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Originally posted by Jules:
**Ok, first things first... spelling and pronunciation! For a start, the English language originated in Brittain (I know it derives from Latin, but is was first spoken in Brittain). Therefore there is no way Ameraicans can say that we have goofy spellings and pronunciation. The English language was being taught and spoken over here before anyone even knew there was an America! Infact I have exams in a hall where it was being taught before America even existed (yeah, my University is older than your country so there;) ). What is this about sKool? Its spelt school and pronounced the way you do. Schedual is pronounced various ways, personally I pronounce it sKed-ual even though that is evil and icky and incorrect 
Aluminium... ok this is the biggy. ALL Americans pronounce Aluminium wrong. I mean where do you get Alum-in-um from? It is spelled Alumin- i -um. the i is there at the end for a purpose you know. It isnt a silent i, so why ignore it completely when pronouncing it. Geez!! :mad: 
Anyway, back on topic, there are two good ways of making lights. One make a really small lens flare with only the flash enabled. The second is the way I described above (make sphere textured with a glowing colour the colour you want the light, and apply an aura of the same colour asit - with all selected for where the aura is to be applied to).
By the way, are we going to see this ship posted on the image gallery?
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Jules, you can't say that there's a right or wrong way to pronounce ANYTHING. Languages are like living creatures and they evolve. British English sounds similar to Australian English, but isn't quite the same. Irish and Scottish English evolved on the same tiny island as British English but you don't see very many people confusing a Scotsman for an Englishman. The Brits brought English to India, but an Indian speaking English doesn't necessarly sound like a British speaking English. The British have at least several different accents (Cockney, London, Liverpool, etc). American English used to sound like British English, but slowly evolved (due to immigrants from foreign nations) into lots of dialects (West coast, pigin, southern, midwestern, new england, italian, just to name a tiny few), as well. English during Shakespeare's time sounded nothing like it does today. Historians believe that it sounded a bit like (I think) a German english accent. In conclusion, you can't say that we Americans pronounce words right (British) or wrong (not British), because the English language changes and grows as time passes.
Anyway, PolarBear, you need to exaggerate your running lights when you render for sprites. I've found that lights that would look hideously large in a shipyard pic, look perfect in the Nova universe, so you'll just have to experiment. If you can't get your glow large enough, my suggestion again is to use a shadowless sphere with 100% luminosity (so it looks like light is being cast on it evenly from all directions - even when there's no light), render against a black ship, and after making it into a PICT sprite, use photoshop to blur the spheres, and remake your mask (magic wand the black, invert the selection so you're selecting just the lights, and press delete).
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