Author Topic: teh folding (Read 4091 times)

Carl · **on:** March 29, 2004, 11:02:12 am

whenever as laser has a larger head radius than tail radius, it looks like it's being folded down the middle

it's been doing it since retail. any way to fix it?

Bobboau · **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2004, 11:41:38 am

no way short of reworking the entire way lasers are rendered, wich won't happen before 3.6

Carl · **Reply #2 on:** March 29, 2004, 11:44:50 am

kthxbye.

Johnmike · **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:18:15 pm

Say, when -will- 3.6 be finished? Any idea? [/Moron]

jdjtcagle · **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:26:21 pm

When we get done debugging it:D

Johnmike · **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:31:09 pm

I just have no ideal clue to how much work that is. o.o; Don't give me a deadline. =P Give me an estimate of how long this kind of thing takes.

jdjtcagle · **Reply #6 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:37:03 pm

I'm wondering myself.
How much more bugs need squashing???

karajorma · **Reply #7 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:58:48 pm

Look at mantis

ChronoReverse · **Reply #8 on:** March 29, 2004, 05:02:17 pm

Go into mantis, look at the bugs. See if you can reproduce them and report more bugs there

Zarax · **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2004, 02:46:18 am

SCP has recently adopted 3DRealms schedule programming, so the best date you will get is: When it's done.

Aside from jokes, this code freeze will make next releases easier to make, as they will have a much more stable base than before.

Drew · **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2004, 09:57:59 am

well if the SCP got a little more publicity, we could bring a few more coders in and would progress faster.....

Carl · **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2004, 10:52:42 am

or the rest of us could learn to code.

Deepblue · **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2004, 01:52:12 pm

I believe that probem has to do with how freespace does lasers. It maps the bitmap onto a flat plane that adjusts according to its proportions. You have the folding effect because the mesh used is two triangles forming a rectangle. Try mapping an effect in a modeler on the same surface, squish one side, and you will get the same effect when you render the scene.

Flaser · **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2004, 02:40:52 pm

Hmm...could "cough...cough" "pof/model-based laser effects" counter these problems?

I'm no expert, but I was wondering if that could work..

Carl · **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2004, 03:05:47 pm

no, it would be worse, because you couldn't get the plane to face you at all times.

Lightspeed · **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2004, 04:10:59 pm

FS2's lasers are pretty much perfect, except if they get too big and/or mess around with different head & tail radius values.

Flaser · **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2004, 04:19:26 pm

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Originally posted by Carl
no, it would be worse, because you couldn't get the plane to face you at all times.

If it were a simple plane - true.

What if you used a 3D mesh with semi-transparent textures?

Though that would be a real drain on resources...

Bobboau · **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2004, 09:48:41 pm

it wouldn't be that big of a drain

Anaz · **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2004, 10:03:43 pm

or just have 2 spheres, and invert the normals on them...one with a transparent tex, one with a solid.

Lightspeed · **Reply #19 on:** April 01, 2004, 07:41:05 am

3D looks utterly crap for any effects. If you want to make it look as good as FS2's 2D effects you'd need huge ressource drain, and, it wouldnt look better at all

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