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Sky sphere creation tool
« on: March 22, 2009, 10:43:11 pm »
So instead of resizing, mirroring and cropping an image to try to make a good sky sphere I decided to write this small tool. Simply load any file, select the most interesting area and the center of the image and it will do the rest.

It is written in C# so you will need the .NET framework 2.0 (or Windows Vista, Windows 7). If you want the source code just tell me.

Update 1:
  • Now it actually reads the custom sizes you type
  • Image borders can be blended so your sky sphere doesn't have visible seams
  • Can directly write the skysphere to Audiosurf's texture folder

Update 2:
  • Added an option to mirror the image (selected by default, images with text should look correctly now)
  • Should find Audiosurf even if you installed steam outside of %ProgramFiles%

Update 3:
  • Added buttons to reset the textures to their default value
  • Redone the user interface

Update 4:
This doesn't add new features, it just fixes a typo and adds some minimal cosmetic enhancements.
« Last Edit: May 04, 2009, 02:31:22 pm by fergtm »


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 03:43:40 am »
Awesometastic!


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2009, 08:41:52 am »
Can you add sizes for widescreen too?

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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2009, 08:48:08 am »
You can write your own sizes


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2009, 09:22:26 am »
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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2009, 09:54:07 am »
Currently you can only select from the predefined resolutions list. I will update it so you can actually type the size you want.


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2009, 10:09:00 am »
Then I'm the only one being able to write custom resolutions??  ???


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2009, 01:31:33 pm »
Previously you could type anything you want in the resolutions text box and it was ignored  ;D. See the first post for the new and improved download.


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2009, 01:32:59 pm »
Ooh, got it :P

Anyway, thanks for this program! :D


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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2009, 02:41:13 pm »
awesome.  I'll attempt to try this out tonight.
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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2009, 05:19:05 pm »
yeah, how do you move the box around.

Its auto selecting area's that I don't want

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tnx
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2009, 08:46:35 pm »
Kool tnx for the add-on

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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2009, 09:34:13 pm »
yeah, how do you move the box around.

Its auto selecting area's that I don't want

From what I tried, you can grab the edges of the box and adjust it as you want.

In any case, this is pretty awesome.
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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2009, 11:42:00 pm »
This tool is awesome but why should it be needed in the first place? Why can't Audiosurf simply tile/mirror/resize the image by itself? The program is only 22.5KB so it can't be too hard to add - can it?

btw - well done fergtm.

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Re: Sky sphere creation tool
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2009, 05:47:39 am »
Cool tool, but... It don´t works. When I try to set a picture as a default sky sphere it only say "Audiosurf not found"... What should I do??


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