alrighty.. just a little level i threw together while watching my football team get destroyed, so depressing. i was able to complete the level during the game actually... however i couldn't decide between a reflective floor or not. i am currently having a few probs with the reflective floor because i am not able to achieve the lighting without it being minutely glitchy. i can tweak and fix it.. but that would take a little time and work. so before i go ahead and do that i just wanted to get your input... to reflect or not reflect.

oh and the project name is Oiraserp on jkhub and i go by Greendah there...


that is reflective...


and non-reflective

Reflective. And for some reason, this reminds me of Prince of Persia. The original one.

I don't think you would want to make the reflections just like that...

How else would you do it? It's JK, you don't exactly have many options.

Reflection, but add a translucent texture to the floor. Right now it looks like a dark mirror.

floor needs a stronger texture.

But keep the reflections

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  do her}
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  do other babe}
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  do a dude}

Remove the reflections but keep the parts down there. It looks cool as a 3 story room

Or possibly just another, non-reflective texture. The floor, ceiling, (and one of the walls in the next room?) all have the same texture...

Isn't there a cog someone made that you can apply to a surface that makes it reflect everything, even the player, and you don't have to duplicate the entire level?

I haven't heard of it, but I'd bet you're thinking of a shader in Sith2, either that or a plugin for JED, but *shrugs*.

Go with the reflection but add the translucent floor.

doesn't exist zell... and in all actuality think about it, it is impossible for a cog to do something like that.

they all have the same texture yes, but that is what gives the level its feel.. its mood. levels where people use a different texture in every room or on every surface are terrible looking. how often in real life to textures differentiate based on a hallway or a different room. the exception is some houses. other than that places have a theme that they follow.

Hm, coulda sworn I saw something lke what I was thinking of in effect on a level for the jedi council room for some JK TC.

It's quite possible - you simply need to have a mirrored copy of the player model on-hand for a full, accurate effect.

To improve the reflective effect, I'd let the mirrored parts fade to black - almost fully lit were it hits the floor and getting darker where it is deeper.

[QUOTE=Cool Matty]How else would you do it? It's JK, you don't exactly have many options.[/QUOTE]

I mean, use another texture.

it is possible to mirror the player yes... but it is impossible to create a mirror effect without doubling the architecture and setting the textures transparent..

You have to make mirrored .key files for the reflection though.

yeah... its not a project i would want to undertake... it would be extremely difficult.

You probably could get around that by using some cunning vector math.