[Taristin]

*is set to 50 ppp*

*clicks page 1, since he's already on 2*

[Taristin]

Err. ok I read all that rubbish. Still have no help on how to get rid of max brightness? Is it because of the -mod directory?

[Grug]

I have max brightness problems with just normal FSO as well, yet only applies to fighters. I'm going to try making a seperate FSO folder and see how that goes.
It must be a shine or something else that's stuffing things up.
Is it possible that multiple shine maps are being used, thus causing over brightness or something?

Anyway, great stuff DaBrain! I like the thrusters effect, the backgrounds would be the only thing I'd complain about.
I can probably do one or two cell maps.
I was actually going to take a look at making some cell explosions too. So you get that cartoonish look as well as a "BOOOM!" written over the top.
You seem to be on a roll though, if you get the chance take a stab.

[DaBrain]

Hehe, I had the same idea. Looks liek you beat me.

Well, I have not started working on it, so it's all yours.

[Gregster2k]

#1: Why not code in a posterization/median cut post-filter into both Direct3D and OpenGL that takes existing textures and cartoon-izes them?

#2: Will this ever be done for OpenGL too? I prefer OpenGL cuz I can use my ATI Smartshaders on it...PSS Control rules, and I bet if I were to combine a motion blur Smartshader with this...*giggles at the possibility of FS2 looking like an animated TV show* Speaking of which, the Cel Shade SMARTSHADER that I found on the net for PSS Control sucks...shame... =(

#3: Hey, if you guys make those BOOM! explosions, why not make it possible to also have it so when lasers fire you see the words CHOOM CHOOM or whatever:

New flag in launcher:
-comicweapsenabled : shows comical sound effects visually for weapons with support for them

New variables in weapons.tbl:
Comic SFX Supported: (yes/no)
----Warmup Text: (type text here) *this one will appear gradually as the weapon warms up, it changes to Fire right afterward*
----Fire Text: (type text here)
----Hit Text: (type text here)
----Font Graphics: (graphic file)
----Graphic Behavior: (mode of movement)

Displays nearby weaponsfire as graphical text next to the weapon's origin or where it hits, respectively. Can be both.

-------------

Intended Result: Sath fires Beams and you're near it...see comical VRRRRRRRRRRTTTTT appearing over their beams...CHOOM appears, then you look at its target and see RRRRRIIIIPPPPPPP in jagged letters at the target...LOL

I can dream...

[DaBrain]

I think this filter thing won't work well..
It probably won't look much better than the smart shader.


Anyway here is another ship:
Serapis



http://www.8ung.at/dabrain/ser_cell.rar

[WeatherOp]

That is one cool cartoon!:yes:

[FireCrack]

Yeah, the trusters look messed up.

[Ghost]

I don't think so... Cel shading doesn't all have to look like an anime; those thrusters fit the ships.  Can I get those thrusters? If there was a link, I didn't see it.


EDIT:: I just looked at the map for the Serapis... what'd you use for it, MS Paint? Buncha scribbly lines, if you ask me... Oh well, it works..heh..

[DaBrain]

Well, I used Photoshop, it I could have done it in paint too.

I create a new layer, redraw all lines, and fill the 'cells' with one color...

Try it!


Here is a copy of my data folder.

There are some maps that I've just used for some tests. They are really bad.

http://game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/CELL_data.rar

[Taristin]

I wanted to see what this would look like. DaB, would you be so kind as to try this in game? I only ever get maximum brightness

[Ghost]

Hm.. is that the Seth? I can try it sometime soon. Looks like it might work...


DaB: Heh.. I figured that was pretty much how you do it. I'd do it myself, but..eh.. I'm too lazy and too dumb to figure out which maps go with which; leastways on Cap-ships. And fighter maps can get too complicated...

[Taristin]

I was lazy, cut the Seth down to 16 colours, then back to RGB, applied a watercolour filter, and then saved it as a dds

I wanted to see how well it would work, if at all.

[DaBrain]

Originally posted by Raa
I wanted to see what this would look like. DaB, would you be so kind as to try this in game? I only ever get maximum brightness

Sure here it is...


Doesn't look too good.

Try to go for hard, big lines (5 p) and use only one (maybe two) color(s) per cell.

Edit: No MV pack = no glowmaps...

[Taristin]

ok. Since I can't play it, and really have nothing else to do, I may just do that.

*fires up his wacom*

[DaBrain]

Woah a Wacom!!!

I'll have one here soon too.

Up till then I'm using the line tool + mouse. Looks a bit angularly, but also a bit more west-style.


@Gregster2k Could you post a shot with both -cell (+cell maps) and the cartoon smartshader?

I'm intrested in the result.

[Taristin]

Try this one!

I think it'll look cute! ^^

[Ghost]

I tried it twice and the file is corrupt... upload again, Raa?

[Taristin]

try now.

wee timewarp!

[Ghost]

I still got nothin. When I extracted it to Desktop, it showed up as an empty folder. Try again?

EDIT: ...it works. Eheh... for some reason it didn't work before. Anyway, it looks pretty good ingame.