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Offline Liberator

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Beam width
on: October 22, 2010, 02:30:46 am
I don't know if this is a coding issue or simply a lack of graphics, but I have always wondered if beams are like they are because they're a 2d object drawn between two 3d objects or if there's actually a cylinder that gets animated.  What I'm getting at is can beams be drawn as other shape than cylinders/lines?  What got me thinking this was watching old Voltron era shows where the ships had these giganticly wide cannons that were 100 ft wide and 10 ft tall.
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Offline Dragon

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Re: Beam width
Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 05:06:19 am
FS beams are 2D.
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