TITLE: The Space Snooker NAME: Raphael Teysseyre COUNTRY: France EMAIL: lefra@voila.fr WEBPAGE: http://asfixy.lsdp.net TOPIC: Toys & Games COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: ssnooker.jpg ZIPFILE: ssnooker.zip RENDERER USED: PovRay for Windows 3.6.0 TOOLS USED: Chris Colefax's galaxy include files paint shop pro 5 ( jpeg conversion ) RENDER TIME: 1m 15s HARDWARE USED: Athlon Xp 1600+ IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Space snooker is a game for Gods: you have to push a planet in a blackhole, like in a classical snooker. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: (sorry for my bad english, it is'nt my mother tongue) The cue is made with a cone which has a wood-like texture, and a cylinder with a white-and-blue gradient. Both planets are made of two spheres: the first for the ground, the second, quite bigger, for the clouds. I added two area lights which illuminate the scene. The blackhole and the background starfield are made with the "galaxy.*" files. (the blackhole is a shape of spiral galaxy with a negative color in the center, so we can't see the stars behind it) for french speaking people: La queue est faite d'un c_ne avec une texture de bois, et d'un cylindre avec un d_riv_ du blanc vers le bleu. Les deux plan_tes sont compos_es chacune de deux spheres: la premi_re pour le sol, la seconde, un peu plus grosse, pour les nuages. J'ai ajout_ deux "area lights" (difficile _ traduire en francais...) qui illuminent la sc_ne. Le trou noir et les _toiles en arri_re-plan sont faites _ l'aide des fichiers "galaxy.*". (le trou noir est fait d'une galaxie spirale, avec une couleur n_gative au centre, ainsi on ne voit pas les _toiles derri_re)