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Brightmap support[message #336957]

Wed, 22 October 2014 02:13

Slax

Messages:1403
Registered:July 2006
Location: People riding polar bears...

You know what would be fun? Having your dudes light up all fancy like as they fire their guns in the dark. BUAAHAHAHAAA!

The idea's ripped straight from Doom/ZDoom. Works there, should work in 1.13 too. Wink

(Separate brightmaps for weapons with flash hiders would of course score a nitpicking bonus.)

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Sergeant Major

Re: Brightmap support[message #336958]

Wed, 22 October 2014 02:20

Flugente

Messages:3499
Registered:April 2009
Location: Germany

Hmm. I guess one could code a part that says 'if we fire, light up the tile we stand on'. Knowing the lighting part of the code, this would however stay to long, so one would have to delete the light manually. Might lead to a little slowdown... would have to be tested first.

If anybody wants to test this: Look at the flashlight code. I added functions to attribute light sources to a specific merc and quickly turn them off.

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Captain

Re: Brightmap support[message #336960]

Wed, 22 October 2014 02:46

grim

Messages:344
Registered:July 2006
Location: France

Flash suppressors would really mean something then!

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Master Sergeant

Re: Brightmap support[message #336968]

Wed, 22 October 2014 07:20

Slax

Messages:1403
Registered:July 2006
Location: People riding polar bears...

I was thinking something more like this.

First and foremost, the regular frame.

Then we add a masking layer which completely ignores any darkness effect.

The regular frame retains its darkness while the mask goes bright. Could even have the regular frame go a bit darker for a more optimal effect.

From what I understand, this is how ZDoom does it. Looks really good with the right attention to detail. The final example may look a bit exaggerated but hopefully it also explains what I'm going for.

Don't know if our dear ol' engine can handle masking layers but it certainly is a nice dream.

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Sergeant Major