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Volumetric Lightbeams #29301 06/20/04 08:42 06/20/04 08:42
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag Drew OP Serious User
Drew OP Serious User Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag	Simple Tutorial for Faking volumetric lighting* by Drew Medina (above image is the best example I have ingame) The script is simple, the sprite will always face the player, have a nice transp., and is passable... When they are set properly it nicely fakes volumetric lightbeams! I'm sure many people know this, but I keep getting requests for it... See Readme.doc for more details and included images... Download HERE . Drew Medina Game Developer (Artist) Personal & professional website Deviant Art My Blogspot

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Drew] #29302 06/21/04 00:12 06/21/04 00:12
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 750 Deutschland/Baden-W�rtemberg Stefan User
Stefan User Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 750 Deutschland/Baden-W�rtemberg	Thanks, a really good tutorial!

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Stefan] #29303 06/21/04 22:04 06/21/04 22:04
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 724 atlantic canada pocorev Developer
pocorev Developer Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 724 atlantic canada	the BIG surprise here for me, was the relative simplicity of it. a stunning effect! thanks drew Pocorev Studios Skys The Limit

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Drew] #29304 06/22/04 00:09 06/22/04 00:09
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 845 Missouri the "Show me" State Zerodin Developer
Zerodin Developer Joined: May 2002 Posts: 845 Missouri the "Show me" State	Oh SWEET!

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Drew] #29305 06/22/04 10:29 06/22/04 10:29
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 321 Littleton, CO. USA D dleuen Senior Member
dleuen Senior Member D Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 321 Littleton, CO. USA	Thanks Drew! Your demos are always among the most impressive. Maybe if I can get even half the atmosphere you create in your demos into my game, I'll be happy. This should help. Don

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Drew] #29306 06/24/04 10:04 06/24/04 10:04
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,813 U.S. Nadester Expert
Nadester Expert Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,813 U.S.	Excellent, Drew. I've always wondered how you have gotten such great lighting effects and atmosphere --Eric

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Nadester] #29307 06/24/04 13:06 06/24/04 13:06
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag Drew OP Serious User
Drew OP Serious User Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag	im just looking forward to seeing it in demos or games..

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: dleuen] #29308 06/24/04 14:46 06/24/04 14:46
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 906 the future N nuclear_winter User
nuclear_winter User N Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 906 the future	Quote: Thanks Drew! Your demos are always among the most impressive. For me Drew's demos are the most impressive! @Drew, when i played with this demo some time back, i suspected that the effect was done this way Thank you very much for the tutorial, its great!!

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: nuclear_winter] #29309 06/25/04 12:48 06/25/04 12:48
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag Drew OP Serious User
Drew OP Serious User Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,276 trapped in a paper bag	wow thanks guys

Re: Volumetric Lightbeams [Re: Drew] #29310 06/26/04 02:29 06/26/04 02:29
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,176 VPrime Expert
VPrime Expert Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,176	They look really cool and seem very easy to add. Great resource thanks.

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