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Offline Zarax

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Reply #540 on: March 28, 2004, 08:30:40 am
I will have to send them to kasperl...
Yes, they are glows... I wanted to try adding more detail to them so they won't look like blobs, but i only have half succeeded in that...
The second one looks pretty solid and like a real cannon shell with the glow set to 000 in the tables and the right shape...
The first however is not discernible from a standard glow ingame...
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Offline Carl

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Reply #541 on: March 28, 2004, 08:40:24 am
well, you see, i didn't think you'd use them for laser glows, as all of the effects in FS2 use addition blending, which means that all the light behind it will show through. since they are just pulses of light, they should look like blobs. they're not solid objects. this is why they would make more sense as textures than glows.
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #542 on: March 28, 2004, 08:53:14 am
send it.

also, some date thingy is really, really off.

anyway, i'd like to see some screenies. just keep em at 640*480.
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #543 on: March 28, 2004, 09:23:18 am
Sent them...
Where are you experiencing this date problem exactly?
Here everything is ok...
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #544 on: March 28, 2004, 09:30:36 am
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Originally posted by Carl
since they are just pulses of light, they should look like blobs. they're not solid objects. this is why they would make more sense as textures than glows.


That's quite right, but since i have absolutely no modeling skills i'm trying to use the glows since they have some degree of deformation, allowing some extra shapes...
Sure, they are no match for better stuff like lightspeed's or yours, but since i have no effect artist or modeler for my campaign i'll use what i can get...
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #545 on: March 28, 2004, 10:07:04 am
THIS IS DONE BY ZARAX


THIS IS ZARAX' WORK
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Offline RandomTiger

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Reply #546 on: March 28, 2004, 10:08:38 am
Cool, zarax made the broken picture link icon!
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #547 on: March 28, 2004, 10:09:46 am
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Originally posted by RandomTiger
Cool, zarax made the broken picture link icon!


you know, you could look at the post time and give me some time to edit it, mmkay?

and yeah, i really should stop making typo's in URL's

edit: BTW Zarax, the time issue is fixed, somehow....
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #548 on: March 28, 2004, 10:30:19 am
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Cool, zarax made the broken picture link icon!


:lol: :lol: :lol:
The real is work is not much better than it...
But you gave me an idea for a new weapon:
"The broken Link generator:
This is a shivan weapon only recently seen by SOC units.
Apparently it shreds down even the largest targets by breaking the molecular links of any surface, effectlively bringing the effect of a concentrated anti matter charge over a large area. All GTVA capital ships should consider this weapon over Class A threath."
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Offline jdjtcagle

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Reply #549 on: March 28, 2004, 10:32:15 am
Hmmmm...
You could go nobel prize with that.;7
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #550 on: March 28, 2004, 10:32:32 am
BTW, as you can see, while the first glow works pretty well, the second one has no extra detail...
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #551 on: March 28, 2004, 10:35:37 am
well, making it a large missile in the shape of a red X, and making it do massive damage would be cool. Great for DEMII, if it ever get;s made....
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #552 on: March 28, 2004, 11:05:06 am
maybe... In the meantime, any suggestion about getting some more detail into the glow textures?
If yes i might be able to get a weapon glow pack ready to be shipped bundled with Duke Nukem Forever...
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Offline Carl

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Reply #553 on: March 29, 2004, 12:03:09 am
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Originally posted by Zarax
BTW, as you can see, while the first glow works pretty well, the second one has no extra detail...


uh...yeah it does. it looks just like the image you posted, but sinse it's small and far away, you won't see as much detail, just like anything that's small and far away in real life. take a screenshot of it really close to your ship. turn down the speed of the weapon if you need to.
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #554 on: March 29, 2004, 03:59:23 am
Distance doesn't really matter... even in the closest shots possible you won't see anything else...
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Offline Carl

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Reply #555 on: March 29, 2004, 11:05:17 am
are you using the high-res registry hack?

are both laser color 1 and laser color 2 set to 0, 0, 0?
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #556 on: March 29, 2004, 01:12:55 pm
No, i'm not using the hack...
The colors are set to a very low glow, around 10-15...
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Offline Carl

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Reply #557 on: March 29, 2004, 02:54:20 pm
it might be a good idea to use the hack, and set the glows to zero.

what's that thing supposed to be, anyway?
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #558 on: March 29, 2004, 03:27:28 pm
The shivan one?
An high energy fighter pulse weapon...
I'm (very slowly) making a campaign which will use some Inferno style stuff...
About the hack... I'm one of the unlucky owners of a TNT2 card, and as result i can't use HTL...
I can barely play in software mode, using high res stuff would simply kill the already low frame rate...
BTW... after seeing your really cool impact effects i have a suggestion... ever thought about some Shivanized flak?
I mean, using an energy explosion rather than the standard one would make some extra characterization...
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Offline Lightspeed

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Reply #559 on: March 29, 2004, 04:19:10 pm
Patience, human ;)
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