SRV art

Northpin · Nov 1, 2022

Alec Turner said:
Basically - but a bit more hi-tec. I'm using a free program called PureRef which lets me position and scale an image that I want to trace on my screen, make it semi-transparent and then pin it to stay on top of other windows like Elite, which I run in borderless mode. Still takes a lot of care and patience to get it right and when you make a mistake (or the game crashes) you have to start all over again. Does make for some amusing bug reports tho!

you may want to add the link to someYT movies too - guess the support reading those might have a rough time figuring if you're genuine or you're making fun of them

Alec Turner · Nov 1, 2022

Northpin said:
you may want to add the link to someYT movies too - guess the support reading those might have a rough time figuring if you're genuine or you're making fun of them

I did consider submitting the "donkey fails" video as part of a full blown issue tracker submission but I can't in good conscience say that shortage of rubber to draw a whole donkey, or game crashes while drawing penguins are high on my priority list for bug fixes.

]M[ · Nov 20, 2022

cheers! to your excellent driving/drawing skills, Alec …mine are more uhmm abstract - crop circles mebbe?

;]

Alec Turner · Dec 22, 2022

Source: https://youtu.be/upndOvDCxWg

Happy Christmas Cmdrs!

Fish172 · Dec 22, 2022

One day you are going to explain to me just how you do that.

Helmut Grokenberger · Dec 22, 2022

Alec already explained it:

Alec Turner said:
Yup, as seen in footage - position camera in top-down view above SRV, making sure that camera won't move when the SRV reaches the outer edges of the drawing (which has ruined numerous attempts), position SRV where I want the drawing to start, re-log to clear any existing tracks, re-position camera again, switch camera back to SRV control, start drawing. I've also dabbled with multiple ship dismiss/recalls to predict where it will land (shown to best effect in the "inconceivable" drawing). There is one slight confession/trick which I should admit to tho' which I think I'll air on tomorrow's Lave Radio (hint - I'm no artist, just a good SRV driver).

Alec Turner said:
Basically - but a bit more hi-tec. I'm using a free program called PureRef which lets me position and scale an image that I want to trace on my screen, make it semi-transparent and then pin it to stay on top of other windows like Elite, which I run in borderless mode. Still takes a lot of care and patience to get it right and when you make a mistake (or the game crashes) you have to start all over again.

Fish172 · Dec 22, 2022

The second bit was the bit I could not grasp. Now I get it. Most cool

Alec Turner · Dec 22, 2022

Fish172 said:
The second bit was the bit I could not grasp. Now I get it. Most cool

At the risk of spoiling the magic, here's the image I dropped onto the transparent PureRef window for the latest piece.

Oh, and to illustrate the limitations I'm working with, the first one I tried was this but annoyingly the game's SRV tyre tracks didn't extend far enough to complete the second bell before the first one had started undrawing itself again.

Fish172 · Dec 22, 2022

It is not a spoiler it is fascinating and still beyond my meagre ability, but I love it. Genius sir.