Regarding Final Frontier and Maps

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 14 Sep 2005, 09:32

That's how space maps were made in TA, and it worked fine there, but I think it'd look horrible no matter how much work you put into it in 3D. Alantai's idea could work if the map could set locks for camera heights and if the modders set the units to fly that high...

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 14 Sep 2005, 09:34

Gnome wrote:That's how space maps were made in TA, and it worked fine there, but I think it'd look horrible no matter how much work you put into it in 3D. Alantai's idea could work if the map could set locks for camera heights and if the modders set the units to fly that high...

flying units do have the "cruisealt" tag.

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 14 Sep 2005, 10:03

Yep, I know, I was just noting that it would need set. Don't know how you'd handle factories and other buildings though...

mufdvr222 · Post by **mufdvr222** » 14 Sep 2005, 10:47

Looks interesting though.

It looks great close up

but as you zoom out the map gets obscured by whats left of the fog, is there a way to remove fog completely?

SinbadEV · Post by **SinbadEV** » 14 Sep 2005, 13:58

Units can now build mobile units, just make your buildings actually be hover craft with 0 move speed and it should work...

TA 3D · Post by **TA 3D** » 14 Sep 2005, 21:57

try Maelstorms mistake in the map features thread. That will give you invisable terrain.

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 14 Sep 2005, 23:09

SinbadEV wrote:Units can now build mobile units, just make your buildings actually be hover craft with 0 move speed and it should work...

Nope. Mobile units can build mobile units, yes, but mobile units can only build mobile units if the player places them like a building... (you get the grid space and all).

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 15 Sep 2005, 06:43

You COUDL tr my mistake, except... I dont know what that was. I have no idea how I got the Invisible terrain. I THINK it was cause I renamed the texture file to something bad, But I dont know. Ah well it had water anyway, so you would have some weird reflections. But It mgiht work, I dunno.

Torrasque · Post by **Torrasque** » 16 Sep 2005, 13:37

ok I've just read that in the CVS :

-New map smd tag map/voidwater, creates a void where there would normally be water, this is a purely graphical effect,default 0

AF · Post by AF » 19 Sep 2005, 14:11

mwha, tinkering on hold. And yah I'm sorta back and not back and errr.... Just a temporary stopping..

Post by **jcnossen** » 19 Sep 2005, 15:40

mwha, tinkering on hold. And yah I'm sorta back and not back and errr.... Just a temporary stopping..

So does this fact have anything to do with Final Frontier and maps?

AF · Post by AF » 19 Sep 2005, 17:39

Omg, it has EVERYTHING todo with this. With the new tag we can remove the land and water completely from the screen, allowing for proper Space maps.

Post by **jcnossen** » 19 Sep 2005, 17:58

See quote, i was refering to your completely offtopic message.

AF · Post by AF » 19 Sep 2005, 21:14

pfft, stop provoking flames zaphod, I was replying to aGorm and making a general comment. In future I will be cold, calculating and ruthlessly efficient if you wish.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 20 Sep 2005, 10:32

I wish you to be ruthlessly efficient!!

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 20 Sep 2005, 12:50

... er, I mean:

I find humour in the above conversation, and apologise for the little I have in which to add to it therein.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 20 Sep 2005, 14:20

I agree! (but I dont know what with, nor if its a relevent things to say)

aGrom

GrOuNd_ZeRo · Post by **GrOuNd_ZeRo** » 20 Sep 2005, 16:28

We need tags that make certain colors on the texture map invisible so we can have platforms and asteroids we can build on :)

Torrasque · Post by **Torrasque** » 21 Sep 2005, 13:06

GrOuNd_ZeRo wrote:We need tags that make certain colors on the texture map invisible so we can have platforms and asteroids we can build on :)

Just make them rise from the water no?

AF · Post by AF » 21 Sep 2005, 21:10

That would look strange having asteroids with no apparent bottom to them slowly meltign into nothingness. If such a thing was done, I would suggest having the water signify total transparency. Other than that I think building on features would become a very useful tool.

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Regarding Final Frontier and Maps