Re: [Mote-dev] More stuff

[Stu T. <st...@dr...>]

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:47:20PM +0100, Edwin Brady wrote:
> I've been mucking about with the gimp and added a nicer scanner image. As
> you can see, I can't draw, but it's better than it used to be.
> 
> Instead of the old elite-style scanner, it's a bit simpler. X and Y show
> you where the object is in your X-Y plane, and the brightness of a blob
> gives you the distance in the Z axis. Green blobs are in front, red blobs
> are behind. I think freespace does something similar... I hope it's
> usable...

Sounds very much like the X-wing et al scanner, except that was aligned in
the y-Z plane and gave you forward and rear scanners.

Stuart
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