labyrinth base. Now includes a small building for an air pump, a heat outlet, and a long range sensor array.

[JarlWolf]

Planets soil is sort of a reddish brown it seems, not OVERLY red, but it has a sort of tinge to it.

It also has specks of green that vary in density depending on how moist the tiles are.

(monsoon and dunes being the exception.)

The one tile this game is missing is a icy tile: But then again, ice may not be able to form as well on Centauri as it does on Earth due to the multi solar system...

[Dio]

Here is the size 1 and size 2 bases for the labyrinth. What do you think?

[Dio]

Labyrinth base size 3. Please give any suggestions, ideas or comments you have on them.

[Buster's Uncle]

Nice, but needs more perspective.

[Dio]

Nice, but needs more perspective.

Any ideas on how I could do this? I know that I need to add shadows to the bases.

[Buster's Uncle]

Basically, you compress the back-top half a little, maybe 10%.  With taller structures, you may need to do that a tiny bit with the bottom front corner, too.  -The bottom front never needs nearly as much because we're looking down from a high angle.  That pretty Spartan base base on the last page could possibly benefit from a touch of that.

[Dio]

Is this close to what you were thinking?

[Buster's Uncle]

Yeah; that's got it.

Remember that the bases are HUGE buildings viewed from a distance in the game - big distant things have more natural perspective than small close ones.  It's an important visual cue the viewer may not notice, but it really matters.

[JarlWolf]

Plus, I suggest making the Labyrinth not have so many windows. If I may suggest an idea to go off of, slope the sides so it's a trapezoid.

Sort of like this:

[Dio]

Yeah; that's got it.

Remember that the bases are HUGE buildings viewed from a distance in the game - big distant things have more natural perspective than small close ones.  It's an important visual cue the viewer may not notice, but it really matters.

Plus, I suggest making the Labyrinth not have so many windows. If I may suggest an idea to go off of, slope the sides so it's a trapezoid.

Sort of like this:

First, now that I have done it correctly, I think I know how to do it to other bases. Second, those plates are not windows but are the exterior of the base underground. That is why I was asking what color the soil is.

[Dio]

My slightly altered perspective labyrinth base size 2.