Pre-Selection Highlighting

Post by **trepan** » 18 Apr 2007, 03:45

Although the tooltip tells you what you are about to select,
there isn't a good visual indication in the viewport. This widget
was written to fix that (it also highlights features).

P.S. It onlys works with SVN code, so I won't post it yet...

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 18 Apr 2007, 05:39

Not bad, looks pretty helpful.

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 18 Apr 2007, 08:21

Have you tested it with s3os, too? The current plugins that draw stuff in 3d have inverted normals on s3os.

Post by **trepan** » 18 Apr 2007, 10:06

http://spring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtop ... ing#176683

That screenshot comes from a version that uses color inversion,
face windings do not apply as culling is not enabled.

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 18 Apr 2007, 10:32

that looks mighty handy. thank you!

Ling_Lover · Post by **Ling_Lover** » 18 Apr 2007, 10:34

is there any reason for the number above the image? because wont the mouse always be showing only 1 unit?

other than that... cool :)

Post by **trepan** » 18 Apr 2007, 10:39

That's a different widget (SelectionButtions).
The highlighting widget only highlights objects
in the viewport, nothing more.

Ling_Lover · Post by **Ling_Lover** » 18 Apr 2007, 10:47

ah, right... my bad :)

didn't notice that

even cooler now that i get it!...

AF · Post by AF » 19 Apr 2007, 03:46

It'd be nice if the model was tinted using team colour, is that possible?

Post by **trepan** » 19 Apr 2007, 04:29

Yes, that's possible. The first version that I posted in #lua in the lobby
actually used red/green/yellow for enemy/ally/feature. I just played with
a different setup using gl.LogicOp(GL.SET) and color masks that seems
to be better for highlighting then plain tinting. Using the following:

red: enemy
green: ally
cyan: my unit
yellow: feature

A silhouette approach might be cooler, but I have others priorities at
the moment. The main thing that I wanted to demo with this widget is
the ability to draw a unit exactly the same way as the engine does for
a given frame.

LOrDo · Post by **LOrDo** » 26 Apr 2007, 00:29

Always wanted something like this. Nice job.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 26 Apr 2007, 00:42

trepan wrote:A silhouette approach might be cooler, but I have others priorities at
the moment. The main thing that I wanted to demo with this widget is
the ability to draw a unit exactly the same way as the engine does for
a given frame.

So we can make those move path thingies the templar from SC have? Or the trail from castlevania games?

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Pre-Selection Highlighting

Pre-Selection Highlighting