Things worth a little consideration from the almighty modder
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
I know you have all the shader-based "decals" in the sbsp and they're pretty much stuck there (you'd also want to adjust the radiosity, since they emit a green glow) except for the decals which are actual decals and these are the blue and red base symbols on the outsides of the bases, and those real decals are in the scnr tag and can be moved, removed, swapped, modified, etc. But the moss is not really a decal; it's closer to a shader bitmap applied to a polygon in the sbsp, similar to how the interior base "light" shader/bitmap things are. One would typically load the level in 3ds max in order to adjust the moss or the lights and then run radiosity again. But that's an HEK process, not an Eschaton process.
Also, Eschaton is unable to add references; it can only modify what is already there or import/export the tags and tag data in their entirety.
Also, Eschaton is unable to add references; it can only modify what is already there or import/export the tags and tag data in their entirety.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Moss isn't decal? Freakin' Bungee.
Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Nope, but we can make it into one if we want.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Well, it's good to know what my boundaries are on modding, as to what I can/cannot do simply. However, I was searching around through eschaton to find a scale modifier for scenery tags, and most plugins don't have any information on scenery. I tried all of Sparky's variations on plugins such as default and experimental, but didn't find a scale modifier. The mod2 section didn't have any scale references either.
I was mainly concerned about decreasing the size of a scenery object, but again do not know where to look.
I was mainly concerned about decreasing the size of a scenery object, but again do not know where to look.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
I, uh, don't think you can do that. Even Bungie had to make different versions of the same rock with different dimensions. (see a30 rocks)
The only things I know you can scale are third person weapon models. Both on the ground and while being held, if i recall correctly.
The only things I know you can scale are third person weapon models. Both on the ground and while being held, if i recall correctly.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
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Well uh oh. I was wondering mainly because I stole (teehee) a water .scnr tag from a Custom Edition map, which tends to cover about two thirds of the entire bloodgulch map. I was hoping to downsize it that way I could add the occasional pond in certain areas rather than have a freaking huge section of water flood the entire bsp. Oh well.
Well uh oh. I was wondering mainly because I stole (teehee) a water .scnr tag from a Custom Edition map, which tends to cover about two thirds of the entire bloodgulch map. I was hoping to downsize it that way I could add the occasional pond in certain areas rather than have a freaking huge section of water flood the entire bsp. Oh well.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Hm. I'm sure there is some other way around…
Actually i have a bit of a crazy idea. >_> What if… listen to me here …what if we made an unusable weapon, gave it the water plane model and scaled it to fit into the pond?
If we did that, two problems would arise:
· its shader will be scaled down too, so we need to scale it up in the shader's options themselves. (otherwise it'd look super detailed) (or maybe not?)
· we gotta find a way to keep that weapon not moving (maybe killing its coll or foot, i don't know)
… o_o wh- uh, what do you think?
Actually i have a bit of a crazy idea. >_> What if… listen to me here …what if we made an unusable weapon, gave it the water plane model and scaled it to fit into the pond?
If we did that, two problems would arise:
· its shader will be scaled down too, so we need to scale it up in the shader's options themselves. (otherwise it'd look super detailed) (or maybe not?)
· we gotta find a way to keep that weapon not moving (maybe killing its coll or foot, i don't know)
… o_o wh- uh, what do you think?
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
That might work, but there'd be nothing to stop it spinning when shot i don't think.TaxiService wrote:Hm. I'm sure there is some other way around…
Actually i have a bit of a crazy idea. >_> What if… listen to me here …what if we made an unusable weapon, gave it the water plane model and scaled it to fit into the pond?
If we did that, two problems would arise:
· its shader will be scaled down too, so we need to scale it up in the shader's options themselves. (otherwise it'd look super detailed) (or maybe not?)
· we gotta find a way to keep that weapon not moving (maybe killing its coll or foot, i don't know)
… o_o wh- uh, what do you think?
Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
yeah but if you give it a really small coll model, how would you be able to shoot it?
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
We could even not give it a coll at all, eh. My fear is about explosions though. I don't remember how the coll-less weapons act in case of explosions. :-\
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
I don't think it would be affected by explosions either, or it might disappear.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Or I could always use the OBJ Converter to export the model into Blender and size it down in there. The model is only a square plane anyway so it shouldn't bring up any problems.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
I hope that I'm not the only one who is having extreme difficulty saving any changes done to 'The Island' (multiplayer version) in SwordEdit.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
Are you using swordedit: starlight, or genesis? The Island is the most extreme case of potential map corruption you'll probably ever see in a published map. It should still work, though.
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Re: Things worth a little consideration from the almighty mo
I think this calls for halo demo modding!TaxiService wrote:Hm. I'm sure there is some other way around…
Actually i have a bit of a crazy idea. >_> What if… listen to me here …what if we made an unusable weapon, gave it the water plane model and scaled it to fit into the pond?
If we did that, two problems would arise:
· its shader will be scaled down too, so we need to scale it up in the shader's options themselves. (otherwise it'd look super detailed) (or maybe not?)
· we gotta find a way to keep that weapon not moving (maybe killing its coll or foot, i don't know)
… o_o wh- uh, what do you think?
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