How were the homeworld images on the Spyro wiki made?

Black Mage · Jun 23, 2019 7:58 AM

Hello everyone. I've been looking at the Spyro wiki for images of the YotD home worlds, and I immediately knew I wanted more of them. They're wide, and the thing with the draw distance causing low-detail models to appear in the distance isn't present at play, making them impossibly beautiful.

Here's the one for Midnight Mountain:

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The person who uploaded them seems to have not contributed to the wiki since 2015, and I'm honestly curious about how these images were produced. If anyone here knows the procedure, or where else to find the original uploader, I'd appreciate it, as I want to make them with different shots and angles, and at 1080p.

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Jun 23, 2019 6:20 PM

it's a program called Spyro World Viewer smile

it's been a long time since i had to actually set up that program, so unfortunately i can't help much in setting it up. here is a video i found, and here is a download link.

hope this helps! let us know if you have any problems.

Black Mage · Jun 24, 2019 2:17 AM

Yes, that does exactly what I needed!

Obligatory picture:

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It took a while to figure out how to properly extract the WADs (by myself), but I'm glad I got some captures with it. Thanks for linking me to the program!

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Jun 24, 2019 2:39 AM

that's a really cool picture! yikes i've never seen that doorway at that angle before.

and yeah, i remember i had trouble with it at first, too. glad you figured it out though! no problem! big_smile

Black Mage · Jun 26, 2019 3:48 AM

Also, have obligatory "this snake looks too detailed" image.

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Most of us were probably too focused on the sliding to notice...it!

Last edited by Black Mage (Jun 26, 2019 3:49 AM)

36IStillLikeSpyro36 · Jun 27, 2019 2:35 AM

i love that snake big_smile it looks so intimidating from a distance, but when you see it from the front, it just has this happy, silly looking face!

Black Mage · Jun 27, 2019 7:00 PM

I really ought to go back to Haunted Tombs and pay attention not to the level, but to the snake. All those golems and all those rhynocs would off themselves anyway.

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How were the homeworld images on the Spyro wiki made?

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