Check out the cam-guided rocket I made with a translucent 3do crosshair that is part of the rocket. This is for the new Nightfire mod for JK. I will also add a red tint to finish off the effect of imitating the Sentinel's rocket cam.



BTW, that Kyle is me. I am playing SP debug mode in Canyon Oasis.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 17, 2004).]

Will it go all static after a while if you just fly around?

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Gondor needs no pants.

I hope to implement that. It shouldn't be too hard to do. It would be a really nice effect, too.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

Nifty man, nifty.

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Member of the Minneassian Council

You should just make it a cross or something. It looks homely.

maybe more starwarsy, red tint with yellow lines/text...

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"At last, we have come to find the truth to our souls. Though, the truth is not what we expected. I now fear my own soul."

It'd look even cooler if it were an animating mat with coding that flicks rapidly.

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They came to sieze and take whatever they please,
Then all they gave back was death and disease.

I think the picture's broken...

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"I was driving along listening to the radio, when Judas Priest comes on. It was 'You've got another thing coming.' All of a sudden, I enter 'VICE CITY RAMAGE MODE' and nearly ran some guy over"
- ]-[ellequin

Not to be rude, but of all games to make a mod for JK why Nightfire....

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When you expect the pain - nothing left to ascertain
When you respect the lie - Deadly chasm open wide
---Circle of Dust "Chasm"

Because maybe he likes Nightfire. I like Nightfire too, I found it to be an enjoyable game (my roommate has a PS2, we've had some fun MP matches).

Yeah, the image isn't showing up, methinks the IC is borken.



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The Mega-ZZTer's Gaming Haven!

Bot Pack JO | Let's Roll JK | Bespin JA | Patch Enforcer JK/Mots | Pac-Man JK

It was showing up last night. The IC links were broken a few days ago, too. It's probably just having trouble at the moment (duh to me!).
Here's a smaller, yet still visible, version of the above pic (I apologize for the division -- it is four different pictures)



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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 18, 2004).]

I was at a lan party over the weekend and haven't had time to put the server back up... And now i'm too exhausted to do that, so don't expect it back until tuesday, maybe wednesday..

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Looks great!
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[This message has been edited by a_person (edited January 18, 2004).]

I've added the tint, and now all I have to do is the static that shows after extended flight. I'll wait till the IC comes up to post any more pics, though.
I have had a problem when you fire at point-blank at something and it crashes JK. Hopefully I can get this fixed. If all else fails, I'll give a bug warning in the readme.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

i love it!

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NightFire

you should implement a "secret code" that will allow you to continuously fly around if you so choose. If that's possible. I'm by no means a JK editor anymore, and I never really got into cogging. But I like the idea of being able to fly around indeffinitely


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That would be nice, Yecti, but I'm not in charge of the project. Maybe the team will approve though. I'll have to also see if I can get the rocket to not get removed from the game. Unless I can do that, it's not gonna have a chance at happening. Maybe removing it's timer in the template will do the trick...

I'd personally like a "secret code" that gives you unlimited ammo (you still have to reload but your ammo bin doesn't decrement). I'm going to put in the code for infinite ammo in my new mod (when I next get to work on it; I'm taking a break from it at the moment).

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 19, 2004).]

The IC's back up, so, as promised, here's an image with the red tint. Is the tint too strong? It's definitely not too weak, though.



BTW, I didn't get to implement the static part, yet (when the rocket's been flying for so long). That will probably be the last update.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

Wow thats looking really awsome

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Nightfire Mod

Interesting almost looks like UT's redeamer.

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You're firing it from a corner of the biggest sector in Canyon Oasis. Does this perhaps mean that it takes wide turns? I hope it's easily steerable like the ^ UT redeemer.

The red really added aot to it i just noticed.

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Nightfire Mod

Looks neat!

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The Mega-ZZTer's Gaming Haven!

Bot Pack JO | Let's Roll JK | Bespin JA | Patch Enforcer JK/Mots | Pac-Man JK

Increase the red tint. And I'd imagine it's pretty controllable. He may be in a big sector, but he's facing a wall.

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Wolf Moon
Cast Your Spell On Me
Beware
The Woods At Night
The Wolf Has Come

I agree.

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[This message has been edited by a_person (edited January 21, 2004).]

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a_person; next time, speak english... please.
What you said makes no sense whatsoever. Anyone get a translation on that?

As for my commment about facing a wall, it was referring to the previous comment about him firing in largest sector and that it'd be wide turns... If the turns were wide at all in that last shot, he'd probably have hit a wall.

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Wolf Moon
Cast Your Spell On Me
Beware
The Woods At Night
The Wolf Has Come

Ehh. I agree is pretty plaing english to me.

[This message has been edited by a_person (edited January 21, 2004).]

Unfortunately, the fact that I'm facing a wall makes no difference. The direction the rocket travels is based on the way the player is looking. Thus, every time I pass myself, I'll be facing backward.

And yes, the rocket can do tight turns (with the mouse), but I fired it toward the center of the level from that point. But it can be hard to control because it's moving at 40 m/s (4 jku/s), which looks to me like a decent rate for the rocket ingame.

I should have the static working shortly. I had a problem with it and I realized the solution last night. Hopefully it'll work...

Oh, btw, I'm not sure if I should increase the tint because, (1) It gets kinda hard to see, (2) It almost looks like you're getting hurt when you're not, and (3) I'm not sure if the sentinel cam's red tint is that strong in Nightfire. I'll increase it for you, though. Helps to decide when you can see both of the tones I guess .

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 22, 2004).]

Here's 2 pics with the deeper tint.



Unfortunately, I can't seem to get the static to work right, so I might have to scrap that part .

Oh, in case I wasn't clear enough in the above post, the player can still turn. He just can't move around.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 23, 2004).]

You may try suspending a 3DO in front of the rocket's camera, it would allow you to make a much more higher resolution display as well as easily create your static. You could recreate those lines you have in the 3DO, being generous on polygons. And for static just a translucent surface with an animated MAT on it.

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I was thinking of something like that. The hardest part is that the static will build up as the rocket's timer runs out. I tried firing static 3dos in front of the rocket, but it didn't appear until I fired the second time, and then it was appearing the whole time.
I will try what you said and see what happens.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited January 23, 2004).]

To be honest with you, I don't like the red tinting. Perhaps try green tint, like the Slayer from Perfect Dark. But if the red tint was a part of the missile from 007: Nightfire, then never mind.

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It would look a lot better with static.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

The type of gradual static you suggest would be impossible with JK, unfortuately...

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The Mega-ZZTer's Gaming Haven!

Bot Pack JO | Let's Roll JK | Bespin JA | Patch Enforcer JK/Mots | Pac-Man JK

Not really. You could just use multiple 3DOs that delete one after another, each with it's own gradual effect.

JediKirby

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"I was driving along listening to the radio, when Judas Priest comes on. It was 'You've got another thing coming.' All of a sudden, I enter 'VICE CITY RAMAGE MODE' and nearly ran some guy over"
- ]-[ellequin

Okay, I finally got it working. I was using the wrong verb to stop the animation (MaterialAnim instead of StopAnim). Here are the current 3 stages of static.



Anyone have comments? Suggestions? Etc?
I plan to shrink down the size of the staticy dots so it looks better. I think I'll add a 4th, more opaque, stage. And maybe some more inbetween stages.

In any case, I think it's essentially done. Now all that can be done to it are touch-ups.

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

i love it-keep up the good work!

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NightFire

<3 o yea and and There is no emoction for what needs o be shown through the use of emoctions. If that makes sense.

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Nightfire Mod

I wanna try it out it looks fun

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Nightfire Mod