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Hendricks266, on 01 April 2012 - 10:33 AM, said:
It is... it is red.
I like red.
Do you like red too?
What are you working on for Duke right now? "Post about whatever Duke related stuff you're doing"
#3421 Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:46 AM
I like red.
Do you like red too?
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#3423 Posted 01 April 2012 - 10:58 AM
Mia Max, on 01 April 2012 - 09:07 AM, said:
Well, I want to be unterstood as serious too.
So, seriously, what do you think about this skin?
So, seriously, what do you think about this skin?
Doesn't look good. Sorry.
Marked, on 01 April 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:
I would suggest de-saturating the skin color and apply some texture to it.
This.
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I decided to try out a skin tweak myself. This is what I came up with in about 15 minutes. Nothing really added. Just filters and textures.
Pretty neat. With an accompanying matching normal and spec set that would look pretty neat in Polymer.
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#3425 Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:10 AM
Skin edits like that would be good if you were making an HRP-only mod, and they were for special enemy types. Otherwise, I don't see why they would be used.
#3426 Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:16 AM
Trooper Dan, on 01 April 2012 - 11:10 AM, said:
Skin edits like that would be good if you were making an HRP-only mod, and they were for special enemy types. Otherwise, I don't see why they would be used.
I plan to add new enemy skins to Dukeplus.
But don't be affraid, right now I'm just doing some practice.
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#3427 Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:37 AM
Mia Max, on 01 April 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:
Now this is absolutely serious:
Skinned enforcer from hell?
#3429 Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:36 PM
If thats what your turds look like you should change your diet immediately.
#3430 Posted 01 April 2012 - 12:38 PM
Marked, on 01 April 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:
I would suggest de-saturating the skin color and apply some texture to it.
I decided to try out a skin tweak myself. This is what I came up with in about 15 minutes. Nothing really added. Just filters and textures.
I decided to try out a skin tweak myself. This is what I came up with in about 15 minutes. Nothing really added. Just filters and textures.
Not bad. The only bad thing about these skins with a lot of noise detail is that it looks like the monster is a solid piece of material. It has no muscles, no lighting...
This post has been edited by Diaz: 01 April 2012 - 12:48 PM
#3431 Posted 01 April 2012 - 01:42 PM
I agree with you completly. I just couldn't resist a quick try when I saw what MiaMax did.
#3433 Posted 02 April 2012 - 01:36 AM
I think I'm gonna publish my Tampere-episode in summer 2012.
Episode is basically completed. I'm just betatesting it with many people as I can.
There's also multiplayer-difficult (Damn I'm good). Normally in games, when you play as coop, there are _way too less_ enemies to fight with. Multiplayer coops are _way too easy_.
So, this isn't.
Example:
And:
ps. music in video is just for testing purpose.
Episode is basically completed. I'm just betatesting it with many people as I can.
There's also multiplayer-difficult (Damn I'm good). Normally in games, when you play as coop, there are _way too less_ enemies to fight with. Multiplayer coops are _way too easy_.
So, this isn't.
Example:
And:
ps. music in video is just for testing purpose.
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#3434 Posted 02 April 2012 - 02:33 AM
It's good that you're reserving the huge monster loads for the DIG/multiplayer mode. Some people (like me) get bored when there are too many enemies.
#3435 Posted 02 April 2012 - 06:33 PM
I've got the md3 exporter calculating def code scale 
Pick an axis and frame of reference, tell the script how big it should be in build. Def scale is in the log file on export. You will be able to choose between 4 Build units: x,yBLD from wall lengths, zBLD from floor/ceiling heights, zKEY PgUp/PgDn, and 8BIT which is art tile pixel widths.
Pick an axis and frame of reference, tell the script how big it should be in build. Def scale is in the log file on export. You will be able to choose between 4 Build units: x,yBLD from wall lengths, zBLD from floor/ceiling heights, zKEY PgUp/PgDn, and 8BIT which is art tile pixel widths.
This post has been edited by Drek: 02 April 2012 - 06:35 PM
#3436 Posted 03 April 2012 - 11:26 AM
Drek, on 02 April 2012 - 06:33 PM, said:
I've got the md3 exporter calculating def code scale
Pick an axis and frame of reference, tell the script how big it should be in build. Def scale is in the log file on export. You will be able to choose between 4 Build units: x,yBLD from wall lengths, zBLD from floor/ceiling heights, zKEY PgUp/PgDn, and 8BIT which is art tile pixel widths.
Pick an axis and frame of reference, tell the script how big it should be in build. Def scale is in the log file on export. You will be able to choose between 4 Build units: x,yBLD from wall lengths, zBLD from floor/ceiling heights, zKEY PgUp/PgDn, and 8BIT which is art tile pixel widths.
Great exporter!
#3437 Posted 04 April 2012 - 07:49 AM
Probably not best place to ask but, I don't want to make own topic for this.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
#3438 Posted 04 April 2012 - 02:30 PM
pmw, on 04 April 2012 - 07:49 AM, said:
Probably not best place to ask but, I don't want to make own topic for this.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
No, is not the best place to ask.
Anyway, go here
http://wiki.eduke32....i/Level_editing
and read how the 'smart' tags work. When you start using it, you no longer have to worry what number you used.
Also, the best forum to ask for help, is in the help section
http://forums.duke4....elp-me-threads/
I am learning Mapster32 myself, and simply made my own thread for n00b questions, they did/do get answered right away.
Hope this helps.
#3439 Posted 04 April 2012 - 03:19 PM
Mia Max, on 01 April 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:
Now this is absolutely serious:
Nice Doritos with teeth and armour you've got there.
Also, I'm surprised few people noticed you were trolling them (1rst April anyone?) or my sarcasm-o-meter was just broken.
#3440 Posted 05 April 2012 - 01:16 AM
I actually took me a while to notice because we don't have April's fools in my country... I didn't even realize it was April 1
Now, the new Fusion episode is becoming my TROR test ground
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And for some weird stuff, my work computer (i5, 2GB RAM, Geforce 310, XP) runs this area better than my home computer (i7, 8GB RAM, ATI 5850, Vista64).
Do we have access to console commands from CON code? I want to bind a key to a code that would switch between different r_maxlightpasses values (for full quality this map area needs up to 18 light passes) to allow for different lighting quality levels, so people on slower rigs can improve performance.
Now, the new Fusion episode is becoming my TROR test ground
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
And for some weird stuff, my work computer (i5, 2GB RAM, Geforce 310, XP) runs this area better than my home computer (i7, 8GB RAM, ATI 5850, Vista64).
Do we have access to console commands from CON code? I want to bind a key to a code that would switch between different r_maxlightpasses values (for full quality this map area needs up to 18 light passes) to allow for different lighting quality levels, so people on slower rigs can improve performance.
This post has been edited by Diaz: 05 April 2012 - 02:46 AM
#3441 Posted 05 April 2012 - 01:26 AM
Wow, that looks great!
Maybe the best visuals for Duke3D I've seen so far.
Maybe the best visuals for Duke3D I've seen so far.
#3444 Posted 05 April 2012 - 04:06 AM
Not good, but not bad either. The minimum is 12fps at home and around 17 at work, but the average is well above that. I'm shooting for 10fps min (on a handful of complex areas) at home, and talking about Polymer that's a fair goal (Duke Nukem Eternity dips below 5fps on my home computer, for example)
When I finish this episode I want to start focusing on something with smaller areas, photo textures, a darker setting (less lights, with a smaller radius, so not many passes are needed) and take full advantage of normal/parallax mapping. The result would be something that looks and runs much better than what I'm doing now. I'm convinced we can make Polymer look almost like a current game. If we just had some bloom / HDR rendering...
When I finish this episode I want to start focusing on something with smaller areas, photo textures, a darker setting (less lights, with a smaller radius, so not many passes are needed) and take full advantage of normal/parallax mapping. The result would be something that looks and runs much better than what I'm doing now. I'm convinced we can make Polymer look almost like a current game. If we just had some bloom / HDR rendering...
This post has been edited by Diaz: 05 April 2012 - 04:18 AM
#3445 Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:01 AM
That is a bad framerate. You aren't even done with decorating are you? But it looks very nice.
#3446 Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:39 AM
He just said that's the minimum, I feel fairly safe in saying that DiaZ knows what he's doing when it comes to optimising an area for framerate.
#3448 Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:52 AM
Unfortunately if a map is to be lit by Polymer lights only, framerate is not going to be great at all, specially if there are big open spaces...
There's some optimization that can be done and I'm trying to reduce the number of light passes needed without losing much quality, but the framerate will still be bad.
The system I use at work is an i5 (don't remember which one, but pretty slow), with 2 gigs of ram and a GeForce 310 which is a crappy videocard, yet the map manages to be playable. There's not much more that can be done except using a combination of classic shading and some Polymer lights; but I want to use Polymer lights only.
There's some optimization that can be done and I'm trying to reduce the number of light passes needed without losing much quality, but the framerate will still be bad.
The system I use at work is an i5 (don't remember which one, but pretty slow), with 2 gigs of ram and a GeForce 310 which is a crappy videocard, yet the map manages to be playable. There's not much more that can be done except using a combination of classic shading and some Polymer lights; but I want to use Polymer lights only.
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#3449 Posted 05 April 2012 - 12:38 PM
Beautiful! The architecture looks great! Are you using TROR for the building itself as well?
I'm not worried about performance on my machine. Polymer always runs fantastic for me on everything I've played so far.
I'm not worried about performance on my machine. Polymer always runs fantastic for me on everything I've played so far.
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#3450 Posted 05 April 2012 - 01:13 PM
pmw, on 04 April 2012 - 07:49 AM, said:
Probably not best place to ask but, I don't want to make own topic for this.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
But does anyone know, is there a feature in Mapster32 to list all _USED_ hi/lotags in sprites?
I would just want to see what numers I have already used.
Check out r2590's "state listusedtags". It's pretty basic and will print sorted by sprites, but the new "getspritelinktype" command should provide a foundation to write more sophisticated m32script code that deals with tags.
