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)