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Re: The Disenfranchised...
[Re: HeelX]
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01/12/06 00:31
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Oh, now I get it. I don't have the orangebrat and thedisenfranchised urls active at the moment. In fact, I just renewed both for a year, and I'll start using them again whenever I redesign the layout(s) and re-launch. Until then you can access the temporary sites below: http://www.freewebs.com/orangebrat/http://www.freewebs.com/thedisenfranchised/The orangebrat one has a funky design, and sometimes has a delay in certain browsers. I'm dumping that layout for something more traditional, but it's going to be a while before I do it.
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Re: The Disenfranchised...
[Re: Orange Brat]
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01/14/06 08:02
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Does anyone know how to get rid of the circled shadow artifacts? These aren't the "jaggies" I used to complain about, this is some kind of lightmapping thing that I thought disappeared a couple years ago with either 5.51 or maybe an early A6 version(can't remember). I think it had something to do with oddball angles and smaller blocks. I wasn't sure if there was some setting I was missing that had something to do with it. It shouldn't matter given I'm using the same code. I haven't done a lights on test in months(since before 6.31.4...I'm using the current public beta), so this crap turning up again is unexpected, and I haven't seen them in well over a year and a half. Anyway, I was just testing something, and there they are:
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Re: The Disenfranchised...
[Re: ShoreVietam]
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01/14/06 11:42
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@shorevietnam: i think ur hard artifact might hav something to do with that being the seam between 2 blocks joined together. even if u didnt put seperate blocks there urself, i think extra large surfaces are automatically split.
@orange_brat: i dont see how those artifacts could be avoided. im guessing its because the lightmaps hav a lower resolution than the actual textures, and the shadow is interpolated in between. maybe fiddle with the shadow resolution?
i could be completely wrong about these tho. its just wot i reckon.
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Re: The Disenfranchised...
[Re: Julius]
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01/14/06 19:01
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My flat textures' res is 16x16(I see no reason to go higher given they're flat), so I don't know if that's it. However, like I said I thought this was an old "bug" in the way lightmaps/shadows were built. Once upon a time, the artifacts were there, then jcl said something about it one day(after I posted a thread) and poof they vanished with the subsequent version. I'll have to try and find that comment, but that may prove difficult given the time involved and how this forum sometimes loses things. There is one way I can make them go away and that's placing the static light slightly in the street instead of on the sidewalk(like the top right light). Anyway, this was just a global ambient test..that light treatment is awful to begin with, so it's going...this was just a surprise that's all. @SV: I think he's right about the intersecting. I've always had that happen, too and it's just a matter of tweaking to make it go away...if you even can.
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Re: The Disenfranchised...
[Re: Orange Brat]
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01/15/06 07:35
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Here's my current look...this is in engine. The townhouse and the starkness(the style) is all I'm showcasing...the white area(on the left) and the placeholder(on the right) will be dealt with eventually. Get used to the bright white windows on solid black...that will be extensively used...esp. on background buildings that don't require any detail. Anyway, it still requires some tweaking, and I might bring down the overall ambient a bit, but that's a matter for another day. I'm also going to "invent" a visual style for light halos and the representation of light, in general. Well, it's already invented...I just have to apply my idea. I can't just place static point lights for it, I'll have to do a bit of tracing to influence the model's ambient, but I'm experimenting with first person(gasp!!!!) so perhaps not. BTW, this Ward Jenkins illustration has been a major source of inspiration for weeks, now:
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