[Cobra]

Seriously! It looks fine on capital ships, but on fighters and bombers it looks just down right FUGLY.

[neoterran]

You definately have something wrong going on, mine doesn't look like that.

[Zacam]

Indeed. This is probably a lack of a setting being enabled in the launcher, or a bad VP download.

Please post the launcher tag's being used, at the very least, and what kind of video card and what display mode your using.

[Cobra]

GeForce 6200 256 MB AGP at 1280x1024 resolution

-mod fsport,mediavps -spec -glow -env -jpgtga -mipmap -missile_lighting -cache_bitmaps -dualscanlines -targetinfo -orbradar -ship_choice_3d -3dwarp -warp_flash -alpha_env  -ambient_factor 0

it's done that with my Radeon 9250 too.

[neoterran]

I noticed you don't have the CPR Angel and Valkyrie maps there either, ewww

[Cobra]

Sue me, I haven't downloaded them yet. I'll probably rip out the Valkyrie model and maps from INF:A. As well as other FS1 ship textures that look kickass in INF:A.

[Trivial Psychic]

Are there differing LODS to Lightning?

[redsniper]

I've seen this problem before as well, admittedly it's been months since I've played FreeSpace so I can't remember if this bug happened the last time I played, or if it was before that. I have seen it before though...

[Cobra]

Well apparently it's in 3.6.9 too.

[Wanderer]

EMP lighting (yellow) looks sometimes as bad as this does

[MP-Ryan]

I haven't noticed the blue lightning being this bad (though it could be because I'm trying not to get my tail shot off by whomever's buddies), but the EMP yellow does look bad... at least in Inferno.  *shrug*

[neoterran]

I haven't noticed the blue lightning being this bad (though it could be because I'm trying not to get my tail shot off by whomever's buddies), but the EMP yellow does look bad... at least in Inferno.  *shrug*

Inferno uses its' own (now out of date) effects. The same with Inferno Alliance, although it has newer effects. I am not a fan of mods choosing and bundling their own effects other than new weapons and ships.

[taylor]

A new arc effect is on the todo list.  It used to actually just be a line, which looked like crap in general.  It looked better at close range (within about 80m or so) than the current affect does, but the current affect looks much better at medium and long ranges.  So far the problem is just that we have never decided exactly how to fix it.  "Is it something that should be textured?  Moddable?", etc.  There is also the issue of this being such a petty thing that no one is actually going to make time to fix it.  It will just be fixed when it's fixed. 

[Bobboau]

ships table->$damage arch texture:
if none specified, use the line method

[Taristin]

Shaders!!!

[Trivial Psychic]

Speaking of damage, once bum-mapping (or normal mapping) gets introduced, I expect that there'll be a resurgence of damage decal use, since you could actually appear to indent into the side of the ship with the explosion.  Will the coders also introduce damage decals for beam weapons at the same time?  IIRC, the main problem with decals and beams is the type1 beam (slash), which would require some way to generate a scar mark across the surface of the target, rather than relying on the skipping result if it only keys off beam impacts.

[neoterran]

Speaking of damage, once bum-mapping (or normal mapping) gets introduced, I expect that there'll be a resurgence of damage decal use, since you could actually appear to indent into the side of the ship with the explosion.  Will the coders also introduce damage decals for beam weapons at the same time?  IIRC, the main problem with decals and beams is the type1 beam (slash), which would require some way to generate a scar mark across the surface of the target, rather than relying on the skipping result if it only keys off beam impacts.

Whoa, tiger... let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[Turambar]

lol, bum mapping.

[neoterran]

lol, bum mapping.

Is it true that Turey is a smaller version of you ?

[Zacam]

lol, bum mapping.

Is it true that Turey is a smaller version of you ?

Dude, seriously, thanks.......I just sprayed Mt. Dew all _over_ my monitor.....

*sighs*