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Request: Inner Sphere Time Lapse


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#1 Gut

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 02:01 PM

I'd like to see a time-lapse of the boundaries of the Inner Sphere and so forth. I'm not artistic or lore-based enough to do it myself, so I'm putting it out there: Someone please make an Inner Sphere Time Lapse tool, video, etc.!

I personally would like if it had a slider to go back and forth and see what happened.

Also, if this idea has already been presented, please link it.

Example:

#2 QueenBlade

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Posted 02 September 2014 - 02:17 PM

http://iscs.teamspam.net/

Great site to reference many important maps of certain eras.

Then for timeline...

http://classic-web.a...ultraforce.org/ (Patrick's Battletech Archieve)

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:25 AM

Those are great references but unfortunately it doesn't look like they provide much timeline granularity; i.e. there are large time steps between the 2750 map and the 3025 map. I could certainly animate between those two maps if I wanted to but it probably wouldn't provide the level of detail that Gut wanted, and it wouldn't be any more useful than just tabbing back and forth between the maps in his browser.

I suspect that compiling a more granular timeline of planet ownership would require a massive effort. If I had the data available (BTW the tab-delimited data from the iscs link above is great, just not granular enough) then I'd be happy to animate it.

#4 Kyle Reece

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:49 AM

Can't speak to it being 100% accurate, but it should be reasonable...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DPDFNRZg7v79H8H6VSzwNYt-RuhWl801pkPwDaLPDX8/edit?usp=sharing

#5 Shlkt

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:55 AM

View PostKyle Reece, on 03 September 2014 - 08:49 AM, said:

Can't speak to it being 100% accurate, but it should be reasonable...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DPDFNRZg7v79H8H6VSzwNYt-RuhWl801pkPwDaLPDX8/edit?usp=sharing


That's awesome! Thanks.

#6 Gut

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 12:32 PM

That is very cool!

#7 Shlkt

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 07:36 PM

So this is my first (rather crude) attempt: Inner Sphere Map Animation
The animation only runs through 3058. There are some strange artifacts here and there that I'm still trying to debug, and some of the labels move around in distracting ways... but you get the idea.

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 08:07 PM

Very awesome! Will it include what year it is as it goes on?

#9 Justin Kase

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 09:30 PM

The year is in the lower right corner.

#10 Gut

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Posted 03 September 2014 - 09:45 PM

Oh, you are right! Thanks, I was just looking at the pic and it didn't pop out at me.





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