Author Topic: Nebula draw distance (Read 5268 times)

Galemp · **on:** May 11, 2003, 11:44:30 pm

Something I'd like to see included in FRED2_open and FS2_open is the ability to change the nebula maximum draw distance, much in the same way you can set the sensor range. Then you can get thinner or thicker nebulae.

On a related note, could we perhaps have glowmaps fade in and out as you approach or fly away from a ship? It's a bit awkward when you're flying towards a ship and all of a sudden the lights pop up from nowhere.

TrashMan · **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2003, 04:14:24 am

Now THAT'S a very good idea!
Bump! Double bump! Triple bump!

Petrarch of the VBB · **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2003, 08:28:49 am

It is a very good idea.

Any word from the Code-Wizards?

kasperl · **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2003, 10:47:31 am

CP5670 · **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2003, 10:57:26 am

This is something I would really like to see.

Would this include the range at which the nebula poof bitmaps are drawn as well or just the range at which ships become visible?

Petrarch of the VBB · **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2003, 11:47:42 am

A question that only the coders can answer.

But they seem to have gone to ground.

StratComm · **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2003, 03:08:54 pm

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Originally posted by CP5670
This is something I would really like to see. Would this include the range at which the nebula poof bitmaps are drawn as well or just the range at which ships become visible?

I would think that rendering them farther away would require higher-res maps for the poofs, or you could get some strange pixalations. The fade in effect on lights would be nice overall, as right now they snap on with the lowest LOD most of the time. Even in normal space.

TrashMan · **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2003, 03:52:48 am

ULTRA-BUMP!!!

Knight Templar · **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2003, 10:01:59 am

"Hey Mikey! He likes it!"

TrashMan · **Reply #9 on:** May 14, 2003, 01:58:58 am

Of course I like it!.... Who in their right mind doesn't?

Ulala · **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2003, 12:28:33 pm

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Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
On a related note, could we perhaps have glowmaps fade in and out as you approach or fly away from a ship? It's a bit awkward when you're flying towards a ship and all of a sudden the lights pop up from nowhere.

Sounds reasonable... although it's rather entertaining watching someone suddenly turn towards glowmaps and scream "It burns!" as their retinas melt.

TrashMan · **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2003, 03:41:36 am

MEGA-BUMP!!!

J3Vr6 · **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2003, 08:34:16 am

Christ, the thread hasn't even been inactive for an entire day and people are bumping. I'm sure the right people have seen this, and bumping when its not even half way down the first page is annoying.

Anyway (yes, I'm in a bad mood

), so this would allow you to start a mission at the edge of a nebula, where its not thick at all and hardly no loss in visibility, and then you can fly deeper into the nebula where it gets progressively deeper? That would be great.

Also, is there a way to only have a nebula in a portion of the mission map (whatever you call that 60km box you fly in in a mission), so you could have a mission where your objectives require you to do things in and out of a nebula (mini-nebula?) without changing missions?

Petrarch of the VBB · **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2003, 10:08:22 am

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Originally posted by J3Vr6
Anyway (yes, I'm in a bad mood ), so this would allow you to start a mission at the edge of a nebula, where its not thick at all and hardly no loss in visibility, and then you can fly deeper into the nebula where it gets progressively deeper? That would be great.

Now that would be cool.

Nico · **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2003, 01:35:13 pm

no, that would just make for nebulas where you can see farther away.
actually, I think it's pretty simple: just add an alpha setting to it.
there's that for the fighter trails in the ships.tbl file, so I assume that must not be complicated.

TrashMan · **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2003, 03:53:10 am

Not comlicated!?.. Even better!:D

CptWhite · **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2003, 04:06:19 am

there si 2 issues here, the draw distance (when ships fade in and out of view) and the draw range of the (outter most value and inner most value) of the nebula "clouds".

for example if you make the nebula coulds black (ie not existant) you still have a fog effect.

it would also be useful to control the number of nebula coulds and the number of types being increased as well...possibly allowing them to be animated would be excellent too.

Galemp · **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2003, 10:41:44 pm

Bump... what I'm looking for is the ability to change the distance the 'fog effect' appears at.

Fry_Day · **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2003, 02:35:57 am

Well, after peeking into the code, it seems that fog values are ship type-dependant. Except that, it seems pretty straightforward to change the values used - everything has near and far fog values, and the nebula clouds are based on two variables, which are the outer radius, behind which the cloud is transparent, and the inner radius. The nebula cloud grows less transparent until it reaches the inner radius, and from the inner radius, it grows less transparent until it reaches a "magic number" (I'm not kidding you, that's how it's written in the code)

TrashMan · **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2003, 05:28:59 am

Less talk, more ation...

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