Hanging Power Transmission Cables

[empirebuilder1 26]

 

I'll make an Idiot's Guide on how to make these cables later, but it basically involves creating a texture in GIMP with the curve, and then just stretching that texture to a flat surface in MI. Proper alignment takes quite a while...

[Ethaniel 15.2k]

So long straight texture, and then stretch it out?

[Dannyboi 2.1k]

26 minutes ago, empirebuilder1 said:

But it basically involves creating a texture in GIMP with the curve

Or Paint.net, or even MSPaint for that matter. 

[Ethaniel 15.2k]

Just now, Dannyboi said:

Or Paint.net, or even MSPaint for that matter. 

I mean, you could use ms paint, but youd have to edit out the white background in another program.

[empirebuilder1 26]

2 hours ago, EthanForeverAlone said:

So long straight texture, and then stretch it out?

Essentially yes, but I made the texture itself curved so you can get that slight hyperbolic curve that every hanging cable has. MI itself can't generate the curve, being Minecraft and all it only deals in straight lines.

These cables aren't stretching very far so the low angle is alright, but for longer spans I'd make it a bit steeper.  

This only works in image editors that can support an alpha channel since it needs to be transparent, so MSpaint is out of the question. (On a side note, do you know how friggin hard it is to generate a good hyperbolic curve in GIMP?!)

Edited July 19, 2017 by empirebuilder1