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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Liberator on October 22, 2010, 02:30:46 am

Title: Beam width
Post by: Liberator on October 22, 2010, 02:30:46 am

I don't know if this is a coding issue or simply a lack of graphics, but I have always wondered if beams are like they are because they're a 2d object drawn between two 3d objects or if there's actually a cylinder that gets animated.  What I'm getting at is can beams be drawn as other shape than cylinders/lines?  What got me thinking this was watching old Voltron era shows where the ships had these giganticly wide cannons that were 100 ft wide and 10 ft tall.

Title: Re: Beam width
Post by: Dragon on October 22, 2010, 05:06:19 am

FS beams are 2D.