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Portal Technology #127458 05/01/07 02:10 05/01/07 02:10
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia Matt_Coles OP User
Matt_Coles OP User Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia	Would it be hard to implement portals like in prey and hl2: portal? I have an interesting game idea revolving around creating these portals and I think it could be quite an interesting engine feature

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Matt_Coles] #127459 05/01/07 14:34 05/01/07 14:34
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen Uhrwerk Expert
Uhrwerk Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 4,225 Germany / Essen	You have everything you need for portals at hand. If I remember correctly this was even done with G.S. somwhen in the past. There was a thread about the theme here in the forums. Always learn from history, to be sure you make the same mistakes again...

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Uhrwerk] #127460 05/01/07 18:34 05/01/07 18:34
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany F fogman Expert
fogman Expert F Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,506 Germany	Take a look here: http://www.coniserver.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/694802/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1 no science involved

Re: Portal Technology [Re: fogman] #127461 05/01/07 23:44 05/01/07 23:44
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131 M Matt_Aufderheide Expert
Matt_Aufderheide Expert M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131	remember this isnt real "portal" tech, just render-to-texture using a differnt view. This works fine for most cases i guess tho.. Sphere Engine--the premier A6 graphics plugin.

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Matt_Aufderheide] #127462 05/02/07 20:25 05/02/07 20:25
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,829 Neustadt, Germany T TWO Serious User
TWO Serious User T Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,829 Neustadt, Germany	IS there actually a real portal technique?

Re: Portal Technology [Re: TWO] #127463 05/02/07 22:49 05/02/07 22:49
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia Matt_Coles OP User
Matt_Coles OP User Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia	I'll see if I can use Sylex to implement a fake portal using cameras and render to texture, I hope I can get it working. If I do I'll post the code

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Matt_Coles] #127464 05/02/07 23:45 05/02/07 23:45
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 656 G Grafton User
Grafton User G Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 656	Have a look at Valves new game Portal Wow! Not two, not one.

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Grafton] #127465 05/02/07 23:50 05/02/07 23:50
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia Matt_Coles OP User
Matt_Coles OP User Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 893 Melbourne, Australia	yeah, that's where I got the idea from

Re: Portal Technology [Re: Matt_Coles] #127466 05/02/07 23:54 05/02/07 23:54
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,503 SC, United States xXxGuitar511 Expert
xXxGuitar511 Expert Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,503 SC, United States	wow, that looks f*cking great... Can't wait till it's release... xXxGuitar511 - Programmer

Re: Portal Technology [Re: xXxGuitar511] #127467 05/04/07 08:52 05/04/07 08:52
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,640 Earth Germanunkol Expert
Germanunkol Expert Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,640 Earth	Amen. Wonder how hard that would be to program with 3dgs. I'd claim it's possible though. Too bad I don't have pro :'( ~"I never let school interfere with my education"~ -Mark Twain

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