Author Topic: how's this for some weapon effects? (Read 54453 times)

Darklord42 · **Reply #200 on:** March 30, 2007, 01:27:02 pm

no one ever did email me a working table

In anycase, you need a seperate version of fs2 scp inorder to get this to work? I thought this was for the 3.6.9 version to go with the 3.6.9 vps?

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Cobra · **Reply #201 on:** March 30, 2007, 01:28:55 pm

Ummm, there is no 3.9.7. You're thinking of 3.6.9.

And they're not going into the mediavps unless DaBrain says so, and I don't think he has.

DaBrain · **Reply #202 on:** April 22, 2007, 12:29:13 pm

Merging together the beam tables isn't fun.

Why does the BFRed use more than 5 sections? I don't think that's supported.
Can I delete some of them? Which ones?

Bobboau · **Reply #203 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:53:25 pm

it should be supported. I'm pretty sure dynamic beam sections have been in there for a while now. unless that was yet another thing that I did that got axed.

takashi · **Reply #204 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:56:30 pm

why not use 1 section beams, you only have to make 1 texture and you get more detail.

Bobboau · **Reply #205 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:46:07 pm

because you lose any ability to make layered effects.

takashi · **Reply #206 on:** April 23, 2007, 01:53:57 pm

doesent that apply to only terran and shivan beams?

Raven2001 · **Reply #207 on:** April 23, 2007, 02:20:44 pm

Nop, all of them use layered effects iirc.

takashi · **Reply #208 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:30:54 pm

they do? i dont see a difference between layered and non layered. but then again i just now started using the mediavps.

Raven2001 · **Reply #209 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:50:19 pm

being layered means u can assignt different tilings and animations to each section, as well as the flicker of each section, explained in a pinch ofc

Grizzly · **Reply #210 on:** April 24, 2007, 12:12:40 pm

Quote from: Darklord42 on March 30, 2007, 01:27:02 pm

no one ever did email me a working table In anycase, you need a seperate version of fs2 scp inorder to get this to work? I thought this was for the 3.6.9 version to go with the 3.6.9 vps?

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the Length table file is not supported by 3.6.9.... atleast it is with the latest cvsbuilds..

and therefore, I don't think they will be included in the 3.6.9 mv's.

Mars · **Reply #211 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:24:53 am

That sucks... because this is honestly one of the biggest improvements I've seen in the game for a while

Quote from: takashi on April 23, 2007, 04:30:54 pm

they do? i dont see a difference between layered and non layered. but then again i just now started using the mediavps.

Have you tried the updated beams?

Do you notice how some parts of the beam move faster than other parts?

That is a layered effect

That's the difference...

Or have you not noticed because you haven't really tried the updated beams?

Vasudan Admiral · **Reply #212 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:59:52 am

Errm, my versions of the beams work fine without modification, and so do Bobs if you just remove the +length field from the tables. It's really not that hard people.

And certainly not enough to stop DaBrain from including them in the media VPs - I look forward to seeing what we end up with.

takashi · **Reply #213 on:** April 25, 2007, 01:07:24 pm

where can we find your beams?

Bobboau · **Reply #214 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:59:42 am

in this thread.

and DaBrain I think just might have enough experience to get these WIP files working, just maybe.

anyway, I love how this thread was just chuging right along untill some people started obsessing over something that is going to have to be a code change if anything comes from it.

I should probably mention I plan on writeing up a full documentation for Proximus tomorow night. some of my teachers expressed an interest in it, so I'm going to crank out a little bit of polish on it and make a hopefuly good reference material for it before I send out a bunch of emails.

Javito1986 · **Reply #215 on:** November 10, 2008, 07:53:55 am

I know this is an older thread but I thought it'd be more efficient to bump it than to start a new one.

Anyway, I linked to this thread from the "Make to get the most graphics wise from FSO" thread (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,53294.0.html). My computer doesn't handle the AdVPs very well so I'm taking ColeCampell's advice and d/ling Bobboau's beam textures. Except, erm, I don't know how to install them. I'm running 3.6.10 mediavps and I thought I'd just overwrite my mediavps data folder with Bob's but that created a whole slew of errors and I was no longer able to run FS2 so I restored the original data folder, pondered, and thought I'd ask here since I'm not really clear on how to install the pack properly.

Jeff Vader · **Reply #216 on:** November 10, 2008, 08:20:54 am

Just to be sure, the manual for "installing" these beams is in this post. As for the errors, there is a certain flaw with the tables. You'll need to open the .tbm, or .tbms, that came with the beams and remove any line that starts with "+Length" without quotations.

Topgun · **Reply #217 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:01:27 am

is "+length" in 3.610?

Wanderer · **Reply #218 on:** November 12, 2008, 12:11:46 am

Quote from: Topgun on November 11, 2008, 11:01:27 am

is "+length" in 3.610?

~~Yes it is.~~

Strike that... i remembered it being +length but it was +range.. So it seems +length is not in 3.6.10

Cobra · **Reply #219 on:** November 12, 2008, 12:19:33 am

I forget, how do you fix the beam tiling problem?

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