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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Ashrak on September 25, 2002, 08:05:13 am

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Ashrak on September 25, 2002, 08:05:13 am

can anyone tell me how to make FS2 stule weapons blobs and bolts? i know a lill about hyerwoxels but those make the weapon bolts go in different directions id like to know how to create straight shooting blow weapons :)


and beams how can i make beam hit/charge effects?

Title: wepnz again
Post by: wEvil on September 25, 2002, 08:07:52 am

hypervoxels?  lightwave?

ack...*spits*

Just use some glows.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Ashrak on September 25, 2002, 09:36:44 am

glows....
ehm make me an animatin where you shoot out glowing point lights......

Title: wepnz again
Post by: wEvil on September 25, 2002, 09:49:59 am

use a point light as a nodesource and just assign the glow to it, then animate the lights' movement.

easy -

A) I dont have time to do it

B) you didnt ask nicely

C)  I dont use lightwave because its' crap.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Ashrak on September 25, 2002, 10:24:28 am

heh sorry thanx ill give it a shot now what about in LW beams???? the hit things i mean :)

Title: wepnz again
Post by: wEvil on September 25, 2002, 10:47:57 am

Quote

C) I dont use lightwave because its crap.

:p

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 25, 2002, 03:57:59 pm

Hypervoxels ARE pretty, though.


Either make a volumetric Distant Light, or have a cylinder with multiple vertex rings along the sides and Hypervoxel it.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: wEvil on September 25, 2002, 04:04:12 pm

meh...not a patch on mental ray shaders ;)

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 25, 2002, 04:14:00 pm

Wouldn't know. Can't afford. Can't steal.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Anaz on September 25, 2002, 06:18:35 pm

...or you could do it how FS does it...make 3 ovals and tex them with a color, move and add luminecence to suit your pleasure...

Title: wepnz again
Post by: DragonClaw on September 25, 2002, 09:17:51 pm

timed myself on making the scene---53 seconds...  maybe u'll find a bunch of bugs i dunno, didnt' spend any time :D

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ott/dragonclaw/lwbeam.jpg

And now I won't tell you how...  :p

btw, straight out of LW, and it doesn't give much compression, sorry.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Starfury on September 26, 2002, 01:10:20 pm

There's a tutorial floating around on the internet on how to make phasers with moving light nodes:

http://www.scifi-meshes.com/tutorials/SFA/phaserlightwave.htm

Produces a decent looking effect, but looks nothing like anything in Star Trek or Freespace, so...

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Ashrak on September 27, 2002, 07:20:36 am

tere fury

Title: wepnz again
Post by: vyper on September 27, 2002, 07:44:09 am

Quote

Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw
timed myself on making the scene---53 seconds...  maybe u'll find a bunch of bugs i dunno, didnt' spend any time :D

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ott/dragonclaw/lwbeam.jpg

And now I won't tell you how...  :p

btw, straight out of LW, and it doesn't give much compression, sorry.

V. Nice :yes: I am impresssssed.

Title: wepnz again
Post by: Ashrak on September 27, 2002, 08:05:16 am

dragon get back on ICQ so you can teach me how to do that :)