Quote:

---

Here's the latest BBQ-flavored update Spam™...

---

Delicious!

I'm very interested in the demo, also a good way to see how difficult your "2.75D"-approach really is!

(On a related note: Did you manage to implement the shadow-from-several-lightsources? I recently wanted to kill Acknex when I couldn't color the shadow, only to find out that it apparently only works with stencil shadows. I then distinctly remembered saying something along the lines of "I will get back to you" relating to a shadowproblem, but I was unable to remember any following lines. So thats the reason for me asking )

Quote:

---

I'm also going to implement WordPress blog software for the Orange Brat website. I like my artsy site, currently, but I'd rather have a site that is more standardized and easier to maintain these days. I have no time table or deadline for this implementation, so when it's done I suppose.

---

// uses: localKillSwitch, lightBroken, castToggle, beginOn, startDelay, distToggle, alwaysOn, minDist, maxDist
// uses: randomColorRange, redColor, blink, randBlink, shortDelay, longDelay, range, rangeModifier, lightningOn
action light2
{
   while(!player) { wait(1); }
   var tempShortDelay;  var tempLongDelay;
   my.passable = on;
   if(my.castToggle == on)
   {
     my.cast = on;
   }
   else
   {
     my.cast = off;
   }
   if(my.beginOn == on) //light object is turned on
   {
	if(my.startDelay > 0) //delay before turning on
   	{
		wait(-my.startDelay);
        }
     my.invisible = off;
   }
   else
   {
   	my.invisible = on; //light object begins turned off
   }
   
   my.skill11 = 100 * pow(my.minDist, 4) / (pow(my.maxDist, 2) - pow(my.minDist, 2)) + 100 * pow(my.minDist, 2);
   my.skill12 = -100 * pow(my.minDist, 2) /( pow(my.maxDist, 2) - pow(my.minDist, 2));
   
   while(1)
   {
  		if(globalKillSwitch == 0 && my.localKillSwitch == 0)
  		{
  			if(my.beginOn == on) //light object is turned on
  			{
	    		     if(-my.startDelay > 0) //delay before turning on
   	 		     {
	   	  		wait(my.startDelay);
   	 		     }
    			          my.invisible = off;
	   	        }
   		        else
   		        {
    	  		     my.invisible = on; //light object begins turned off
   		        }
    			if((vec_dist(player.x, my.x) < my.distToggle && my.alwaysOn == off) || my.alwaysOn == on) //light remains on while player is closer than my.skill3
    			{  
                                if(my.randomColorRange == on) //random color and range
   	  			{
  	   				my.lightrange = max(random(my.range), my.range/my.rangeModifier); //make sure rangeModifier > 0
  	   				if(my.lightrange == 0) { my.lightrange = 1; }
       	   	                        my.red = int(random(my.redColor)); 
               	                        if(my.red == 0) { my.red = 1; }
				}
  	  			else //constant color and range
  	  			{
	  	   			my.lightrange = my.range;
  	   				my.red = my.redColor;
  	  			} 
	     			    my.green = my.red;
   	  			    my.blue = my.red; 
	  			    if(my.blink == on) //blink on
     				    {
      				        if(my.randBlink == on) //random blinking
	     				{
   				   	    tempShortDelay = random(my.shortDelay);
   				   	    if(tempShortDelay == 0) { tempShortDelay = 0.1; }
   				   	    wait(-tempShortDelay); //short delay
       				 	    my.lightrange = 0;
       				 	    if(my.beginOn == on) //turn object off
       				 	    {
        					my.invisible = on;
  	    				    } 
  	    				 	tempLongDelay = random(my.longDelay);
  	    				 	if(tempLongDelay == 0) { tempLongDelay = 0.1; }
  	    					wait(-(tempShortDelay + tempLongDelay)); //long delay
  	    					my.invisible = off;  //turn object back on
  	   				}
  	   				else  //constant blinking
  	   				{
	  	    				wait(-my.shortDelay); //short delay
   	    				        my.lightrange = 0;
      	 				        if(my.beginOn == on)
       					{
        					my.invisible = on; //turn object off
  	    			    }
       				   
                                         wait(-my.longDelay); //long delay
       				         //my.startDelay = 0;
       				         my.invisible = off;  //turn object back on
      				}
     			}
     				if(my.lightningOn == on && dynBool == 1)
    				{
      				    my.lightrange = 0;
  		   		} 	
  		   		
    		   		   mat_shadow.alpha = my.skill11 / (clamp(vec_dist(my.x,player.x), my.minDist, my.maxDist) * clamp(vec_dist(my.x, player.x),my.minDist,my.maxDist)) + my.skill12;  
  	 		}
    			else //out of range...light off
    			{
     				my.lightrange = 0;
     				my.invisible = on;
    			}	
    	}
    	else
    	{
    		my.lightrange = 0;
    		if(my.lightBroken == on)
   		{
   			//ent_morph(my, "whatever");
   			//break;
   		}
   		else
   		{
    			my.invisible = on;
    		}
    	}
    wait(1);
   }
}