MARS: OpenGFX Style

[Aegir]

I like where this is going, the quicksand/dust oceans idea is particularly nifty as well.

[oberhümer]

Campus Martius Lapiduplenus. Just imagine the growth/disappearance is erosion constantly uncovering and recovering everything (as if).

ed: Another screenshot, a "naturally" generated area

[oberhümer]

As a comparison, the new landscape vs. the one from the older NewGRF.

[SkiddLow]

Wow, Very Nice!!!!!!

Mars Original by George, New into OpenGFX.......

[planetmaker]

Btw, might it be an idea to integrate the landscape part into OpenGFX+ Landscape? If you're interested, please get into touch with me.

[Terkhen]

I'm glad about this thread, and to see such nice graphics. Sprites like these bring my "old but never worked upon" ambition of playing OpenTTD on Mars with new graphics, specific industries and town growth rules closer

[LaDoncella]

Nice sprites!

Also if industries were allowed to spread jungle/desert we could even have the terraformation of mars

[Jake Grey]

... if industries were allowed to spread jungle/desert we could even have the terraformation of mars

It wouldn't be jungle, not unless the terraforming went severely off the rails. Terraformed Mars would look closer to the sub-Arctic climate than the desert one; if we got a self-sustaining ecosystem started on the surface then maybe the picture would look different in a few thousand years, but the best-case estimate of what human technology could manage is surface conditions about equivalent to three-quarters of the way up Mt. Everest.

[Zephyris]

Many years ago (2009) I made quite a lot of graphics for a potential Mars set... They were based on recoloured OpenGFX ground tiles and used simple blender-rendered, geodesic (Buckminster Fuller-inspired) town buildings... Are you interested?

[LaDoncella]

[cachila]

wery nice but do you mine air

[oberhümer]

Many years ago (2009) I made quite a lot of graphics for a potential Mars set... They were based on recoloured OpenGFX ground tiles and used simple blender-rendered, geodesic (Buckminster Fuller-inspired) town buildings... Are you interested?

I'd take that anytime. How much is done, exactly?
The industry concept is good, but:

• I'd have "organics" also delivered to the chemical factory - plastic from starch, fertilizer from decomposition. It makes much more sense than magically turning rock dust into plastic (fertilizer is somewhat less improbable). If the delivery circle organics-fertilizer-organics is too off-putting, restrict the plant to produce fertilizer from chemicals only?
• "Hydrolysis" - dissolving in water - is definitely the wrong word for splitting it. Use "electrolysis".
• Rename the "Air Mine" to "Oxygen Isolator", the "Farm" to "Biodome"?

[Jake Grey]

wery nice but do you mine air

The surface of Mars is literally covered in iron oxide, so theoretically there's no reason why you couldn't. I personally would make it a product derived from ores at the metalworks, though.

[Eddi]

i'm imagining there's a lot of "theory" missing inbetween "iron-oxide" and "iron and oxygen". it's difficult enough to get pure iron out of that, but pure oxygen?!

[SquireJames]

I love that style! Reminds me of my old space Lego and the game "UFO Afterlight" (which is, coincidentally, set on Mars)

[Zephyris]

Many years ago (2009) I made quite a lot of graphics for a potential Mars set... They were based on recoloured OpenGFX ground tiles and used simple blender-rendered, geodesic (Buckminster Fuller-inspired) town buildings... Are you interested?

I'd take that anytime. How much is done, exactly?[/list]

28 Town buildings, air miner, aquifer pump, chemical factory, fusion power station, hydrolysis plant, life support centre... Send me a pm with your email addy and I will share the dropbox folder with you.

[oftcrash]

Is anyone still working on this? To teach myself NML I've been working on a GRF to extend the George's Toyland to Mars work. I'm just working with the existing Mars graphics, but I've revamped the industries and am adjusting the vehicles to reflect the new cargos. To be honest, I'm not thrilled with the industries I've come up with so far, but working within the limitations of the graphics has boxed in my options a bit. If I get ambitious, I may try my hand at the creating some graphics, but that's really not my strong point.

[Andrew350]

I know I haven't gotten around to doing anything related to this, and I doubt anyone else has either. It's good to hear you've done something with the industries/cargoes though, that is arguably the biggest downfall of the current Mars theme. Just getting a solid idea of what the industries will be and what they'll produce is a good starting point, so don't let the graphics hold you up, they can always be made later It might be good to see what you've come up with so far; if nothing else it might stir up some ideas.

[oftcrash]

I want to clean up the newgrf a little more before I share it - probably this weekend. However, this is what I came up with so far... this is not intended to be anything realistic

Automated Landing Pods

Automated Landing Pods

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Original colony landing pods full of cryogenically frozen colonists and colony supplies. They are low on power and require fuel start thawing out colonists. I adjusted the pattern of these so they appear in this semi random shape, or as a single pod.
Produces: Passengers, Colony Supplies
Accepts: Fusion Reactor Fuel Pods

Unobtanium Ore Mine

Unobtanium Ore Mine

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Unobtanium Ore Mine, the main reason this planet was settled. Yeah, its a lame name. I think they used in Avatar too. Really a placeholder.
Produces: Unobtanium Ore
Accepts: Nothing

Ore Processor

Ore processor

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Ore Processor. Nothing special.
Produces: Ceramic-metal Alloy
Accepts: Unobtanium Ore, Chemicals

To be continued.

[oftcrash]

Carbon Dioxide Drill

CO2 Drill

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Reserves of Carbon Dioxide were discovered deep underground. Useful for plants and to warm up the atmosphere, drills were planted around the colony.
Produces: Carbon Dioxide
Accepts: Nothing

Bio-Engineered Terran Forest

Mars Forest

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A forest genetically modified to grown on this planet. I was goofing around with the layout of the sprites, mostly as a learning exercise. The graphics themselves really don't make any sense for this scenario.
Produces: Wood, Oxygen (how you'd gather oxygen is beyond me, but whatever)
Accepts: Carbon Dioxide

Bio-Plastic Production Facility

Mars Lumber Mill

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Pretty silly industry... and I swear those are giant push brooms in front. Anyway, it produces plastics from the wood.
Produces: Plastic
Accepts: Wood