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[wip] globe with continents and coordinates

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:47 am
by sanjiv
Here's an early version of a globe I've been working on, and I wanted to share it because it looks cool. Latitude and Longitude range from -180 to 180, though latitude should really be limited to -90 to 90. Among my next steps would be to create a better way of drawing 'continents' on the surface, and fixing how the point can traverse the surface.

I eventually hope to use it as part of a level select screen, as the player chooses between continents. But it could also be used as its own game board.

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Re: globe with continents, and longitude latitude coordinate

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:16 am
by Jasoco
As I have just recently found out how hard it is to make a 3D globe, I applaud your efforts.

For reference:
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The hardest part was just figuring out the math for each point and then connecting the right ones for use in quads around it.

Re: [wip] globe with continents and coordinates

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:52 pm
by qaisjp
this looks pretty wow! are you still working on this :)?