[Liberator]

That is primarily bumpmapping, with some nice enviromapping with volumetric fog.  That stuff is coming, but I would prefer to have a nice bug free 3.6, before we get all nuts with the bumpmapping.

[Corhellion]

I'm still waiting for the...dare I say it..."Geo-modded Capships!"

*runs*

[Sticks]

Apparently, pissing Bob and I off is OK.

And no, you dare not say it...because you have mentioned it, however, you will now receive the brunt of my coding genuis.

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user *Corhellion = new user;
genius *Sticks = new genius;

void StdResponseLib::GeoMod(user *usr, genius *gen)
{
     gen->AddWeapon(1,Mjolnir_HandHeld);
     gen->FireWeapon(1);

     usr->PlayDeathSequence();
     usr->Release();
}

void WinMain
{
     StdResponseLib *SRL = new StdResponseLib;
     
     SRL->Init();
     SRL->GeoMod(Corhellion,Sticks);
}


[Rictor]

So if I understand correctly, if 3.6 has already been released, and 3.6 was basically the version the intent of which was to clean up all the bugs, the phase that the SCP team is in NOW is the "add lots of cool stuff" phase, right?

If I remember correctly from the original Overexpose Effect thread, the effect is applied to everything onscreen right? Would there we a way to apply it only to certain things but not others. Like for example, apply it to the nebula backgrounds and the HUD, but not to the ships. Would that be possible?

[Sticks]

Version 3.6 has not been released.

Yes, this is possible; however, since we are still in bug-fighting mode, I am unsure what shape the implimentation of HDR Flare Sim will take.

[Bobboau]

no

yes

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by PhReAk
kazan is going to kill you now.  i doubt he'll think twice before doing so

He could only kill me if he finishes multiplayer. That's the way it works

[phreak]

Will be posted by Kazan in the future
ITS ALREADY $^@&*ING DONE I NEED PEOPLE TO #$&@#ING TEST IT!!!!!!!

[Setekh]

Oooh, Tenebrae... I haven't checked on those guys for a while. Sure looks like some effects I'd love to see in FSO eventually.

[Silent Warrior]

You took the words right out of my mouth. Although I haven't looked at Tenebrae at all - FPS-phobia, YAY!

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Carl
you're hold us back, RandomTiger

DX9 will come when we are ready.

[Nico]

I'm more interested in reflection mapping than bump mapping honestly. Oh, I mean simulated, not true, you know, like the car windows in racing games. basically an environmental map that pans as the ship moves.

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Nico


an old crappy engine they want to upgrade? then I'm missing something

Thanks very much

[Nico]

Mmh? Well, if the vanilla FS2 engine is not old and crappy, means you've found the cheats to unlock the advanced rendering features. Then you lied to us all along!!!

I think you really misunderstood me.

[RandomTiger]

Ok well theres the OGL engine, the D3D8 engine, the generic graphics engine that surrounds them both and the actual gameplay engine. Which one are we talking about?

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Lightspeed
if you want this game to have a future: focus on multiplayer first.

I think you are right there. I wish I knew something useful in that and could help out.

[Nico]

In what I said you quoted? The original, 4 or 5 years old FS engine, derivated from the 7 or 8 years old descent engine, pre-SCP era. Kapitche?

[RandomTiger]

Theres not really such a thing in the SCP, D3D5 is gone, instead due to hard work by the team we have a fusion between OGL, D3D8 and the generic graphics engine which we are working to update. I personally worked long and hard on getting DX8 operational.

Changing the calls to DX9 wont actually give us anything instantly you know. It will take hard work to implement each and every feature in DX9 fitting it into the existing generic engine. And then a lot of the features will require talented artists to make artwork for it.

If we do more work on the generic engine before hand to squash bugs, restructure bad code and prepare for D3D9 then it will go a lot smoother. Coders and artists can work with a system that is bug free, makes sense and isnt subject to bizarre problems still lingering from the structure of how the system used to work.

[Nico]

No, you don't want to understand. So I give up
No, I  don't after all: "clears throat"
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FS ENGINE BEFORE THE SCP GOT THEIR HANDS ON IT. IS IT CLEAR ENOUGH NOW?
So I wasn't criticizing your work or anything.

[Bobboau]

I get what your saying