Visual Details and the Waveclass clipping bug, ...and ambient lighting and palettes. Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[The DvD]

I was wondering, since setting the Visual Details level to 1 (0,1,2) gets rid of the waveclass clipping bug for laser weapons (by removing the transparant outline), so i forced TSTW to use this detail level (i cut out the visual details menu slider with a Resource hacker).
Problem: Translucency in animations and gasclouds is disabled as well.. which is unwanted, to say the least. Do you think it would be possible to force the game to use translucency at detail level 1?

Next question. Normally, the hue of all objects using the terrain palette can be influenced by light sources (map lighting settings and structures emitting light, like the invisible green lamps). Example below.



This doesnt work for buildings and units. No matter was lighting settings the map has, the buildings have the same brightness.



I found out ages ago that converting a building to the terrain palette will enable it to be influenced by light sources. Unfortunately using the terrain palette for base buildings will not work, as there is no way to tell the game to use the terrain palette for any animations attached ot the building. It also causes a big problem with remappable areas.

When the engine switches to the ion storm mode, all terrain and objects, regardless of what palette they use will use the hue set in the ion storm map lighting settings. Obviously something was 'switched on' when the ion storm started.

I wonder if it would be possible to modify the game so that this is 'switched on' in normal gameplay too.. It would certainly make the game look much better!

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

Problem: Translucency in animations and gasclouds is disabled as well.. which is unwanted, to say the least. Do you think it would be possible to force the game to use translucency at detail level 1?

you can try adding TranslucencyDetailLevel=0 to all your transparent anims. This key is originally only used on the IONBEAM and i've never tested this, but maybe it works as expected and gives you transparent anims even on the lowest detaillevel.

About the lighting, a research on ppm was done too (click here), but i think without any solution to the problem. Maybe you want to add this to TSHypers bugs list.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: May 9 2008, 06:00 PM