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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Beowulf on December 29, 2003, 08:11:42 pm

Title: Geometry (physical)
Post by: Beowulf on December 29, 2003, 08:11:42 pm

Quick question...... Can I texture a series of faces that dont form a solid shell and have them appear in FreeSpace? The idea being a shield shell that only covers portions of a ship. Would that work? Keep in mind that these are textures, not an actual shield object.

Thanks!


~Beowulf

Title: Geometry (physical)
Post by: Nico on December 29, 2003, 08:27:29 pm

If you mean a mesh with holes, well, yeah, that's possible.
But that would still be an object.

Title: Geometry (physical)
Post by: Beowulf on December 29, 2003, 08:30:54 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Nico
If you mean a mesh with holes, well, yeah, that's possible.
But that would still be an object.

Thanks! I meant it's not a shield as seen by FreeSpace, just geometry....

Which leads me to a second question, will a shield with holes in it work?

~Beowulf

Title: Geometry (physical)
Post by: Liberator on December 29, 2003, 08:40:30 pm

See MCP in Tron.  Sheilds with holes work fine if you can make the holes hard to hit and are worth it if having the holes makes them stronger somehow.