I actually know what you're talking about, that's entirely governed by overlays, but im not sure i can (accurately) get that same "emotion" you're speaking of. My animations tend to be somewhat...bland i guess is the right word



I know the rules on not abusing people who make requests, infact if you look around the thread a bit, i DO take requests and i complete them with the best of my ability. However, i refuse to help or even aknowladge people who decide to be annoying and hypocritical, such as yourself. As Rosanna had also mentioned, your "Skill" doesnt make up for an absolute trashy attitude, and since this is technically my thread (technically because this entire website is under Dennis' jurisdiction), i dont have to deal with you. Also, note that you're not the only one being singled out here. Altheros came around at one point earlier and started talking trash as well as making requests, all to which i denied. Why? Because like you, his attitude was garbage and i refuse to put up with it.

You want me to take you seriously? Stop being hypocritical, stop being a nuisance, and for the love of god, correct your grammar. If you want to say anything else about this, bring it to my PM Box. Otherwise i'll report you to Dennis for off-topic-ness





/Rant Over

Now, back to the light rifle. I fixed some of the lighting, tossed in some sauce. Thanks to kirby for that (it took us about a good 45 minutes to get this working the way we have it). For some reason, the lights dont show up in FP and are rather dulled out in the side view. If anybody knows how to fix this, let me know. But here's some pictures to illustrate what i mean






Edited by R93_Sniper on Apr 26, 2013 at 04:51 PM

If you are using glow sprites, they don't work in FP. If they are lens flares, they should show as long as they aren't occluded too much

They're actually .lights and .light_volumes that are attached via widget

Same deal. Light volumes only work in 3p as far as I know. I had tried to get a volumetric flashlight to work ages ago, with no success. The effect would render in 3p just fine, though.

Have you considered using lens flares like those found on the plasma pistol/rifle?
Edited by Alexis on Apr 26, 2013 at 06:25 PM

There is a slight problem with that.

It will always be there, even when it should be hidden from the user's view.

Let's say that you put on the front a device of some sort (a phone?)
If you turn the device around 180 degrees in an FP animation (so that it's front is hiddne from your POV), ithe lens flares will still be visible.

darken the diffuse, increase specular contrast, use a shinier cubemap, and add some more red to the glow.

Diffuse will be darkened via cc, I need to correct the control to work better as a multi, there is no cubemap due to os speculars and I like the bright orangy color

cubemaps make the world go round, check it








pick yer poison!
Edited by master noob on Apr 27, 2013 at 01:57 AM

Something that might help the H4 lightrifle model would be to add in a cylinder to the model with a yellow/orange/red texture that glows, instead of trying to do it all with lights, light volumes, or lens flares.

Can't say much for the scope though :\

Loving these three.

Wow those are beautiful. Estimated time until tagged release?

These two look best to me. Mind hiving me a quick rundown on how to add those in with OS?



Actually, there's a beam bitmap that i have set to scroll that takes the place of the cylindrical beam. Kirby just said it would work better if i put a light volume
Edited by R93_Sniper on Apr 27, 2013 at 09:17 PM

no idea, but I'll send the cubemaps in .png to you and someone else will have to shove em ingame.

wait, are those 3DS max Renders? If so then....yeah thats not going to help. I've tried using cubemaps with my ODST Visors but it doesnt work when you use a specular map.

I used the blue channel of the control map as an overlay, should work the same in terms of halo's multipurpose maps.

If your shaders are set up properly, Cubemaps should work just fine.

Do the microdetail bump maps still work in OS 3.1? People said they weren't working?

No, They don't work... At least not for me. Those images are from the build prior to the must current.
Edited by Alexis on Apr 28, 2013 at 01:00 PM

Are you building a multipurpose map, or relying on the specular color slot?

There seems to be a common misconception that you don't need a multi when using OS. To get the finest results, You should take advantage of every slot in the shader.

If only I could figure out how to port characters.

I would have a load of H3 Spartans xP

From my experience, that seems like your issue.

The specular tint override replaces the old reflection properties block.

When using the OS upgrades. that block replaces the old reflection properties block.

Plug your cubemap in where it would normally go. Ignore the reflection properties above it, and use the the Specular Tint override instead. (Unless you want backwards compatibility, then you should still fill out the reflection properties)
Edited by Alexis on Apr 28, 2013 at 04:12 PM

I would imagine it having to do with the way OS handles the specular components. The original reflection block basically controlled just the perceived tint of the cubemap parallel, and perpendicular to the camera.

The new settings seem to control the color of the specular highlight. This, from my experience, has no impact on the cubemaps tint.

Out of sheer boredom, i decided to try to put this thing ingame

Only issue? I can't find a reference, so i cant make origins that look accurate/nice. Can somebody give me an ingame screeny please? (idle only, don't give me a firing image. Also, full screen image, not a zoomed in picture)

*Edit*
boredom made me make these origins as a base for the real ones


Don't hate me because they suck
Edited by R93_Sniper on Apr 30, 2013 at 01:30 AM

This.

Those who don't know and say "wut is dis contrl bitmap",

red = specular exponent
green = glossiness exponent
blue= cubemap reflections(From what I can see)


Plug in the green where waffles said, and make the red your specular in the multi.

that's actually pretty cool, also, I'm sure you can look at the H4 file shares and find a good reference image

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HAH
HAH
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I'm awesome. my origins look so close to the ones there that its actually hilarious

Ikr


what is the poly count on that model?

15,109 Tris. Not exactly the best polycount but at the same time, you CAN lower that amount easily with a bit of optimization (Infinity Ward style)

ugh, I always hated how there models were so low poly, and they omit geometry in the strangest places (at least Halo CE has the excuse of being 11+ years old)

Scattershot, ALSO 15k polies, with 11 moving parts. This one's gonna be funn to animate


Funny Sidenote for those of you have ever played Contra. The game files calls the Scattershot the "Spread Gun"....So LOL



Edit: So totally doing this

Edited by R93_Sniper on May 1, 2013 at 11:08 PM

Does that pelican work, and if it does can I have the map? I've been in love with the Halo 3 Pelican since Halo 3 was released

It works fine. Door opens when you near the ground along with the landing gear. Issue being that it doesn't feel complete. It lacks thruster textures (the air streams behind the thrusters when flying) and the os variant's shaders are meh.

Can I have the map with it pretty please?