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Offline NiHal

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« on: 2011-08-01 20:30:08 »
Hi,

I am trying to render a sun ( star ) in space. But the results I am getting using a particle system are a bit disapointing.. The sun appears transparent and quite fake - I can make it look slightly more realistic by adding a few hundred particles, but that is not really an option..

Does anyone know a good method to render a sun? I think I am approaching this wrong...

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« Reply #1 on: 2011-08-01 20:49:36 »
Get a sun image from Nasa and put it on the screen. Smiley

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« Reply #2 on: 2011-08-02 11:40:56 »
To do bright suns well you need to use HDR rendering, or fake it and render a big glow or halo around it so it looks blindingly bright.
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« Reply #3 on: 2011-08-02 17:38:14 »
Quote from: Eli Delventhal on 2011-08-01 20:49:36
Get a sun image from Nasa and put it on the screen. Smiley

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« Reply #4 on: 2011-08-02 17:40:26 »
He just flipped the HREF and the label. Easy enough.
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« Reply #5 on: 2011-08-16 05:41:23 »
Would love to know this as well.

Currently the stars I do are created by a general algorithm of calculating the distance from the center of the star (creating a ball which get darker the farer out you go) and then considering the distance less considerable if near any 90 degrees or 45 degrees * n of circle considering from center.
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