another one, differences better visible due to the text on white sheets.

1. downscale (240x480 => 48x96) using imagemagic filter: CatRom
2. downscale (240x480 => 48x96) using imagemagic filter: Lagrange
3. downscale (240x480 => 48x96) using imagemagic filter: Lanczos
4. render in PovRay directly to 48x96 => HQ antialiasing
5. render in PovRay directly to 48x96 => standard antialiasing

lol, tpk, i like the last one cause i think it looks a bit like 3d-plate (continents made of sand etc.)

On the global tables: 4th, and definitely not the last one
On the signs: 3rd, because the smoothing on the long diagonal edges is better.

I'd suggest using the 4th technique for most, as it is the most sharp. However, if it's got long, prominent diagonals, use one that smooths a tad more.

Cheers,
Unislash

Agree with TPK. The moon in the last one is triangular - all the other ones are circular as they should be.

By the way, my table-tennis joke was because the orbit of the outer moon doesn't look right - it seems to bounce back and forth, rather than go round behind the planet like the inner one does (hope that's a more positive contribution than previously!).

thanks for opinions. in theory, my laptop lcd should be good quality, but its quite high resolution (1440x900) so i dont see details as much as i would like to.
about wolrd model: there is 1 sun and 2{!} moons. moons are set on different orbit for better visibility. and yes, they run in 2 different directions

flying carpet, i bet it *will* be usefull somewhere...

now working on smoke, for DP scenery. cant make gif out of it, dunno why.
these are all 9 frames on black background.

it is still not perfect, but its quite hard to control the script i found for it. and rendering takes forever.

Grunt, you should check out this thread i made a few days ago:

http://www.daimonin.com/empty-t7009.0.html

You may get some inspiration

Cheers,
Unislash

(Animated) GIF doesn't support transparency - RGB only (I think) ... and I'm guessing your smoke has a lot of transparency?

Once you've got smoke done - how about a nice campfire with flames?  After alll ... there's no smoke without fire as they say .

added few dead/almost dead trees to first post.

i like the telescope-- maybe we could put them places so you could see farther away?
ooooh or someone could script a sky  with constellations... it could be a part of a quest for a magic spell maybe? i dunno just thinking big ^^

*summer is almost heerreeeeee!!!*
hey maybe we can have a beacdh party at illuma sometime! I'll see what I can do about some graphics

Grunt - I'd like to use one of your pavilions, so that if you enter, you are moved by an invisible exit to an inside map (bit like the Tardis). Would it be possible to make a wall set to match the pavilions? I don't know if rounded walls would be easy to do (and have the bits fit together), but I think a standard square wall set wouldn't look right.

we could have a dai circus
someone make a juggling clown arch/graphics

heya, i'm back for some time, can't promise anything though

here's a question about inside walls for pavilion. take a look here:


while white walls is obvious thing to make, i have doubts how to deal with grey areas.
another thing is the size of the space you intend to create inside the tent. if using rectangle or maybe 8-sided walls there are no limits, but fully rounded can be made only to a limited number of wall images, thus limiting the size of the circle.

I think go for 8-sided.  Yes, I agree it won't quite match the "circular" shape of the paviliion from the outside, but that small visual error is more than compensated for by (1) ease of making the wall images and (2) ease of mappers using them how they want.