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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 05:37:05 pm

Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 05:37:05 pm
Thats right, I'm plugging the trailer for The Apocalypse Project.

Download it here (http://www.dryphed.com/elorran/tap/tap01.avi), or else the puppy gets it!

(http://www.dryphed.com/elorran/funny/lof7.jpg)
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2004, 05:38:36 pm
Might I suggest a news post on the main site?  :p
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 05:55:31 pm
Yes you may.  Though I feel it only fair to inform you that I have already submitted such a news post and am currently only awaiting the confirmation by one of the site admins to get it up. :P
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Bobboau on July 14, 2004, 06:15:55 pm
that one big capital ship doesn't look glow mapped, why not!?
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Styxx on July 14, 2004, 06:16:08 pm
Approved. Just next time, use HTML on the post, not vB code. :)
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2004, 06:17:19 pm
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Originally posted by Styxx
Approved. Just next time, use HTML on the post, not vB code. :)

LOL :lol:
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 06:21:37 pm
"oops"
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: beatspete on July 14, 2004, 06:24:47 pm
In what way does the puppy "get" it?




my first post tonight and i've already lowered the tone...
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: aldo_14 on July 14, 2004, 06:29:04 pm
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Originally posted by beatspete
In what way does the puppy "get" it?


my first post tonight and i've already lowered the tone...


There are websites for that sort of sordid activity, y'know.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Taristin on July 14, 2004, 07:39:41 pm
Dutch ones. :D
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2004, 07:47:00 pm
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Originally posted by Raa
Dutch ones. :D

Yeah yeah, take the easy way out and blame it on us, the socially liberal people :p
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 07:51:28 pm
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Originally posted by Bobboau
that one big capital ship doesn't look glow mapped, why not!?
We're still working on that.
And it's not that big.
The Ion beams in this (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/tap/screens/battlecruisers.JPG) would completely engulf it.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Bobboau on July 14, 2004, 08:05:54 pm
big was of course relitively speacking, compared to the fighter you are in it's big.

glow maps are probly the easiest thing to do, and I figured that HW had glow maps too so why not, I ask this stuff becase I've been wanting some good vids like this so I can use it to show off to people
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 08:14:07 pm
FSO uses alpha maps to do glows, yes?
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/tap/screens/Frontuv_export2.jpg)
That is a typical HW2 glow map. Green is lit, black is off, and I dont know WTF blue is. From what I can tell it's off too. Sure, this one looks easy to modify, it is, but not all of them are this easy.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 08:18:46 pm
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Originally posted by Bobboau
I've been wanting some good vids like this so I can use it to show off to people


They're easy to make.  I intend to pump out more soon enough :)
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Bobboau on July 14, 2004, 08:22:18 pm
@Thorn; FSO uses a second color map for glowmapping, you just make a version of the texture that is unlit (ie only self ilumination)
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 14, 2004, 08:45:42 pm
Thorn - could it be shine?
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 09:05:25 pm
Nope, shine uses an alpha map.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: elorran on July 14, 2004, 09:20:59 pm
Perhaps thorn has found a part of the secret coding that triggers the blue sreen of death.  When all of the lighting is aligned upon the texture in exactly the right manner (ie most of the time) windows summons forth the chaos within and unleash the doom that is the blue screen of death.

Or perhaps I'm just babbling :D
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Bobboau on July 14, 2004, 10:10:00 pm
posably something to do with the damage model
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Thorn on July 14, 2004, 10:14:49 pm
Actually that sounds about right. The blue would be the areas decals can be applied.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Gank on July 15, 2004, 01:33:43 pm
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Originally posted by Thorn
I dont know WTF blue is. From what I can tell it's off too. Sure, this one looks easy to modify, it is, but not all of them are this easy.


Actually the Blue is spec, or shine as its called around here, Alphas are used for team colours, normal texture alpha is base colour, spec/illum alpha is for stripe colour. Didnt you get the pm I sent you about this a while back?
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Thorn on July 15, 2004, 01:54:52 pm
Yeah. I see it now. Half the damn notifications dont work most of the time.
Title: Shameless misuse of forums
Post by: Knight Templar on July 15, 2004, 06:10:04 pm
Awww... how cute.