Laser Textures

[Forboding Angel]

Pardon me for asking something that has been answered a zillion times, but what is the correct way to fix the laser textures?

[jK]

Sorry if it has said already a zillion times, but speak in whole sentences. Ppl can't read your mind...

[KDR_11k]

Pardon me for asking something that has been answered a zillion times, but what is the correct way to fix the laser textures?

They work fine, why fix them?

[smoth]

what is broken? if you have that little | at the front then set a non existent texture for the tip

[zwzsg]

My bet on: "Use image sizes that are power of 2."

[Forboding Angel]

Ahh so they must be an exact size now instead of like 100x153 it would need ot be 100x154 or 100x152?

Thanks Zwzsg.

[Argh]

Not divisible by 2, power-of two. As in, 64 X 128

[Snipawolf]

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I hope you really don't need to go to 1024 for a laser texture.

[Forboding Angel]

Ack, thanks argh and snipa, would have helped a bit if I read into the actual wording of what zwzsg said. Woe is me, ./wrist to forehead, and all that good stuff lol.

[Forboding Angel]

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    texture1           = "megaparticle",
    texture2           = "empty",
    texture3           = "empty",
    texture4           = "empty",

Nothing has worked so far. And it has nothing to do with being divisible by powers of 2. Is the above no longer an accepted format for defining laser textures?

[Argh]

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    texture1           = "megaparticle",
    texture2           = "",
    texture3           = "",
    texture4           = "",

Should work. Dunno, I do that with TDF, and just put "foo" as the string, where "foo" is not a real texture named in Resources.tdf.

[Forboding Angel]

well I already have an empty=empty.tga; in resources.tdf

I really dunno what's going on here.

[Argh]

Does empty.tga actually exist? I usually pointed my stuff to "foo", where "foo" does not exist, and is not named in Resources.

If it does... maybe it's not formatted correctly, etc. Use a 8X8 pixel TGA, IIRC, 2 and 4-pixel ones don't seem to actually work right.

[Forboding Angel]

hmm that could be it, it's a 2x2, I'll try that.

Edit: Nope no joy. I tried everything I could think of. Removed the empty=empty.tga; entry from resources too and got the exact same results.

Unfortunately I can't find the link to the changelog cause the answer is probably there :-/

[Forboding Angel]

This is a screenie of the largest laser, it should be omgwtfbbq large. Also, it comes from the sky (5k up to be exact) and the texture is oriented incorrectly.

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[KDR_11k]

Waaaaaaaaaait... Those are multiple billboarded sprites! Forb, that's not a laser, that's a cannon.

[Guessmyname]

Forb, that's not a laser, that's a cannon.

Flip the 'b' around and you have HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

[Forboding Angel]

Waaaaaaaaaait... Those are multiple billboarded sprites! Forb, that's not a laser, that's a cannon.

Can you put that into english for me?

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local weaponDefs = {
  deathray = {
    areaOfEffect       = 500,
    avoidFeature       = false,
    avoidFriendly      = false,
    beamWeapon         = true,
    cegTag             = "electricbolt",
    collideFeature     = false,
    collideFriendly    = false,
    commandfire        = true,
    coreThickness      = 3,
    duration           = 0.5,
    energypershot      = 250000,
    explosionGenerator = "custom:NUKE",
    fallOffRate        = 0.1,
    fireStarter        = 90,
    guidance           = true,
    id                 = 666,
    impluse            = "1",
    interceptedByShieldType = 1,
    largeBeamLaser     = true,
    lineOfSight        = true,
    metalpershot       = 0,
    name               = "Doom Laser",
    range              = 200000,
    reloadtime         = 180,
    renderType         = 0,
    rgbColor           = "1 0.5 0",
    rgbColor2          = "0 0 1",
    soundHit           = "18402_inferno_xplo.wav",
    soundStart         = "doomlaser2.wav",
    startVelocity      = 5000,
    sweep              = "1",
    sweepfire          = true,
    targetMoveError    = 0,
    texture1           = "megaparticle",
    texture2           = "empty",
    texture3           = "empty",
    texture4           = "empty",
    thickness          = 120,
    tolerance          = 50000,
    turret             = true,
    weaponVelocity     = 5000,
    damage = {
      default            = 25000,
    },
  },
}
unitDef.weaponDefs = weaponDefs


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return lowerkeys({ [unitName] = unitDef })

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Looks like a laser to me... Am I missing something?

[KDR_11k]

Maybe some nonsense with that rendertype tag. I just use weaponType on everything (would be weaponType="LaserCannon", here).

BTW, "impluse" is misspelt

[Argh]

Yes, use weaponType, always. Much cleaner.