@Christine56 I like it, it has a cool cinematic look. It just took me a bit to get what exactly it is (cause of the zoom, maybe a bit the blur too), so I only gave 11 points on task fulfillment
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@BeaconIndustries I didn't expect so many submissions, so I tried to make it as easy as possible to participate. But I'm surely going to make more contests at some point, so at some point there will surely be one about Planet Studio or spaceships
Wow, that really deserves the bonus point. I should probably tell you why you weren't even further up (even though 7th is great!). You took pictures with a ton of hidden meanings and insane details, however, that wasn't the point of the challenge. I wanted you to "show one of your crafts or planets from its best side on a picture", to make a craft or planet look good. I hope you understand that I couldn't give full marks on a picture where the craft only is a little spot (helicopter) or where the craft is so dark all you can see it its shape (plane with missile).
About the visuals: I don't think any of your pictures look bad, I just think those above look even better. Their crafts have tons of little details (where they need them) and are put in a fitting environment that does exactly what the contest was about: it made picture and craft look better without taking the focus (or too much of it) from the craft. On your picture (the one that scored best) the environment doesn't take too much of the focus from the craft (even though I think it could've been even better without / with different tonemapping), but it didn't make it look better either - it was just... there. Possibly because of the tonemapping, the craft blended in to the background, instead of the opposite. Those and a few more reasons (e.g. I'm not sure if that's really the angle the plane in the dunes looks best from) led me to give others more points.
If you had followed the task and "show[ed] one of your crafts or planets from its best side on a picture" you would've surely been in the top 5, maybe even won.
Hope that clears it up a bit.
Also, I had wifi issues again while writing this, so I couldn't read your other comment(s) yet
I‘m still semi-actively writing a vizzy guide. It‘s far from finished, but the list of what all vizzy blocks do and some tips (especially on getting started) are done. I could send you an early access version
So, I looked around a bit and couldn‘t find an exact copy of your A400M or AH-49. However, I have to say that your speed is kinda suspicious - just yesterday you asked whether you should build an A400M or a C17, and on the same day you already built an entire 1600 parts craft? Don‘t get me wrong, I‘m not saying you‘d definitely copy others, just that I understand why people might get suspicious or accuse you of doing it. To prove that you build your crafts yourself (especially to the mods if you ever get banned again, but also to Mystical), you could take a few screenshots of the building process (e.g. one after placing the first few parts, one when you‘re halfway done and one when you‘re almost done). You could additionally ask Mystical to prove his accusations - while that won‘t prove your innocence, knowing why he thinks you were copying others can help resolving the situation
My advice: Only buy a 3d printer if you do it for the fun - you won‘t save any time or money (3d printers are way too expensive for that) with one. If you just want custom plastic parts, PCBway is the way to go. However, if you like being creative and tinkering around, 3d printing is a great hobby. There‘s a ton to learn about tons of topics, and if you enjoy learning (actual cool and useful stuff, not just what school tries/tried to hammer into your head) you‘ll have a lot of fun with a 3d printer
I think the topics should change every time (your decision if rotating or random), but expect varying success. Like, pictures for example: everyone can take pictures, no matter the skill, no matter the time. Building? Not really - it takes time and skill, even with a part limit, so (while I don't know for sure) you might have much lower success there. Also, be aware that hosting a contest every month will be quite some work - I'm not sure if you permanently want to do that alone
Yes, that’s possible. I hope that’s not too much of a tip (otherwise just don‘t read the rest), but I assume just “Yes“ doesn‘t really help you, so I should probably explain what your software even needs:
3d printing (mostly, there are some others) has 3 file types: stl, 3mf and gcode. gcode is what tells your printer what to do (like, “move 5 mm to the left, start extruding, move 3 mm back, …“). 3mf is what your slicer uses, with models and settings. stl is just the 3d models, exactly what you need here. In Blender (in the “file“ tab I think), find the “export“ button. There, you‘ll find a ton of options, you‘ll need “stl“. You can then create a project in your printing software (by which I assume you mean your slicer) and add your file. E.g. in OrcaSlicer in the editor there‘s a big cube with a plus at the top for that.
@Aryabhata21 Yes, I will rate the pictures on my own and no, I don't think I'm going to end the contest sooner - currently there still are new submissions regularly. I set 11 Jan as deadline, so people might have planned to work on their craft / planet until just before that
@Aryabhata21 You're telling everyone "I'm the best, I'll win". That's not an opinion, that's an unfounded claim, which you're permanently sharing everywhere just because you think you were the best (which is the selfish part)
@PZLAgencies Sorry, forgot to answer on your last message. As Tallisar said: Realistic being “scaled correctly (not under the game scale), has reasonable gravity, and, if around a star, has plausible parameters“. So your planet doesn‘t have to be an earth 2.0, it just shouldn‘t have the density of a neutron (like earth‘s gravity on a pluto sized moon) or be a perfectly habitable world as far away from its sun as pluto or mercury. Take Droo: it‘s average density is 14.2 times greater than uranium (if I calculated correctly), which obviously is extremely unrealistic. Your planet should have a somewhat realistic density
So, PZLAgencies is ok with it, Livingg017 hasn‘t said anything against it and Galactic still ignores me. No one has complained, so I‘ll see how I can add some realism to the task
@Livingg017 But a small part of that craft-building community sees this and would participate. You want airplanes, PZLAgencies wants probes/landers or planets, Tallisar wants planets and GalacticAerospace wants who knows what. So wouldn't it be quite unfair if I'd do something just about airplanes?
@Livingg017 You could make an airplane with that task, but I can't limit it to just airplanes (or even crafts in general) cause then you'd probably be the only participant
@GalacticAerospace1 (if you'd participate with a non-vizzy topic) @Livingg017 @PZLAgencies
Tallisar suggested to have the contest include realism (see here). What would you think about some forced realism if you could submit either a craft or a planet? Realism for crafts could be e.g. reasonable size ratios & size (like not just a Saturn V-sized generation ship), maybe some things to make obvious what it's used for (e.g. big habitat modules on a generation ship), .... For planets check the linked comment. This wouldn't mean you have to build a boring rocket replica, but you'd have to consider real life restrictions (gravity, ...).
Btw, I think I've found a topic that includes all your suggestions as well as possible.
@PZLAgencies and @Livingg017 Cool topics, I think I can find something that includes a bit of both. If we can find at least one or two more participants I think we can make it happen. Livingg017 I assume this means you'll participate if it's about building-pictures?
@Aludra877 Having a ton of exams rn, but otherwise pretty ok, thanks for asking! Hey man, I was just looking for an old post when I stumbled upon someone‘s post where you said „Guten tag“. Did you use a translator there or do you actually speak German?
@Aludra877 Hey brother, I saw you‘re hosting a contest too. Just to get an idea how many participants a big creator has, may I ask how many submissions you have (yet)? Just roughly, like “just 2 or 3“ or “sth around 10 or 15“
Live long and prosper
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@Aludra877 Hey brother, sure, I'm happy to help. I'll need to see the issue and probably experiment a bit on that one, so it'd be great if you can send me the weapon
I like option 1. Imo two looks too flat, three is too extreme and one is just right. Terraformed looks a bit strange (maybe even artificial) cause it's completely flooded with small continents - would look better with less, but a bit bigger continents
@Christine56 I like it, it has a cool cinematic look. It just took me a bit to get what exactly it is (cause of the zoom, maybe a bit the blur too), so I only gave 11 points on task fulfillment
+1 2 days agoLet‘s finally get to the prizes:
1) @VoidAerospace - 25 Upvotes (13 / 25 done)
2) @Chtite451SR2 - 15 Upvotes (15 / 15 done)
3) @NorthStarAerospace - 10 Upvotes (10 / 10 done)
4) @RokugouSystems - 5 Upvotes (5 / 5 done)
4) @Nksskssskss11 - 5 Upvotes (5 / 5 done)
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3 days ago@BeaconIndustries I didn't expect so many submissions, so I tried to make it as easy as possible to participate. But I'm surely going to make more contests at some point, so at some point there will surely be one about Planet Studio or spaceships
3 days ago@BeaconIndustries Well, 11th is top 50%
3 days ago@Livingg017 Yeah, I read that after writing that comment
3 days ago@Lq11 There was a tie, so there are two fourth places instead. The prize is the same anyways
3 days ago@Cooldude88 I only added each participant's best picture here, otherwise it would've gotten too long
3 days ago@BeaconIndustries https://www.simplerockets.com/Forums/View/328241/Contest-Ranking
3 days ago@Livingg017 If you wanted them to feel lonely and uncomfortable you definitely reached that goal
3 days agoWow, that really deserves the bonus point. I should probably tell you why you weren't even further up (even though 7th is great!). You took pictures with a ton of hidden meanings and insane details, however, that wasn't the point of the challenge. I wanted you to "show one of your crafts or planets from its best side on a picture", to make a craft or planet look good. I hope you understand that I couldn't give full marks on a picture where the craft only is a little spot (helicopter) or where the craft is so dark all you can see it its shape (plane with missile).
About the visuals: I don't think any of your pictures look bad, I just think those above look even better. Their crafts have tons of little details (where they need them) and are put in a fitting environment that does exactly what the contest was about: it made picture and craft look better without taking the focus (or too much of it) from the craft. On your picture (the one that scored best) the environment doesn't take too much of the focus from the craft (even though I think it could've been even better without / with different tonemapping), but it didn't make it look better either - it was just... there. Possibly because of the tonemapping, the craft blended in to the background, instead of the opposite. Those and a few more reasons (e.g. I'm not sure if that's really the angle the plane in the dunes looks best from) led me to give others more points.
If you had followed the task and "show[ed] one of your crafts or planets from its best side on a picture" you would've surely been in the top 5, maybe even won.
Hope that clears it up a bit.
Also, I had wifi issues again while writing this, so I couldn't read your other comment(s) yet
3 days agoThe winners will receive their prizes over the next days. Please have some patience - thanks
+1 4 days ago@Aryabhata21 @Luc3s @VoidAerospace @JotaVe @doddy123 @jacobthanos @Christine56 @WSR @BeaconIndustries @Livingg017 @JAIndustries @Rocketnerd2025 @Aludra877 @MJGoat739 @TriVector @PZLAgencies @NorthStarAerospace @RokugouSystems @AngryElf @Chtite451SR2 @Lq11 @Zazo @Nksskssskss11 @Cooldude88
4 days ago@Aryabhata21 @Luc3s @VoidAerospace @JotaVe @doddy123 @jacobthanos @Christine56 @WSR @BeaconIndustries @Livingg017 @JAIndustries @Rocketnerd2025 @Aludra877 @MJGoat739 @TriVector @PZLAgencies @NorthStarAerospace @RokugouSystems @AngryElf @Chtite451SR2 @Lq11 @Zazo @Nksskssskss11 @Cooldude88
4 days agoI‘m still semi-actively writing a vizzy guide. It‘s far from finished, but the list of what all vizzy blocks do and some tips (especially on getting started) are done. I could send you an early access version
4 days agoSo, I looked around a bit and couldn‘t find an exact copy of your A400M or AH-49. However, I have to say that your speed is kinda suspicious - just yesterday you asked whether you should build an A400M or a C17, and on the same day you already built an entire 1600 parts craft? Don‘t get me wrong, I‘m not saying you‘d definitely copy others, just that I understand why people might get suspicious or accuse you of doing it. To prove that you build your crafts yourself (especially to the mods if you ever get banned again, but also to Mystical), you could take a few screenshots of the building process (e.g. one after placing the first few parts, one when you‘re halfway done and one when you‘re almost done). You could additionally ask Mystical to prove his accusations - while that won‘t prove your innocence, knowing why he thinks you were copying others can help resolving the situation
7 days agoMy advice: Only buy a 3d printer if you do it for the fun - you won‘t save any time or money (3d printers are way too expensive for that) with one. If you just want custom plastic parts, PCBway is the way to go. However, if you like being creative and tinkering around, 3d printing is a great hobby. There‘s a ton to learn about tons of topics, and if you enjoy learning (actual cool and useful stuff, not just what school tries/tried to hammer into your head) you‘ll have a lot of fun with a 3d printer
+1 8 days agoI think the topics should change every time (your decision if rotating or random), but expect varying success. Like, pictures for example: everyone can take pictures, no matter the skill, no matter the time. Building? Not really - it takes time and skill, even with a part limit, so (while I don't know for sure) you might have much lower success there. Also, be aware that hosting a contest every month will be quite some work - I'm not sure if you permanently want to do that alone
9 days ago@Zazo I know a bit (but really just a bit) about 3d printing, so if you have any questions, you can always ask me
+1 10 days agoYes, that’s possible. I hope that’s not too much of a tip (otherwise just don‘t read the rest), but I assume just “Yes“ doesn‘t really help you, so I should probably explain what your software even needs:
+1 10 days ago3d printing (mostly, there are some others) has 3 file types: stl, 3mf and gcode. gcode is what tells your printer what to do (like, “move 5 mm to the left, start extruding, move 3 mm back, …“). 3mf is what your slicer uses, with models and settings. stl is just the 3d models, exactly what you need here. In Blender (in the “file“ tab I think), find the “export“ button. There, you‘ll find a ton of options, you‘ll need “stl“. You can then create a project in your printing software (by which I assume you mean your slicer) and add your file. E.g. in OrcaSlicer in the editor there‘s a big cube with a plus at the top for that.
Cool, added to my list 👍
+1 16 days ago@PZLAgencies Ok
20 days ago@Aludra877 Thanks man, live long and prosper
+2 20 days ago@Aryabhata21 Yes, I will rate the pictures on my own and no, I don't think I'm going to end the contest sooner - currently there still are new submissions regularly. I set 11 Jan as deadline, so people might have planned to work on their craft / planet until just before that
+2 20 days ago@Aryabhata21 You're telling everyone "I'm the best, I'll win". That's not an opinion, that's an unfounded claim, which you're permanently sharing everywhere just because you think you were the best (which is the selfish part)
+2 20 days agoCool, added to my list 👍
+2 20 days ago@Aryabhata21 Again, that's not how it works. Please stop annoying everyone with selfish comments, otherwise I'll have to disqualify you
+1 20 days ago@Mystial Why?
+1 one month ago@JAIndustries Great, I'll post it soon
one month ago@JAIndustries Cool! Would you be ok with some forced realism (as explained here and here)?
one month agoOr some who are mods in JCS too
+1 one month ago@PZLAgencies Sorry, forgot to answer on your last message. As Tallisar said: Realistic being “scaled correctly (not under the game scale), has reasonable gravity, and, if around a star, has plausible parameters“. So your planet doesn‘t have to be an earth 2.0, it just shouldn‘t have the density of a neutron (like earth‘s gravity on a pluto sized moon) or be a perfectly habitable world as far away from its sun as pluto or mercury. Take Droo: it‘s average density is 14.2 times greater than uranium (if I calculated correctly), which obviously is extremely unrealistic. Your planet should have a somewhat realistic density
+1 one month agoOr maybe Aludra. Idk if he wants to do it, but he‘s active, popular and could surely solve conflicts
+1 one month agoSo, PZLAgencies is ok with it, Livingg017 hasn‘t said anything against it and Galactic still ignores me. No one has complained, so I‘ll see how I can add some realism to the task
one month ago@Livingg017 But a small part of that craft-building community sees this and would participate. You want airplanes, PZLAgencies wants probes/landers or planets, Tallisar wants planets and GalacticAerospace wants who knows what. So wouldn't it be quite unfair if I'd do something just about airplanes?
one month ago@Livingg017 You could make an airplane with that task, but I can't limit it to just airplanes (or even crafts in general) cause then you'd probably be the only participant
one month ago@GalacticAerospace1 (if you'd participate with a non-vizzy topic) @Livingg017 @PZLAgencies
+1 one month agoTallisar suggested to have the contest include realism (see here). What would you think about some forced realism if you could submit either a craft or a planet? Realism for crafts could be e.g. reasonable size ratios & size (like not just a Saturn V-sized generation ship), maybe some things to make obvious what it's used for (e.g. big habitat modules on a generation ship), .... For planets check the linked comment. This wouldn't mean you have to build a boring rocket replica, but you'd have to consider real life restrictions (gravity, ...).
Btw, I think I've found a topic that includes all your suggestions as well as possible.
@GalacticAerospace1 Maybe there's something else in Juno you're good at, like building or planets?
one month ago@PZLAgencies Good idea, I'll ask him
one month ago@PZLAgencies and @Livingg017 Cool topics, I think I can find something that includes a bit of both. If we can find at least one or two more participants I think we can make it happen. Livingg017 I assume this means you'll participate if it's about building-pictures?
+1 one month ago@Aludra877 Oh, cool! It‘s my native language, so if you‘ve got any questions, let me know
+1 one month ago@Aludra877 Having a ton of exams rn, but otherwise pretty ok, thanks for asking! Hey man, I was just looking for an old post when I stumbled upon someone‘s post where you said „Guten tag“. Did you use a translator there or do you actually speak German?
+1 one month ago@Aludra877 Thanks brother, how've you been?
one month ago@Aludra877 Hey brother, I saw you‘re hosting a contest too. Just to get an idea how many participants a big creator has, may I ask how many submissions you have (yet)? Just roughly, like “just 2 or 3“ or “sth around 10 or 15“
one month agoLive long and prosper
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+1 one month ago@Aludra877 Hey brother, sure, I'm happy to help. I'll need to see the issue and probably experiment a bit on that one, so it'd be great if you can send me the weapon
2 months ago@Aludra877 Thanks!
+1 2 months ago@Aludra877 thanks, I've been alright - some exams too, but otherwise I can't complain. You (apart from the exams)?
2 months agoGood luck!
2 months ago@Aludra877 I've been alright, can't complain. You?
+1 3 months agoI like option 1. Imo two looks too flat, three is too extreme and one is just right. Terraformed looks a bit strange (maybe even artificial) cause it's completely flooded with small continents - would look better with less, but a bit bigger continents
3 months ago