#Both this weekend's hacky projects
jaunty pond
leaden turret
The only way i know of is to precisely place and resize a camera gui element.
I do wonder if it would be feasible to make it seamless and even allow placing buildings in the middle of a portal, to allow creating a world that loops around
shy horizon
yes, I also spent a while thinking about how to make toroidal geometries work
for that a better avenue would likely be to clone any entities that get created every period. there are some interesting challenges with making units like biters work, but if the toroidal period is sufficiently large then those effects can be washed away
shy horizon
The only way i know of is to precisely place and resize a camera gui element.
I ...
camera gui is correct. turns out to have lots of difficult details that I didn’t appreciate at first
leaden turret
Yeah and i can see its not perfect, but its exciting that this is possible
shy horizon
yes, and there’s already a lot of code behind the scenes to make it as smooth as that
marble meadow
yes, I also spent a while thinking about how to make toroidal geometries work
Always wondered if it would be feasible. Could also try some "segmented" portallike transitions if the area is big enough
Whats the circle?
shy horizon
the code is general coordinate transformations of any map gen, that image is all of nauvis projected down into a poincare disk
as in this mc escher image. here is vulcanus too
it came out looking like it was inspired by Cerys, but that wasn’t the intent
marble meadow
So is that just renderimg or map generation
grave talon
map gen
marble meadow
Looks awesome
I assume its a set of transform functions from one frame of reference to another?
modern mason
Wondering if its possible to do this with rendering
balmy burrow
the hell, immersive portals and spherical planets 👀
marble meadow
it'd be easier if we had non-rectangular viewports, which would also improve the video of the original post
dense cave
Could the portal tech be used to do train tunnels? 
balmy burrow
teleporting trains smoothly is incredibly hard
leaden turret
I wanted to try some camera shenanigans myself, and the results aren't good but look interesting
dense cave
That's trippy
leaden turret
"perspective camera"
modern mason
Doesnt look like its handling curves well
young blaze
These three things are incredible, and I really didn't know either of them were possible in the engine
modern mason
ok so, first person incoming ? XD
young blaze
Make the effect last for a time only, play with creative LUTs and you have yourself a wonderful magic mushroom mod
"this planet's challenge? toxic gas is giving you hallucinations"
long tree
Can both the ideas be combined to create a surface that loops in all directions (or atleast horizontally)? Just like 3D spherical planets, you end up where you started and it actually looks the part too!
shy horizon
I’ve been discussing that with some other modders, it will probably happen 😄
marble meadow
the only issue i can predict is when heading "north" along a planet and looping to the other hemisphere, which side should be up?
young blaze
Can both the ideas be combined to create a surface that loops in all directions ...
Like PS1 final fantasy world maps. But it's actually technically this shape:
random junco
@spice depot @quaint hemlock you need to see this
quaint hemlock
I did, very cool stuff
shy horizon
If anyone is interested in making art for the portal, please get in touch 🙂
spice depot
Sure