Author Topic: how's this for some weapon effects? (Read 61250 times)

Bobboau · **Reply #40 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:14:05 am

http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/TbeamAglow.avi

@a=ang/3.14

@S=r^(1/2)
@L=(NW.l(a*1.5+t,r+t*2)^4*5+NW.l(-a-t*3+0.3,r+t+0.7)^4*5)*(1-r)+(2^(-r^2))^5*(1-r)
@H=L^2*0.3+0.3

Slime · **Reply #41 on:** February 18, 2007, 07:04:09 am

Oookay... How on earth can I get these to work?

3.6.9. gives errors about (almost) every single line and section, Phreak's build does the same with some nice graphic bugs. Crashes, crashes, crashes... I didn't find any other builds. Currently, I can either crash or remove pretty much everything from the tbm.

Most errors come from +Length, +Width and something about BGreen having too many sections, which is funny, because it doesn't.

Bobboau · **Reply #42 on:** February 18, 2007, 08:03:49 am

I did find that I forgot to add a #end after the secondary weapons section.

Slime · **Reply #43 on:** February 18, 2007, 08:11:21 am

Vasudan Admiral, what build are you using, as the beams are obviously working for you?

Davin · **Reply #44 on:** February 18, 2007, 10:39:24 am

I have to say that those look great in the pics, I'll have to see If i can get them to work ingame. Now what would the chances of getting these in a media vp be?

Darklord42 · **Reply #45 on:** February 18, 2007, 11:28:29 am

amazing! hopefully high

Vasudan Admiral · **Reply #46 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:44:29 pm

Quote from: Slime on February 18, 2007, 08:11:21 am

Vasudan Admiral, what build are you using, as the beams are obviously working for you?

Quote from: Vasudan Admiral on February 18, 2007, 12:12:03 am

These aren't the same as the pack Bob just posted

......

If anyones interested in trying them out:
http://sectorgame.com/ti-file-dump/VasudanAdmiral/Bob_BeamsTest.zip

Slime · **Reply #47 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:48:59 pm

I meant what SCP build, as 3.6.9. crashes and Phreaks newest isn't getting me anywhere either.

Vasudan Admiral · **Reply #48 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:50:12 pm

What, with the table in that zip folder? It shouldn't, because that's just a BFGreen beam entry with changed values.

Slime · **Reply #49 on:** February 18, 2007, 02:58:02 pm

No, Bobboau's original new beams. Judging from your screens I assumed that they work for you, but I can't get the table file to work for myself. What build/settings are working for you, then?

taylor · **Reply #50 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:00:41 pm

Quote from: Vasudan Admiral on February 18, 2007, 02:50:12 pm

What, with the table in that zip folder? It shouldn't, because that's just a BFGreen beam entry with changed values.

It's an improper modular table actually, so unless you actually go in and replace the original entry with these values, it's not going to work right. In a modular table, beam sections require the +Index: line to identify which section that data refers to. If it doesn't exist then it's considered a new section, and not replacing an old one. You'll run into the warning about too many beam sections, and anything over the 5 limit (counting original sections + the new ones) will be ignored.

Slime · **Reply #51 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:02:28 pm

EDIT: Bah, everything just refuses to work. I'm off, if anyone gets Bobboau's beams to work without table editing post your build!

Vasudan Admiral · **Reply #52 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:23:07 pm

Blah. I might have guessed it would be something like that. Anyways, errm, just do as Taylor suggests and replace the original entry in the ships TBL with this one. I've gotta leave in about 10 minutes for 3 days, so I don't have time to fix it now. :\

Mars · **Reply #53 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:25:32 pm

Yeah, for me the new beams are all wonky... what build are you using?

taylor · **Reply #54 on:** February 18, 2007, 03:57:16 pm

Here is a fixed tbm. I haven't actually tried it myself though, so it still may not actually work properly.

Scuddie · **Reply #55 on:** February 18, 2007, 05:59:31 pm

Well, before the fix, the beams were all screwed up and appeared not to line up. Now, the new beams dont show up at all.

Mars · **Reply #56 on:** February 18, 2007, 06:13:56 pm

Those beams work for me now, and they're damn sexy

Davin · **Reply #57 on:** February 18, 2007, 06:22:47 pm

Quote from: taylor on February 18, 2007, 03:57:16 pm

Here is a fixed tbm. I haven't actually tried it myself though, so it still may not actually work properly.

Hmm I was wondering for this and the HTL terran turrets, what sub-driectory do you put tbms into in the media vps folder.

Edit: It just occured to me to use the search function, now I feel stupid.

Scuddie · **Reply #58 on:** February 18, 2007, 08:15:18 pm

Ummm... Taylor, where are the alleged BobboauCore, BobboauCoreHaze, etc files referenced in your modified TBM?

EDIT: Nevermind, I didnt realize there were two packages.

Slime · **Reply #59 on:** February 19, 2007, 06:22:46 am

Well, they now work in the mission V. Admiral posted. Are they supposed to work anywhere else?

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