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Title: Making a Rotating Planet
Post by: Noba on July 08, 2017, 12:00:53 am

Hi!
So I've started work on another game, and I'm having some troubles with making a planet that can rotate, since the whole perspective thing with spheres isn't yet completely down for me, and it'll be even harder with things that aren't a material with an easy-ish to draw spherical shading.

Does anyone have any tips on how I could accomplish this? Examples? Anything like that?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Making a Rotating Planet
Post by: MysteryMeat on July 08, 2017, 01:10:23 am

Start with an attempt so we can figure out where you struggle and how to help you through it!

Title: Re: Making a Rotating Planet
Post by: Cherno on July 09, 2017, 12:11:35 am

I would create a 3d sphere and map it with the texture in a 3d modeling application, then use this as a reference.

Title: Re: Making a Rotating Planet
Post by: Noba on July 11, 2017, 03:18:32 pm

Quote from: MysteryMeat on July 08, 2017, 01:10:23 am

Start with an attempt so we can figure out where you struggle and how to help you through it!

Oh cool! Thanks!
I'll look when I get home, as I'm on the bus now.

Quote from: Cherno on July 09, 2017, 12:11:35 am

I would create a 3d sphere and map it with the texture in a 3d modeling application, then use this as a reference.

Any suggestions for what to use?

Title: Re: Making a Rotating Planet
Post by: Dene on July 14, 2017, 09:00:39 am

Quote from: Noba on July 11, 2017, 03:18:32 pm

Any suggestions for what to use?

Here is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgBw9G3NJeg) the nice tutorial. With this approach you can achieve something like this:

(https://68.media.tumblr.com/59f45f712595ed59208a2a1f9afcdc73/tumblr_noesz3bJiJ1uu47xfo1_400.gif)

Author. (https://numanair-art.tumblr.com/post/119052187014/planet-experimenting-with-perfect-loops-and)