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Site Navigation Main    News    Forums Games    Games Database    Top 100    Release List    Support Files Features    Reviews    Previews    Interviews    Editorials    Diaries    Misc Download    Gallery    Music    Screenshots    Videos Miscellaneous    Staff Members    Privacy Statement   Earth And Beyond: New Glimpse Inside (PC: MMORPG) | Posted by Rendelius @ Tuesday - December 11, 2001 - 09:37 - Top | Game Info | Rate this game | Homepage | Screenshots "Creating Starbases" is the title of the new Glimpse Inside at the official Earth And Beyond Website. Here is something from the article: Building starbases presents unique challenges to Earth and Beyond's artists, but at the same time offers an opportunity for added creativity. The stations must have a sense of scale and immense proportion, but at the same time must show intricate details and fit within a polygon limit. Any 3-D object created for the game is made up of a framework of polygons, with textures then laid on top. In order to keep the artwork from overloading players' systems, there is a limit of 1,500 to 3,200 polygons for each starbase. An artist will typically spend a week creating a starbase. Before the 3-D artist begins a starbase, a concept artist has already created a general idea of how the station should look. The 3-D artists then take those ideas and build the stations. Four of Earth and Beyond's artists described some of the challenges they face. Alan Blouin has created a few space stations, including a Recreation Station and a Terran station, and he explained the basics.

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