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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: vyper on August 17, 2002, 03:56:23 pm

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: vyper on August 17, 2002, 03:56:23 pm

How... how... how... do you render a beam weapon in Truespace 3?

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Bobboau on August 17, 2002, 04:55:10 pm

makt a few spheres apply some sort of fracrtal coloring and eroded transparency, the smaller ones should be brighter and should be less transparent, use constant relectivity, and do the same with a bunch of cylinders

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: vyper on August 17, 2002, 05:22:19 pm

I was afraid you'd say something like that:eek:

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Anaz on August 17, 2002, 06:47:12 pm

Fractal coloring...is that like making light come out of it? (please say yes...), and how do you do this...I don't see it in the color sphere on shader options...

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Bobboau on August 17, 2002, 07:16:17 pm

by fractal I meant something like the clouds or marble coloring, I don't remember all of what is available in TS3

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Anaz on August 17, 2002, 07:19:47 pm

I have ts 4.2...

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Bobboau on August 17, 2002, 07:36:48 pm

but the person who origonaly asked doesn't

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Carl on August 18, 2002, 12:28:33 am

you really kinda can't make any quality beams in truespace 3. you'll have to post-process with photoshop.

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: Anaz on August 18, 2002, 10:57:31 am

can you in ts 4 carl?

Title: Everything's Better with Beams
Post by: vyper on August 18, 2002, 11:37:11 am

LOL, I couldn't do it in psp 7 b4 and I probably can't now :lol: