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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / How to texture a sphere so it is a 3-d earth?

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Men_of_Fun
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Posted: 24th Jan 2016 18:13
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Has anyone ever done it?

How could anyone ever texture a sphere with an earth image?

I mean, could you rotate it and it and look at it from all sides? Would it look like the real thing?
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Morcilla
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Posted: 25th Jan 2016 10:20 Edited at: 25th Jan 2016 10:23
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It is easy, just pick an Earth texture, available at many places at the Internet, create a sphere and texture it.
However, to get a good looking Earth you will have to use several spheres with some shaders applied:

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smerf
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Posted: 31st Jan 2016 00:24 Edited at: 31st Jan 2016 00:25
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Short and sweet little example media included, there is no multi layering or shader. enjoy
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